Operating Systems
Data Center Operations
High Speed Networks
Storage Area Networks
Virtualization
Source Control
SElinux
Firewalld
Hierarchical Storage Systems
Tape Libraries
Ansible
Bash
Infiniband
Fibre
xCAT
Bright Clusters
Linux and Storage Administrator supporting high-performance computing (HPC) environments and large-scale tape
storage systems. Experience with NOAA's HPSS infrastructure and maintenance of critical systems. As well as other
customer environments.
Education
Bachelor of Science – Information Technology
Western Governors University
Associate of Applied Sciences – Information Systems
Western Governors University
Professional Experience
- Collaborate with the primary storage administrator to maintain a 350+ Petabyte hierarchical storage system,
addressing user issues, and ensuring system reliability through proactive hardware and software maintenance and
upgrades.
- Work alongside a senior colleague to patch and upgrade the Linux-based IT environment and HPC cluster of a small
aerospace company, fulfilling requests and enhancing system performance. Recently focusing heavily on security to
prep for DoD work.
- Previously worked on integration of new systems into customer locations for Dell, managing the setup from bare
metal to fully configured clusters using Bright Cluster Management software. Diverse software stack and hardware
platforms.
- Previously deployed and benchmarked High Performance Compute systems for a Fortune 100 aerospace company
utilizing a sophisticated software stack (RHEL 7 & 8, xCaT, Lustre, Slurm) on HPE Apollo 2000s & Clusterstor E1000s,
deploying an image that was previously created by a senior member of our staff.
- Previously provided crucial support to a team of HPC administrators in maintaining Hera, an HPC system ranked
201st globally in performance as of 11/22, with responsibilities encompassing on-site hardware repairs and stress
testing.
- Provided vital technical aid during 2020 open enrollment period; an average of 12 million American citizens gained
access to healthcare via Healthcare.gov and on track to produce similar metrics at end of 2021 enrollment period
- Authored role-based documents detailing relevant succession planning information; assisted 750+ trading
partners/405+ contacts w/ technical issue resolution, and supported system managing up to 30k weekly transactions
- Produced data analysis upon client request (Center for Medicaid & Medicare Services), confirmed HIPAA compliance,
performed troubleshooting, and facilitated translation/transmission of data to insurance providers
- Conducted onboarding of new insurance providers (Federally Facilitated Marketplace), updated configurations as
requested, maintained complex relationship system, and provided data analysis for internal QA and Dev units