DevOps Engineer on the Data Platform, in charge of administering, maintaining and building out systems for Data Engineering and Machine Learning teams. Works extensively within the AWS ecosystem as the primary maintainer of production Airflow, Presto, and Hive systems. Uses the latest tools for automation and development in order in order to provide highly available, scaled systems.Works with Cloudformation, Kubernetes, and Ansible to automate the deployment and development of autoscaling systems. Uses an extensive knowledge of Linux systems, networking, and datacenter infrastructure to build sane, robust environments which are highly configurable for the wide range of needs that Data Engineering and Machine Learning can require. Provides direct support to engineers across the organization, and participates in a weekly on-call rotation to resolve any issues with minimal delay. Uses SQL and Python troubleshoot pipelines and DAGs for multiple environments. Works with many different teams and users to design new systems and test new technologies, as well as plan out implementation of new and exciting tools.Single-Handedly designed the Prodigy deployment system for the organization's Machine Learning team, a tool which has greatly impacted the speed at which AI models can be trained. Collaborated with his team to develop an EMR Hive deployment and enforce a test/staging/production environment. Implemented blue/green deployments for RDS databases in order to make system updates and testing seamless and avoid downtime for version upgrades.

As a Systems Administrator/Datacenter Technician, works with a variety of Linux, Windows, and UNIX-based systems to provide real-time, managed support. Provides hardware and remote hands maintenance in one of the largest datacenters in the world, to both dedicated and colocated customers ranging from single servers to multiple cabinets. Works with a wide range of hardware, from blade servers, dedicated machines, to large SAN equipment and network switches/routers. Performs maintenance tasks such as decommissioning systems as well as assembling/imaging as needed. Performs migration services from a wealth of different hosts and control panels, as well as providing testing services and support with post-migration upkeep. Works with many different RAID solutions including motherboard fakeraid, linux software raid, as well as dedicated raid cards and hot swappable backup arrays. Works with and migrates between InterWorx, cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, and other control panels, as well as bare LAMP/WAMP servers. Uses an extensive knowledge of Linux and the LAMP stack to administer unique, hand-tailored solutions where needed. Regularly troubleshoots a wide range of softwares, from database servers, to wikis, to forum sites as well as enterprise systems.Is the sole support admin for a 12 hour shift, maintaining a high level of excellence, professionalism, and reliability.

Linux Systems Administrator/Datacenter Technician, March/2016 to November/2016Full time linux systems administrator hired to provide full managed support to shared and dedicated hosts. Provides network, system, disaster recovery and application consulting to customers. Provides complete support to datacenter including building, racking, and maintaining hardware nodes as well as dedicated machines. System support technician in a large scale datacenter, deploys servers and perform disaster recovery, scaling up to the level of switch replacement on full racks of systemsImplements unique, personalized management solutions for a wide variety of customer use scenariosProvides extensive support to resellers and hosting companies, including but not limited to mailservers, cloud deployments, as well as company infrastructures and staging serversMaintains highest level of security per PCI standards, as well as system hardening, selinux, and post-intrusion forensicsPerforms migration services from a wealth of different hosts and control panels, as well as providing testing services and support with post-migration upkeepDirectly deals with higher level support, including cPanel and CloudLInux development teamsCoordinates with a large team of admins to provide 24/7 email and telephone managed support