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Westlake, Ohio, United States

Westlake, Ohio, United States

Lead a team of DevOps Generalists and a Cloud SpecialistsSolidified Cloud footprint bringing Best Practices, Security Mindsets, IaC, DR, Deployment Pipelines, etcConsolidation of technologies based on industry standards (SVN->Git, Terraform, AzDO, monitoring consolidation, etc)Analyze existing applications for future-state and movement into cloudData Center Consolidation and AWS MRA/MAP program participation

Carmel, Indiana, United States

Consultation services for clients interested in migrating to the cloud or beginning their cloud journeyAWS or Azure - Cloud foundations, Networking, landing zones, RBAC groups, etcIaC – terraform, arm, bicep

Carmel, Indiana, United States

Lead an agile team of cross-functional engineers that include DevOps & Cloud EngineersResponsible for a wide array of technologies and processes striving for high-system uptime, cloud migration strategies and implementationBudgeting and forecasting for various devops and cloud projectsTraversing government regulations in the many countries we operate in

Carmel, In

Assembled and solidified Cloud Infrastructure including Best Practices, Security Overhaul, IaaC, Future Structure, etc.Maintained Azure and AWS multi-account, multi-cloud organizationsLeveraged hybrid-cloud technologies between the various stacks to ensure stability and performanceArchitect & build cloud to on-premise connectivity requirements as well as network re-cidr, AWS Transit Gateway utilization and DirectConnect + MPLS RoutingDSC - Azure (Puppet + ARM/DSC templates) and AWS (Terraform)Assisted with essential DevOps duties

3815 River Crossing Parkway, Suite 200 Indianapolis, In 46240

Build and maintain Cloud Administration Suite for LearnSaaSSupport an always-available hosted and cloud platformWorking with Amazon AWS services and CLIWriting task automations and analyzing process regarding LMS cloud migrationsPart of the scrum team of fellow engineers following DevOps philosophiesIdentify and drive opportunities to improve automation for deployment, management, and toolingStay up to date on the latest Cloud development and deployment technologiesPerform thorough root cause analysis of problemsInvolved solving larger complex problems regarding Blackboard Learn and Cloud services with automation.

8335 Keystone Crossing, Suite 200 Indianapolis, In 46240

• Core responsibilities include problem solving IIS 6/ IIS7 servers in a Managed Hosting environment. • Participate and assist in documenting (SharePoint) any and all changes to Windows 2003/ 2008 servers that affect customers. • Maximize performance and up time on Managed Hosting Windows Servers• Windows Server administration for Managed Hosting (MH) Infrastructure• IIS configuration and analysis / administration• Working with external and internal customers and managing customer relationships• Sharing 24/7 on-call rotation duties• LoadBalancing, SSL, VPN & other Monitoring duties

8335 Keystone Crossing, Suite 200 Indianapolis, In 46240

Chef 11; production nginx administration; basic redis administration; basic MongoDB administration; Atlassian JIRA, Confluence & Crowd; Rackspace Cloud administration; Amazon EC2, VMWare ESXi...

Lebanon, In

• Designer and architect of custom MySQL database backend for Navigation & Guidance Software (embedded systems)• Redesigned Application Architecture for Web Applications(PHP, HTML5); and improved on shortcomings of alpha edition• Built user interface for Mowing Operations via smartphone(PHP, JqueryMobile)• Privatized Cloud Operations both cellular and broadband (VPN & SSL)• Bridged OpenVPN system with VerizonVPN• Beta Test & Debug Web Application; Database Servers• Redesigned WWW and Corporate Administration Page• Utilized databases for data mining and creation of new reports for improving clientele overall bottom-line.• Built VM's for some in-house testing(Development Environments)

Telecommute - Fallschurch, Va

• Maintain ESXi server containing 5 Cloud Environments• Co-Architect & Builder of Private Virtual Cloud Environments(10 VM's working in Unison to produce 1 Cloud environment, 2 Application Servers, 3 Database Servers, 3 Virtual Firewalls, & 2 Monitoring Servers)• Construct Phase-I test plan for Quality Assurance (Heat Chart)• Beta Test & Debug Android application across multiple devices• Built & maintain MS Exchange and other hosted services (www, CA, FTP, Filesharing/collaboration)• Webmaster of Corporate & Consumer identities; Logo Creation; Flash intro of Android Application

Telecommute - Fallschurch, Va

• Maintain ESXi server containing 5 Cloud Environments• Co-Architect & Builder of Virtual Cloud Environments(10 VM's working in Unison to produce 1 Cloud environment, 2 Application Servers, 3 Database Servers, 3 Virtual Firewalls, & 2 Monitoring Servers)• Construct Phase-I test plan for Quality Assurance (Heat Chart)• Beta Test & Debug Android application across multiple devices• Built & maintain MS Exchange and other hosted services (www, CA, FTP, Filesharing/collaboration)• Webmaster of Corporate & Consumer identities; Logo Creation; Flash intro of Android Application

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Specializing in Small to Medium sized networks, we cover all IT needs.• General Manager of Cicero Store• Maintain Retail storefront, build/spec custom machines, telephone & remote customer support• IT Consulting, manage corporate clients north of I-465• Maintained 18 small-medium sized companies' LAN (including local gov't offices; fire, police, city hall)• Provided individual support for end users (Corporate and Home)• On-site Networking, Installation & Troubleshooting; AD, DNS, Firewall; RRAS; VPN; VoIP

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Network Maintenance, Telecommunications, Back-ups, Systems Administration, Web Administrator, & Graphics & Marketing• Maintained a 30 User Windows 2003 Server Environment (Mixture of Macs & PCs)• Recreation of Website, new Logos (including 1 re-imaging), and Marketing items• Reorganized physical infrastructure of Network• Updated Security Flaws, & improved overall security (wpa, EFS, and AD revamp)• Added Offsite storage and backup• DVD/Multimedia Specialist• Maintained 12 line PBX Phone System• Upgraded Internet Service Provider (T1)• Streamlined workflow by creating templates for each Dept.

Kokomo, Indiana Area

• Diagnose hardware & software problems• Home Networking• Sold multiple computers, accessories, and upgrades• Answered phone calls and provided customers with price quotes of store products as requested

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Provided Network and Systems Administration, Help-Desk, Technical Support • Assisted with sales as needed & assisted customers with questions and product ordering• Built and maintained 1.75 TeraByte SATA Dual-RAID 5.0 Server running Windows 2003 Server, Supporting 12 Machines, Windows XP Pro, Home, 98SE, NT4.0 & ME.• Developed and executed Graphic Design and Web Design duties, On site DVD Specialist

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Graphic & Web Designer, DVD Production• Maintained a Macintosh Network supporting 11 Clients, Linksys Switches & Router• Print & File Server Management• Reviewed, finalized, and processed completed Photography Orders

Mcp, Mcse, Mcsa

Marketing, Advertising, Cis

Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi Epsilon, Web & Technology Chair