About Me

A Devops Specialist and a System Administrator with 5 years experience, I am an automation advocate with a keen interests in problem solving, learning, and technology. My dream is to be challenged while using cutting edge technologies like Puppet, Vagrant, and Terraform to build, automate and deploy infrastructure and applications.

Education

Bachelor of Information Technology - with distinction Carleton University - 2008

Interactive Multimedia and Design

In collaboration with Algonquin College

Interactive Multimedia and Design – honours Algonquin College - 2008

Ontario College Advanced Diploma

Employment History

Operations and Infrastructure Analyst Oct 2016 - Current
Agility Pr Solution Inc.Media Monitoring & Analysis
  • Manage and service hardware and virtual linux servers
  • Manage, deploy and maintain developer platforms
  • Vagrant Environment managment
  • server managment and deployemnt via puppet and terraform
  • Disaster recovery planning and implementation using AWS/EC2
  • Backup planing implementaiton and maintenace
  • Big Data cluster managmenent, data imports and exports
IT AdministratorJan 2015- Oct 2016
Xelerance Corp.IT Services
  • Manage and service a mixed OS High Resiliency Cluster
  • System Administration (primarily Ubuntu)
  • Deployment and management of Virtual Machines
  • Management and configuration of firewalls and IPsec tunnels
  • Administration of puppet for server management
  • Linux application packaging and backporting
  • Linux Bash scripting
  • Web Application Development (php, postgresql, mysql), and Deployment
  • Heavy use of git for code and puppet configuration management
IT AdministratorApril 2013-Jan 2015
VinciEducation Educational technology
  • Network and system administration (Manage and Maintain (40-50))
  • Physical installation and configuration of switches and servers
  • Configuration and deployment of vlans, IPsec tunnels and firewall
  • System updates, Data backup and recovery
  • Implementation and configuration of new hardware and software
  • IT Support for internal staff, and remote staff
  • Web store administrator
Game Developer: Technical Specialist February 2011–February 2013
BlackCherry Digital Media Inc Interactive Media & Games
  • Web development (including Joomla sites)
  • Network and System Administration (server & network configuration)
  • Limited shader development
  • Video editing
  • Unity3D development
Web developer/designer October 2008-July 2009
Chide.It Web start-up
  • Development of survey web application
  • Implementation of website Design
Game Developer: Integration SpecialistMay 2008–August 2008
Carleton University Project: Winnipeg General Strike –interactive 3D game exhibit.
  • 3D game exhibit for the Canadian Museum of Civilization
  • Integrating all assets, animation, audio
  • Development of final game code
  • Development of subtitle system
Website Administrator May 2007-August 2007 & May 2006 -August 2006
Carleton University Computing Communication Services:Academic computing division
  • Overall of website
  • Migration of site from asp to php
  • Merging of new sections
  • Site prep for integration into CMS
  • Basic maintenance of site
  • Content updates and modifications
I.T Specialist Summer 2005
Canada Unplugged Inc Computer disconnects and reconnects
  • Pre Relocation IT equipment disconnect
  • Post Relocation IT equipment disconnect

Technical Skills

DevOps

  • Puppet Automation
  • AWS Automation via terraform and puppet
  • Vagrant environments and automation [hyperv and virtualbox]

Networking

  • Management & configuration of small business systems and networks
  • Management and servicing of a High Resiliency Environment
  • Management and deployment of Virtual Machines
  • Management of Virtualized environments on and off site
  • Automation of business IT needs and processes
  • VoIP phone system administration
  • Data management, backup and recovery
  • Digital display and signage
  • Mixed network environments (linux, windows, osx, android, ios)
  • Network and IT assets management, tracking and administration
  • Physical installation of servers, switches, router, and associated cabling
  • Server, Switch, IT equipment and cable management and maintenance
  • Physical wiring and installation

Web Development

  • Web standards compliant development, separation of content and style
  • Up to date on new and emerging standards (HTML5 and CSS3)
  • Current SEO practices
  • Management of large scale websites including logging, deployment strategies, analytics
  • Cross browser compatibility techniques
  • Management of WordPress sites
  • Web application Development

Software and Tools

  • Linux (Ubuntu, Debian)
  • Puppet
  • Terraform
  • Vagrant
  • Xenserver
  • Ganeti
  • Apache & Nginx
  • Mysql & Postgresql
  • Git & Subversion
  • WordPress, Redmine, Joomla CMS
  • Unity3D
  • 3D Studio Max, Maya, Blender
  • Adobe Creative Suite [Photoshop, After Effects, Premier]
  • Microsoft Office
  • Windows

Languages and Scripts

  • Advanced:
    • Puppet DSL
    • Terraform
    • Vagrant
    • Bash Shell scripting
    • PHP
    • JavaScript
    • XHTML/HTML
    • CSS
  • Knowledgeable:
    • Python
    • Batch [Dos]
    • Ruby
  • Limited Experience
    • C++
    • C#
    • Java
    • Max Script
    • Cg
    • hlsl