SUMMARY:

Previous Operations technician transitioning to more developer focused roles over the past ten years. Looking for an opportunity to grow into the DevOps space. I am a Certified AWS SysOps Adminstrator. Background with a broad range of skills in numerous areas of IT infrastructure and development environments. Serious about Devops and Cloud technology. I'm also a web developer.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Programming:
• PHP
• ASP .Net
• JavaScript
• Scripting
• Powershell
• Batch
• Bash
• Python
• SQL
• Regex / XPath
• Cloud/Virtual
• AWS
• Infrastructure
• Windows Admin.
• Linux Admin.
• Racking / Stacking
• Data Center standards
• WordPress
• Monitoring
• Splunk
• New Relic
• Web Development
• HTML
• CSS
• JQuery
• Apache / Tomcat / Weblogic / Nginx

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

AWS Cloud Engineer | Web Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Migration of musikandfilm.com to AWS Cloud
• Complete redesign of musikandfilm.com in accordance with modern web standards
• Architected Wordpress application for a popular indie artist record label ( Confidential ) on Ubuntu - based Amazon Machine Images (AMI) and AWS EC2 infrastructure utilitizing Nginx webservers. Also set up disk, cpu, and RAM dashboard monitoring with New Relic. Some other highlights:
• Utilized latest PHP version 7 with Opcache.
• Object caching via Redis.
• Nginx's fastcgi feature to serve cached static html pages.
• Implemented global Cloudfront distribution to serve all media and static assets across AWS's Edge locations.
• Set up automatic image optimization for media uploads.
• Implemented Javscript and CSS minification, gzip compression, redirect minimization and numerous other optimization techniques.
• Utilizing the above methods improved the site's load time from 2.56 seconds(on the old site) to 1.4 seconds, a 54% speed increase even with a much higher page size.
• Migrated client's newsletter subscription service to a local application called MyMail, saving the client $1000 a year. The client also has complete control over their mail service which utilized the SendGrid SMTP api.
• Gathered the clients requirements to design the all public facing web pages. The site utlizes the latest web technology (html5, css3, jquery, etc.)
• Implemented all features requested by the customer, including mobile-friendly responsive design, testimonial section, ajax-based music player, appealing and professional graphics, music and video rich environment.
• Responsible for all aspects of design -- graphics, images, ui, html, CSS, etc.
• Implemented Git-based versioning system for staging to production deployments.
• Implemented automated site and database backup.

Senior Production Support Engineer

Confidential, Wilmington, Delaware

Responsibilities:

• Provide Java/Tomcat/Weblogic application support of 100+ applications via code deployments, server and application debugging across all service tiers (networking, database, application code, etc.), custom scripts, application installations, monitoring, documentation.
• Provide comprehensive Windows/Unix server support across production environments.
• Full stack environment management
• Application and DevOps support for Confidential 360 production environment for 10+ million customers
• AWS Cloud, VM, and On-Premise environments supported
• Broad support toolkit encompasses monitoring technologies such as Splunk, TeaLeaf, and New Relic, scripting custom solutions in Python, Perl, and .Net,
• Using DevOps solutions such as AWS EC2, uDeploy, and Jenkins.

Senior QA Support Engineer

Confidential, Wilmington, Delaware

Responsibilities:

• Provide Java/Tomcat/Weblogic application support of 100+ applications via code deployments, server and application debugging across all service tiers (networking, database, application code, etc.), custom scripts, application installations, monitoring, documentation.
• Provide comprehensive Windows/Unix server support across DEV, QA, and Pre-Prod environments.
• Developed and led project for internal Knowledgebase site to support team's growing and scattered library of support documentation. The highly organized and full-featured site is based on ASP Razor engine and uses SQL indexing for instant "Google-like" search results.
• Led project to develop internal Control Panel tool to perform remote server commands without logging onto servers, including both Windows and Unix. Site utilizes jQuery, written in ASP Razor Syntax, and utilizes .bat scripting to execute Windows commands while utilizing an SSH library to execute commands on Unix servers.
• Responsible for writing maintenance scripts in our environment
• Led Solar Winds IP Monitor project to set up 1000+ WMI, SNMP, and web monitors for QA environment.
• Led Splunk project for monitoring logs in our legacy and AWS environments
• Daily provide many solutions, leadership, and guidance on complex server and application issues.
• Part of Enterprise Environments Management team supporting Confidential Retail and Direct Bank division
• Primary focus on supporting QA Environments, including both legacy and AWS regions
• Support for QA & Development Environments BVT & DEVIT

