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Experience

Confidential – Founding Engineer || 02/2023 – 04/2024

Hybrid Cloud modeling for cost cutting & privacy/security hardening: AWS, OracleCloud, Azure, IONOS, DigitalOcean, Linode & other VPS/Datastores
Database Engineering: MySQL/MariaDB & Systems Design Architect for OnPrem Virtualization & MongoDB to PostgreSQL migrations
Greenfield Design Implementation of AI-assisted Software Development Models
Terraform to OpenTofu Migrations
Kubernetes Implementations & Upgrades: Kustomize, Helm, Flux, Lens/k9s, ELK, Promethus, Grafana, more…
GitOps Engineering: GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, custom self-hosted/onprem

Raft – Principal Platform Engineer || 11/2022 – 02/2023

DevSecOps (NIST CSF & other Security+ FWs): Kubernetes, IaC, GitOps & Security various agencies & organizations with strict governance models
Terraform (+Terragrunt, Packer + AWS AMI, etc)
Docker + CRI-O with AWS ECS + GitLab Container Registry / CI Pipelines with GitOps (ArgoCD with GitLab CICD)
Developer & Engineering Technical Support & Guidance with Agile Sprint/Scrum tracking via JIRA, GitLab & GitHub
Identity Access Management: IAM, AWS Cognito – “Compliance & Security” Testing, Reviews & Maintenance

AlefEdge – Manager Service Platform Operations || 05/2021 – 12/2022

Architect of Multi-faceted Software Systems & Network Designs to Manage & Coordination of multiple global teams & Contractors
Team Building through Support Engineering & Training
Automation & Deployment using Terragrunt (enhancer for Terraform/OpenTofu see: Gruntwork.io)
Kubernetes Platform Development & Maintenance (Kustomize, K8sLens, Helm, Docker, etc)
AWS VPC API, Networking & Security: IAM, Cognito, Lambda, RDS, Atlas, Route53, ECS with Packer, Ansible (& RunDeck)
Configuration, Deployment, Management & Maintenance of varied Cloud & Vendor-managed Services
Kong Enterprise API Deployment, Configuration & Administration
Database Administration & Engineering: MariaDB & AWS AuroraDB MySQL, MongoDB Cloud & AWS DynamoDB, AWS AuroraDB PostgreSQL
Network Engineering, Administration & Systems Monitoring: Prometheus, ELK, Grafana & Central Logging System Architecture
GitOps CICD Pipeline Automation & multi-tiered Orchestration with Flux via GitLab & GitHub
Bash, Python, Go, Node.js & PHP

Spathe Systems – Database Engineer (DevSecOps) / Instructor (Educational Design) || 10/2020 – 05/2021

RDMS/SQL: PostgreSQL, MySQL, AuroraDB & RedShift || NoSQL: MongoDB, DynamoDB & Redis
Provide conceptual training for design, building & administration of logical data models to foster skill development for staff & partners for modern database management.
Convey microservices architecture by utilizing Agile Methodologies
CI/CD: GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, custom bash/shell & Python scripting
IaC, Containerization/Virtualization Platforms: Ansible, Docker (+Swarm), Quay (Red Hat), Amazon ECR, GitLab Container Registry
Kubernetes: OpenShift, AWS EKS || XenServer & ESXi Implementation

TekPrepper Solutions – Sr. Software Development Manager || 08/2018 – 05/2019

Department Manager of a startup company with 5 direct reports || Responsible for Code Reviews & Unit Testing of all commits
Advanced WordPress Platform Development (Roots.io) for customer-facing front-end
Hybrid Multi Cloud / OnPrem with ESXi, XenServer, AWS & Azure
DevOps & SysAdmin management for multiple applications & versions on AWS, ESXi & XenServer
IAM & Cognito (AWS) & Azure Communications Services for credentials management
EC2 (Ubuntu, AMZ & Red Hat), EBS, S3 for compute & data storage
RDS (Aurora) and OnPrem MariaDB SQL data storage solutions
Transcoder behind NAT-ed VPC virtualized infrastructure leveraging bastion VMs
HAProxy Load Balancing connected to On-Premises bare metal hardware for maximum cost savings, resilience & redundancy

Symphonic Distribution – DevOps Specialist / Technical Lead / Software Architect || 02/2018 – 08/2018

Manager for 2 team of local & Off-Shore Developers in tandem efforts to build a v2 of the original product
Code Reviews, QA testing & other supportive functions for direct reporting in-house & remote Dev Teams
Server Side Custom LAMP: PHP /w Zend v1.x + Yii v1.x Frameworks + Composer; MySQL 5.6.x & Apache Web Servers; custom PHP-cli and ffmpeg-php scripting
Client Side: jQuery (jQueryUI, Datatables.js, Filepond), Bootstrap CSS & HTML5
AWS Infrastructure: Multi-VPCs, ECS/EBS, S3, Cloudwatch, EFS, Cloudfront, Elastic Transcoder, Route53, IAM, AuroraDB, CloudFormation, Transcoder
Platform management via custom PHP-cli and ffmpeg-php scripts for “white glove” clients

Tech Data – Senior PHP Software Engineer || 03/2016 – 05/2016

Full Stack Development: Custom templating system comprised of jQuery, PHP, MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL & MongoDB; SOAP / RESTful APIs & heavy use of AJAX
OnPrem PostgreSQL Data Store Proprietary PHP-centric Framework & primitive, “customized WebSQL variant” used for client-side storage

