Brock Quinn
Verified Expert in Engineering
Red Hat Linux Developer
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Toptal member since July 18, 2019
Brock has over a dozen years of practical experience working with Cloud and on-premises environments, specializing in infrastructure migrations, cybersecurity, and compliance. He possesses a strong entrepreneurial drive and is always looking for the best solution to fit project requirements. With a strong customer service background, Brock communicates well and prides himself on delivering high-quality results.
Portfolio
Experience
- Red Hat Linux - 20 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 10 years
- PCI DSS - 7 years
- Puppet - 7 years
- Terraform - 7 years
- Python - 4 years
- Oracle Cloud - 2 years
- AWS Lambda - 2 years
Preferred Environment
Windows 10, Vim Text Editor, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), CentOS, RHEL
The most amazing...
...project I've worked on was moving a co-location deployment with 16 racks of equipment to another location with four hours of downtime within 30 days.
Work Experience
Co-founder | CEO
Teppen Services
- Designed a Cloud infrastructure that implements best practices for high availability, scalability, security, and performance.
- Developed a SaaS API using Python, AWS Lambda, Cognito, and API Gateway.
- Developed a SaaS website front end using Aurelia JavaScript framework.
- Built and maintained a CI/CD pipeline using GitLab and Docker, deploying to AWS ECR and ECS Fargate.
- Designed and deployed infrastructure using the infrastructure-as-code tool Terraform.
- Developed a data archival system using Python, AWS Glacier Deep Archive, and Azure Blob Storage.
- Developed and tested AWS Lambda functions using AWS SAM.
- Managed a global team of staff working across different time zones.
Principal Network Analyst
Oracle
- Designed a Cloud network infrastructure for products being deployed in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Infrastructure as code written and deployed using Terraform.
- Oversaw network automation and configuration management using Python and SALT.
- Reviewed proposed solutions ensuring best practices coverage for security, high-availability, and business continuity and disaster recovery.
- Provided mentoring and training to engineers.
- Worked with a global, remote first team.
Principal Network Engineer
NetSuite
- Advised and participated in compliance audits including PCI-DSS, SOC 1 and 2, ISO27001 as the technical lead.
- Responsible for infrastructure capacity planning relating to the Advanced Rating group of products.
- Oversaw the split data center infrastructure and half, to a new data center facility.
- Migrated the company-owned data center infrastructure to the co-location facility.
- Designed and built a Cloud-based hot standby disaster recovery solution.
- Provided mentoring and training.
- Worked in a global, remote-first team.
Senior Network Engineer
Monexa
- Implemented high availability best practices using load balancing and redundant servers.
- Deployed a Zabbix monitoring system to monitor all infrastructure components and manage assets.
- Designed and deployed a new infrastructure using Citrix XenServer and Cisco UCS platform to significantly reduce data center footprint and day-to-day management tasks.
- Implemented configuration management using Puppet to centrally manage all system configurations.
- Migrated source code version control to Git and assisted with provisioning a Jenkins system to create a CI/CD solution.
- Implemented security best practices including server hardening, rate limits, DoS protection and explicit firewall filtering.
- Advised and participated in security and compliance audits including PCI-DSS, SOC 1 & 2, ISO27001 as the technical lead on the project.
Network Engineer
Hostworks
- Designed and deployed network infrastructure, including but not limited to routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, and IDS and IPS solutions.
- Monitored and maintained the existing network infrastructure.
- Implemented network automation using scripting languages.
- Participated in on-call roster.
Systems Engineer
Adam Internet
- Migrated legacy systems to new infrastructure.
- Maintained custom software for remote network testing.
- Maintained and improved game server infrastructure.
- Maintained and improved corporate email infrastructure.
- Maintained and improved the standard operating environment for Linux and Windows hosts.
Experience
Tied.to SaaS Product
Certifications
Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
The Linux Foundation
Certified Kubernetes Administrator
The Linux Foundation
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
The Linux Foundation
Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA)
The Linux Foundation
Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate (KCSA)
The Linux Foundation
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Node.js
Tools
Terraform, Puppet, OpenTofu, GitHub, Vim Text Editor, Apache, Sendmail, Exim4, VMware, Apache Tomcat, Zabbix, Citrix XenServer, Apache HTTP Server, GitLab, Amazon Cognito, Amazon CloudFront CDN, AWS Fargate, Rocky Linux, Claude Code
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon EC2, Red Hat Linux, Docker, AWS Lambda, Kubernetes, CentOS, Linux, Solaris, Xen, Citrix, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Nexus, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Oracle, Oracle Database, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Storage
Oracle Cloud, NetApp, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), MySQL
Paradigms
DevOps, Continuous Deployment
Languages
Java, Python, Bash, JavaScript
Other
Cisco, Juniper, HAProxy, PCI DSS, Firewalls, Security, Software Development, Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC), Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Monitoring, CI/CD Pipelines, SOC 2, RHEL, Windows 10, NFS, BIND, Foundry, Cisco UCS, ASA, Secure Automated Lending Technology (SALT), Arista, VM, GNSS, ECS, API Gateways, Amazon API Gateway, DevNetOps, SOX Compliance, ISO 27001, Kubernetes Security, Self-managed Kubernetes
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