Team Lead Devops Engineer

Anna Curry

Pasadena, MD ***** 443-***-**** ******@*****.***

Cyber Systems Engineer/Technical Team Lead

DevOps Engineer Linux Administrator Strong Team Leadership

Experienced professional focused on performing a variety of high-level projects as a problem solver with the ability to manage multiple, time-sensitive tasks in an extremely demanding environment. Demonstrated ability to thrive in a technical environment to include over twenty-five years of VMware, Windows, Linux/SELinux, CentOS6.x to 7.x, HBSS and Cisco networking product

administration experience in Government and Commercial environments. Served as an Information Security Engineer Leader / Technical Team Lead to provide recommendations that enhanced the system's confidentiality, integrity and availability, while maximizing systems performance. Demonstrates strong evaluation, research, financial management, planning, development, program management, and reporting skills. Offers expert leadership abilities, and consistently collaborates with team members at all levels to achieve organization goals. My resume history is contracts, and I welcome I permanent position with your company.

Education Certifications Technology Training

Masters of Science (MS), Cybersecurity Technology, University of Maryland University College

Bachelor of Science (BS), Applied Information Technology, University of Baltimore

CERTIFICATIONS: CISSP, Linux+, Linux Network Professional (CLNP), Certified Security+, Certified Network+, McAfee HBSS (DISA) 3.0 Manager - https://www.credly.com/users/anna-curry

APPLICATIONS: Ansible Tower, RedHat Satellite, Axonious, Foreman, IDM, Tenable, Kubernetes, SALT, Git, Nagios Center, Cameo, Puppet/Ansible, Nagios, NiFi, cURL, Malware Analysis Tool, Sharepoint, ACAS, HBSS, SharePoint, DISA Vulnerability Management System. (VMS). Splunk, ArcSight, OpsWare HPNA/HPSA, SCAP, GoldDisk, Nessus/Tentable, Active Directory, SSH, PCAnywhere, NTStreaming, Veritas, Visio, McAfee ePO, LotusNotes, OSSEC, PointSec, Ghost, Microsoft Office

TRAINING: Kubernetes CKC, Puppet Infrastructure, Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS), Splunk, Linux AACC, CISSP #381999

Professional Experience

Sev1Tech, College Park, MD (Hybrid) June 2024 – Present

Linux System Administrator/Analysis (NOAA Contract)

Perform Linux system administration on RHEL7/8/9 devices including but not limited to patching using Ansible, troubleshooting, CAC and PKI user setup, maintenance using IDM, Ansible, and Git to push keys as well as scripts. Manage ticketing system, utilize and update wiki and other documentation. Build new devices, migration, re-fresh from Foreman, Ansible and PXI while keeping configurations, software, and data. Utilize SNOW ticketing system to document my tasks as well we provide customer service to end users in need to resolve their barriers in an efficient and time sensitive manner. Provide security monitoring and mitigation of vulnerabilities using Tentable and code security compliance for infrastructure utilizing Checkmarx before being pushed in GitLab from dev to prod.

Capital TechSearch, College Park, MD (Remote-Contract ending June 2024) June 2023 – June 2024

Senior Linux Security Administrator (12-month NOAA contract)

Perform all security related tasks concerning remediation of servers. Communicate via various chat groups daily and respond in a timely manner. Perform scans, research, coordinate and remediate any findings. Build VMs for use and testing, new devices, migration to RHEL8, re-fresh from Foreman, Ansible and PXI while keeping configurations, software, and data. Update, create and audit documentation and guidelines and procedures for consistency and accuracy. Build new devices, migration, re-fresh from Foreman, Ansible and PXI while keeping configurations, software, and data. Utilize Ansible Tower, Red Hat Satellite, vCenter/VMware, IDM, Puppet, GitLab, Axonious, online monitoring, various ticketing systems, encrypted email and other security tools for compliance and to obtain and maintain a high level of security for our customer. Maintain a high level of security for our customer. Go onsite when helpful or needed by the team.

Anna Information Technology (AIT), LLC, Hanover, MD November 2022 – December 2022

Worked as a consultant building, testing and documenting Jenkins and various CI/CD pipelines based on specs from customer.

ALKU, Herndon, VA August 2021 – March 2022

R&D SELinux Administrator (six-month contract)

Configured and maintained RHEL with SELinux and HP-UX performance and security standards to get multiple levels of security to run on one platform. Enhanced and supported operating system activities in support of enterprise imaging applications. Responsible for continued enhancements, modifications and ongoing hardware and operating system support for these applications to include the planning, development, testing, ATO approval process with demo of environment to accreditation to take to production for mission critical infrastructure. Installed, built, maintained, provisioned, upgraded, and enhanced both RHEL cloud environment (AWS & Azure) and HP-UX server hardware environments.

Intelliforce-ITSG, Hanover, MD October 2019 – February 2021

DevOps Engineer Contractor

Utilized Git, CI/CD, Jenkins, SALT, and Kubernetes to create, troubleshoot and maintain infrastructure. Focused on designing, developing, and implementing automation to support continuous delivery and continuous integration solutions for Infrastructure and application platforms. Built and tore down clusters for testing to then push to production via version control/tags on cloud and docker. Maintained end-to-end security ensuring security best practices are always implemented and working with accreditation to obtain or maintain ATO to include POA&Ms. Provisioned and maintained all servers using configuration management and monitoring tools such as Nagios, Grafana and Prometheus to include modifying dashboards and adding alarms. Utilized and maintained scripts/playbooks in bash, Perl, and Python to include hardening scripts. Managed K8 updates/patching and troubleshooting as well as Windows/Linux cloud infrastructure rebuilds and migrations away from CentOS to Rocky and RHEL. Worked with developers and utilized Checkmarx to push their releases in as I monitored the backend for mission-critical systems.

