Grant Keiser
Verified Expert in Engineering
Linux Developer
Cedar Rapids, IA, United States
Toptal member since September 14, 2022
Grant is a senior software engineer with over 20 years of experience in the industry specializing in DevOps and cloud computing. He is a certified AWS Solutions Architect, CompTIA Cloud+ specialist, and subject matter expert in these areas. He is also a member of the CompTIA SME Technical Advisory Committee. In addition to his cloud and DevOps roles, Grant has several years of experience with the Go language, Docker, and multiple AWS services.
Portfolio
Experience
- Linux - 11 years
- Bash - 10 years
- Go - 6 years
- Elasticsearch - 4 years
- Amazon DynamoDB - 4 years
- Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) - 3 years
- CircleCI - 2 years
Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer
Syncbak
- Developed innovative cloud-based and bare metal solutions using the Go language and gRPC.
- Held a DevOps role in designing and deploying services to AWS and colocation data centers using CircleCI, Jenkins, and Ansible.
- Designed and implemented multiple modules using Wowza media server’s Java API, including recording, authentication, and multi-threaded scheduling.
- Built a web application that used Android APIs to generate white label Android applications that varied by the logo, color scheme, and other variables.
- Created a hybrid AWS ECS-AWS Lambda solution to scale thousands of S3 copy operations.
- Introduced and implemented open source solutions, including Elasticsearch, Asgard, and Ansible.
Project History
DevOps Pipeline with Three-tier App
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Psychology
Knox College - Galesburg, IL, USA
Certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
CompTIA Cloud+
CompTIA
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Node.js
Tools
Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), CircleCI, AWS ELB, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Kibana, AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), Terraform, Jenkins
Languages
Go, Bash
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux, Amazon EC2, Docker
Storage
Amazon DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis
Other
Cloud Computing, Writing & Editing, Communication, CI/CD Pipelines
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