AT&T – Full Stack Engineer || 02/2014 – 03/2016

Support, development & enhancements to AJAX (jQuery) with Perl & PHP on a blended back-end
API Engineering with OOP-style Perl5 & multitudes of Proprietary API Frameworks (SOAP & REST with OAuth)
MySQL, MS SQL, DB2, Sybase & Oracle obscure data sources & stores
Networking, SysAdmin & DevOps duties: Red Hat Admin, CLI for Perl & PHP, Apache Web Server Admin
Ember.js: NPM + Bower & hypnotoad (part of the “A Team” that upgraded old Technician Platform “UD”)
Multiple LAMP Stacks, Perl5, PHP, Java ILOG; Custom jQuery/jQueryUI framework development
OnPrem systems & services: SmartGit, Apache, MySQL, MongoDB, etc /w integrations to IBM BlueSky (Primitive Cloud) components
Leading & supporting API development & integrations projects with global teams & vendors of disparate systems & networks (unification)
Migration to Ember.js framework (2015-2016) with Node.js

Empower Network, LLC – Web Application Developer || 02/2013 – 06/2013

Maintain & release code on 8 Production and multiple development servers.
Assist with code migration from SVN to Git (BitBucket)
Maintain Atlassian Product Suite: JIRA, BitBucket, FishEye, Crucible, and Bamboo (self-hosted)
Development & maintenance of the custom WordPress Multi-site platform; The largest WordPress Multi-site in history (at the time)

Universal Health Care – Application Developer || 07/2011 – 01/2013

Unique Stack of IIS with PHP & MS SQL Server Data Store & Custom jQuery, JavaScript/HTML5/CSS3 framework
Portal Development for Contracted Healthcare Provider Services for customer & stakeholders (CMS & HIPAA Compliance) with legacy browser support
Custom Content Management System Development (Greenfield)
Documentation, Systems Analysis & Technical Writing
Platform Migration & Implementation from .Net to Custom Stack

Company: Karakon International – Director of Operations / Application Developer / Warehouse || 11/1999 – 01/2008

Retail sales up 150% via the JavaScript-based shopping cart with Perl back-end & OpenSSL configuration on JavaScript, HTML4 & CSS2 front-end with Flash media, navigation & animations. Flash media was developed with Macromedia Flash MX & Swish! 2.0 with ActionScript
Graphic Design with Adobe Photoshop/ImageReady & Macromedia Fireworks
OnPrem hosting for websites & employee portals for comms & data sharing /w custom VPN & data sharing services to monitor & synchronize multi-site databases
Manager of 3 employees & coordinated company sunset; Accounting & inventory tracking: Peachtree, QuickBooks & Quicken
Forklift operation & coordination of Air Freight, Semi-Truck & Ocean Sea Freight container shipments

Company: Knight Enterprises – Field Service Technician || 03/2006 – 05/2007

Co-axial and Cat-5 wiring for Cable Television, Broadband Internet, & Digital Telephone Services in Residential, Commercial & Industrial locations
PC hardware & software upgrades (NICs, Hard Drives, Windows re-installs, etc).
Fully trained in various center conductive wire types & necessary applications for RG-6 Arial RG-6 U/G RG-6 Generic, RG-11 Arial, RG-11 U/G, etc
Tier 2 Computer Certification; Training responsibilities for new hires within first 3 months; Received 1st ever Award for Excellence for Technician Customer Service

Company: Kalyvas Group, LLC

GIS Analyst / Application Developer || 04/2002 – 09/2006

Multi-county commercial & residential leasing company with innovative & unique ideas. Hired to be “The IT Guy” to streamline processes, bolster marketing & advertising, problem solving for multiple properties & tenants. This role eventually led to an awesome experience of using bleeding-edge GIS software with Public

Design & development of multiple commercial & residential property web sites with Custom CMS built with Macromedia Flash & PHP
Hand built all computer workstations & office networks at multiple physical locations
Performed Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Analysis of mapping data for use in real estate development and related application with a wide array of GIS & database software: ESRI, XMap, MS SQL, MS Access, MS Excel
Data analysis for site selections of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) property developments & major retail/grocery/drug store chains
Introduced to Python scripting as related to State & County land parcel data for specific site selections

Education & Training

St. Petersburg College – Computer Science, Construction, Fine Arts, Sustainability || 2003 – 2021

Non-degree seeking studies, occasional part-time student (when I find something new & interesting to explore & interact with others)

Web Development, Computer Programming, Graphic Design, Cloud & Networking
Sustainable Civil Engineering
Business Intelligence (BI) & Administration

University of Phoenix – Masters Degree, Business Administration || 2007 – 2010

Masters Degree completion 12/2010. Dynamic blend of Legal, Compliance, Business Intelligences Tool use for Business Administration & Management of resources. Heavy focus on collaboration with projects requiring extensive interaction with peers & instructors. Generally terrific life lessons!

International Academy of Design & Technology (IADT) – Web Development, Graphic Design || 2003 – 2003

Non-degree seeking studies: Front-end: JavaScript/HTML/CSS; Photoshop / Illustrator; Fine Arts: Mixed Media Drawing

ITT Technical Institute – Bachelor of Science, Electronics Engineering / Technology || 1999 – 2002

Bachelor of Science Degree completion 09/2002; Associate Degree completion 07/2001; Electronics Engineering, Physics, Cellular, etc