Technical Blogger/Website Owner Resume St. Louis, MO - Hire IT People (2024)

SUMMARY:

• With over 13 years of professional IT experience, my skills are broad and deep. I am a native English speaker with very strong communication skills. I am a professional, technical blogger with expertise in infrastructure engineering, DevOps architecture, automation development, database development, big data technologies, scripting, and software engineering. I am extremely smart.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Automation: - Server backups, database maintenance routines, cron jobs & script development, troubleshooting of automated ETL jobs, Jenkins administration, administration of in-house tools that automate the deployment of software or the release of code.

Big Data: - Created a script to install Hadoop on Linux SUSE, Ubuntu, and RHEL and directions for configuring a multi-node cluster. Installed and configured a variety of Hadoop ecosystem components. Created scripts to install SOLR and Spark on Linux SUSE, Ubuntu, and RHEL.

Containerization Tools: - Installed and configured Docker, Docker networking, Vagrant, and Kubernetes. Deployed a LAMP stack with Kubernetes.

Databases: - Highly proficient with SQL. Administration of MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle and others.

Deployments: - Deployed code updates to production applications written in Java and other languages. Deployed infrastructure (OS) patches to production and lower environments.

Hardware and Networking: - HP, Dell and IBM servers, storage devices (NASes and SANs), load balancers (uploading s and troubleshooting), routers, switches, firewalls (WatchGuard), VPN routers, networked printers, and cross-over cables.

OSes: - Server administration including Linux/Unix distributions such as CentOS, RedHat, Ubuntu, SUSE, and AIX. Server administration with Windows servers.

Programming: - Experience with Bash, C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, PowerShell, Python, and Ruby. Exposure to Node.js. I specialize in scripting infrastructure automation.

Security Technologies: - Deployed IDSes such as Snort, Suricata, and Tripwire. Worked with nmap, ufw, firewalld, iptables and other software-based firewalls. Deployed TLS and SSL.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Technical Blogger/Website Owner

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Wrote over 300 articles on technologies such as Ansible, AWS, Azure, Chef, Docker, Google
• Cloud Platform, Git and GitLab, Kubernetes (including OpenShift), Linux (Debian, RedHat, and
• SUSE distributions), networking, an open source Robotic Process Automation tool, PythonSaltStack, security, SQL, web servers, and other topics.
• Most articles include Bash scripts or step - by-step technical directions. Some articles include solutions to relatively (or previously) undocumented error messages. Authored original quizzes.
• Authored an excellent article on Puppet that is recognized by search engines. Google troubleshoot puppet manifest and my site will usually be the first overall result. It is arguably the best troubleshooting guide ever created for dealing with errorless Puppet manifest problems.
• Wrote blogs on how to script installations of open source Hadoop to Linux running in AWS or
• Azure. Wrote comprehensive directions on installing and configuring a multi-node Hadoop cluster. Wrote a script to install Node.js, npm, and Angular 5 on any distribution of Linux.
• Google DevOps ETL Quiz, jenkins integrate linux with windows, ssl verify failed aws, or yum cert cannot be verified and my site will be on the first page of results.
• Authored articles on using Nginx as an HTTP load balancer in a Docker container.
• The website receives thousands of unique visitors monthly. I have helped many I.T. people.

Automation Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Wrote hundreds of lines of code in Python, JavaScript, PowerShell, and Bash.
• Developed a Python (v. 2) script that automated configuring a new hard drive in RedHat.
• Created a Bash script to automate configuring a new hard drive in Photon Linux.
• Linux administration (CentOS and RedHat) including package installation and SSH configuration.
• Worked with vRA and vSphere. Engineered vRealize Orchestrator automation solutions with
• JavaScript. Exposure to PowerCLI and PowerShell DSC. Installed openSUSE Linux on VMware.
• Wrote scripts to interact with Docker. Git and Docker administration.
• Provided technical consulting research for many components of both AWS and OpenStack.
• Wrote and ran Ansible playbooks as well as Puppet manifests. Wrote bash scripts to install
• Ansible, Puppet Master, and Puppet agent. Installed and configured Jenkins.
• Extensive configuration and architecture of Puppet and Ansible.
• Worked with CloudBolt API and AWS CLI. Issued commands and created instructions for others.
• Wrote scripts to transfer files using a Restful API for a Hitachi SAN.
• Installed and configured Salt Master and Salt Minion. Used a SaltStack states file to transfer a script to a Salt Minion and execute it on the Salt Minion.
• Configured GitLab and Apache web server to work in a Docker container.
• Designed workflows using Blue Prism v. 5 robotic process automation software that connected to
• Windows and Linux servers to run PowerShell or Bash/Docker commands.

