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Overland Park, Ks, Us

Overland Park, Kansas, Us

* Played a key role in establishing a Cloud Center of Excellence for the organization to ensure Governance and Administration of our cloud technologies aligned with the overall strategy of the organization* Personally, reduced cloud usage by more than $960K annually by rightsizing our compute, removing unused virtual machines, removing unused volumes, and applying tiering policies to object storage* In addition, further reduced costs by more than $350K annually by collaborating with other groups and driving reduction of unused resources* Stabilized our DNS infrastructure by designing and implementing a solution leveraging Route53 Resolvers to reduce our dependence on AD servers as our primary DNS servers* Additionally, developed a Python script to monitor the status of the AD DNS servers and push those metrics to CloudWatch* Designed and implemented automation to gather our IPs in AWS and add them to Netbox which we use for IPAM* Improved Authentication/Authorization for legacy applications by leveraging AWS Cognito and API Gateway* Developed our AWS Multi-Account Strategy* Recommended and implemented Service Control Policies (SCPs) across our AWS Organization* Recommended and implemented tagging guidelines to increase cost visibility to the rest of the business* Collaborated with groups both technical and non-technical to increase understanding of how we use cloud both on-prem and public* Managed cross platform identity management via SCIM, OAuth, and custom provisioning integrations* Recommended and implemented solutions to reduce legacy VPN usage in favor of gating access based on identity* Wrote lots of Terraform as well as trained other teams on how to use Terraform

* Design and implement networks for small businesses* Design and deploy infrastructure in AWS

Overland Park, Kansas, Us

* Managed Linux systems including, configuring, troubleshooting, maintaining as well as developing some scripting to decrease build time and improve reliability.* Managed and supported multiple databases including: Postgres, MongoDB, MSSQL, and Solr* Redesigned deployment for RabbitMQ in Kubernetes based on the RabbitMQ Kubernetes Operator* Developed cohesive disaster recovery strategy for all environments* Developed and implemented backup processes for Solr, Postgres, and MSSQL* Managed monitoring using Zabbix, Prometheus, Netdata, and Grafana* Managed and deployed reverse proxies such as nginx* Lead an effort to reduce operational costs by right sizing our hardware costs compared to usage in cloud and on-prem* Lead an effort to improve deployment processes by leveraging images hosted centrally in cloud storage* Lead an effort to increase reliability and resilience in our primary database by implementing replicas in each environment* Redesigned our on-prem Kubernetes deployment leveraging K3s and Longhorn, reducing our dependencies on VMware and modernizing our Kubernetes deployments* Deployed and designed our AWS cloud infrastructure, specifically the organization and security architectures* Migrated password management from a local solution to 1Password to improve our security posture including the ability to separate secrets based on role* Redesigned deployment process for Solr based on the Solr Kubernetes Operator* Designed and implemented a solution to reduce the surface of our application to improve security and simplify our interface with clients* Deployed and maintained Netbox to improve documentation of our IP ranges and host inventory* Developed a migration process to reduce load on other departments when doing simple database migrations* Helped troubleshoot and manage datascience tooling including JupyterHub, MLflow, and Airflow* Helped troubleshoot, manage, and deploy HL7 interfaces using Mirth Connect

Overland Park, Kansas, Us

* Leading project to re-architect our accounts in AWS and increase our security posture by moving towards least privilege and implementing SCPs as well as monitoring around key security controls (i.e. preventing root user access in accounts, alerting on public s3 buckets, etc.)* Worked troubleshooting network issues such as switching, routing, IPSec VPN tunnels, dynamic routing, wireless, etc.* Hardened network devices to decrease attack surfaces* Managed firmware updates on network equipment to maintain up to date systems* Managed Netbox as a single source of truth for network documentation * Configured Fortigate, Ubiquiti, and Cisco devices to meet business needs * Managed Linux systems including, configuring, troubleshooting, maintaining as well as developing some scripting to decrease build time and improve reliability.* Developed process to automate domain join of dynamic workloads in AWS* Managed networking infrastructure in AWS* Developed Terraform configurations to simplify and codify AWS interactions * Used Git/Bitbucket to managed revisions of scripts and programs created/used* Managed multiple data centers and sites to ensure maximum uptime

Overland Park, Kansas, Us

* Worked troubleshooting network issues such as switching, routing, IPSec VPN tunnels, dynamic routing, wireless, etc.* Hardened network devices to decrease attack surfaces* Managed firmware updates on network equipment to maintain up to date systems* Implemented Netbox as a single source of truth for network documentation * Configured Fortigate, Ubiquiti, and Cisco devices to meet business needs * Managed Linux systems including, configuring, troubleshooting, maintaining as well as developing some scripting to decrease build time and improve reliability. * Managed networking infrastructure in AWS* Implemented centralized inspection in AWS * Developed Terraform configurations to simplify and codify AWS interactions * Used Git/Bitbucket to managed revisions of scripts and programs created/used* Managed multiple data centers and sites to ensure maximum uptime

* Managed network equipment for all clients from small businesses to multi-site enterprises* Worked troubleshooting network issues such as switching, routing, IPSec VPN tunnels, dynamic routing, wireless, etc.* Hardened network devices to decrease attack surfaces* Managed firmware updates on network equipment to maintain up to date systems* Implemented Netbox as a single source of truth for network documentation * Implemented Ansible to perform network automation against Netbox* Implemented, configured, and maintained device monitoring to ensure uptime of key resources* Configured Fortigate, Ubiquiti, and Cisco devices to meet client needs* Managed Linux systems including, configuring, troubleshooting, maintaining as well as developing some scripting to decrease build time and improve reliability. * Developed Terraform configurations to simplify and codify AWS interactions * Developed network automation with Python, tying into Netbox to retrieve desired configurations and push to the appropriate resource using Rest APIs* Used Git/Gitlab to managed revisions of network automation* Managed data center to ensure maximum uptime and future expansion/sustainability* Design and implement modern wireless networks for hospitals and surgery centers

* Managed and implemented small to medium IT projects* Configured and deployed Windows AD and RDS environments* Configured and deployed Linux systems * Implemented equipment and systems for new surgery centers and hospitals, including networking, servers, and workstations* Worked with Windows AD, Powershell, and GPO* Managed Office 365 products, such as Teams, Sharepoint, and Exchange Online

Cottage Grove, Mn, Us

* Measured for windows/doors* Coordinated ordering and delivery of materials for the project

Cottage Grove, Mn, Us

* Assisted with window/door installation* Worked in warehouse preparing orders for the next day* Worked to improve efficiency in storage and implement new layouts

* Served patients by acquiring blood samples for testing* Analyzed specimens and communicated the results to the appropriate personnel* Performed machine maintenance on chemistry and hematology equipment * Performed manual CBC differentials * Rotated through blood bank, chemistry, and hematology/urinalysis departments* Worked troubleshooting machine and QC errors

* Collected and processed blood samples* Worked with lab personnel to ensure quality samples were obtained

* Built cabinets and furniture* Repaired broken furniture* Refinished an organ* Sand blasted a lot of light poles