Joe Siwiak

***** ** **** **, ***** Springs, FL **071

I +1-954-***-**** • # ad3al1@r.postjobfree.com

My Goal

My goal is to provide high-quality, time-tested solutions as well as cutting edge research and innovations for you and your organization.

Work Experience

Freelance Coral Springs, FL

DevOps Architect 02/2022 - 09/2023

worked with:

Django Python with Celery

PostgreSQL, Rabbitmq and Redis Administration

Gitlab, Ansible, Semaphore and Terraform Deployment Solutions

VMware for Infrastructure

Prometheus / Zabbix / Telegraf Telemetry

Helped Migrate applications from one service to either private clouds, aws or azure. I worked with the engineering team to help build out their local docker compose environment for better development. Built out a citus postgresql cluster for devops related projects. Setup Cloudwatch, a prometheus cluster, telegraf/influxdb and even a zabbix to VMWare system for clients. Worked with the team to add newer features both as infrastructure solutions and python coding solutions. Focus School Software St. Petersburg, FL

Sysadmin, Python Developer (DevOps Oriented) 02/2018 - 02/2022 worked with:

Python (for web and systems development)

PostgreSQL Administration

Ansible and Terraform Deployment Solutions

AWS/Azure for Infrastructure

Rauncher and EKS Kubernetes for Smaller Services Migrated most of the python2 code to python3. Created a management system with Django, Celery, Ansible and Kubernetes for the customized development environment that was used by the company developers. Built an ad-hoc syncing method out of pure python and rsync to solve an infrastructure design flaw. Assisted in the migration of most of their KVM servers to AWS. Setup CI/CD with their private Gitlab instance. Recovered, rebuilt, and managed the company’s FreeIPA server. This job also included a very intense on-call schedule.

Bibi Enterprises Boca Raton, FL

IT Director, Systems Architect 06/2013 - 03/2018

Phalcon PHP framework

Elasticsearch, MySQL

LXC Containers

Frontend CSS and JS libraries including jQuery, Bootstrap, MetroUI, and AngularJS Tasked to create and implement various ideas brought by the owner. With a team of 3 interns, we built applications using Phalcon (a PHP MVC that is hard-coded into Webserver as a shared object), MySQL, OpenLDAP, ElasticSearch, and Couchdb. It also included a mobilized version built on top of Ionic (the angularjs-like mobile application builder). We used Zabbix as our infrastructure monitor.

RMS Networks (later Argo Digital Solutions) Fort Lauderdale, FL Network Administrator, Junior Software Developer, Engineer 02/2008 - 04/2011 Using Windows administration skills while honing new skills in the area of Linux audio/video development, I setup and managed video servers while monitoring uptime of marketing solutions. I used languages like Perl, PHP, and Bash to help build out (and security audit) custom Kickstart installations with Fedora and CentOS on VMware. I migrated physical systems to VMware (prior to development of the VMware migration tool) while managing the failover with Perl and Bash scripts. 1/2

Office to Go and Business Solutions Coral Springs, FL Network Engineer, Bench Technician, and Systems Administrator 10/2005 - 1/2008 Provided network administration and software support (including MS Office2007/2003/XP, Quickbooks Enterprise and Standard, Windows 2003/2000 server installation/administration, Windows XP/2000 configuration, Blackberry/Treo tech support, Linux Administration - Red Hat, Fedora Core, Debian and Slackware). Repaired hardware issues from faulty processors to imaging hard drives and RAID Arrays. I was also involved in data recovery and got a chance to dive into computer forensic analysis. Tech / Developer Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties, FL Part Time Managed Services 04/2008 - 01/2018

Worked:

Migrating Frameworks, such as Codeigniter, Laravel, Django, Celery and Flask

Managing SQL and NoSQL Databases

Designing Infrastructure Solutions and Migrating to them

Auditing networks and applications with various tools (kali, nessus, etc) Serving industries including but not limited to:

Maritime Satellite ISP Administration

Point of Sale Systems Support

Commercial Diving Audio / Video Development

IVR Systems Development

Retail E-commerce

On the side so I could learn more about development, I was very proud and lucky to have worked in such a variety of industries. Anything from bidding on a PoS system upgrade for a handful of locations to migrating an under water survey A/V system to a digital solution, I have worked with my hands as much as I have deployed both microsoft and open source domain services. I also developed build system solutions for other engineers. Computer Skills

Setup and Developed on:: MYSQL, PostgreSQL, PHP, Python, Perl, Javascript, Golang, C, Rust, LATEX, CouchDB, Gitlab, GitHub, FreeIPA, Prometheus, InfluxDB, Grafana, Elastic, Zabbix Deployed to (and built): Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, AWS, Azure, Heroku, VMware, Xen, Virtualbox, Kvm, AWS, Google Compute, and OpenStack

Operating Systems: Linux - Debian-based, Redhat-based, Windows, OSX, OpenBSD Education

ITT Technical Institute Davie, FLORIDA

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security 2005-2011

Marks Obtained - 85.5 %

Profiles

GitHub: https://github.com/sunset-crew/

Personal Details

Certifications: Amateur Radio Operator: KF4JAS

References: Available upon Request

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