Cloud Architect | Operations Lead
2015 - 2018Sano Intelligence- Created, managed, and supported the entire cloud infrastructure for the enterprise to ensure high availability and low-cost automation solutions.
- Supported both internal engineering groups and IT groups to ensure coordinated efforts across the organization and reduce duplication.
- Implemented infrastructure scalability throughout an enterprise's formative years—ensuring the load testing, scalability, and productivity of teams working on the product.
Technologies: Linux, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Cloud Architecture, Monitoring, Scalability, Google CloudSenior Site Reliability Engineer
2012 - 2015The Climate Corporation- Worked to help control costs and mitigate expenses through the use of AWS technologies including spot instances, monitoring, and active management of infrastructure.
- Acted as the primary engineer on security and infrastructure concerns within the cloud infrastructure.
- Consulted across teams within the organization for use and integration with AWS and other cloud technologies, including engineering, IT, and business analytics teams.
- Implemented and managed the authentication infrastructure for production services ensuring reliable SSO across the application suite.
- Implemented the high-availability and high-reliability infrastructure to support build deployment automation and reproducibility.
Technologies: Go, Python, Ruby, Java, AWS EC2, AWS, AWS EMR, Cost Cutting, Web SecuritySystems Engineer
2008 - 2010Ooyala- Designed, negotiated purchasing, built, and provisioned the first physical data center for the company's hybrid-cloud system.
- Designed and deployed corporate and production networks, automation, IT integration, and provisioning tools.
- Acted as the first-and-final security contact for internal and external threat mitigation, management, and resolution.
Technologies: AWS EC2, BGP, AWS S3, AWS EMR, VPN, IPsecLinux Administrator | Corporate Site Reliability Engineer
2004 - 2008Google- Managed and maintained numerous corporate services to support the engineering organization and the corporate mission.
- Oversaw several integration points of the various technology platforms in Google's unique environment.
- Handled on-call and maintenance of tight SLAs to ensure worldwide and 24/7 availability of corporate infrastructure.
- Acted frequently as a nexus of information between the corporate and production networking teams and security, production, and corporate resources.
Technologies: Python, C, Linux, LDAP, RADIUS, Ruby, DNS, Load Balancers, Cloud, Perforce, CVS, Git, Mercurial, IP Networks, VPN, Firewalls, Kerberos
James Nurmi
Cloud Architect and Developer in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Member since June 16, 2021
With two decades of experience, James brings a deep understanding of matching business requirements with practical solutions. From small shops just starting to get traffic to large shops looking to increase reliability, availability, and control costs, James brings both expertise and creativity to help your business grow and thrive in the cloud. With a diverse set of skills and a tenacity for problem-solving, James helps bridge that gap between what a business needs and how it can get there.
James is now available for hire
Portfolio
- Sano IntelligenceLinux, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Cloud Architecture, Monitoring, Scalability...
- The Climate CorporationGo, Python, Ruby, Java, AWS EC2, AWS, AWS EMR, Cost Cutting, Web Security
- OoyalaAWS EC2, BGP, AWS S3, AWS EMR, VPN, IPsec
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Linux, AWS, Go, Python
The most amazing...
...thing I've accomplished was helping to cut a client's cloud spending from a million dollars per year, to a tenth of that, in weeks, by knowing the right tools.
Employment
Experience
- Hrmit.iohttps://hrmit.io
A Go-and-JavaScript web service designed to aid companies with automating their onboarding and offboarding processes across a wide variety of web services.
By ensuring repeatable and reliable onboarding, new employees can get started faster, access the services needed for their roles, and reduce the time they spend during their first weeks asking for access to core components.
Similarly with offboarding, companies are given reliable and auditable assurance that employees no longer have access to company property after they leave, helping to control license costs, security risks and unplanned IT work.
Skills
Languages
Go, C, Python, C++, Java, RubyFrameworks
AWS HA, AWS EMRLibraries/APIs
Google Apps, RADIUSTools
VPN, AWS ECS, AWS IAM, AWS ELB, AWS EBS, AWS CloudFormation, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Git, Perforce, CVS, Mercurial, Jira, Atlassian, Trello, HelmParadigms
DevOps, Lambda ArchitecturePlatforms
Unix, Linux, AWS ALB, AWS EC2, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, AWS Lambda, Kubernetes, AzureStorage
AWS S3, AWS DynamoDB, Google CloudOther
DNS, Load Balancers, Cloud, IP Networks, Firewalls, Kerberos, AWS, IPsec, Cost Cutting, AWS Cloud Architecture, Monitoring, Scalability, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Cloud Security, AWS DevOps, DevOps Engineer, Containers, Containerization, LDAP, Wireless, BGP, Web Security, Securities, Lambda Functions
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science2000 - 2004Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Blacksburg, VA, United States
Certifications
- AWS Solutions ArchitectMAY 2012 - PRESENTAmazon Web Services
