Sr DevOps Engineer

JAMES BRANDON

Phone: 972-***-****

Email: ***********@*****.***

Profile Summary

AWS Certified Solution Architect and Certified DevOps Engineer with over 10+ years of experience in AWS, Cloud, and DevOps Engineering,

Possess extensive expertise automation runners in in working with a wide range of AWS services, including EC2, ELB, Auto Scaling, S3, Glacier, VPC, Route 53, CloudWatch, and IAM Roles and Policies. Implement DevOps methodologies, such as Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment/Delivery (CD), leveraging popular CI tools like Jenkins, Ansible, and VSTS.

Proficiently utilize build tools such as Maven, Gradle, and NodeJS to build and deploy artifacts generated from source code. Well-versed in various distributions of Virtualization, Cloud, and Linux.

Acquired in-depth knowledge and experience in infrastructure as code versioning and management using Terraform and CloudFormation.

Successfully deployed web applications using AWS S3 served through CloudFront and Route 53, leveraging AWS CloudFormation for streamlined deployment.

Proficiently monitor logs and manage infrastructures with highly accessible configuration models using SPLUNK and Nagios.

Utilize AWS Serverless Application Repository and Lambda functions to deploy applications.

Proficient in configuring and deploying application servers such as WebLogic, Nginx, and Apache Tomcat. Proficient in scripting with Perl, Groovy, and Python programming languages.

Possess an excellent understanding of SDLC methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall.

Utilize NPM Registry and Docker Registry as databases of JavaScript packages. Automate AWS services, including web servers, ELB, CloudFront distribution, databases, EC2, database security groups, S3 buckets, and application configuration, using Python scripts.

Proficiently create stacks, single servers, or join web servers to stacks using scripts. Apply Service and Certificate Manager.

Develop web applications and RESTful API services in Python using Flask and deploy them to AWS.

Work with version control systems such as GIT and source code management client tools like GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket.

Experience in building GitLab to build Docker images. Utilize configuration management tools like Puppet and Ansible.

Acquired experience with containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes. Create Kubernetes YAML files to automatically deploy SCM dashboard CI/CD applications and reduce time costs.

Possess skills in applying Core AWS services effectively.

Proficient in end-to-end System Solutions on Cloud for - Resilience, Security, Performance, Availability, and Scalability

Expert in implementing Jenkins as a Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment Tool

Strong Interpersonal skills with excellent verbal and written communication; able to speak to audiences at any level and also non-technical audiences.

Technical Skills

DevOps:

Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Git/GitHub, CI/CD, EKS, ECS, ECR, Code Pipeline

Data Monitoring/Visualization Tools for BI:

CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Tableau, PowerBI, Nagios, AWS Athena

Programming Languages:

Python, Perl, SQL, Bash / Shell Scripting

Markup:

HTML5, JSON, YAML, XML

AWS Infrastructure:

EC2, IAM, ECS, EKS, Fargate, RDS, DynamoDB, SNS, SQS, Lambda, S3, EBS, ELB, Route 53, VPC, Security Groups/NACL’s, Cloud Formation, Terraform, and Autoscaling Cloud Computing

Operating Systems:

Unix/Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, RedHat), Windows 10/11, Windows Server, including 2016, 2019 and 2022

Professional Experience

Sr DevOps Engineer

Kajima USA Inc., Atlanta, GA Jan’21-Present

Kajima U.S.A. Inc. (KUSA), a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of Kajima Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and operates engineering, design, construction, and development businesses in North America through its operating companies.

•Deployed and Managed infrastructure on Terraform Automation

•Write Terraform template, custom modules, ci-cd automation code for Terraform Deployment

•Designed, configured, and deployed AWS for multiple applications, emphasizing high availability, fault tolerance, and auto-scaling. Utilized the AWS stack, including EC2, Route53, VPC, S3, RDS, Cloud Formation, Cloud Watch, SQS, and IAM

•Managed Terraform State files.

•Troubleshoot Terraform deployment on Linux machines and Vs code

•Wrote validation test code for Terraform deployment.

•Solved Complex Problems in Terraform using Bash and Python in Terraform module code.

•Worked on setting up app services in Azure using PaaS infrastructure for applications.

•Created and maintained continuous integration process documentation

•Managed migration of on-premises applications to the cloud, utilizing all critical AWS tools. Used ELBs and Auto-Scaling policies for scalability, elasticity, and availability

•Maintained high-availability clustered and standalone server environments and refined automation components with scripting and configuration management (Ansible)

•Built Jenkins’ jobs to create AWS infrastructure from GitHub repos containing Terraform code and administered/engineered Jenkins for managing weekly builds

•Drove DevOps adoption across the enterprise, which included knowledge sharing and demoing tools promoting DevOps culture

•Experience working on version control systems like Subversion and GIT and using Source code management client tools like Visual SVN, Tortoise SVN, Stash, Source Tree, GitBash, GitHub, Git GUI, and other command line applications, etc.

•Wrote Terraform Templates for AWS infrastructure-as-Code to build staging and production environments

•Deployed containerized applications in AWS Kubernetes cluster, built and created containers using Docker images, and deployed the applications

•Administered Git repositories and assisted developers in managing version control branches/tags

•Worked with developer teams to set up CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Octopus Deploy.

•Performed troubleshooting, compiled build failures, and facilitated resolutions.

•Developing, testing, UAT, and prod environments in Octopus Deploy using Blue/Green deployment strategy

•Automated System Configurations using Python and Bash Script.

