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CAREER PROFILE

I love Automation, Open Source, and Linux. The perfect combination of these three are Ansible and Terraform with a bit of Kubernetes. I also love to problem solve while to designing and building solutions.

EXPERIENCES

Ansible Automation Architect Jan 2021 - Present Red Hat, Remote Ansible Automation Architect supporting multiple Fortune 500 customers with their automation needs. Here are a few of the tools and technology that I worked with creating automation.

  • Ansible Automation Platform
    • Ansible
    • Ansible-lint
    • Ansible-Navigator
    • Ansible-builder
    • Custom Collections
    • Custom Modules
    • Controller/Tower
    • Private Automation Hub
  • Terraform
  • GitHub Actions
  • Python
  • ServiceNow
  • Zabbix, Solarwinds
  • VMware and Nutanix
  • RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu
  • Cisco NXOS, JunOS, Cumulus

Sr Systems Engineer II Jan 2017 - Dec 2020 Raytheon, Pensacola FL Linux Systems Administrator maintaining over 1,000 Linux servers across multiple sites. Managed user accounts using IDM

  • Reviewed/updated STIG compliance for RHEL 7
  • Provided support with system upgrades/updates
  • Provided technical support for end users
  • Built up RHEL7 VM servers using VMware ESXi 6 and kickstart
  • Managed systems using RH Satellite Server 5&6
  • Worked with OpsView/Nagios to monitor systems
  • Managed SourceFire Defensive Center 5 systems
  • Worked with Puppet for configuration management
  • Wrote Ansible Playbooks to automate and configure systems
  • Built and worked with Ansible-Tower

System Administrator May 2016 - Dec 2016 Jacobs Technology, Ridgecrest, CA

  • Reviewed STIG compliance
  • Built up webservers
  • Built up email server
  • Installed and Configured Issue Ticketing/Tracking Software (JIRA)
  • Tested upgrading to CentOS 7 from Oracle 6.7
  • Managed permissions on NAS
  • Managed user accounts
  • Worked with/wrote Ansible scripts

Software Configuration Manager/Jr. Linux Sys Admin May 2014 - May 2016 Jacobs Technology, Ridgecrest, CA

  • Updated and maintain SVN repository
  • Extensive work with Linux Operating System
  • Updated documentation, policies and procedures
  • Wrote Bash and Python scripts
  • Tested moving SVN to GIT repository
  • Created Network Diagrams

Computer Operator (2nd & 3rd shift) Jan 2014 - May 2014 NDTI, Ridgecrest, CA

  • Performing backups on essential computers
  • Working with VMS systems
  • Scanning and hardening Windows OS using Retina and manually installing updates

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Red Hat Certified Architect Feb 2022 - Mar 2024
  • RHCS in Advanced Automation: Ansible Best Practices Mar 2021 - Mar 2024
  • RHCS in Developing Automation with Ansible Automation Platform Feb 2022 - Feb 2025
  • RHCS in Ansible Network Automation Nov 2021 - Nov 2024
  • RHCS in Containers and Kubernetes Jan 2022 - Jan 2025
  • RHCS in Deployment and Systems Management Dec 2021 - Dec 2024
  • Red Hat Certified Engineer Feb 2021 - Feb 2025
  • Red Hat Certified System Administrator Jan 2021 - Feb 2025

PROJECTS

Here are some Ansible Collections and Open Source Projects that I help contribute to/or maintain.

  • Controller Configuration - AAP/AWX configuration as code standarization collection
  • Automation Hub Configuration - PAH/GalaxyNG configuration as code standarization collection
  • Automation Automation Platform utilities - AAP automation deployment collection
  • Execution Environment utilities - Automating building and publishing of EEs

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Here are some of the talks that I have presented.

The Home Depot transforms network infrastructure with NVIDIA Cumulus Linux 5 via new NVUE module Brad Harrell, David Danielsson, Roberto Nozaki AnsibleFest 2022

Working with complex APIs: when no modules exist Vinny Valdez, David Danielsson AnsibleFest 2021

SKILLS & PROFICIENCY

  • Problem solving
  • Ansible
  • Yaml
  • Bash
  • Python
  • Terraform
  • Containers
  • Kubernetes