Tyson Bradley

Canandaigua, NY

Cell: 281-***-****

Email: ady8st@r.postjobfree.com

Career Goals:

Drawing on over 15 years of IT experience, I aspire to excel in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, and Cloud Infrastructure. I aim to deepen my skills in resilient architecture, cloud integration, CI/CD orchestration, and network management. I'm committed to mentoring and leading teams for innovative projects, while contributing to technology advancement and organizational success. Professional Skills

● Site Reliability Engineering (SRE): Proven expertise in applying SRE principles to design, build, and maintain highly reliable and scalable systems that bridge the gap between development and operations.

● Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)/Configuration Management: Proficient in employing IaC methodologies using Python, Terraform, Packer, Ansible, AWS CDK, and Cloud Init to create efficient, repeatable, and automated infrastructure.

● Cloud Platforms: Adept in leveraging cloud services on AWS and Azure, orchestrating resources and ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and cost optimization.

● CI/CD Pipelines: Skilled in developing and managing robust CI/CD pipelines using tools such as AWS, GitLab, GitHub, and Jenkins, fostering rapid and reliable software delivery.

● Containerization: Experienced in container technologies including Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, and Containerd, enabling streamlined deployment, scalability, and isolation of applications.

● Linux Administration: Proficient in the administration of various Linux distributions (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, Fedora), ensuring optimal system performance, security, and reliability.

● Automation and Scripting: Advanced scripting skills in Python, Bash for automating repetitive tasks, configuration management, and process optimization.

● Problem Solving: Demonstrated ability to analyze complex technical issues, identify root causes, and implement effective solutions to maintain system reliability and uptime.

● Communication: Excellent oral and written communication skills, fostering collaboration with cross-functional teams, documenting processes, and providing clear technical guidance.

● Mentorship: Proven track record of mentoring junior team members, sharing knowledge and best practices to facilitate their professional growth.

● Team Collaboration: Proven track record of working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to achieve common goals and deliver high-quality solutions.

● Project Management: Effective in planning, organizing, and coordinating work assignments, ensuring projects are completed on time, within scope, and meeting quality standards.

● Network Infrastructure: Strong understanding of LAN and WAN configurations, including Cisco proprietary technologies, ensuring reliable and secure network operations.

Education/Certifications/Commendations

● Google Professional Cloud Architect (2020)

● AWS Solutions Architect Associate (2020)

● Active Top Secret/SCI Clearance

● Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (2016) – for assistance in the engineering of LAN and WAN architecture in support of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Exercise, the largest field exercise attempted by the United States Marine Corps in over a decade.

● Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (2011) - for outstanding technical achievements while serving in Afghanistan from August 2010 to August 2011

● Marine Corps Communications and Electronics School 2009 Technical Expertise

● Resilient Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC): Proficiently engineer and automate robust infrastructure using Python, Terraform, Packer, Ansible, AWS CDK, and Cloud Init. Apply IaC principles to enhance system reliability, scalability, and consistency.

● Linux Reliability Administration: Adeptly administer Linux desktop and server environments, including RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, and Fedora, with a focus on maximizing uptime, performance, and fault tolerance.

● CI/CD Pipelines: Skillfully design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using AWS, GitLab, GitHub, and Jenkins, aligning with Site Reliability Engineering principles to ensure seamless and reliable application deployment.

● High-Availability Service Deployment: Expertly deploy and administer both cloud instance and container based services and supplementary deployment infrastructure, implementing redundancy and failover strategies for site reliability.

● Container Resilience Strategies: Apply advanced containerization expertise in Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, and Containerd to orchestrate and manage applications resiliently. Foster fault-tolerant and scalable architectures. Professional Experience:

January 2022 - July 2023

Wirewheel Inc. Senior DevOps Site/Reliability Engineer:

● Responsible for the deployment, maintenance,troubleshooting, and monitoring of over 400 container-based services hosted across four ECS clusters in different accounts with over 99% uptime.

● Architected and executed a sophisticated multi-regional, multi-account network infrastructure to facilitate traffic isolation for diverse development stages. This design enabled centralized management from a singular control point, enhancing operational efficiency.

● Orchestrated the implementation of this complex infrastructure utilizing CDK (Cloud Development Kit) in conjunction with Python, resulting in a seamless and highly automated deployment process.

● Spearheaded the creation of a Python-based automation solution that facilitated the smooth and swift migration of customer services (AWS ECS) and crucial data (MongoDB, AWS S3) between distinct hosting environments. This effort resulted in remarkable success, achieving downtime of less than 2 minutes during migration instances.

● Demonstrated innovative problem-solving by developing a Python script designed to identify and eliminate expired AWS S3 buckets, adhering to organizational policies. This automation streamlines resource management and ensures adherence to best practices.

January 2021 - January 2022

DevOps Engineer, Senior - Open Source Network, FireTeam Solutions

● Personally designed and implemented a continuous integration solution for building monthly security updates into developer workstation images on release allowing teammates to place more focus on tasks with greater mission value.

