Evaluate functional and technical business requirements and transforms requirements into complex infrastructure solutionsDesign and develop highly available and scalable platforms with concentration on automating all phases of the build process using scripting languages, software development and automation platformsDesign and develop more complex build and deployment platforms with concentration on automated CI/CD pipelinesAdvise and support junior engineers and product teams in building and operating CI/CD pipelinesEvaluate the recommendations made by levels one and two system engineersParticipate in defining the infrastructure development lifecycle and collaborating to continuously improve the practiceCommunicate with stakeholders to assist in the adoption of the CI/CD pipeline methodologyCollaborate with product teams, operations management and stakeholders to optimize system feedbackUtilize a broader range of sources to identify opportunities that improve Discount Tire's system capabilities; including industry trends, research organizations, user groups, and technical conferencesCreate a safe atmosphere for testing ideasCoordinate across teams to quickly develop concepts and participate in evaluating resultsInfluence teams that are developing and/or testing an innovationMake recommendations for improvementsMentor and coach Systems Engineer Level I and II

Administered complex application environments running Redhat Enterprise Linux and Tru64 Unix.Maintained existing systems and implemented new technologies following pre-defined change management policies and procedures using ITIL practices.Monitor systems and taking the appropriate corrective action to improve the infrastructure.Provided project requirements for systems infrastructure by working with customers to analyze requirements.Performed daily administrative tasks such as: backup, recovery, log audits, system monitoring.Acted as UNIX/Linux SME on assigned internal projects.Installed, configured and managed SAN architecture.Assisted with strategic planning for server architecture.Supported systems as part of 24x7 on-call support rotation schedule.

Administered complex application environments running Redhat Enterprise Linux and HP-UX.Advanced proficiency with Apache, JBoss and web technologies.Maintained existing systems and implemented new technologies following pre-defined change management policies and procedures using ITIL practices.Monitored systems and taking the appropriate corrective action to improve the infrastructure.Provided project requirements for systems infrastructure by working with customers to analyze requirements.Performed daily administrative tasks such as: backup, recovery, log audits, system monitoring.Acted as UNIX/Linux SME on assigned internal projects.Advanced skill managing virtual infrastructure (VMWare, HP-UX).Assisted with strategic planning for server architecture.Supported systems as part of 24x7 on-call support rotation schedule.

Administered Red Hat Linux, MySQL and Apache servers; install, tune, upgrade and troubleshoot.Organized project plan for a team of three developers.Designed, coded and implemented enhancements to web based customer service center software.Supported a variety of IT systems as part of 24/7 on-call rotation.

Supported and developed websites that deliver over 2 million page views per day; MySQL server's handling over 10 million queries per day.Administered Red Hat Linux, MySQL and Apache servers; installed, tuned, upgraded and troubleshot issues.Programed web applications, administrative back ends and processing scripts in PHP, Perl, shell, HTML, JavaScript, and SQL for company and hosted 3rd party sites including Event Calendar, CommunitySlideshows, Traffic Stats and many other systems.Provided web development support for third party web sites including azcardinals.com, hawaii.com and others.Supported a variety of IT systems as part of 24/7 on-call rotation.

Improved performance of MySQL database for Right Now Web customer service software.Engineered marketing email campaign system in PHP utilizing Qmail and MySQL database on Red Hat Linux servers.Engineered new frequently asked questions system to be utilized across several companies that utilized PHP, XML and MySQL database configuration in a Linux environment.Administered Red Hat Linux hosting server environment.

Responsible for all aspects of the operation and administration of the CCBill Referral Program.Wrote and maintained both the program that processes the referral payments as well as the web-based systems that report those payments to the webmasters.Converted several of CCBill's FreeBSD and Red Hat Linux hosted administration websites from PHP to CGI utilizing my knowledge of Perl, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.Maintained the CCBill Referral Program's MySQL databases including administration of database structure and replication of data to backup databases.Wrote and maintained the Vscrub user management ASP script.Worked directly with both the sales staff and technical support representatives to resolve technical issues that occurred concerning the CCBill Referral Program or the Vscrub user management program.Utilized skills with FreeBSD, Red Hat Linux and Microsoft NT to provide assistance to CWIE Hosting technical support staff concerning matters of IIS, Apache and DNS configurations along with programming assistance.