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Experience

Location: Remote
When: February 2021 - Present

Saved the company money on the Azure bill by 50% a with in-depth review of our utilization and removed waste
Owned the Azure infrastructure and ensured everything was working and configured as required
Pioneered the use of Infrastructure As Code with Terraform to manage Azure
Implemented all monitoring and remediation processes for our hosted services
Built out the Internal Developer Portal for all of our developers to use to improve their quality of life
Built out services to adjust Azure resources and control our spend with API Services
Overhauled our CI/CD processes with more robust Infrastructure As Code practices and promoting shifting left on security items.
Created CLI tools for CI/CD pipelines with Go and C#
Reduced friction with automated deployment process to Auth0
Monitored Developement teams code quality
Optmized business processes to optmize time and money

Location: Remote
From: August 2019 to February 2021

Built Kubernetes cluster and migrated existing Docker workflows to improve uptime and the resistance to failure by 40%. Migrated internal Linux based tools to custom Docker Images that reduced management complexity by 50%.
Used Jenkins for CI/CD to build Docker Images, deploy Docker images, run Ansible jobs, and automated complex application upgrades with Ansible which reduced application upgrades from 24 hours to 4 hours of downtime.
Used Python to create a SAN health monitoring tool, synthetic web monitoring tool, website scraping tool and Relativity API tools, improving processes that saved 50+ hours of manually pulling data weekly.
Wrote PowerShell scripts to streamline the process of user account creation, automate SQL Server security changes, and fetch data from FTP servers saving 100+ hours of manual actions while improving accuracy.
Optimized Azure infrastructure build times with Terraform and Ansible automation, migrated client facing services off internal servers, and deployed web services.
Improved system metrics and alerts with InfluxDB and automated the deployment of monitoring tools and configuration.
Improved code reliability by unifying team development environments, taught team members how to write code, and improved our teams code processes.

Location: Lake Oswego, Oregon
When: April 2017 to August 2019

Built in-house tools with C# to automate business processes improving our accuracy and delivery times by 100% which improved our relationship with vendors by reducing errors on uploads.
Used PowerShell to automate internal and external processes including: loan status email notifications to clients, new hire and termination processes, and Exchange server adjustments which resulted in a 75% reduction in manual tasks.
Personally implemented Ansible to maintain configuration of servers, run routine updates and deploy Docker containers which prompted management to establish internal migration to Infrastructure as Code.
Supervised and managed a team of technicians and trained team members in Powershell and Ansible to reduce manual tasks and improve SLA’s by 25%.
Cleaned up the existing server infrastructure by removing redundant servers that resulted in an efficient network and saved over $5,000 per quarter on licensing costs.
Wrote C# application to fully automate an internal process that reduced the need for a team of 5 people down to 1 saving the company $75,000 per year.

Location: Camas, Washington
When: December 2016 to March 2017

Location: Baltimore, Maryland
When: November 2013 to December 2015

Implemented security policies to reduce sensitive data getting exposed and created policies for user compliance saving the company $15,000 per year.
Monitored and managed over 100 Windows and Linux servers and deployed new networking equipment to reduce failure rates caused by outdated equipment.
Observed and monitored servers and network for problems with SolarWinds and SNMP.
Facilitated and implemented new Cisco hardware.
Completed automated Active Directory and built terminal server maintenance using PowerShell.
Ran through extensive application testing before roll out to users.
Supervised and managed Network-wide device encryption.

Location: Anchorage, Alaska
When: March 2007 to August 2013

Wrote scripts to automate tasks with PowerShell and Bash. Saved the team 50+ hours of work.
Simplified computer deployments by developing Group Policy Objects, maintained remote office server equipment, migrated all physical servers to VMware ESX, and migrated legacy network equipment with Cisco hardware.
Instituted patch management for Clients and Servers with WSUS.

Charter College, Anchorage, AK, 2011