Career Profile
Technology is simple; people are more complex. My drive is to bring people together and improve operating
effectiveniess and efficiency. While driven by math, logic, and technical details, I value and seek to build
lasting relationships while solving problems. Clear communication is vital to success.
Experience
Principal Site Reliabiltiy Engineer
Findhelp
March 2024 - Present
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Technologies Used: Jira, Google Cloud Platform, Cloudflare, Imperva, Wazuh, Terraform, Python, GitHub, NIST 800-53, HIPAA, HiTrust, FinOps
Senior Site Reliabiltiy Engineer
Findhelp
July 2022 - March 2024
[redacted]
Technologies Used: Jira, Google Cloud Platform, NGINX, Terraform, Python, GitHub, HIPAA, HiTrust, FinOps
SRE & DevOps Engineer
Washington State University, VCEA
2019 - July 2022
Manage a variety of Linux systems, high-speed networks, critical data storage, and
infrastructure security in a bleeding edge research environment. Design, develop, and maintain
simple solutions to complex problems.
Technologies Used: Jira, Git, Bash, Python, Ansible, Grafana, Rsyslog, pfSense, Wireshark
HPC Systems Engineer
Washington State University, VCEA
2015 - July 2022
Improve security protocols, practices, and policies. Re-Architect, support, grow, and manage
the college heterogeneous HPC. Fully rebuild and migrate 500+ TB storage.
Technologies Used: Bash, Git, Python, Go, Puppet, RTFM, LaTex
Computer Administrator
Washington State University, Admin Services
2010 - 2015
Lead multiple departments' technical support. Scripted database backups & manage core services.
Develop technical training program for RTA program members. Create application to monitor and
report on ResNet for 18 months.
Technologies Used: Powershell, IIS, Javascript, Symantec Ghost, Deep Freeze
Projects
Distributed Fail2Ban
- The internet is a dangerous place. Our servers are our precious resources to protect.
Ask me about it.
Exposing NUMA to FreeBSD
- Lead WSU senior design team of four to research and expose NUMA functionality in FreeBSD.
Volunteering
Member
Hands of Hope, Amature Radio Club
2022-Present
Member
Cougs in Space, Clearwater FlyCasters
2019-2022
Staff Advisor
Linux Users' Group, Amature Radio Club
2015-2019