Senior Software Engineer

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities:

• Resolved OpenStack (Glance, Horizon, Keystone, Neutron and Nova) and OpenStack API issues.
• Supported Fuel v. 6 (GUI and CLI). Reset environments and troubleshot network verification issues.
• Worked with Python, Apache, Nginx, Chef, Ansible, Puppet, VMware, KVM, DNS, Nagios, Git, and
• Atlassian Stash (forking). Created technical documentation and bash scripts for cloud engineers.
• Installed Linux for OpenStack controller nodes. Configured BIOS for PXE booting for OpenStack compute nodes. Configured NICs with bonding and bridges on physical servers. Configured RAIDs.

Senior DevOps Engineer

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities:

• Wrote scripts for file transfers and network security issues. Worked with Fiddler for troubleshooting.
• Modified JavaScript pages and other front end web technologies. Attended Scrum meetings.
• Worked with Jenkins jobs for automated builds, Python, Splunk, and XML.
• Performed deployments and documented various DevOps responsibilities for deployments.
• Performed root cause analysis by reviewing logs of failed SQL jobs or failed deployments.

Senior Release Engineer

Confidential, Portland Metropolitan Area, OR

Responsibilities:

• Worked hands - on with CentOS Linux, Hyper-V, Device42, VNC, and other technologies.
• Wrote Python scripts on Linux that utilized the Nmap utility to create network inventory logs.
• Wrote PowerShell scripts that utilized WMI commands and created server inventory logs.
• Evaluated IT asset management technologies and made detailed recommendations.
• Set up Jenkins on Linux and scheduled Ant jobs.

Senior Linux DevOps Engineer

Confidential, Portland Metropolitan Area, OR

Responsibilities:

• Worked hands - on with SaltStack, OpenStack, Linux, Splunk, Subversion, Git, Tomcat, KickstartVirtualBox, and VMware vSphere. I documented related technical procedures clearly.
• Researched and evaluated various technologies and recommended solutions.
• Configured open source technologies, their dependencies, and various Python packages.
• Installed complex SAP software on Linux that integrated with other non-SAP products.
• Automated the cloning of a Git repository. Configured passwordless authentication with SSH.

Senior Application Support Engineer

Confidential, Redwood City, CA

Responsibilities:

• Senior level, customer - facing technical support that also involved working closely with in-house developers, DBAs, systems administrators, business analysts, and integration engineers.
• Supported cloud-based business intelligence software using the following technologies: LinuxOracle, Windows, SQL Server, Apache, Mule, ActiveMQ, Nagios, IIS, Data Transit / Embarcadero
• (ETL) software, and VMware Infrastructure Client.
• Took in-house in Hadoop, SOLR, New Relic, and Puppet.
• Java deployments for changes as well as break/fix issues with Java code.
• Debugged Java stack traces, performed root cause analysis, and extensive SQL work.
• Updated code in CVS repository. Created CVS directions for other I.T. professionals.
• Developed scripts (bash, Python, .cmd, .bat, and Powershell), cronjobs, Scheduled Tasksand SQL stored procedures. Used XML, Jira, and interactive PowerShell.
• Hands-on support of custom ETL processes, JavaScript, and network security issues.

Release Engineer & System Analyst

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Responsibilities:

• Worked with MySQL and AIX to deploy changes to databases. Designed instructions for Unix software deployments for other release engineers to use.
• Deployed .NET code with a custom configuration management tool. Troubleshot release issues by myself or with senior/lead developers. Deployed Informatica solutions.
• Used Informatica v.8 and v.9 to import XML files and debug ETL jobs.
• Installed and configured Web service applications. Installed and configured applications such as RevPort, SM9, and Quality Center.
• Worked with IIS and Fiddler to troubleshoot network and security issues.
• Created stored procedures using SQL Server. Troubleshot failed stored procedures.
• Analyzed SQL agent jobs and other SQL code for optimization and group projects.
• Created queries to troubleshoot problems and/or to change database objects.
• Learned the internal workings of financial company in a dynamic, multi - tiered I.T. environment.
• Contributed extensively with the company s ETL operations and DevOps engineering (for implementing releases to development, QA, and production environments).