•Worked with the DevOps team to spin up a lift and shift infrastructure in AWS

•Applied monitoring tools such as AWS Cloudwatch to investigate and troubleshoot performance issues

•Monitored and responded to alarms and proactively identified and resolved problems

Sr AWS Cloud Engineer

National Beverage Corp., Fort Lauderdale, FL Oct’18-Dec’20

National Beverage Corp. is an American beverage developer, manufacturer, and distributor focused on flavored soft drinks, with its most noted brands being La Croix, Shasta, and Faygo.

•Analyzed legacy On-Prem applications and worked on design strategy and final migration to AWS Cloud.

•Deployed applications on AWS using various AWS services, including EC2, Route53, S3, RDS, and IAM.

•Configured AWS ELB for auto-scaling based on application user traffic and managed multi-tier and multi-region architecture using AWS CloudFormation.

•Created automation and deployment templates for both relational and NoSQL databases, including MSSQL, MySQL, Cassandra, and MongoDB, in AWS.

•Automated infrastructure activities like Continuous Deployment, Application Server setup, and Stack Monitoring using Ansible playbooks and CI tools like Rundeck and Jenkins.

•Implemented fully automated server build management, monitoring, and deployment solutions on multiple platforms and technologies, such as Amazon EC2, Jenkins Nodes/Agent, and SSH.

•Managed users, project roles, time tracking, security, and plug-ins for multiple projects and provided recommendations to end users and leaders about best practices and standardization.

•Extended Jira's functionalities using Groovy scripting through plugins like Script Runner and created advanced workflows, conditions, and scripted fields.

•Integrated automated build with deployment pipeline and upgraded, migrated, and integrated Jira with other Atlassian applications and toolsets, such as SVN, Artifactory, Jama, and Jenkins.

•Customized Jira with built-in customization and third-party add-ons to meet client's requirements and standards.

•Assessed and provided technical expertise for upgrading existing production systems, security, and database configuration services.

•Applied Business Process Flow, Business Process Modeling, Business Analysis, and multiple testing methodologies to ensure efficient project management.

•Created and managed AWS Security Groups to secure traffic to AWS EC2 instances.

•Maintained continuous integration and continuous delivery.

Sr DevOps Cloud Engineer

Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA Jul’15-Sep‘18

Fidelity Investments is one of the largest mutual fund companies in the U.S. Headquartered in Boston, the firm offers financial products and services to more than 40 million individuals.

•Developed Ansible playbooks for use in deploying applications and systems to servers via Ansible Tower.

•Created a complete DevOps pipeline using Git, Jenkins, Docker, Maven, Ansible, and Kubernetes.

•Installed and set up systems administrator/engineering tasks such as patching servers, mounting filesystems, standardizing server configuration, deploying applications, managing firewall rules, configuring file systems, and storage systems, job scheduling security, and systems resource monitoring.

•Developed Ansible Custom modules and created Ansible dynamic inventories.

•Created Dockerfile and automated Docker image creation using Jenkins and Docker.

•Used Kubernetes to orchestrate the deployment, scaling, and management of Docker containers.

•Set up Jenkins' master server, added necessary plugins, and increased scalability and agility by adding more slaves.

•Set up Kubernetes environment on-premise and on AWS Cloud.

•Built, monitored, and supported patching and upgrades for Linux servers.

•Automated infrastructure provisioning on AWS using Terraform and Ansible.

•Migrated legacy and monolithic systems to Amazon Web Services using Ansible and Terraform.

•Performed troubleshooting to resolve networking and application issues.

•Monitored systems and diagnosed, troubleshot, and resolved hardware, software, and application issues.

•Collaborated closely with the Site Reliability Engineering team to configure, monitor, diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve incidents related to server hardware issues (CPU, DIMM, PSU, HBA, RAID).

•Created and maintained standard operating procedures (SOPs) to be used by other Systems Administrators.

•Worked closely with the Site Reliability Engineering team charger to configure, monitor, diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve incidents tickets about server hardware issues (CPU, DIMM, PSU, HBA, RAID)

System Administrator

Farmers Insurance Group, Woodland Hills, CA Aug’12-Jun’15

Farmers Insurance Group (informally Farmers) is an American insurer group of vehicles, homes, and small businesses and also provides other insurance and financial services products. Farmers Insurance has more than 48,000 exclusive and independent agents and approximately 21,000 employees.

•Worked as a Systems Admin and provided in-depth support for resolving and troubleshooting advanced system issues

•Design and deploy host computers and monitor system performance

•Worked in an Agile environment with scrums and regularly scheduled meetings

• Facilitated IT enterprise architecture across the organization's enterprise transformation programs

•Performed troubleshooting/bug fixing and provided production support, Planned and configured computing systems of hardware and software.

•Engineered, managed, and installed PBX system with ACD and reporting capabilities for client call center

•Managed infrastructure upgrades, analysis, and resolution of end-user hardware and software issues

•Diagnosed server and data center problems and designed and implementation of new data center technologies

•Controlled development of test areas, systems test data, and testing methods before implementing new systems

•Evaluated, documented, and recommended database-related software products within the technical architecture framework

•Interacted with various technology teams regarding work requests submitted; participated in the creation of new policies, procedures, projects, and processes; and participate in all aspects of the lifecycle for database environments

•Provided on-call and emergency off-hours support of critical systems for database problem resolution and recovery as well as production applications

•Conformed to quality, performance, and interoperability standards for the implementation of solutions

•Worked closely with infrastructure staff and departmental decision-makers to identify, recommend, develop, and implement cost-effective technology solutions

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

Certification

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional

Activities

SAE AutoDrive Challenge, Fall 2017 – Spring2018

Participated in the national auto drive challenge, where the team was responsible for the automobile’s simulation environment

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