Principle DevOps Engineer
2018 - 2019Calm- Built and scaled a mobile application to support thousands of requests per second.
- Fully deployed EKS/Kubernetes clusters fully managed by Terraform.
- Wrote numerous Kubernetes template frameworks leveraging Terraform and CodeFresh for full Canary deploys.
- Built a fully-managed networking layer using Terraform.
- Built a multi-region multi-account AWS setup with full VPC peering using Aviatrix.
- Helped solve architectural issues and bring the latency to reasonable levels.
- Screened potential DevOps candidates for the company and assisted in building a DevOps culture and team.
Technologies: Elasticsearch, Security, Amazon Linux, Jenkins, DevOps, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux, Bash, Codefresh, CircleCI, Amazon EKS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Go, AWSDirector, Site Reliability Engineering
2017 - 2019Veritone- Designed and implemented an architecture for processing streams of media with AI in real time.
- Designed and implemented a unique autoscaling architecture leveraging Fargate and ECS/EC2.
- Led the efforts resulting in achieving a high FedRAMP compliance status.
- Built an SRE team from nothing to having a global presence in six time zones.
- Led the efforts resulting in a savings of over $800,000 from AWS annually.
Technologies: Security, Amazon Linux, Jenkins, DevOps, Bash, Linux, Redis, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, ECS, AWS Lambda, Go, Python, AWS Fargate, Docker, Ansible, Terraform, Amazon Web Services (AWS)Technical Account Manager (TAM)
2017 - 2017Amazon Web Services- Managed multiple $100+ million accounts at AWS.
- Led architecture design efforts and reviewed all the accounts.
- Led multiple in-depth how-to workshops on automating the infrastructure with Terraform, Ansible, and Packer.
- Built a new internal toolset resulting in immediately an increased resiliency for hundreds of AWS accounts.
- Contributed heavily to the internal software development for multiple tools.
Technologies: Security, Amazon Linux, Docker, DevOps, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux, Secure Automated Lending Technology (SALT), Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, Bash, Go, JavaScript, Python, AWSLead DevOps Engineer
2016 - 2017Clear Capital- Built a DevOps team from nothing to a global presence supporting multiple time zones.
- Led the architectural efforts around a Cassandra/SOLR design and code implementation which resulted in a query performance optimization (going from 10+ seconds to a sub-second query response time).
- Architected the design and implementation of ClearQC/ClearCollateral with customers like Wells Fargo, Freddie Mac, and Goldman Sachs running over $3 trillion through the systems monthly.
- Led a team in the automation of all infrastructure and configuration management which resulted in a highly scalable, self-healing system with tools like SALT, Terraform, Packer, Ansible, Kubernetes, and Docker.
- Automated our CI/CD processes which resulted in reducing the average build/test time from 30 minutes down to 5 minutes.
- Led the efforts to achieve SOC 2 compliance.
Technologies: Elasticsearch, Security, Amazon Linux, Jenkins, DevOps, Linux, Bash, Spark, Solr, Elassandra, Docker, Kubernetes, Packer, Redshift, Cassandra, Puppet, Secure Automated Lending Technology (SALT), Ansible, Terraform, Amazon Web Services (AWS)Lead DevOps Engineer
2016 - 2016Estech Systems, Inc.- Architected the support for the PBX/SIP servers running on millions of phones worldwide.
- Led the migration efforts from a self-hosted on-premise implementation to a fully managed AWS deployment.
- Wrote numerous Ansible playbooks to optimize automation builds.
- Developed numerous Terraform modules to improve infrastructure automation builds.
- Led the systems team in troubleshooting SIP/PBX service issues for clients around the globe.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Elasticsearch, Security, Jenkins, Docker, DevOps, Python, Bash, Linux, Terraform, AWS, Secure Automated Lending Technology (SALT), AnsibleLinux Support Engineer
2015 - 2015Armor Cloud Hosting- Worked on numerous high-profile customer accounts, troubleshooting issues and increasing performance of customers applications.
- Wrote automation scripts for various customers concerning the deployment/installation of application stacks.
- Worked on numerous security response teams for real-time hacker prevention of high profile clients.
Technologies: Security, Nginx, MySQL, Apache, Linux, Python, Bash, AnsibleCloud Consultant
2015 - 2015Credera- Wrote Ansible playbooks for Gold's Gym to automate their entire website application stack.
- Redesigned Gold's Gym's website which resulted in load time response increase from five seconds to under a sub-second.
- Wrote Ansible playbooks in order to automate LDAP deployment with Kerberos.
Technologies: Security, Bash, Linux, Chef, Secure Automated Lending Technology (SALT), Puppet, Packer, Ansible, TerraformPatriot/THAAD Fire Control
2010 - 2012US Army- Worked on and maintained THAAD missile systems.
- Worked on and maintained Patriot missile systems.
- Deployed Patriot/THAAD radar systems.
- Worked on numerous live fire simulations and real world exercises.
Technologies: Aerospace & Defense