Scott Merrill Email & Phone Number

Columbus, OH, US

Monett, Missouri, US

Columbus, Ohio, US

Managing a team of 8, including data, devops, and software engineers, I was responsible for all application platform services, data storage, security, and observability.

Columbus, Ohio, US

I was responsible for building and supporting all cloud services, and then some. AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service, Cloudflare, Datadog, Okta, and more. I used Terraform and Terraform Cloud to automate as much as I could, constantly striving to build supportable abstractions while not over-engineering one-off tasks.

Columbus, OH, US

Columbus, OH, US

Columbus, OH, US

Developed and supported automation using Puppet to scale Linux servers in production and testing environments.

US

I designed and implemented automation for Linux server provisioning and lifecycle management. I supported Linux on physical hardware, VMware, and IBM Z Series mainframes. I led the implementation of Puppet for configuration management and server standardization.

San Francisco, CA, US

I write about Linux, open source, and free (and not-so-free) software. I also cover new (and not-so-new) gadgets and technology. I review products, provide editorial analysis, and report about the tech industry.http://www.techcrunch.com/author/scott-merrill

I support a complex multi-tier Red Hat Enterprise Linux and JBoss infrastructure. I provide solutions using open source tools like Subversion, Trac, Request Tracker, and more. I monitor everything with Zenoss and automate as much as possible using bash, PHP, and cron.

Columbus, Ohio, US

I support the computing needs of faculty and graduate student researchers, including desktops, servers, and clusters. I am the Linux expert, and lend a hand with Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008 issues as needed. I recommended VMWare ESX, and maintain a 3-node ESX cluster running more than a dozen production servers in a virtualized.

Help operationalize the mission of FreeGeek Columbus. Advocate for and support the day-to-day activities of the organization. Maintain the website. Organize and share information with other board members, volunteers, and the public.

I am responsible for negotiating facilities and organizing registration for the Ohio Linuxfest (www.ohiolinux.org). I coordinate and supervise volunteers to handle 1000+ attendee registrations and check-ins. I coordinate with venue staff to secure room reservations. I handle emergencies that arise during the event.I also assist with public relations and.

Columbus, Ohio, US

* Simplified an overly complex network infrastructure to provide superior performance, reliability, and maintainability.* Increased internet security by implementing a belt-and-suspenders firewall configuration.* Migrated email from an outside service provider to an internal GNU/Linux mail server, providing authentication, security, and greatly enhanced.

Columbus, OH, US

* Leveraged the power and flexibility of GNU/Linux and open source software to provide a robust network infrastructure for a multi-site non-profit mental health agency. * Installed, configured, and maintained Red Hat GNU/Linux and Windows 2000 servers. * Implemented a complete electronic mail system (SMTP and POP3). * Coordinated the purchase and.

Global Infrastructure Deployment - Workstation Team Lead* Directed and coordinated efforts of six desktop engineers in the deployment of standard hardware and software at client locations in France, Italy, Germany, England, Wales, and Hong Kong.* Installed and configured native language Windows 95 desktop systems in a global NetWare 4.11 NDS tree.*.