DevOps Engineer

Tony C Antal

Minneapolis, MN • 952-***-**** • *******@*****.***

Enterprise Cloud Architect

A seasoned architect with over 20 years of extensive experience managing all aspects of systems administration and engineering, including DevOps, cloud architecture, solution development, implementation, and client support.

Skilled in leading cross-functional teams through all stages of the project lifecycle: design, conceptualization, launch, implementation, and support Boost organizational value by integrating technology with business solutions as a strategic partner for diverse internal and external stakeholders.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Aristocrat Gaming 08/2021 - Present

An international company specializing in entertainment and gaming content, providing electronic gaming machines, casino management systems, free-to-play mobile games, and real money online games. Senior Cloud Infrastructure Architect • Full-time Remote Design and integrate applications within the existing infrastructure. Provide technical support for developing new technologies and system requirements in AWS, GCP, and VCD cloud environments. AcuStaf Development Corporation 02/2018 - 08/2020

A software company providing labor management tools to help businesses with staffing, scheduling, and budgeting

Senior DevOps and Enterprise Architect • Full-time Minneapolis MN Designed and integrated applications into existing infrastructure, enhancing system performance and reliability across AWS, GCP, and VCD environments within 6 months.

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Led cloud infrastructure projects, achieving a 30% increase in operational efficiency within 6 months by implementing best practices and governance.

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Developed secure enterprise networks by integrating VPNs, cloud components, and firewall policies, enhancing security posture across all cloud environments within 6 months.

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Automated and documented GKE clusters using Rancher, enhancing deployment efficiency and reducing setup time by approximately 30% within 3 months.

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Designed and implemented cohesive MongoDB and Atlas clusters across multiple environments, enhancing data accessibility and performance within 4 months.

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Developed and managed CI/CD pipelines using Terraform and Ansible, improving deployment speed by 40% within 3 months for Product Development and DevOps teams.

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Collaborated with development teams to ensure that applications were designed for scalability and reliability while complying with security and regulatory standards.

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• Led and mentored junior DevOps engineers.

Established comprehensive performance metrics and dashboards for systems and applications, enhancing visibility and decision-making within 3 months.

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Developed and implemented enhancements to enterprise architecture practices, improving alignment with business strategies and increasing efficiency within 6 months.

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Facilitated cross-departmental collaboration to implement design modifications, enhancing system efficiency and alignment with business goals within 3 months.

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Implemented AI-driven monitoring solutions, improving system reliability by 30% within 4 months, significantly reducing downtime.

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Facilitated external auditor penetration testing, enhancing security posture and compliance by implementing quarterly best practices.

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Managed all aspects of enterprise and office IT architecture, including the development of tools, processes, and governance practices, while formulating a technology strategy to ensure sustainable growth.

Code42 11/2016 - 02/2018

Part of the Automation Team in Cloud Operations, I managed the global CO/LO hosting infrastructure. My responsibilities included enhancing and upholding the SRE practices, Release Management, and related policies.

Sr. Automation Engineer/Infrastructure Architect • Full-time Minneapolis MN Senior Automation Engineer

Managed every enterprise and office IT architecture aspect, including developing tools, processes, and governance practices while formulating a technology strategy to ensure sustainable growth.

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Coordinated and automated multiple system and application instances, including jump servers, Zabbix servers, NGINX masters, storage masters, nodes, database servers, clusters, and monitoring servers through Ansible manifests in co-locations and AWS.

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Created an Ansible and later Ansible Tower automation environment utilizing PSSH aliasing and Bash scripts, which streamlined the deployment of updates and changes to AWS systems.

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Led a cross-functional team to implement WatchGuard, establishing a company-wide firewall, configuring VPN access, and setting up filtering along with internal and external firewall policies for all devices.

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Successfully led the redesign of multiple AWS environments by improving CloudWatch with more logs and filters across the AWS infrastructure.

