https://wootini.tech/

AWS - Terraform and Helm - Serverless, EKS, Docker, Kubernetes. IVS, Media Live, Media Convert

Some tools: AWS, EMR, Terraform, Opsworks, Chef, Docker, Security, and more!Oversee day-to-day operations and support the Engineering team with infrastructure & automation best practices. I am the sole DevOps engineer at the Honest Company.• Responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining The Honest Company's cloud infrastructure and automation tools. • Provide comprehensive management for an AWS based infrastructure built with Ubuntu/Centos Linux systems, Postgres/MySQL/MongoDB database, and RabbitMQ message queue system• Work with QA to coordinate tests of new software and systems.• Oversee change management activities on the supported systems.• Define and implement security controls and capabilities in operating systems, layered products, and specialty software to achieve security goals.• Develop operations procedures, such as backups and recovery processes.• Install, configure, and manage Ubuntu/CentOS Linux systems with Infrastructure as Code Automation.• Interface with users and developers in order to resolve technical and user problems and improve upon CI/CD pipelines.• Host of the Honest Company DevOps BREAKDOWN Podcast!

Primarily worked on automation uplifting engagements for Kaiser Permanente Worked with the DevOps program at Chico State • Created a general Infrastructure as Code Automation Strategy • Sonarqube integration work for code and unit test coverage. • Contributed to Kaiser Permanente Factory of the Future.• Jenkins Job Automation

Release Engineering and Continuous Integration Build, verify, and deploy all software, code and systems to production.Create simplified methods to deploy production code using Rubicon Project’s rapid development model that will scale as the size and complexity of the organization grows. Maintain and develop quality and robustness in systems and code, but allow for solutions that are flexible enough to handle the unexpected. Replaced Bamboo CI systems with Jenkins. ---Created the Release Engineering Department at Rubicon Project in December 2014. Oversee Release Process and Change Management both in policy and practice for the Rubicon Project. Implementing deployment best practices, supporting Continuous Integration tools and frameworks, and investigating new technologies that may contribute to the Continuous Improvement of DevOps at the Rubicon Project.Core Technologies: Puppet (System Management), Graphite (Graphing), Opsview (Monitoring), Atlassian Products (Crowd, Bamboo, Confluence, JIRA, Crucible), SVN, Git, Github Enterprise, MapR Hadoop, Jenkins, Docker, Sonar, Maven, Nexus (Maven Repository). • Lead Release Engineer supporting over 220 software developers, hundreds of repositories and projects, and dozens of daily deployments. Increased successful release rates by 3 times in 2015 and doubled release deployments in Q1 2016.• Apply an Agile DevOps philosophy to all projects and production level systems working closely with Project Management, QA, Development, Finance, and Ad Operations teams. • Maintain, Deploy, and Automate all Continuous Integration tools and environments. • Deployment of Jenkins automation infrastructure company wide encompassing system version control, puppet system management, access control and general workflow and use.• System Administration of infrastructure spanning 8 data centers over 7,000 hosts.• Member of a small team that provides critical 24/7 support for all production serving infrastructure systems.

A member of the TechOps group in supporting and maintaining the technical infrastructure of the Rubicon Project across 7000+ systems in Las Vegas, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Japan, Washington D.C., San Jose, and Los Angeles. Acted as Data Center Liaison for our DC OPS group and Production Systems Engineering, ensuring that application support goes smoothly. Also running a cable or racking a server or 2 when needed. Supporting and managing the Operations requests for the Seller Cloud which includes Ad Engine serving, Seller Insights (Business Intelligence Data), UI Team, Brand Protection, and Finance. Core technologies: Puppet (System Management), Graphite (Graphing), Opsview (Monitoring), Atlassian Products (Crowd, Bamboo, Confluence, Jira, Crucible), SVN, Git, Github Enterprise, MapR Hadoop, Data Center Operations, Jenkins, Sonar, MavenWorking with CentOs, Solaris, and Red Hat EnterpriseCurrent focuses include Jenkins and Sonar integration, Git, Atlassian instances of Confluence, Crowd, Jira, and Bamboo; some release engineering and support, RPM builds, puppet, JMX, tomcat, graphite metrics, hardware and application system trouble shooting.

I created "Wootini Gallery" to showcase and promote an emerging art culture movement and give me an outlet to express my creative interests. Among running the daily operations of a business, I was focused on the development and production of artistic vinyl figures, miniatures, books, art prints, and T-Shirts. Hosted and promoted over 70 gallery events, signings, and parties representing thousands of artists' work. Active in the local economy and artistic initiatives.• Creative Director, Public Relations, Event Coordinator, Gallery Curator, and Technical Architect• Production Management of vinyl art figures, prints, books, and toys for artists.• Created social networking strategies to maximize reaching and communicating with customers, focusing on Facebook and Twitter, while employing and exploring other social media tools as they became available.• Managed and maintained our blog, website, and Point of Sales systems.• Developed cooperative campaigns and partnerships with local, national, and international businesses to promote artistic events and products.

Assisted in trouble shooting, maintaining, and upgrading Linux development environments. Working closely with James Knoble, developed and implemented a real-time trading information system for a financial trading firm. Administered and maintained a Linux network, Reuters and Comstock feed, and real-time remote trading platforms. Acted as interim Director of Operations at client financial trading firm in Austin, Texas.

It started off as Lastfoot.com, where we built a solution similar to GoToMyPC. The caveat being that it was over 10 years ago. We merged with Trelos, the maker of Win4Lin and went into the virtualization market "Bridging Windows to Linux". It appears they have kept the company alive by rebranding it as "Virtual Bridges" For Netraverse I performed technical competitive analysis of products and components similar to our development efforts. Wine, VMWare, Citrix, VNC, among other technologies.

Support, OS and Package Trouble Shooting, Documentation, Development, Presentations, Product Strategy, Marketing Liason, RPM packager. Software DeveloperLead Developer and project manager of the Red Hat Powertools product (now the EPEL Repository)Lead Developer and project manager for the Red Hat Triteal CDE desktop solution product.Contributing Developer for Red Hat Linux 5.x and 6.x releases.Red Hat Linux technical presentations at various user group meetings, retail outlets, trade shows, and conferences.Manager and Team Leader of Technical Support DepartmentManaged a small team of Red Hat Support Engineers.Assisted with Quality Assurance testing of Red Hat Linux version 4.0 through 6.0 versions.Contributed to the Red Hat Linux manual and maintain online technical documentation.

Maintenance and development of an end user Network that included thousands of Cisco Routers, Zenith Cable Modems, and USR Modem Rack hubs. Wrote software in Tcl/Tk, perl, and expect using SNMP to monitor the network. There weren't many out of the box tools to use back then.

I was a paintball 'Judge' or referee as you prefer. Worked several large games, the world record game, leading various sized groups on daily outings on the weekends through the wetlands of NE PA in the Pocono Mountains.

Onsite inspection and testing of all copper and fiber installations at inmate facilities in the Pennsylvania State Corrections Department. Systems Administration of the Department of Corrections IBM VM servers.REXX maintenance code.