Douglas Wilson Email & Phone Number

Mosaic - Merrifield, Fairfax Va

Mosaic - Merrifield, Fairfax Va

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Responsibilities:• Manage entire infrastructure stack for the AARP.org domain websites. This includes everything from hardware, operating systems, databases, applications configuration, DNS, load balancing and more.• Manage development, staging and pre-production environments. Regularly deploy code and configuration changes to production.• Lead infrastructure automation project utilizing Opscode Chef. Design and write Chef cookbooks to automate infrastructure management.Some… Show more Responsibilities:• Manage entire infrastructure stack for the AARP.org domain websites. This includes everything from hardware, operating systems, databases, applications configuration, DNS, load balancing and more.• Manage development, staging and pre-production environments. Regularly deploy code and configuration changes to production.• Lead infrastructure automation project utilizing Opscode Chef. Design and write Chef cookbooks to automate infrastructure management.Some Accomplishments:• Designed process and built shell scripts to bootstrap Chef client onto EC2 VPC Instances atlaunch time. Method designed to also be leveraged by Auto Scaling and CloudFormation.• Wrote Chef cookbooks and recipes to automate configuration of many parts of infrastructure,such as Red Hat Network registration, JBoss, users management, Apache, iptables firewall,New Relic Server Monitor and more.• Designed and implemented AWS Virtual Private Cloud (Subnets, Security Groups, NetworkACLs, etc.)• Implemented VPN between AWS VPC and existing data center, bringing EC2 Instances ontoAARP WAN. Show less

Responsibilities:• Maintain and support application and database servers providing a minimum of 99.99% up-time for approximately 8,000 daily users.• Administer, maintain, troubleshoot, repair, upgrade and monitor server hardware and software.• Perform application, database and storage systems performance analysis and capacityplanning.• Design, configure and maintain network systems, including file and print, email, VPN, WAN,servers, and storage solutions for back… Show more Responsibilities:• Maintain and support application and database servers providing a minimum of 99.99% up-time for approximately 8,000 daily users.• Administer, maintain, troubleshoot, repair, upgrade and monitor server hardware and software.• Perform application, database and storage systems performance analysis and capacityplanning.• Design, configure and maintain network systems, including file and print, email, VPN, WAN,servers, and storage solutions for back office infrastructure.• Perform security evaluations and implement controls to protect company and client data.• Evaluate and recommend hardware, software and other information technology solutions for back office operations.Accomplishments:• Developed Security Program, including Security Priorities, Information Classification andPrioritization Standard, information Security Policies and Standards and scheduled CriticalControls Reviews.• Built FOG automated image deployment system for 10 most common laptop models, reducinglaptop deployment clock time by approximately 60% and hands-on engineer time by evenmore.• Identified, pitched and deployed Balsamiq Mockups for Confluence, greatly improving theability for on-site and international team members to collaborate on UI design efforts.• Designed and implemented Server Change Control process and workflow. Show less

I manage a complex multi-platform (Linux/Solaris/FreeBSD/Windows) and multi-subnet computer network, and all computer and phone services, for over 150 employees, consultants, sub-contractors, and several independent contract teams dispersed across multiple locations in Virginia, Florida, and around the world.My team designs, builds, and supports the IT Infrastructure, software development infrastructure and labs, and provides Windows and Linux application and desktop support.I… Show more I manage a complex multi-platform (Linux/Solaris/FreeBSD/Windows) and multi-subnet computer network, and all computer and phone services, for over 150 employees, consultants, sub-contractors, and several independent contract teams dispersed across multiple locations in Virginia, Florida, and around the world.My team designs, builds, and supports the IT Infrastructure, software development infrastructure and labs, and provides Windows and Linux application and desktop support.I oversee relationships with consultants, application and hardware vendors, and Voice and Internet Service Providers. Show less

• Provided Information Technology consulting services to over 150 clients and performed asprimary IT support for over a dozen organizations.• Designed, installed, and managed Windows and NetWare computer network infrastructures,and installed, configured, and repaired network operating systems, hardware, and softwareapplications.• Trained client IT staff in network administration duties and client end users in the use ofsoftware applications.

• Maintained 1 local and 1 remote NetWare 3.11 Ethernet 10BASE-T network.• Responsible for installation, configuration and maintenance of network and PC hardware suchas hard drives, network interface cards, Cat 5 network cabling, RAM, and print servers.