■ Researched, POC'ed, and implemented external-secrets operator with AWS Secrets Manager as a backend to serve as our secrets management solution for our on-prem Rancher K8s cluster.⇒ This involved setting up OIDC-related infra on AWS using S3, Cloudfront, and IAM via Terraform.⇒ Also involved deploying several K8s related services to facilitate injecting of the AWS creds to pods so they're able to assume roles to perform functions.■ Implemented automation for cert issuance/renewal for our on-prem Rancher K8s cluster with cert-manager and private cert issuer Sectigo, streamlining our certificate management process.

■ Principal contributor in design, implementation, and migration of our Kubernetes horizontal node scaling from Cluster Autoscaler to Karpenter for EKS.■ Testing, documenting, and enabling the use of EC2 spot instances across our environments, thus saving thousands of dollars a month.■ Responsible for implementation of RBAC solution for on-prem Rancher/K8s deploy.

■ Leveraging my Terraform skills to replace our antiquated VPC router mesh network with AWS Transit Gateway.■ Research and implementation of AWS Network Firewall across multiple regions to replace our existing homegrown solution of inspecting our internal traffic.■ Extended the reliability of our deployments to our edge infrastructure using Ansible.■ Participate in on call rotation for all critical Okta services.■ Design and implementation of an automated back up solution of our AWS configuration into S3.■ Wore multiple hats that included building up the infrastructure in Terraform and coming up with a plan for migrating 1000+ users from our legacy OpenVPN solution to our new Palo Alto VPN solution.

■ Utilizing kubectl and helm to orchestrate Kubernetes clusters.■ Experienced on the Azure cloud stack, specifically acs-engine and AKS.■ Writing Terraform modules to support our application stack in Azure.■ Responsible for deploying/configuring the ELK stack to meet our developer's needs.■ Leveraging my Python skills to contribute to our internal infrastructure deployment tool. ■ Assumed a Tech Lead role in the successful collaboration and build out of infrastructure with overseas teams (e.g. China, India).■ Instrumental in moving Terraform modules over to Pulumi modules for more efficient infrastructure provisioning.

■ Automated setup of new nodes and maintenance of current nodes for Cloudera Hadoop cluster via Ansible.■ Experienced with deployment of Docker in production environments using orchestration tools like Rancher.■ Configured monitoring for various apps and tools using Nagios and Datadog.■ Utilizing Chef for server maintenance and configuration management.■ Spinning up working environments in AWS with Terraform.■ Leveraging Bash and Ruby for scripts to automate day to day tasks.■ Experienced in AWS tools such as EC2, Route53, IAM, S3, RDS, etc.■ Familiar with agile practices and JIRA, also played occasional Scrum Master role.■ Built custom AMIs using Packer.■ Maintaining in-house MySQL and Postgresql infrastructure.■ Instrumental in execution of building out internal logging platform via Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Graylog.

■ Built the Help desk function from the ground up.■ Effectively and efficiently managed team of 3 Help desk Specialist.■ Maintaining a positive image for Help desk Team.■ Single-handedly planned, organized, and executed migration of all users to cloud SSO provider Okta.■ Planned, organized, and oversaw physical move of 40+ users from main floor to overflow floor.■ Played a key role in successfully consolidating two work buildings into one - including but not limited to planning the network addressing, configuring of Cisco switches, printer configurations, domain controller setup, and etc.■ Responsible for planning the architecture and technologies used for new building AV infrastructure.■ Recognized as Q4 'Avvo Accelerator for 2015.'

■ Provide end-to-end corporate IT support to 150+ Windows and Mac users.■ Successfully migrated 100+ users to the Office 365 suite via GPO and ODT within first month of employment■ Single-handedly planned, organized, and executed migration of entire company's on-prem VOIP system to a hosted VOIP solution.■ Implemented internal ticketing system and policies while simultaneously creating corporate equipment system.■ Responsible for planning and management of satellite office boardroom A/V services installation.■ Key player in planning and ensuring move of Sales dept to satellite office was flawless with near-zero downtime. ■ Responsible for delegation of issues/requests to tier 1 technician and resolving any escalations in return.■ Responsible as subject matter expert for all IT-related changes, issues and implementations.■ Implemented SCCM 2012 R2 as company's imaging and client management platform.

■ Responsible for supporting over 5,000+ employees at the multiple locations that Children's owns.■ Acquired extensive experience with troubleshooting of machines in a Citrix-based environment (PCs & VDIs)■ Provided break-fix support for a range of devices such as Dell Desktops, Dell laptops, HP printers, mobile devices such as the Android, iPhone, Windows phone, iPads, and MS Surfaces.■ Provided high quality and quick responses under pressure in the Operating Rooms and for senior level administrators of the hospital.■ Performed logical troubleshooting of department specified job duties and assigned to the appropriate teams when work from them was necessary.■ Worked with vendors on getting third-party software working on network and building custom Windows 7 images when needed.■ Excellent prioritization of tickets assigned and performed timely management and updating of assets.

■ One of two IT personnel to manage all 24 locations with a total of 100+ employees to support.■ Provided onsite and remote technical support to all locations.■ Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Desktop Support, Server Management, ■ Network Management, New Shop Setup of IT resources, research of new technologies to improve work efficiency.■ Set up company wide VPN to all 24 locations.

■ Reimaged and built over 200+ computer systems■ Assisted the in the testing and deployment of Windows 7 across the department using WDS.■ Provided good customer service and resolutions to faculty.

■ Assisted in troubleshooting hardware and networking issues for teacher & student workstations.■ Assisted a lead network analyst in reimaging over 100+ workstations using Symantec Ghost.■ Lead Tech for setting up presentational devices for school functions such as charity fairs and auctions.

■ Verified and entered 200+ injury claims into their database■ Used JavaScript and HTML to prototype their new database web site