Scott Joseph

Currently enrolled in a comprehensive 24-week cloud program leveraging real-world projects and industry mentorship. Acted independently and collaborated with peers in utilizing and ramping up skills in various cloud systems and other current technologies, including Linux, AWS, Python, Containers and Terraform.

Using Azure DevOps Server, Monitored automated build and continuous software integration process to drive build/release failure resolution. Worked with cross-functional design teams to create software solutions that improved overall functionality and performance. Implemented best practices to protect data and assets. Developed a Certificate Management solution for the DevOps team using Azure Key Vault. This simplified the process of renewing certs across the organization. Implemented IAC using Terraform & Ansible to deploy Azure Resources in the cloud

Member of the Cloud Enablement team at Slalom Atlanta Worked with a team of talented cloud engineers to define, build and maintain cloud infrastructure for multiple clients. We used Terraform IAC to deploy resources. Was involved on multiple migration projects to GCP & AWS Partnered with client infrastructure teams on evaluation and feasibility assessments of new systems and technologies.

Member of the IT Operations team. Heavy focus on VMware virtualization for on premises and hosted environments. Support and administration of multiple AD Forests, monitoring with SolarWinds and Data dog. Regular interaction with SQL and IIS. Work with MS Server 2K12R2, 2K16and 2K19 & CentOS 7 server operating systems. Also manage & administer hyperconvergence across multiple Nutanix clusters. ESX upgrades from older ESXi versions to 6.5 across 75 ESX Hosts. Deploy multiple Nutanix HCI clusters within the Hosted environment. Also performed AOS upgrades across multiple Nutanix clusters as well. Administer & manage Atlassian stack comprised of Jira, Confluence & Bitbucket Server. Implemented Jira Staging environment. Performed data migration to newer LTS 8.5.3 version on a new Linux server. Performed migration of On Prem VCenter Server to VCSA 6.7 appliance

Hosting Engineer for a Digital Ad Agency. Primary responsibilities fall under a Systems/DevOps umbrella. Part of a team of 3 who are responsible for the day to day operations of 3 data-centers in Atlanta, Columbus & Santa Clara. Virtualization with VSphere/ESXi 5.x. on Fujitsu servers/storage, Cisco network gear & F5 Load Balancers. Daily work in an Agile environment with multiple teams. Full Development life-cycle with VCS utilizing SVN & ultimately GIT. Atlassian Stash\Bitbucket server for project\repository management. Full use of Jenkins CI for automating the build process as well as other project related jobs. Heavy SQL & IIS Administration. Regular management of a pair of F5 Big-IP Loadbalancers. Virtual server systems (Windows & Linux) administration in addition to Splunk, Zabbix & Solarwinds monitoring.

Hired as a full-time systems engineer as part of the Operations team for this Digital Marketing Technology company Provide Windows/Linux, VMware, Active Directory Administration in multiple client facing data-centers Planned, evaluated and reconfigured company's standalone ESX environment into 6 VCenter 5.x instances in geographically dispersed locations Administered 10 HP c7000 Blade Enclosures in Atlanta & Las Vegas containing a mix of BL465, BL460 & BL660 blade servers Revamped Active Directory environment & installed 10+ 2008 R2 Domain Controllers in 2 production forests with sites in ATL, LVG, HKG & DFW Transitioned & grew skills within the Production Linux Team to assist with server deployments & administration. Using SVN for version control and Puppet/Foreman for server provisioning

Worked as a, as part of the Hosting team Provide Windows administration, VMware administration, Active Directory Administration & Citrix Administration Architected client solutions leveraging VMware ESXi 4.1, Windows 2003 / 2008 R2 Server & Citrix Presentation Server 4.1

Worked in an exciting & diverse role wearing many hats for a fast-growing Digital Advertising Agency Provided Windows Server Administration In addition, VMware, Active Directory, Exchange/BES, corporate File Servers, FTP/Extranet sites, SharePoint Portals & Backup /DR environment Part of the team that architected, tested & deployed the companies first virtualization effort to consolidate and expire legacy hardware using P2V (VMware Convert) & VMware ESX 3.5 technology Installed & configured Solarwinds Orion monitoring solution for all Corp Moxie Servers.