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Developed a Highly Available Distributed Replicated Block Device (DRBD-HA) setup on Ubuntu for a customer's co-location, featuring a FedRAMP-certified AWS infrastructure and a highly available Atlassian environment including Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Bamboo, all hosted in AWS.

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Facilitated a major enterprise initiative to implement JumpCloud as the universal SSO; configured AWS systems, office equipment, and all applications to use JumpCloud as MDM and LDAP as a service.

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Addressed critical customer needs by designing and implementing a high-availability microservices architecture for local and customer application servers in the cloud and co-located environments.

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Configured multiple Kubernetes clusters to orchestrate Docker containers and tackled security issues by migrating to Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) . Enhanced the CloudFormation EKS stack to facilitate rapid replication across different accounts and Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) .

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Leveraged expertise in HashiCorp products, including Vagrant, Packer, Terraform, and Nomad, alongside Docker.

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Implemented Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Puppet, ultimately opting for CloudFormation for the environment and Kubernetes for application containerization.

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Member of the Automation team within the Cloud Operation department. Integrated and maintained a global co-location infrastructure and applications, enhancing operational efficiency, stability, scalability, and security.

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• Led cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions ahead of schedule.

• Created robust automation scripts, leading to a substantial decrease in testing effort time.

• Analyzed system performance by identifying bottlenecks and optimizing processes.

• Collaborated with developers to address complex issues, enhancing product reliability. Developed automated testing frameworks that enhanced software quality and reduced release cycles, showcasing strong problem-solving abilities.

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Analyzed system performance to implement automation solutions, improving efficiency and demonstrating keen attention to detail.

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BioScrip Inc.

National provider of infusion and home care management solutions UNIX Technical Team Lead, Director of IT Operations Mainline Information Systems, Inc. (IBM Partner)

Senior AIX Consultant, IBM SE

EQUIFAX SECURE INC.

PKI Engineer • Senior AIX/Sun Solaris Engineer

Led cross-functional teams of up to 40 members to implement integrated production environments, enhancing system performance and reliability within 6 months. Defined and carried out complex activities within an IT UNIX/AIX environment, including software and hardware installation and configuration, problem resolution, performance tuning, and disaster recovery.

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Rebuilt the existing IT operational structure to create a strategic partnership with the business team. Introduced the IBM PSeries systems and SVC SAN virtualization into the existing environment.

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Delivered a robust VMware private cloud using vCloud Director to host development team projects. Implemented Linux (RH, Scientific Linux, CentOS), Windows hosts, and SQL clustering for disaster recovery and high availability readiness.

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Engaged in implementing the iPad distribution project for project managers, management personnel, and home health nurses using Centrify for secure authentication to remote desktop servers. Spearheaded the creation of a local iCloud.

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Performed application migrations, including hardware upgrades for numerous older IBM systems such as H series and p3 systems to an IBM p5, p6, and p7 dual VIO LPAR environment. Migrated applications from Solaris systems to IBM AIX, focusing on project functionality.

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Installed and configured a robust Network Install Manager (NIM) environment for online patch, fileset, and OS distribution.

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Designed and installed a fiber-channel SAN environment with three IBM DS4800 and DS7800; later upgraded to a Pure Flex and Flex Storage, with redundant SVC (Storage Volume Controller) clusters in fiber channel configuration, zoning, and assigning 84 terabytes of SATA and FC disk combinations for storage. Improved SAN speed and redundancy by assigning LUNs in RAID 5 and RAID 10 striping combinations.

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Delivered high-availability strategic initiatives: design and installation of IBM HA (HACMP and later Power HA) clusters and Oracle RAC on AIX environments.

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Ensured organizational data protection by reconfiguring and implementing systems and user security policies, employing robust single-sign-on user authentication procedures. This included connecting AIX to Microsoft Active Directory while utilizing AIX’s role-based access control mechanisms. Additionally, an automated PGP encryption and decryption process was developed to facilitate the secure sharing and exchange of sensitive documents with internal and external clients. Furthermore, established an SSH and LDAP infrastructure complemented by comprehensive backup and recovery policies and designed a reliable disaster recovery site. Moreover, created a local security policy aimed at eliminating vulnerable or backdoor processes from systems.

