Joe Bolin
● *** Earl Hall Road ● Moultrie, GA ● 229-***-**** ● ********@*****.***
Senior DevOps/Systems Engineer with AWS Experience and Strong Troubleshooting Skills Occupational Experience
Independent AWS/Linux Contractor - Self – Various/Moultrie, GA. - July 2017-Present
Clients Include: Quinovas (Birmingham, AL), StratusGrid (Seattle, WA)
• Managed cloud infrastructures within AWS
• DevOps in AWS (EC2, ECS, ACL, network, databases, etc)
• Used Terraform to develop infrastructure-as-code deployments
• Packaging custom software using Hashicorp Packer, Docker, and custom RPM builds.
• Custom scripting – Bash, Perl, Ruby
Director, DevOps - Illumicare – Birmingham, AL/Moultrie, GA. - November 2016-July 2017
• Responsible for design, development, and oversight of AWS infrastructure and security compliance within the AWS cloud
• Designed multiple architectural and design implementations designed to drastically reduce operating costs, improve architecture, provide CI/CD, and increase overall performance.
• Designed and implemented departmental security measures required to protect applications, data, and PHI security and integrity.
• Implemented cost-saving containerization models to provide both horizontal and vertical scaling of cloud-based systems and applications.
• Reviewed operating system advisories and implemented upgrades as determined by security risk analysis and system and application performance reviews. Technology Skills
UNIX/Linux
AWS
PERL
Shell Scripting
Chef
Ruby
Puppet
Terraform
Docker
Jenkins
DevOps
Systems Administration
TCP/IP
PACS
Automation
Networking
Documentation (ISO & IEEE)
CI/CD
Version Control
Certifications
CompTIA A+
CompTIA Network+
CompTIA Linux+
Joe Bolin
● 208 Earl Hall Road ● Moultrie, GA ● 229-***-**** ● ********@*****.*** Senior Software Engineer - MEDHOST – Nashville, TN/Remote - March 2016-November 2016
• Automation of environment deployments within AWS
• Maintaining servers within AWS
• Creating Opscode Chef cookbooks
• Managing Git repositories and Jenkins-CI servers Systems Engineer - MEDHOST – Nashville, TN/Remote - March 2014-March 2016
• Designing and deploying various Linux-based solutions into Amazon Web Services
• Maintaining servers utilizing Opscode Chef, Terraform, and AWS
• Creating Opscode Chef cookbooks for system automation
• Creating custom machine images using Packer
• Building custom software packages using rpm.
Linux/UNIX Consultant - JaSB, LLC - Moultrie, GA. - February 2011-March 2014
• Worked with clients to provide solutions within Linux server environments.
• Provided knowledge and services to existing server solutions. Installed and maintained Web server applications.
• Provided scripting services to allow customers to manage complex server operations without in-depth Linux command knowledge.
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Education
Network Engineering
2002
Moultrie Technical College
Moultrie, GA
Network Engineering
2004
Virginia College
Birmingham, AL
Military Experience
USMC 1987-1992
Avionics Technician
Desert Storm Veteran
Notable Volunteer Activities
Tornado Disaster Relief
Birmingham, AL and surrounding
areas
April 2011-June 2011
Joe Bolin
● 208 Earl Hall Road ● Moultrie, GA ● 229-***-**** ● ********@*****.*** Application Support Engineer – Informatics Corporation of America – Nashville, TN - July 2009- February 2011
• Provided engineering level diagnostic support for a LAMP-based electronic medical records system to internal support teams, client management, clients, and software engineers.
• Worked as a part of client implementation efforts to assist clients in defining infrastructure needs, release management requirements and operations support set-up and transitions.
• Established and implemented internal operations processes including back-up procedures, server maintenance procedures, and automated services.
• Worked with software engineers on designing, implementing and maintaining infrastructure build processes.
Senior Systems Engineer – Emageon, Inc. (now part of Merge Healthcare) – Birmingham, AL - October 2004-April 2009
• Team leader for systems engineering projects.
• Systems administration and configuration of Linux clustered systems.
• Improved work flow between engineering, support, manufacturing and implementation teams.
• Reduced manufacturing times by 75%, manufacturing errors by 90%, system acceptance times by 90%, and support troubleshooting times by 90% through automation and documentation.
• Cross-functional team member for product manufacturing, installation and support for PACS systems.
• Developed procedures, documentation and automation to reduce manufacturing time, configuration errors, support time and overall associated costs.
• Provided engineering level support to support, client management, manufacturing, and implementation teams. Implemented custom HL7 requirements for client and third-party solutions.
• Provided Technical content for manufacturing, support, development and implementation documentation.
• Worked closely with regulatory personnel to ensure policy requirements for FDA and ISO certifications were within compliance.
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