BAE Systems, Annapolis Junction, MD July 2018 – July 2019

Linux/Windows System Administrator Sr. Contractor

Performed Nessus scanning, mitigations and other Secure the Enterprise and Secure the Net (STE/STN) compliance of high-performance computing (HPC) systems. Linux administration and troubleshooting of HPC systems ensuring mission critical systems. Tested and ensured system requirements, IAVA, POA&Ms, analysis and functionality of new systems. Created and updated Confluence documentation and Jira ticking system on work performed and fixed on HPC systems. Linked created epic/story/tasks tickets when appropriate. Troubleshoot and patched Windows Servers and VMware.

Avid Technology Professionals, Ellicott, MD July 2016 – July 2018

Systems Engineer Sr. Contractor

Cloud backend supporting developers’ environments for production and development. Utilized Jenkins, Git, CI/CD, Puppet for configuration management, and Checkmarx of large complete infrastructure; also applied Ansible playbooks for some other changes for thousands of servers. Served as Enterprise Architecture (EA), Quality Management System (QMS) development and setup writing manuals, standard operating procedures (SOP), work instructions (WI) and utilized Agency Cameo tool. Performed PKI cert management, creation, renewal, troubleshooting, to include jks keystore and passwords. Setup shared NFS and Samba. Build CentOS /RHEL virtual and cloud environment based on specs/baselines.

Redd Communications, Rockville, MD February 2015 – June 2016

System Administrator Contractor

Manage and maintain Linux Logical Unit Number (LUN)s storage, LDAP, Linux/Windows hardening, maintenance, and monitoring tools both physical and virtual from VCenter. Managed the day-to-day operations, monitored and provided feedback of other monitoring organizations documentation of the problem resolution for all of the client/server/storage/network devices. Installed, configured, tuned, and troubleshot common GOTS, COTS and FOSS software and managed the daily activities of configuration and operation of IT systems. Migrated legacy devices to CentOS/RHEL while maintaining data/volumes.

Sage Management, Columbia, MD August 2014 – February 2015

Cyber Security System Engineer/Administration on Windows and Linux Platform Contractor

Splunk System Administrator, user & mitigation. Maintained all updates, patches, and plugins for application, VMware, LDAP, Samba and Linux OS. Installed software and configuration focused on all aspects of Cyber Security including the configuration, testing, mitigation, findings reporting and presentation of those findings and suggestions of alternatives to ensure the integrity, confidentially, and availability of networks and data. Wrote detailed technical documents such as migration plans, manuals, SOPs, and detailed instructions.

Lockheed Martin, Annapolis Junction, MD November 2013 – May 2014

Linux System Administrator Contractor

Switched from VICE contract to CTS when awarded and stood up mission systems with rack and stack prior to deploying new system by installing/ testing/ configuring of mission system to include running hard drives and replacing prior to deployment.

Booz Allen Hamilton, Annapolis Junction, MD April 2012 – November 2013

Linux System Administrator Contractor

Installed and maintained RHEL including re-imaging via PXEBoot w/DHCP and migration of legacy systems and re-fresh when needed. Maintained Cisco routers and switches. Monitored and maintained all systems to ensure performance, availability and scalability within clusters. Deployed and maintained systems implementation via travel.

Ward Solutions, Columbia, MD June 2011 – February 2012

Arcsight Developer Contractor

Configured and integrated ArcSight in a test lab for corporate customers, built Connectors, Loggers, and Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) modules with PKI enabled, account management, updated, and remote management of a ArcSight web interface on a RHEL virtual platform. Performed security testing and documentation for NISCAP compliance in XACTA.

Prior Professional Experience

ISSO/System Administrator, DCCA, Annapolis Junction, MD - 02/2011 – 06/2011

Senior Security/HBSS Engineer, APPTIS, Fort Meade, MD - 07/2010 – 02/2011

Managed HBSS (12) ePO servers reporting to master HBSS server for DISA wide reporting and bansdwidth challenges. Prepare/present daily standby graphs of HBSS findings/status and perform capability demo for DISA management/Director. Managed getting global DISA HBSS ePO’s to report correctly, DATs, creating whitelist/blacklist and pushing data to HBSS master. Attend meeting with HBSS deployment status and need for more bandwidth.

Information System Security Officer, Protelligent, Columbia, MD - 01/2009 – 07/2010

System Administrator / Information Security Engineer Leader / Technical Team Lead for LINKUP, Lab Manager and System Administrator for VAPT, Corporate IT Global Information Solutions (GIS) Team, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Hanover, MD - 06/2006 – 01/2009

IT Specialist/System Administrator, BankAnnapolis, Annapolis, MD - 10/2003 – 05/2006

Volunteer Experience

Walk dogs for SPCA, hold animals and answer questions for SPCA Paws at the Mall, foster and/or transport dogs to vet, manage website, design and complete annual calendar fundraiser and other advertising/outreach for MACSPRO Mid-Atlantic Chinese Shar-Pei Rescue Operation, Reiki Master, Reference Point Therapy (level II certification) and create custom jewelry.

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