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Delivered a top client experience by swiftly resolving technical issues and producing stable and scalable IBM midrange solutions. Traveled extensively nationwide to provide services to clients across various industries. Responsibilities included racking and networking IBM hardware, installing equipment, and configuring virtualization on racked hardware and SAN storage systems. Installed and configured operating systems and applications.

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Developed, maintained, and supported technical infrastructure, hardware, and system software components, optimizing platforms to achieve expected availability and performance levels. Acquired knowledge of the IBM Vault Registry application ahead of peers, resulting in a dual role as the company's PKI encryption specialist.

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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Novell, NT, AIX, and HP-UX Systems Administrator

EDUCATION

Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering

Budapesti Műszaki Egyetem Budapest, Hungary

Bachelor of CIS (Computer Information Systems)

DeVRY institute of technology Decatur, GA

CERTIFICATIONS

AWS Sysops (2018) Certification

AWS Certified Advanced Networking (2019)

GCP Certified Professional Architect (Test Scheduled) EC-Council CEH v8 (2019 did not certify)

PROJECTS

End-to-end IT infrastructure design and build for VCD and GCP. Aristocrat Gaming

Developed a cloud-based environment for internet gaming (iGaming), specifically mobile casino games, thereby converting traditional land-based casino games into free-to-play mobile real-money gaming experiences.

Internet gaming presentation.

Aristocrat Gaming

Developed a comprehensive presentation regarding the new iGaming environment, highlighting the benefits of the newly established infrastructure while emphasizing its security and robustness. Subsequently, I presented this to the Corporate Steering Committee for funding approval. SDLC and SRE processes.

Aristocrat Gaming

Enhanced the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) with Agile methodologies for timely, quality software delivery. Created automated monitoring systems, improved system performance, managed automation, addressed incidents, and collaborated with teams for high system availability. Utilized tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Terraform, and Kubernetes, measuring impacts on uptime and reliability with metrics like reduced downtime and faster incident resolution. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) pipeline.

Aristocrat Gaming

Spearheaded the creation of automated development and deployment lifecycles, procedures, compliance guidelines, and system documentation to ready the cloud-based jurisdictions for production conversion.

Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) and Disaster Recovery Testing (DiRT) policies and documentation.

Aristocrat Gaming

Developed three phases within the established DRP policy; Determine the scope, current condition, and dependencies of the DRP. Perform a BIA to identify acceptable RTOs and RPOs. Provided hands-on support for Novell and HP-UX servers and Oracle and P-Soft applications.Enhanced data security for the cryptographic department by installing and configuring a pilot Entrust Webca SSL network using Netscape SuiteSpot.

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Recognize and tackle gaps in the recovery workflow. Developed various supporting tools and templates, including the Business Impact Analysis Tool, DRP Maturity Scorecard, DRP Project Charter Template, DRP Recovery Workflow Template, and DRP Roadmap Tool, among others.

Manage Data Lifecycle.

Aristocrat Gaming

Assisted in creating a data purge script environment for the VCD MongoDB clusters, allowing historical data to be stored on GCP Atlas MongoDB. Heavily involved in DataPrep, Cloud Data Loss Prevention, Dataflow with flexible ETL pipelines, and Dataproc using Spark and Hadoop for complex processing. Tested ML to mitigate workloads in Spark and Hadoop.

AI and ML usecases in Aristocrat

Aristocrat Gaming

Tested various Google AI options, including Gemini MQL Models, Redirect Cluster Models, and MQL API Models, to investigate the potential for integration into the production environment. Identity and Device Management.

AcuStaf

Utilized JumpCloud, a zero-trust directory platform, as a Mobile Device Management (MDM) in conjunction with Apple Business Manager (ABM) and AWS IAM Identity Center to authenticate, authorize, and manage users, devices, and applications.

Restructured all AWS environments.

