Resume / CV

  • History
  • Miro – Amsterdam, The Netherlands – DevOps Engineer – January 2021 – current
  • Responsibilities:
    • Deploy, administer, monitor, and optimize global IT cloud resources on AWS and private data center
    • Participate in on-call rotation in support of critical production alerts
    • Provide thought leadership as organization migrates to modern development practices
    • Create CI / CD tooling and services to increase deployment velocity for client app teams
    • Development team support migrating and deploying services into Kubernetes cluster

       Tools: CI / CD, Docker, Git, GitLab, AWS, Linux (Ubuntu/Debian), Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana, AlertManager

  • Tenerum – St. Petersburg, FL. USA – Infrastructure Engineer – July 2019 – December 2020
  • Responsibilities:
    • Deploy, administer, monitor, and optimize enterprise cloud applications on Google Cloud Platform
    • Design and Provision system infrastructure in support of business services and growth goals
    • Coordinate with development regarding project system requirements and operational load
    • Created CI / CD tooling and services to accelerate commit to production velocity
    • Provide thought leadership as organization migrates to modern development practices

       Tools: CI / CD, Docker, Git, GitLab, Google Cloud (GCP), Linux (CentOS/Debian), Terraform, Kubernetes, Istio, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana, AlertManager

    Accenture – St. Petersburg, FL. USA – Application Automation Engineer (contract) – July 2018 – July 2019

       Responsibilities:

    • Support client application teams on board to a standardized CI / CD process as mandated
    • Create, administer, and update multiple Jenkins & Jenkins pipeline jobs as required
    • Create CI / CD tooling and services to increase deployment velocity for client app teams
    • Troubleshoot client service applications inter-connection issues
    • Educate client app team on modern CI / CD designs and best practices
    • Leverage software background in recommending engineering best practices to legacy app teams

       Tools: Bash, Git, Jenkins, Linux, Sonarqube, Veracode, SDLC

    Malwarebytes – Site Reliability Engineer (3mo. contract) – St. Petersburg, FL. USA – March 2018 – June 2018

       Responsibilities:

    • Deploy, administer, monitor, and optimize enterprise cloud applications in AWS
    • Evangelize cloud best practices across engineering teams
    • Create comprehensive documentation to a level by which processes are reproducible by others
    • Stay abreast of the latest trends in cloud technology and in IT processes
    • Work collaboratively and effectively with a range of stakeholders

       Tools: AWS, Bash, CI/CD, Docker, Git, Jenkins, Linux, Scrum, Terraform

    Sourcetoad, LLC. – Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead / DevOps – Tampa, FL. USA – Feb. 2014 – March 2018

       Responsibilities:

    • Mentor and train junior engineers in software engineering best practices
    • Pioneer the testing, justification, and implementation of new technologies and processes
    • Develop multiple RESTful API services for land and ship based systems
    • Technical Lead on multiple projects; from rapid prototyping MVPs to ongoing enterprise support
    • Participate in team based projects to produce deliverables per documented specs
    • Assist in maintaining internal tool set to keep abreast of industry evolution

       Tools: Agile. AWS, API, Bash, CI/CD, Docker, Git, Jenkins, Leadership, PHP, SQL, SDLC, REST

    Tech Data – Sr. Level PHP Developer (6mo. contract) – St. Petersburg, FL. USA – Nov. 2015 – Mar. 2016

       Responsibilities:

    •   Reduced `fix it` ticket handle time by 80% by developing an internal web utility
    • Coordinate with business teams to implement value add features: SSO, vendor integrations, etc
    • Assist Lead Application Architect with project planning, feature requirement, mentoring and training
    • Assist DevOps teams with migrating legacy systems to modern architectural standards

       Tools: API, Agile, BitBucket, Git, Leadership, PHP, MVC (Symphony 2.x), SDLC

    HealthPlan Services – Developer – Tampa, FL. USA – Aug 2012 – Jan 2014

       Responsibilities:

    • Produce and maintain team management tools
    • Interface with system specialists to produce useful reporting tools
    • Improve on existing code base using industry recommended best practices

       Tools: API, Git, PHP, MVC (inhouse), SQL

    GSA Applications – Developer – Tampa, FL. USA – May 2012 – Aug 2012

       Responsibilities:

    • Decrease average deliverable time from 6 months to 6 weeks
    • Leverage Agile leadership paradigm to lead a three person customer facing team
    • Customize SugarCRM to align to internal custom workflow
    • Facilitate SQL data migrations from Microsoft CRM to SugarCRM

       Tools: Agile, Git, Leadership, PHP, HTML, WordPress

    Traderplanet.com – Jr.Developer – Wesley Chapel, FL. USA – Sept 2010 – Feb 2012

       Responsibilities:

    • Implement site wide enhancements and patches as dictated by project roadmap
    • Apply efficiency and optimization to code base as opportunity are presented
    • Interface with project stakeholders to facilitate feature change requests
    • Migrate web video broadcast system to handle larger user live cast video engagements

       Tools: API, Scrum, CSS, Git, HTML, JS, PHP, MVC (CakePHP 1.x)

    Accomplishments / Education

    Entrepreneurship

    ConnecHub, LLC – CTO

    • Oversee technology engineering aspects of product
    • Coordinate with other product owners to prioritize, develop, and deploy features
    • Effectively leverage AWS cloud offerings to provide cost effective solutions for product

       Tools: Ansible, AWS, Terraform, Ruby / Ruby on Rails.

    Social / Web Accounts