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Skills
AWS
EC2, VPC, IoT Core, Cognito, DynamoDB, S3, CloudFront, IAM and others
Infrastructure as Code
Developing and maintaing infrastructure as code with Terraform
Configuration Management
Launching, configuring and maintaining cloud and on prem environments with Ansible
CI/CD
Implementing continuous integration and deployment pipelines with Jenkins and GitLab CI
Python
Writting IoT apps and automation scripts with Python
Monitoring
Implementing centralized monitoring solution for cloud environments with Telegraf, InfluxDB and Grafana
Serverless
Building reliable and cost efficient systems with Lambda functions and the serverless framework
Containers
Delivering and distributing applications and tools with Docker and docker-compose
Certifications
AWS Solutions Architect Associate
HashiCorp: Terraform Associate
ITIL Foundation
Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge
Experience
March 2023
Self-employed
Infrastructure consultant
Started working for myself, providing expertise on infrasture best practices and productivity tools for startups.
August 2016
University of Illinios
Manager of System Services
Adminstrator and/or architect for several critical services: file servers, data backups, system monitoring, and our ticketing system
January 2012
University of Illinios
Technology Analyst / Teaching Technology Specialist
Promoted to additionally support VMware infrastructure, configure hypervisors, physical work in data centers.
January 2012
University of Illinios
Teaching Technology Specialist
First full time position. Managed 100s of endpoints, instructional learning spaces, and IT support team.
August 2011
University of Illinois
Computer Support Specialist
Promoted to a more technical role to assist full time IT staff. Learned how to write PowerShell scripts, repair/replace PC parts and image machines
August 2010
University of Illinois
IT Help Desk Support
Worked part time as a student, quickly grew customer support skills and familiarity with ticketing systems