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title: "Resume/CV"
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# description: Test
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date: 2022-12-25T15:57:20-08:00
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---
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- [Experience](#experience)
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- [DevOps Manager - The Suddath Companies](#devops-manager---the-suddath-companies)
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- [Systems Engineer - Special Counsel](#systems-engineer---special-counsel)
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- [DevOps Engineer - Directors Mortgage](#devops-engineer---directors-mortgage)
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- [IT Specialist, Contract - Georgia Pacific](#it-specialist-contract---georgia-pacific)
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- [Systems Administrator - Remedi Senior Care](#systems-administrator---remedi-senior-care)
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- [IT Specialist - Rural Alaska Community Action Program](#it-specialist---rural-alaska-community-action-program)
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- [Education](#education)
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- [Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in `Computer Networking`](#bachelor-of-science-bsc-in-computer-networking)
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- [Skills](#skills)
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## Experience
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### DevOps Manager - The Suddath Companies
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Location: `Remote`
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When: `February 2021 - Present`
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- Saved the company money on the Azure bill by 50% a with in-depth review of our utilization and removed waste
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- Owned the Azure infrastructure and ensured everything was working and configured as required
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- Pioneered the use of Infrastructure As Code with Terraform to manage Azure
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- Implemented all monitoring and remediation processes for our hosted services
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- Built out the Internal Developer Portal for all of our developers to use to improve their quality of life
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- Built out services to adjust Azure resources and control our spend with API Services
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- Overhauled our CI/CD processes with more robust Infrastructure As Code practices and promoting shifting left on security items.
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- Created CLI tools for CI/CD pipelines with Go and C#
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- Reduced friction with automated deployment process to Auth0
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- Monitored Developement teams code quality
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- Optmized business processes to optmize time and money
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### Systems Engineer - Special Counsel
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Location: `Remote`
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From: `August 2019 to February 2021`
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- 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%.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Optimized Azure infrastructure build times with Terraform and Ansible automation, migrated client facing services off internal servers, and deployed web services.
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- Improved system metrics and alerts with InfluxDB and automated the deployment of monitoring tools and configuration.
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- Improved code reliability by unifying team development environments, taught team members how to write code, and improved our teams code processes.
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### DevOps Engineer - Directors Mortgage
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Location: `Lake Oswego, Oregon`
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When: `April 2017 to August 2019`
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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%.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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### IT Specialist, Contract - Georgia Pacific
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Location: `Camas, Washington`
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When: `December 2016 to March 2017`
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- Deployed new hardware and improved server monitoring with PowerShell scripts.
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### Systems Administrator - Remedi Senior Care
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Location: `Baltimore, Maryland`
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When: `November 2013 to December 2015`
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- Implemented security policies to reduce sensitive data getting exposed and created policies for user compliance saving the company $15,000 per year.
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- Monitored and managed over 100 Windows and Linux servers and deployed new networking equipment to reduce failure rates caused by outdated equipment.
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- Observed and monitored servers and network for problems with SolarWinds and SNMP.
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- Facilitated and implemented new Cisco hardware.
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- Completed automated Active Directory and built terminal server maintenance using PowerShell.
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- Ran through extensive application testing before roll out to users.
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- Supervised and managed Network-wide device encryption.
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### IT Specialist - Rural Alaska Community Action Program
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Location: `Anchorage, Alaska`
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When: `March 2007 to August 2013`
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- Wrote scripts to automate tasks with PowerShell and Bash. Saved the team 50+ hours of work.
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- 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.
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- Instituted patch management for Clients and Servers with WSUS.
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## Education
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### Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in `Computer Networking`
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Charter College, Anchorage, AK, 2011
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## Skills
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- C#/Dotnet
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- GoLang
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- Python
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- API Development
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