WORK HISTORY

Apr 2019 – Present

Owner – Automation Engineer

Breakbeat Technology LLC

I’m the owner of Breakbeat Technology LLC

We help our clients with a number of tasks related to infrastructure and automation using tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Docker as well as public cloud providers like AWS.

This includes things like initial architecture/implementation, cost reduction (particularly on AWS), addressing issues with scaling, and migrating from traditional hosting providers to the public cloud.

Accomplishments:

Transitioning multiple high traffic WordPress sites to AWS, dockerizing a bare metal infrastructure to help enable a CI/CD workflow with TravisCI, and creating a nifty multi-account infrastructure with Terraform for a client hosting classes.

Jan 2017 – Apr 2019

Automation Engineer

Self Employed

I help my clients with a wide range of different tasks using tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Docker as well as public cloud providers like AWS.

This includes things like initial architecture/implementation, cost reduction (particularly on AWS), addressing issues with scaling, and migrating from traditional hosting providers to the public cloud.

Accomplishments include transitioning multiple high traffic WordPress sites to AWS, dockerizing a bare metal infrastructure to help enable a CI/CD workflow with TravisCI, and creating a nifty multi-account infrastructure with Terraform for a client hosting classes.

Mar 2016 – Aug 2016

Automation Engineer

Solinea

Responsibilities included writing technical documentation and classes for various automation technologies such as Puppet, providing tech demos on Solinea’s product/service offerings, and aiding clients in implementation and planning of Openstack based systems using technologies such as Puppet and Ansible.

Nov 2014 – Mar 2016

Lead Linux Systems Administrator

Hewlett-Packard

Responsibilities include all systems activities relating to provisioning, monitoring, capacity planning, tools, and processes for managing Linux based Infrastructure within the PPS-IT SABI division. Tools used include Puppet, Zabbix, AWS, and RHEL Linux

Aug 2014 – Nov 2014

Linux Systems Administrator

Gravitant

Primary responsibilities at Gravitant included supporting Redhat based Linux servers running a full stack Java web application (Nginx, Jboss, MySQL, LDAP), scripting various tools in BASH, working with Chef, designing and providing input for internal tools and infrastructure, documenting process and procedure in a wiki based format, and more.

Oct 2012 – Apr 2014

Unix Systems Administrator

Datapipe Inc.

Primary responsibilities at Datapipe included the design, implementation, and support of Linux/Unix based systems using physical and virtualized infrastructure. This included interacting with customers to ensure proper resolution of their issues via phone and ticket system, aiding colleagues with problems, following proper change control procedure, configuring system services such as httpd, ensuring system stability, and more.

Feb 2012 – Sep 2012

Linux Systems Administrator I

Hostgator.com LLC

Responsibilities included providing technical support for Level I issues via help desk and telephone, monitoring servers for stability, taking proactive and reactive measures to prevent or correct issues, providing guidance to colleagues, assisting clients in transferring accounts to HostGator’s servers, and installing, configuring, and maintaining services such as Apache, MySQL, and Exim.

Feb 2009 – Dec 2012

Specialist – AFADTS Operator

Alabama Army National Guard

Responsibilities included installation and removal of cabling, establishing, maintaining, and operating communications systems, inputting initialization data to FATDS, maintaining fire capabilities maps and charts, performing operator maintenance on FATDS equipment such as section vehicles and generators,  assisting in preparation of the computer center for operation and shutdown, and operating FATDS.

EDUCATION

2010 – 2011

Information Technology Systems

Troy University

At Troy University I studied Information Technology Systems under the Business Administration department. I was a president and founder of the Troy University Information Technology Society.