● Personally responsible for maintenance and improvement of several in-house tools used to ease difficulty in developer workflow and increase productivity

● Routinely created custom container images to support various CI/CD functions and packaged them for deployment using Helm

● Responsible for advising and assisting teammates with DevOps related issues October 2018 - December 2020

DevSecOps/Networking Lead - DC-I War Room Division, Enterprise Data Lab, Mantech Intl

● Personally maintained over 50 git projects to include conducting code reviews, managing merge/pull requests, versioning and troubleshooting .

● Published 25 Git project templates templates for various systems using cookie cutter in order to increase team productivity by allowing upstream developers & engineers to focus solely on unique configurations for their current project

● Created a custom backup solution using Python and Inotify to monitor selected files and directories and trigger a backup to S3 whenever a change is detected. This ensures that backups are always representative of latest information on the associated live instance

● Personally administered and automated the deployment of DevOps services such as Gitlab, Artifactory, and Ansible as well as baselines of our RHEL7+8 and Ubuntu 18 servers for accurate test deployments.

● Published style and convention requirements for all projects

● Created 23 custom Container images that contain various tool sets for use in CI/CD pipelines as

● Personally created or advised on the automation of ACAS scanning, creation of cloud environment documentation, POAM updates, and creation of Firewall policies, AWS security groups, and AWS ACLs, from approved additions to our PPSM September 2016 - October 2018

DoD Cyber Security Range Principal Network Engineer, Mantech Intl

● Regularly solve complex problems involving the integration and operation of physical networking devices, network function virtualization(NFV), both Microsoft Windows and Red Hat server platforms, VMware Vsphere products, and various security and storage appliances appliances by means of rapidly acquiring new skill sets and applying an in-depth knowledge of the underlying technologies/protocols to logging and packet capture analysis

● Personally researched, installed and configured several open source services which are currently used to enhance CSR network management capabilities without the additional cost of commercial alternatives

● Created custom Python scripts to retrieve information from and automate routine tasks for network assets via REST API and SSH.

December 2015 – September 2016

Marine Corps Network Operations and Security Command (MCNOSC) Integrated Network Support Tier III Technician Quantico, VA

● Operated and protected the Marine Corps Enterprise Network (MCEN) by applying working knowledge and experience to over 60 firewalls, 1100 Cisco routers, 7000 switches, and 65 regionalized Red Hat BIND DNS servers dispersed over 500 separate sites.

● Routinely worked in a high-paced environment solving complex network issues to provide new services, update existing services, or troubleshoot faulty services on multiple networks worldwide supporting over 200,000 users.

● Worked as a part of a team environment comprising several sections to form a fully operational Network Operations Center which provides 24x7x365 coverage.

● Troubleshot and communicated with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and various other internet service providers to troubleshoot downed or degraded WAN connections to quickly restore external communication.

● Configured and troubleshot site-to-site IPSec VPN’s, utilizing FortiGate Firewalls, providing secure services to deployed and garrison environments.

● Investigated possible attacks by gathering information from other sections to locate and mitigate possible vulnerabilities.

● Coordinated and conducted critical system outages to apply new network security configurations bringing equipment into DISA network hardening compliance.

● Created change requests, which outline the process of applying necessary configurations, submitting them to the Change Advisory Board (CAB) only after it has been reviewed and approved by the Certification and Accreditation (C&A) section.

● Provided onsite installation, configuration and troubleshooting of network devices both within the United States and overseas.

● Performed training and mentorship of junior administrators. July 2013 – December 2015

Marine Corps Network Operations and Security Command (MCNOSC) Integrated Network Support Tier II Technician Quantico, VA

● Served as the Integrated Network Support Non Commissioned Officer in Charge of both Marines and contractors enterprise wide while also acting as the primary liaison to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)for all global MCEN wide-area-network (WAN) changes and outages.

● Gained and maintained situational awareness of all Marine Corps Enterprise Network (MCEN) events, incidents and changes in order to facilitate appropriate response(s) to support, operate, and defend the MCEN.

● Managed and maintained the point-of-presence (PoP) enterprise architecture for the MCEN to include but not limited to firewalls, routers, switches, load balancers, and encryption devices.

● Supervised and developed training of personnel to increase the Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) proficiency and professional development of subordinates.

● Ensured the sound morale and welfare of subordinates through mentoring and counseling. July 2008 – June 2013

Data Systems Specialist First Marine Regiment Camp Pendleton, CA

● Led contact teams which provided emergency on site network and server troubleshooting as well as oversaw unit changeovers throughout the Southern Helmond Province while deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from August 2010 to October 2011.

● Advised superiors in network design and expansion during multiple large scale exercises

● Led, coordinated and trained small teams in IT related tasks

● Installation, maintenance, and administration of VMware vSphere products

● Installation and administration of Windows 2003/R2, 2008/R2 Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange 2003/2010 environments

● Troubleshot hardware and software issues, adding new equipment as well as installing and configuring networking systems

● Designed, managed, and implemented wide and local area networks via wireless point to point links and satellite communications

● Installation and maintenance of network cabling, software and equipment

● Configuration and administration of Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, and 7

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