AWS, Azure, VMWare, Terraform, Ansible, Packer

JULIO QUINTANA

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INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER

Experience designing and implementing virtual infrastructures within Azure and AWS, utilizing open source tools. Skilled in drafting documentation, participating in process improvement analysis, system component selection, service issues as well as technical support for internal systems. Bilingual fluency in English and Spanish. I am a hands-on Mentor to junior team members.

● Ansible

● AWS

● Terraform

● SCCM

● Azure ● Agile, Kanban Methodologies

WORK HISTORY

Broadcom – Islandia 2017-Present

Infrastructure as a service

Design a configuration management solution for the SaaS Enterprise organization. The project includes research, documentation and proof of concept build. Deployed services within project scope include Patch management, Software deployments, Windows updates, GPO compliance and Windows template standardization. Work with McAfee Application control and Change control, to maintain required FedRAMP mandates. Provide guidance to management.

● Utilized CIS-CAT tools to achieve required security requirements

● Created and deployed group policy objects, to ensure all Windows instances meet security standards Spearheaded DISA- L4 documentation for Azure government virtual data center project. Attended design meetings, worked with project management, resolved project challenges. Provided documentation for software disaster recovery planning. Incorporated Azure specific services to accelerate project certification and shorten project timelines.

● Document build aspects for McAfee and SCCM services

● Collaborate with security team to achieve Windows GPO compliance

● Define virtual machine templates

● Deploy SCCM and McAfee services to Windows and Linux Operating Systems

● Provide system administration

Infrastructure Engineer DevOps 2011-2016

COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INC – Islandia

Hand-picked to build a geographically dispersed VMware virtual infrastructure. VMware VC was designed for speed and performance using Nutanix hardware. Automation consisting of PowerShell, and CA software, eliminate deployment errors, producing repeatable and measurable results.

● Systems administration and performance management

● WSUS Patch management

VMware Administrator 2008-2011

COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INC – Islandia

Administered several VMware virtual centers across multiple regions within the US and India. Virtual centers provided automated VM deployment, and software installations for developers to test, validate, build and troubleshoot software packages. Environment was also used to provide troubleshooting efforts for in house developers, working on customer build issues.

● Virtual center installations

● Data Center hardware monitoring

● ESXI hosts updates utilizing update manager

● Virtual center capacity and performance monitoring with CA Hyperformix

● Monitor internal automated VM reservation system

● Worked on systems and customer issues

Senior Service Desk Administrator 2003-2008

THE WEATHER CHANNEL INC – New York City

Managed implementation, upgrades, maintenance and support of diverse technologies including Windows desktops / laptops, Cisco VPN, PBX Fujitsu 9600 Voicemail, and LAN/WAN environment. Infrastructure included Netware 5.1 and 6.5 with Windows 2003 file and print servers. Resolved escalation issues while ensuring highly responsive support with near 24/7 up-time.

PATENTS

2013 - Received patent for weighted variable publication number "US9465630 B1". Process accurately and fluidly gauges utilization based on most restrictive resource (memory, disk space, VCPU, IP address) within a VMware cluster environment.

CERTIFICATIONS

AWS Associate Architect certification – in progress VCP 5.1

ITIL Version 3

Company Leadership program

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