DevOps Engineer/Systems Administration

Dallas-Fort JULIA Worth metroplex D. ***.***.JOHNS 3795 ***********@******.***

EXPERIENCE

Solovis (Formerly NASDAQ Solovis), Las Colinas, TX DevOps Engineer 6/2020 - 4/2026

Jr DevOps Engineer 6/2018 - 6/2020

Cloud systems administrator for both eVestment AWS and Solovis Azure restricting access to all environments using the principle of least privilege. Provisioned and maintained infrastructure for Azure Devops, Bitbucket and Jenkins CI/CD pipelines using Terraform, Apache Groovy and Azure ARM templates. Monitored pipelines, applications, and infrastructure utilizing metrics, logs, and traces via Microsoft application insights, log analytics and Datadog recommending improvements. Microsoft 365 Administrator to include Entra ID, Teams, SharePoint and Exchange. Developed PowerShell, bash and azure automation runbooks to streamline administration, provisioning, and operational tasks. Served as Imperva WAF SME. Maintained Azure SQL servers performing backups, restores and running T-SQL queries. Responsible for triaging P1 infrastructure incidents and submitting postmortems. Partnered with project managers for improvements and customizations to Azure Devops projects to include dashboards, charts and reports for monitoring. Multitasked between assisting dev and QA teams, assigned Jira help tickets and Agile User Stories. Collaborated directly with the development teams to test system integrity and resolve all findings from yearly SOCII. Worked with NASDAQ INFOSEC to implement and remediate STIG violations. Microsoft IIS Admin creating websites, monitoring application pools and security settings. Regulated Azure virtual machines patching using Azure Update Manager. Partnered with CTO to drive cloud cost optimization, scalability, and auto-scaling initiatives across hosted environments. Familiarity troubleshooting both Azure container apps and Azure Kubernetes clusters. Experience using advanced AI tools such as Microsoft copilot and Claude AI to improve coding speed and enhance overall output quality. Configured and managed Cisco Meraki network devices. Maintained DevOps Confluence documentation regarding systems, processes and procedures. Provided mentorship and technical guidance to junior engineers. Participated in rotating after-hours on call.

Crow Holdings, Dallas, TX

Systems Administrator 4/2015 4/2018

Desktop Support 4/2013 - 4/2015

IT Administrator for active directory, Skype for Business, Exchange, SharePoint and Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Configured Microsoft ADFS server to enable SAML for SSO website access. Utilized CCNA to configure network port security and VLAN changes. Configured and deployed new Cisco routers and switches. Provisioned Cisco IP desk and conference phones. Administered Cisco Unity Voicemail system and Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Performed repairs on faulty server hardware. Managed both Websense Triton and Symantec Web filter. Assisted security officer with Palo Alto firewall configurations and testing. Created, tested, and deployed group policy objects. Developed batch and PowerShell scripts to automate procedures. Installed, configured and updated Windows, Linux and MacOS operating systems and software. Managed and configured Microsoft IIS web server SSL certificates and enforced HTTPS site bindings. Utilized Symantec backup exec to ensure daily and monthly backups configured and completed properly; restored data upon request. Configured and maintained Hyper-V, VMWare, Citrix, Microsoft VDI and physical servers. Deployed company-wide Maas360 enrollment of BYOD. Configured external SharePoint 2016 client portal. Documented and published technical articles to company intranet for both technicians and end users. Provided mentorship and technical guidance to desktop support technicians. Participated in rotating after-hours on call. EDUCATION

Bachelor of Liberal Arts Lamar University Beaumont, Texas Information Systems Technician Certificate USCG Training Center Petaluma, California