Senior Systems Administrator

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Responsibilities:

• Worked with a configuration management team, QA analysts, and project managers to deploy
• Java code to development, test, and production environments.
• Conducted smoke tests after deployments and created technical instructions for others.
• Provided Sr. Systems Administration oversight to CAB meetings. Used Subversion and supported it company - wide with two different LDAPs. Used OpenSSO.
• Maintained SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008 databases and performed queries using SQL code.
• Upgraded/migrated databases. Used SQL Profiler and A.D. network service accounts for SQL.
• Created maintenance plans on SQL databases including backing up transaction logs.
• Installed SQL Server 2005 and 2008. Restored transactions from an ldf file.
• Designed new databases and restored old ones. Created traces, database users, instance logins, and new tables. Created disaster recovery procedures for databases and servers.
• Worked with load balancers, WebSphere, and SCSI hardware.
• Worked with the NetApp software to administer a SAN.
• Set up an Iomega NAS out of the box by myself.
• Troubleshot and configured HP ProCurve switches.
• Support of Active Directory, TCP/IP network, security and VPN technologies.
• Designed backup solutions using Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 and 2010.
• Supported 24/7 operations and remote locations with VPN, Cacti, vSphere, KVMs.
• Maintained an MS Exchange cluster with failover. Used WSUS for MS updates.
• Performed billable, external systems administration and administered internal infrastructure for
• Windows 2003/2008, Linux servers, and website applications.
• Used Nagios, Cacti, Splunk, and Sysinternals Process Explorer for troubleshooting.
• Triaged work and managed situations when the I.T. manager was out of the office.
• Designed work processes and guided junior staff to replicate them using documentation.
• Used VMware vSphere to create and support virtual machines (mostly Windows).

Programmer / Analyst, & Network Field Engineer

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Responsibilities:

• This was a customer - facing position. The work involved Unix, some Linux, PL/1, TCP/IP networking and server hardware. The customers were financial institutions.
• Migrated mission-critical data processing servers for customers in the middle of the night in different states in the U.S. Provided application support and system administration at night.
• Worked with RISC servers (for high performance computing), Internet banking servers, and disaster recovery products (failover, logging, and SAF servers).
• Installed code on live and development servers; performed system administration functions
• (terminating jobs, clearing ghost users) and interactive programming.
• Installed Unix on IBM servers using installation media or the NIM tool.
• Set up transaction logging servers to continually capture database changes.
• Built RAIDs, configured mirroring, partitioning, and server encryption with JFS2.
• Set up and troubleshot Linux IBM servers (SUSE) and Linux-based term servers.
• Installed, configured, and maintained servers (in DMZs) using WWW services.
• Worked on hosted and non-hosted machines via VPN. Applied Unix operating system patches.
• Solved an extremely high number of cases in the Network and Hardware Services department.
• Created useful technical documentation.

I.S. Support Specialist II

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Responsibilities:

• The setting was in a life sciences business having a diagnostic laboratory with computerized testing on - site and remote pharmaceutical sales throughout the U.S. The business environment was regulated by HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley.
• Crafted T-SQL statements for a backup (DLO) database and edited XML scripts.
• Administered Active Directory, Exchange Server, Blackberry server, Windows XP and Vista workstations to troubleshoot problems and create/terminate users.
• Provided I.T. support for users in business, medical laboratory, and home offices.
• Taught new and experienced I.T. staff solutions to problems. Documented solutions with unparalleled devotion giving the company a wealth of permanent information.
• Worked with Alcatel phone system, ECM, Ghost, SCCM, MS Access 2007, and SharePoint.
• Worked with Netaphor s SiteAudit software to monitor networked and locally attached printers.
• Introduced departmental processes for improved collaboration with programmers.
• Designed and documented an optimal configuration for workstation/scanners stations that saved the company significant labor costs.

Various Titles

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Responsibilities:

• Worked different temporary positions and gained knowledge of I.T. and different industries.
• Designed web pages for realtors and attorneys while providing TCP/IP support.
• Modified Lotus Approach database front - end that contributed to users efficiency.
• Technology support for law firms: accounting software, Visio and Windows.
• Operated a voicemail server running OS/2 and maintained a Unix server.
• Troubleshot network issues and set up printers on Unix server. Modified the /etc/hosts file.
• Created ways to query an Access database that led to better employee utilization.
• Helped guide and train staff in records and database projects in a law firm.
• Web design for a law firm s intranet and website using Dreamweaver and FTP.
• Aided firm s decisions to use Dreamweaver instead of FrontPage and Firefox instead of Internet
• Explorer. Handled escalated issues from the I.T. Manager.
• Produced reports on telecommunication costs and library expenses.