Technical Skills
Linux
Red Hat
Ansible
Python
Bash
Docker
Podman
VMware
Proxmox
Windows Server
AWS
MySQL
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Professional Employment
Equity Insurance Company
Senior Linux Systems Engineer | Tulsa, OK
September 2020 – June 2024
- Engineered a high-availability Linux/Windows hybrid environment supporting mission-critical workloads with 99.9% uptime.
- Architected automation using Ansible, Python, and Bash, reducing deployment times by 40%.
- Orchestrated Docker and Podman container environments for scalable microservices deployments.
- Strengthened infrastructure security through NIST 800-53 alignment and automated patch compliance workflows.
Arvest Bank Systems
Application Analyst III (Contract) | Fayetteville, AR
September 2018 – April 2020
- Reduced manual engineering effort by 75% through Ansible-driven deployment automation.
- Maintained Red Hat systems within a highly regulated financial environment.
- Improved authentication and monitoring systems to proactively identify vulnerabilities.
Amgen Pharmaceuticals
Linux Administrator (Contract) | Thousand Oaks, CA
September 2017 – March 2018
- Consolidated legacy environments reducing infrastructure footprint by 50%.
- Performed production validation and smoke testing supporting 300,000+ users.
- Designed resilient telecom routing solutions for global operations.
United States Postal Service
Red Hat Administrator (Contract) | Norman, OK
January 2017 – April 2017
- Supported MySQL and PostgreSQL environments for automated sorting infrastructure.
- Secured enterprise systems operating under Public Trust requirements.
Strategic Infrastructure History
2009 – 2016
Key organizations:
Hewlett-Packard | Level 3 Communications | Citgo | HireRight
- Managed a 17,500-server global CDN environment at Level 3.
- Supported mission-critical airline systems at HP serving Delta, American, and Lufthansa.