Scott Axworthy

Sr. Dev/Ops Engineer, Microsoft Research, Research Technology Engineering. Previous, Microsoft Azure AI Machine Learning Services Group.

Designed, built, and managed a cryptocurrency (Ethereum) mining instance in a Seattle colocation datacenter. • Tech Stack: Colocation, Linux (Ubuntu), Zabbix. Automation and monitoring coding: Bash • Drove datacenter selection and design based on the goals of quick execution and low operating costs. Initial instance in colo, secondary instance planned for custom minimalist facility. • Responsible for networking, firewalls (WatchGuard), installation, power optimization, HVAC design, P.M., monitoring, automation tools, financial modeling and ongoing operations.

DevOps management consulting and hands-on operations for hosted (B2C & B2G) elections-based SaaS applications. • Tech Stack: Azure, containers managed via Docker Cloud, Linux (Ubuntu), Git, Jenkins, CI/CD, HAProxy, Drupal, Node.js, MySQL (hosted and ClearDB), Datadog, Zabbix, Slack. Related coding: Bash, Python, YAML • Managed hosted election applications in a traditional cloud configuration as well as the DevOps driven container-based CI/CD pipeline. Allowed for rapid deployments and scaling of customer specific instances of the application. • Performed root cause analysis of Azure-specific performance issues related to scaling of incoming data and connectivity with the ClearDB hosted MySQL service. Utilized jmeter for load testing. • Responsible for security monitoring, audits and compliance, including managing an ongoing advanced persistent threat (APT). • Additional responsibilities included budgeting, vendor management, cost containment, and Office365.

Lightinthebox is a global e-commerce company listed on the NYSE(LITB). Responsible for global systems operations and IT teams managing all consumer facing sites, back-end support systems, and internal IT. • Tech Stack: Rackspace, Softlayer, AWS, On-prem, Linux (CentOS), HAProxy, Nginx, PHP, MySQL, Memcached, Varnish, Redis, ActiveMQ, New Relic, Zabbix, Nagios, Pingdom. Services: Akamai, Cloudfront, Dyn DNS. Monitoring related coding: Bash, Python • Rebuilt teams with alignment to new strategic business objectives. • Championed new operational processes including company-wide support ticketing (Jira) and internal documentation systems (Confluence). • Responsible for vendor management, budgeting, cost optimization and containment, forecasting, and strategic planning. OpEx: $4.6M, CapEx: $1.4M. • Negotiated cost savings with hosting providers and renegotiated CDN contract to achieve significant recurring cost savings and avoidance of legal issues. • Managed critical internal primary datacenter network upgrade with no downtime in time for holiday retail season. • Upgraded all international WAN corporate and inter-datacenter connectivity and supported new warehouse expansion into the U.S. • Lead effort to migrate from Rackspace/SoftLayer to Amazon AWS for customer facing sites. • Responsible for site reliability, monitoring, security, audit, and compliance.

Member of a team to migrate select Optify hosted applications into the Marketo portfolio of products. Built and managed an AWS environment for development and Q/A of integrated services. Provided specifications, operational requirements and processes for Marketo IT/Ops to facilitate the transfer of the services.

Optify provided a hosted, Inbound-Marketing (B2B) SaaS product. Responsible for all hosting and IT/operations for customer facing websites and internal IT. • Tech Stack: Softlayer, AWS, Linux(CentOS), Xen, Apache, Tomcat, JavaScript, Java, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, Chef, Zabbix. Services: New Relic, Pingdom, Keynote. Automation and monitoring related coding: Bash, Python, Ruby, and Processing(visualization). • Managed lean team covering all systems operations, IT, IaaS hosting, security, database, site reliability and monitoring. Participant in Engineering’s Agile development process. • Developed innovative tools to graphically visualize customer traffic. • Passed Amazon security audit to allow Optify code on Amazon related websites. • Facilitated the acquisition by Marketo.

Monster Venture Partners incubated a portfolio of Internet startup companies. • Tech Stack: On-prem, Colocation, Linux (CentOS), Windows Server 2008, Xen Virtualization. Apache, IIS, LAMP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Nagios, SNORT, OpenManage, SVN, Redmine, Exchange, Zimbra. Capistrano automation. Automation and monitoring related coding: Bash, Ruby, Perl. • Built, operated, and maintained a high-availability, collocated data center for the portfolio companies. • Responsible for all aspects of network and systems architecture and implementation, operation of core services and security.

Migration, training, sales support, development, and customer support for the VoteHere/Dategrity Ballot Tracker application as it was licensed to ElectionTrust. Additionally, program management during sales processes. Requirements development as well as systems and business process integration.

Halloween consultant for the annual Pumpkin Prowl Halloween event at Woodland Park Zoo -- the premier family friendly Halloween event in the Pacific Northwest. Responsible for transforming the Zoomazium facility into the Boomazium, the haunted feature of this event. Designed, fabricated, installed and operated a collection of props, decor, and content that provides an interactive and immersive Halloween experience. Props interface to the the facilities control system which integrates lighting, audio, video, sensors, and interactive features.