AcuStaf

Redesigned the existing environment architectures to the VCD, open subnet, private subnet secure structures

Restructured the AWS GovCloud environment.

AcuStaf

Following the compliance verification process, we set up the GovCloud environment by implementing the necessary services and security configurations while adhering to relevant government regulations. We deployed workloads within the GovCloud region, taking into account the specific limitations and available services. Our team consistently monitored and managed the environment to uphold compliance and security standards.

Initiated FedRamp certification.

AcuStaf

FedRAMP certification encompasses a readiness assessment, a security assessment, and authorization from the agency.

I gathered all documents related to system and environment architecture that outline the security plan, the implementation of controls, and the monitoring strategy. Migrated the Atlassian environment to a new setting. AcuStaf

Relocated the local Atlassian environment to a new AWS site, reworking the layout. AGile, DevOps, SRE and SDLC Evolution

Code42

Effectively managed a LINUX-only environment of over 10,000 systems hosted on Co-Locations worldwide, including storage masters and nodes hosting Crashplan, system monitoring, and database applications, with a total storage capacity of 750 PB.

Deployment Scripts

Code42

Created Ansible cookbooks and Shell scripts to automate deployments and ensure integration with CI tools. Developed cookbooks for kernel, Logrotate, Nginx, ntp, postfix, grub, lamp, ssh, user, PostgreSQL, ruby, Zabbix-agent, tables, and numerous other server configuration components. Planning Co-location environments migrations to AWS Code42

Part of a team that oversaw the design, configuration, management, and maintenance of end-to-end deployment and operations in AWS IAM, EC2, VPC, S3, EBS, AMI, SNS, RDS, CloudFormation, and CloudWatch.

Developed an infrastructure in the AWS Cloud that is both highly scalable and available, leveraging services such as EC2, VPC, Auto Scaling, ELB, RDS, and Route 53. Revamped Jenkins build pipelines using plugins like Maven and EC2 to enhance automation and streamline development.

Improved security and performance by hosting static websites on S3. Utilized the S3 Firefox plugin to upload data, and leveraged CloudFront as a content distribution network to speed up site and media delivery.

SKILLS

Technical Skills: Cloud Computing, Data Management, Operating Systems, Programming languages, Security

Networking technologies: automation tools, AWS Lambda, Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), firewalls, Hybrid Clouds, Load Balancers, NAT Controllers, Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), network management software, Open/Private Subnets, Software-Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WAN), Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs)

Cloud Native Technologies: AWS, Containers, declarative API, GCP, immutable infrastructure, microservices, service meshes, VCD

Scripting: Bash, Declarative Python, Python, Ruby, Shell Web servers: Apache, JBoss, NGINX, Tomcat

Source control: Bamboo, GitHub, GitLab

CI/CD tools: Bamboo, Confluence, GitLab, Jenkins, Jira, Lucid, Nomadic Repository management solutions: Artifactory, Bitbucket, GitHub Configuration management applications, architecture as code: Ansible, Ansible Tower, Cloud Formation, IBM NIM, Puppet, Terraform, Terragrunt

Technology delivery in a DevOps and Cloud Engineering environment: Microservices OS environments: AIX, Centos, Debian, Kali Linux, Redhat, Sun Solaris, Ubuntu Scaling distributed data systems: Cassandra, Elasticsearch Agile Methodologies: Kanban, Scrum

Databases: Atlas, MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server Cybersecurity Protection & Software: AWS, GCP and VCD networking and security, Palo Alto, Wiz Monitoring and Logging: Cloud Trail, Grafana, Kafka, Nagios, Prometheus, Zabbix Container management: Docker, Kubernetes, Minikube, Rancher CEH course technologies: Exploit Framework, Footprinting and Reconnaissance, Malware Analysis, Packet Capturing, Penetration Testing, Port Scanning, Social Engineering, Vulnerability Analysis, Web Application Testing

Soft Skills: Adaptability, Collaboration, Creative thinking, Leadership, Teamwork

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