NICHOLAS FRANKLIN

Senior DevOps Engineer

Las Vegas, NV

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702-***-****

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SUMMARY:

AWS Cloud Specialist with extensive experience in enterprise architectures, disaster recovery, and cost optimization, seeking an advanced role in cloud platform management and architecture. Proven track record in managing large-scale projects, designing DR drills, and ensuring robust security protocols. I am also a seasoned DevOps Manager with over 10 years of experience in spearheading efficient and agile software deployment strategies. My Expertise involves orchestrating cross-functional team collaborations, streamlining development operations, and optimizing cloud infrastructure. My intent is to leverage proven management skills and technical acumen at a forward-thinking organization. TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Management Tools: Vim, Word, Excel, PowerPoint,Office 365,DataDog Tools: Autopsy, Sleuthkit, Docker,Pandas,Apache2, NGINX,Pandoc,NetworkX,JQ,YQ,Kubernetes Testing/Reporting Tools: Slack, Jira, Confluence, Trello, Skaffold,Docker Compose,Lenz Languages: Bash, SQL, Python, Markdown, XML, YML, XML, HTML,PHP,KML,Powershell Platforms: Windows, UNIX, LINUX,AWS,Upwork

Database: SQLite3, MS SQL Server, Redis, Recutils,RDS,SSMS,ElasticSearch, Opensearch Networking: TCP/IP, Ethernet, HTTP, DNS, DHCP, VPC, Docker Other Tools: VI, SQL,GROFF/TROFF, Inkscape, Audacity, SOX, Remind,ffmpeg,k9’s PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Chirotouch Cloud - Remote 2022 - Present

Senior DevOps Engineer Core responsibilities include bridging gaps between development and operations, and ensure seamless integration during revolving release dates. Responsible leading teams and reporting for automating workflows, optimizing infrastructure, and implementing robust CI/CD pipelines. Through my management strategies, I enhance team collaboration, system reliability, and expedite software delivery.

● Lead team of five Devops engineers in containerizing applications with and troubleshooting kubernetes clusters in AWS Eks, resulting in a 50% reduction in environment inconsistencies.

● ImplementInfrastructure as Code (IaC) strategies using Terraform and Ansible to build infrastructure and support automated server patches and upgrades .

● Develop and lead initiatives with the security team to integrate security scans within CI/CD pipelines with chef Inspec and Bitbucket pipelines resulting in the reduction of security vulnerabilities and misconfigurations..

● Train junior DevOps team members, improving deployment speeds by establishing Project Management techniques and protocols.

● UseTerraform to establish enterprise architectures consistent with business needs.

● CoordinateLift and Shift data migrations, seamlessly transitioning from on-premises to the cloud.

● Configure access policies for over 50 AWS users, ensuring appropriate permissions and tight security.

● Lead implementation of SQL backup strategies for systems hosting over 2000 clients, ensuring data integrity and accessibility. Acom Health Solutions-Remote 2021 -2022

AWS Platform Manager Managed AWS platforms for 200 chiropractic clinics ensuring high availability and performance. Core responsibilities include deployment cloud architectures, team leadership, and infrastructure optimization for seamless integrations and continuous delivery.

● Designed and executed disaster recovery models for seamless business continuity.

● Reduced company expenses by identifying and rectifying hidden data transfer and storage costs, saving over $100k annually.

● Partnered with development and QA teams to ensure the seamless release of 30+ software products.

● Established monitoring and alerting systems using Datadog, enhancing system uptime by 99.9%. FDT Enterprises INC, NV 2018-2022

Cloud Systems Engineer Development of Cloud Infrastructure and databases that secure customer data, personal details, financials,and other types of sensitive information. Projects handled in this position include RDBM systems like PostgreSQL, NoSQL databases and Cloud Storage. This project also involves Cutting edge Web technologies, back-end frameworks, and CI/CD tools.

● Secured access to API endpoints using CloudFront and AWS S3

● Proficiency in using Step Function State machines, notification services like SNS.

● Proficiency in using Docker Compose to automate,build and deploy infrastructures that reduce human error and speed up production processes.

● Authoring configuration files for better environment and release cycle management.

● Developing CI/CD pipelines and architecting release management modules on various environments. Confidential, NV 2016-2018

Cyber Fraud Analyst

As part of the privacy team, worked on implementing state and federal laws that protect consumers data. As part of the Security operations/Shared tech team, I have written APIs for data queries which read, clean, format and post data to downstream jobs. Here, I created scripts that scan applications for any vulnerabilities using python and bash. Also, utilizing tools like Terraform to create secure cloud infrastructure required for the applications.

● Analyze commercial accounts for fraudulent activity through multiple card processors to mitigate fraud loss.

● Flag customer accounts for possible fraud based on trends and statistical anomalies

● Reviewed,analyzed and identified indicators of potential money laundering or terrorist financing activity from information sources via python and Machine Learning.

● Monitoring access, usage and latency of POS systems using AWS CloudTrail and CloudWatch.

● Splicing, preparing, and formatting surveillance footage to be included in procedural evidence using FFMPEG

● Performed digital forensic investigations, file recovery and reporting with Autopsy and Sleuth Kit Confidential, GA,NV 2016-2017

Linux Systems Administrator

● Configured volume groups and logical volumes, extended logical volumes for file system growth needs using Logical Volume Manager (LVM) commands.

● Creating, troubleshooting and mounting NFS File systems on different OS platforms.

● Configured various services and devices on UNIX servers.

● Creating and managing Virtual Machines and Templates, worked with clones and snapshots of Virtual Machines.

● Implemented SUDO, SSH and other security tools Installed the managed LAMP tools in the Linux servers. CERTIFICATIONS:

● CompTia Linux+

● CompTia Security+

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