Maintain and develop several networks with a focus on air-gapped environments.Planning and implementation of containerization including podman, docker, and kubernetes.Use ansible to deploy, manage, and update RHEL7 and RHEL8 workstations and servers.

Engineering and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for mission applications. Utilizing Jenkins, Nexus, vCenter, Ansible, Bitbucket, and Git.Focus on Ansible and Kubernetes specifically Rancher RKE2.Integrated IaC for deployments of monitoring and logging solutions Loki, Prometheus, and Grafana

Supported Air Force 557th Weather Wing global weather forecasting operations via the Technology Application Development & Sustainment (TADS) contract.Worked with various operating systems including various releases of Linux and Windows Server.Traced large daily data sets through connected and air gapped networks, utilizing SFTP, Splunk, and Raytheon High Speed Guard.Troubleshot issues with locally developed applications via logging and stack tracing.Fixed bug with Jira gadgets and proxy CAC (smartcard) authentication by configuring an Apache httpdserver to catch loopback traffic; JRASERVER-61273

Part of the Software Delivery Pipeline Reliability Engineering team working in applications such as Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Artifactory, Jenkins, XL Deploy, and XL Release with a focus on the Atlassian Suite.Provide troubleshooting for the development community, work on keeping applications updated and work on automation and improvements.Major accomplishments include:Upgraded Bitbucket Server to Bitbucket Data CenterConsolidated two instances of Confluence into oneCreated Jira groovy scripts to disseminate issue notifications via email and SlackImplemented a secret scanning solution of Git repos using TruffleHog.Created Ansible playbooks to automate the installation/configuration and upgrading of Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket.

Perform DevOps Support for DoD ApplicationsAssigned various tasks from implementing new virtual servers to installing user workstations.Complete change requests, starting at gathering requirements to delivering final product.Troubleshoot any issues end users have with new implementations and draft test procedures for test engineering team. Provided research in how to stand up a quorum disk into a two node active/passive Pacemaker Cluster experiencing fence and split brain issues.Use Red Hat Satellite to apply updates to systems.Perform security lockdowns per the DOD STIG and submit Information Assurance paperwork such as, IATT, IAO, SCR, POA&M, and ATO.Provide escalation support for system administrators.

Support the Joint Environmental Toolkit (JET) program, a Java based system used by the United States Air Force (USAF) to forecast weather, provide pilots flight briefings, and issue Weather Watch, Warnings, and Advisories.Main responsibilities include racking hardware, installing software, configuring switches, deploying software updates, installing maintenance releases and hotfixes, and providing tier II support to the JET Help Desk.Travel to various USAF bases to perform hardware and software installs, upgrades, and installation of new equipment.Exceptional accomplishments include:Successfully rebuilt Oracle RAC node after server failure and reintroduced to RAC cluster.Rebuilt Oracle Single node after server failure and recovered database.Identified software bug in F-5 BigIP causing users to lose connection sessions with JET webpage.Migrated Oracle databases from old equipment to new equipment in less than 12 hours.Developed and implemented backup plan for Oracle servers using ArcServe.

Hardened server though use of MBSA, GPOs, and ADUC/NTFS permissionsDesigned and implemented backup strategy using ntbackupDesigned and implemented SharePoint WebsiteUpgraded SQL 2005 Express to SQL 2008 Express

Business technical support

Consumer technical support