Jason K. Johnson

***** ** ***** ***. ● Tualatin, Oregon 97062 ● adg7sy@r.postjobfree.com ● 503-***-****

Senior Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Solutions-oriented IT Professional with notable success directing a broad range of corporate and enterprise IT initiatives while participating in planning and implementation of information solutions in direct support of business objectives.

Track record of increasing responsibility in network design, administration, user support, and full lifecycle project management.

Demonstrated capacity to implement innovative solutions that drive infrastructure reliability, decrease downtime, and strengthen organizations.

Hands-on experience leading all stages of system development efforts, including requirements definition, design, architecture, testing, and support.

Outstanding leadership abilities; able to coordinate and direct all phases of project-based efforts while managing, motivating, and leading project teams.

Core Competencies: Public and Private Cloud Infrastructures, Network and Systems Administration, Network Infrastructure Design & Planning, Network Builds & Upgrades, Systems Architecture, Regulatory Compliance, Data Integrity/Recovery, Disaster Recovery Planning, Contingency Planning, Cost Benefits Analysis, Management and Training of Staff.

Technologies: Active Directory, Exchange, VoIP, Distributed File Systems, PowerShell Scripting, DNS, DHCP, Cloud Infrastructures, Physical Infrastructures and Hybrid Infrastructures. Skilled IAAS, SAAS, Infrastructure as Code and DevOps experience. Microsoft Azure infrastructures with Windows Hyper-Visor servers, Azure SQL, ASR, Automations and Run Books.

Professional Experience

CAPSA HEALTHCARE, Portland, Oregon October 2019 – Present

Senior Cloud Architect

Hired to design and manage Microsoft Azure infrastructure.

Key Contributions:

Reconfigured Azure tenant and consolidated subscriptions to better position our web application.

Establishing policies and modalities for the software development team to interact with Azure infrastructure.

Deploying web application infrastructure instances using Azure Runbooks and Terraform.

Integrating Ansible and PowerShell DSC for infrastructure continuity.

Managing operational cost projections using Microsoft Azure Cost Analysis.

Creating resilient cloud infrastructure using Microsoft Log Analytics and Alerting.

Automating recurring infrastructure tasks with Python and PowerShell scripting.

Meeting with the software development team and high-level stake holders for collaborative cloud infrastructure development projects.

Creating CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps.

NIKE, Hillsboro, Oregon *Short Term Contract* July 2018 – April 2019

Senior Systems Engineer

Hired to migrate and build cloud infrastructure.

Key Contributions:

Built servers using Microsoft Azure Runbooks.

Migrated physical servers to Microsoft Azure using Azure Site Recovery (ASR).

Updated then migrated VMWare guest servers to Microsoft Azure.

Built new virtual guest servers for retail stores and outlets.

Built new and managed Azure SQL services.

Trained external staff in various server migration scenarios and methods.

MICROSOFT, Wilsonville, Oregon January 2014 – January 2018

Factory IT Manager

Hired to design, engineer and build the IT infrastructure for a large scale, product manufacturing facility. My role was also responsible for Dev Ops support for the design and engineering teams which designed the Surface Hub that was manufactured within the factory.

Key Contributions:

Designed and built the IT infrastructure for a 100,000 square-foot manufacturing facility.

oMet with key stake holders to understand requirements.

oProduced drawings and tasked external IT specialists to implement specific elements of the design.

oProject management of the entire build-out including; budgeting, requesting bids, scheduling contractors, purchasing and procurement of equipment.

oUsed Agile and Kanban framework methodologies for project tracking.

Designed and built data services for the Microsoft Surface Hub engineering, development, manufacturing and operations teams.

oBuild-out of an internal data center for servers to support CAD, 3D modeling, file storage, backups and various system-side services.

oBuilt large hybrid Azure infrastructure including Windows Hyper-V servers, Azure SQL clustered database services and Azure System Recovery DR solution.

oMet with key stake holders to understand requirements for new technology requests and ad-hoc implementations.

Hired, trained and managed internal/external IT staff.

HILLSBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT 1J / Hillsboro, Oregon March 2013 – January 2014

Senior Systems Engineer

Key Contributions:

Implemented Orion SolarWinds.

Implemented McAfee EPO.

Set up Microsoft Lync monitoring.

Cleaned up and consolidated several GPO’s.

Patch and manage WebSense appliances.

Created VDI instances on VMWare server farm.

Migrate Exchange user mailboxes to Office365.

POWELL’S BOOKS, Portland, Oregon October 2010 – March 2013

Senior Systems Engineer / Interim IT Manager

Key Contributions:

Migrated on-site Exchange and IMAP based mail to Office 365.

Installed new Cisco ASA fully redundant firewalls and supporting infrastructure.

VMWare ESXi virtualization of several physical servers.

Engineered new backup and disaster recovery services.

Engineered new Active Directory OU and GPO structure.

Engineered new WSUS update architecture.

Engineered new MS System Center Configuration Manager services.

Created new SAN fabric infrastructure with HP EVA.

Documented and diagrammed network services and infrastructure.

Created new VLAN’s and networking infrastructure endpoints and routes.

Migrated servers and networking to a new data center.

Worked with bandwidth provider to bring in new service to data center.

Managed IT staff of eight contributors.

COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR, Portland, Oregon *Short Term Contract* December 2009 – October 2010

Systems Engineer

Engaged to complete virtual and physical server migrations.

Key Contributions:

Virtualized 15 physical prod. and dev. servers using VMware Converter and vSphere.

Migrated 3 physical servers to new, HP blade servers using Platespin and VMware.

Created 20 new virtual servers using vSphere and Windows templates.

Installed and moved various pieces of server hardware including a new blade enclosure.

De-commissioned and removed equipment from Columbia’s data center.

Built a new server image across Columbia’s WAN for a remote office in China.

Updated documentation for changes in server migration methods.

Professional Training and Certifications

University of Oregon Comp. Sci. 1986 – 1987

Portland State University Comp. Sci. 1988 – 1989

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Microsoft Certification ID: 989847488

CCNA – Certified Cisco Network Associate

Network+ - CompTIA

Security+ - CompTIA

A+ - CompTIA

More Microsoft and industry specific training and certifications scheduled through 2021.

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