Web Developer

Confidential, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

Responsibilities:

• Creator, designer, and web developer for Confidential .
• Responsible for coding changes, upgrades, design implementation, MySQL backups, traffic control, SEO, etc.
• Developed and maintain the Musik Radio Promotions application which promotes independent music artists to over 170,000 stations worldwide. The application also provides custom station reporting for artists, as well as easy access to artist downloads for stations. The application has resulted in successful partnerships between Confidential Records and world-renown radio networks like BBC and CBS, and numerous independent artists have charted at the top of radio lists worldwide. The application was written in PHP.

IT Consultant II

Confidential, Kennett Square, PA

Responsibilities:

• Windows domain administrator for Powerteam domain and NERC GCS domain (Generation Control Systems) at Exelon Corporation
• Lead for asset management tools (Sharepoint and Nagios). As asset auditor, responsible for auditing 500+ server environment.
• Code migration and application deployment.

Data Center Engineer

Confidential, New Castle, Delaware

Responsibilities:

• Implement internet critical business requests to install, decom, connect, or disconnect all hardware in Confidential ’s enterprise data center.
• Support all company business units hands-on to execute network infrastructure installations, utilizing strict standards to ensure complete availability and functionality.
• Trained to professionally handle and install copper and fiber cable, as well as dozens of types of server and network gear.
• Trained to utilize testing equipment for fiber and copper cable connectivity to provide detailed troubleshooting information to business units as requested.
• Constantly strive to create and execute new solutions to make our data center operations run more smoothly and efficiently.
• Led the team as the Confidential ’s wiki, Sharepoint, and webserver administrator.
• Developed multiple applications to support our teams QA process.
• Developed software bridging Java-based asset management DB and Sharepoint together to increase the efficiency and accuracy of our team’s job function.
• Installed and migrated dozens of Confidential signing servers without incident or failure.
• Provisioned and installed server and network gear for Confidential ’s state of the art DNSSEC technology, already in use by the Confidential .
• With other team members successfully built and installed over 600 server and network devices of Symantec’s critical Authentication business servers without a single failure.

Network and Infrastructure Operations Analyst

Confidential, Wilmington, Delaware

Responsibilities:

• Monitor and troubleshoot all daily events (300+) for the following areas: Ecommerce, Database, Unix, Network, IPT, Windows, HVAC, UPS, Electrical, and Webhosting.
• Coordinate team efforts to resolve large-scale escalated events.
• Report health statuses for thousands of servers, network, and electrical supply equipment in enterprise data center.
• Served as communications liaison during urgent public-facing emergencies

President

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Seth designed Musik Radio Promotion's proprietary radio delivery web platform, delivering high quality, radio-ready files 5 years ago. It became the basis of our company in the face of the decline of Indie Record labels as streaming emerged .We now reach 250,000 stations in 180 countries.
• We were fortunate to have Seth recently able to orchestrate the design and execution of our website.
• The branding of the new site has already contributed to sales and rendered invaluable credibility for Confidential Records.
• It is such a relief with a small business, to not only have someone who is so knowledgeable and conscientious, but trustworthy as well.

Confidential

Vice President

Responsibilities:

• I contracted Seth to create and update my website. Everything was more than satisfactory, and great care was taken to ensure I had what I needed for my readers.
• He's also taken care of migrating my site to other web hosts. He does a superb job, is very detail-oriented, and always takes care of any unforeseen bumps along the way. He's keen to give you the time you need, and makes every effort to set up meeting times for his clients.