Joseph is available for hire

Joseph Lombardo

Verified Expert in Engineering

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Developer

Summerfield, NC, United States

Toptal member since October 13, 2020

Expertise

Site Reliability DevOps DNS SaaS System Administration Cloud Architecture AWS RDS AWS DevOps AWS Cloud Cloud Engineering SSO Engineering System Security Linux Git AWS Solutions

Bio

Joseph is a cloud architect, application developer, and Linux administrator building on- and off-premise hybrid solutions. A seasoned DevOps engineer with expert-level experience in AWS solutions, Joseph is particularly interested in the co-mingled roles of development and operations and assisting companies in their growth.

Portfolio

Dev Cloud South

Amazon, Terraform, Scripting, Cloud, Consulting, SIEM...

Endeavor - Main

Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS CloudFormation, DevOps, AWS DevOps, Docker...

NetFoundry

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Alibaba Cloud, Azure...

Experience

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) - 10 years
Linux - 10 years
Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 10 years
Cloud Security - 8 years
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - 7 years
CI/CD Pipelines - 7 years
Terraform - 6 years
Kubernetes - 3 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Jenkins, Terraform, Linux, Kubernetes, Cloud, DevOps, Datadog, Elasticsearch, Email Systems, Network Engineering, DevOps Engineer, Amazon EC2, CloudOps, SSL, Load Balancers, SaaS, SSL Certificates, Jira, Database Security, VPN, Infrastructure, Email, System Administration, REST APIs, GitHub Actions, Scalability, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Orchestration, Cybersecurity, Network Security, SIEM, Cloud Architecture

The most amazing...

...orchestration platform I've developed created SDNs across multiple cloud vendors that deliver updates through a full CI/CD pipeline.

Work Experience

Owner

2020 - PRESENT

Dev Cloud South

Consulted on all things infrastructure, DevOps, and development.
Helped clients work through security and compliance in the cloud.
Assisted new businesses from "I have an idea" to "Deployed in production."

Technologies: Amazon, Terraform, Scripting, Cloud, Consulting, SIEM, Web Application Firewall (WAF), Single Sign-on (SSO), Firewalls, Cloud Architecture

Cloud DevOps and Expert AWS Engineer

2020 - 2021

Endeavor - Main

Conducted a complete migration of all infrastructure from Azure to AWS.
Planned, built, and managed multiple Kubernetes clusters to support both web application and data engineering teams. Automated deployment to clusters with GitHub Actions and Flux v2.
Brought all infrastructure under Terraform management and automated deployments through GitHub Actions.

Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS CloudFormation, DevOps, AWS DevOps, Docker, GitHub, Bash, Istio, Helm, Pulumi, Amazon Simple Email Service (SES), Email Delivery, Email Systems, Networking, Network Engineering, DevOps Engineer, Amazon EC2, Snowflake, Kubernetes Operations (kOps), PostgreSQL, Machine Learning Operations (MLOps), DNS, Service Meshes, CloudOps, Amazon RDS, SSL, Load Balancers, IT Security, Scrum, IntelliJ IDEA, Continuous Integration (CI), Scaling, Autoscaling, On-demand Scaling, Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), AWS ELB, GitLab, Continuous Delivery (CD), SaaS, APIs, SSL Certificates, Jira, Company Databases, Database Security, Data Analytics, Personally Identifiable Information (PII), VPN, AWS VPN, Data Engineering, Apache Kafka, Infrastructure, Office 365, System Administration, Containers, Redis, AWS CloudTrail, Amazon Aurora, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Cluster, REST APIs, Vulnerability Assessment, AWS NAT Gateway, Flux, GitHub Actions, Amazon ElastiCache, Amazon MSK, Scalability, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Orchestration, Cybersecurity, Network Security, Amazon Cognito, Web Application Firewall (WAF), Single Sign-on (SSO), Firewalls, Cloud Architecture

Lead Infrastructure Engineer

2017 - 2020

NetFoundry

Designed and built a multi-cloud, global SD-WAN enterprise orchestration system on Spring Boot.
Automated setup and management of multiple hybrid cloud environments between AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Alibaba Cloud through Terraform.
Split time between architecture, automation, infrastructure management, and core platform development.
Served as a lead architect for all systems, applications, and DevOps processes.

Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Alibaba Cloud, Azure, Packer, Terraform, Spring Boot, Go, Kubernetes, Linux, AWS Cloud Architecture, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), AWS Secrets Manager, SecOps, Python, Datadog, CI/CD Pipelines, Cloud, DevOps, AWS IAM, CircleCI, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Monitoring, Containerization, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Security, DevSecOps, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Amazon EC2, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Lambda, Cloud Computing, Architecture, Cloud Security, HashiCorp, AWS DevOps, AWS Certified Developer, Cloud Migration, Access Control, Docker, Jenkins, GitHub, Bash, Amazon Simple Email Service (SES), Email Systems, Networking, Network Engineering, DevOps Engineer, GitLab CI/CD, PostgreSQL, DNS, Service Meshes, CloudOps, Amazon RDS, Ansible, SSL, Load Balancers, IT Security, Scrum, IntelliJ IDEA, Continuous Integration (CI), Scaling, Autoscaling, Real-time Systems, Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), GitLab, Angular, Continuous Delivery (CD), SaaS, APIs, SSL Certificates, Jira, Company Databases, Database Security, Personally Identifiable Information (PII), VPN, AWS VPN, Data Engineering, Infrastructure, System Administration, Containers, Redis, AWS CloudTrail, Amazon Aurora, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Rancher, Cluster, REST APIs, Vulnerability Assessment, AWS NAT Gateway, Flux, GitHub Actions, Amazon ElastiCache, MySQL, Scalability, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Orchestration, Cybersecurity, Network Security, SIEM, Web Application Firewall (WAF), Single Sign-on (SSO), Firewalls, Cloud Architecture

Director of DevOps

2013 - 2017

Red Ventures

Managed a DevOps team with ownership of everything from development builds and CI/CD pipelines through infrastructure management, monitoring, patching, and security.
Created a new application bootstrapping system for developer-driven application lifecycle management leveraging Yeoman, Docker, and custom APIs.
Planned, built, and maintained the OpenStack private cloud infrastructure across two private data centers with multiple availability zones.
Managed the provisioning, monitoring, and maintenance of 500 hardware and over 1,000 virtual servers encompassing the PCI vault environment, internal network, DMZ, and firewalls for all data centers.
Designed and built a new static code deployment system to keep up with growth and scaling challenges, leveraging PHP, RabbitMQ, and Go.
Created a unified development environment for front-end, back-end, and creative developers leveraging Puppet and Vagrant.

Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Puppet, OpenStack, VMware, Go, Git, PHP, Docker, Node.js, SaltStack, Linux, AWS Cloud Architecture, CI/CD Pipelines, Cloud, DevOps, Python, AWS IAM, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AWS CloudFormation, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Monitoring, Containerization, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Security, DevSecOps, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Amazon EC2, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), AWS Lambda, Cloud Computing, Architecture, Cloud Security, HashiCorp, AWS DevOps, Cloud Migration, Enterprise Architecture, Jenkins, GitHub, Bash, Email Systems, Networking, Network Engineering, DevOps Engineer, DNS, CloudOps, Amazon RDS, Ansible, SSL, Load Balancers, IT Security, Scrum, MacOS, IntelliJ IDEA, Continuous Integration (CI), Website Performance, Real-time Systems, Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), GitLab, Angular, Continuous Delivery (CD), SaaS, SSL Certificates, Jira, Company Databases, Database Security, Personally Identifiable Information (PII), VPN, Infrastructure, Email, System Administration, Containers, Redis, AWS CloudTrail, Amazon CloudFront CDN, .NET, Rancher, REST APIs, Vulnerability Assessment, AWS NAT Gateway, MySQL, Scalability, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Orchestration, Cybersecurity, Network Security, Web Application Firewall (WAF), Firewalls, Cloud Architecture

Experience

Secure CI/CD Pipeline for Multiple Managed Customer Accounts

A CI/CD pipeline that builds, tests, and performs deployments to their AWS staging and production application shared tenancy accounts. Upon approval of changes by standalone enterprise customers, push button packaging and deployment to those customers' environments along with aggregated error metrics and log streaming back return to the main management account.

Lead DevOps Engineer for Enterprise Company

Created and maintained AWS and Azure infrastructure to support a data science platform, multiple data pipelines, and several front-end applications. This role encompassed all infrastructure, security, and Kubernetes/Helm development.

Certifications

SEPTEMBER 2019 - SEPTEMBER 2022

AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Amazon Web Services

Skills

Libraries/APIs

REST APIs, Node.js

Tools

Terraform, SaltStack, Git, Amazon EKS, Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), AWS ELB, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), AWS IAM, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), CloudOps, Jira, VPN, AWS CloudTrail, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Cluster, Amazon ElastiCache, IntelliJ IDEA, Jenkins, Packer, GitHub, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudFormation, Istio, GitLab, CircleCI, Helm, HashiCorp, Amazon Simple Email Service (SES), Ansible, Amazon Cognito, Zsh, VMware, Puppet, GitLab CI/CD, Apache Airflow

Paradigms

DevOps, DevSecOps, Scrum, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), On-demand Scaling, Real-time Systems, Azure DevOps

Platforms

Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, MacOS, Apache Kafka, Rancher, Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), OpenStack, Amazon

Storage

Company Databases, Database Security, Redis, Amazon Aurora, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Datadog, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Alibaba Cloud, Elasticsearch

Industry Expertise

Network Security, Cybersecurity

Languages

PHP, Bash, Python, Go, Snowflake

Frameworks

Spring Boot, Flux, Angular, .NET, Django

Other

Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AWS DevOps, AWS Certified Solution Architect, AWS Cloud Architecture, CI/CD Pipelines, Cloud, Monitoring, Containerization, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Security, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Cloud Computing, Architecture, Cloud Security, AWS Certified Developer, Cloud Migration, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Access Control, Enterprise Architecture, Email Delivery, Email Systems, Networking, Network Engineering, DevOps Engineer, DNS, Amazon RDS, SSL, Load Balancers, IT Security, SaaS, APIs, SSL Certificates, Personally Identifiable Information (PII), AWS VPN, Infrastructure, Email, System Administration, Containers, AWS NAT Gateway, GitHub Actions, Scalability, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Orchestration, Web Application Firewall (WAF), Single Sign-on (SSO), Firewalls, Cloud Architecture, Scaling, Autoscaling, Website Performance, SecOps, AWS Secrets Manager, Pulumi, Amazon API Gateway, Kubernetes Operations (kOps), Machine Learning Operations (MLOps), Service Meshes, Scraping, Data Analytics, Data Engineering, Office 365, Vulnerability Assessment, SIEM, Microsoft Azure, Amazon MSK, Scripting, Consulting, Cloud Monitoring

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