MATTHEW SIMMONS

1905 Whisperwood Way, Port Orange, Florida 32128

615.500.4264

mbtskysurfer@me.com

SUMMARY

Highly skilled information technology professional with extensive experience in high performance computing, network

technologies, worldwide infrastructure, and high-availability security hardened computing platforms.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Director, Engineering and Operations Unix

Independent Technologies – PureTower

SEP2014 – PRESENT

Responsible for project management, design, and implementation of field technology. Designed hardware, PCBs, and Software to

support a nationwide internet of things (IoT). Responsible for engineering change control, software change control, and site to

site operations.

Responsible for engineering of individual sites, including administration for our UNIX IoT network utilizing Jinkins for continuous

M integration of code builds.

distributed change management and OS updates.

Implemented Amazon Web Services and private OpenStack cloud for command and control of field

based Linux platform.

Lead weekly scrums as scrum master, and facilitated daily stand-ups for product/project updates.

Unix Infrastructure/Storage Systems Architect

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

CConsolidated Solaris systems onto current hardware with Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.5 on vSphere 5.5

Maintained and upgraded supercomputer, in the University’s High Performance Research Center.

Responsible for project management for iPAM, VMWare, SAN, and web platform implementations.

Virtualized 1,345 core systems and SANs, reducing hardware maintenance cost by $130,000 a year.

Extended Cluster resources to EC2 using on demand instances for excess process cycles.

Senior Systems Integrator / UNIX Technical Lead - NETPDTC ITSS Contract

Computer Sciences Corporation

OCT 2009 – JUL 2010

Administered all UNIX assets at the Naval Education Training and Professional Development Center in Pensacola, FL.

Responsibilities included all UNIX systems on both NIPR and SIPR environments.

CImplemented changes to network infrastructure for redundancy of NAVY Enterprise TRANET SMTP, NTP, Syslog and DNS architectures.

onsulted with DNS team on recommended architecture for new RHEL 5 DNS systems for SIPR, NIPR and disaster recovery

environments.

Participated in Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command (NCDOC) and STIG actions in accordance with IA requirements for UNIX

assets.

Integrated alternate token authentication for administrative login on UNIX hosts.

Worked with database team to bring Oracle RAC FastData system to NETPDTC.

Information Security

Franklin American Mortgage Company

FEB 2009 – OCT 2009

Designed and implemented security practices for Franklin American Mortgage Company. Recommended course of action in

reference to Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.

Developed information security policy, network security guidelines, and physical security requirements for corporate office.

Re Installed centralized log discrimination using Splunk for all servers.

commended changes to align with government standards in regard to information security in financial corporations.

Implemented access control for both wired and wireless connections to the network.

onsulted, Planned, and Managed Storage Area Network migration for 5 EVAs SANs to 3PAR systems.

JUL 2010 – SEP2014

Responsible for project management in the university’s infrastructure team. Specifically focusing on UNIX and core infrastructure

services.

aintained complete hardware platform for embedded systems, including software updates, configuration changes using Puppet for

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (CONTINUED)

Senior UNIX Systems Consultant - U.S. Navy

Global Business Solutions

APR.2008 – FEB 2009

Consulted for the Navy on design, architecture, and security for the Navy’s primary training portal. Tasks included design and

installation of new cluster of systems and implementation of security systems in accordance with DISA and DoD policies and

procedures.

Participated in INFOCON 3 action committee recommending course of action, budget, and personnel to meet Navy and DoD

I requirements.

nstrumental in a major upgrade of the education portal including network infrastructure and load testing for current production cluster

which currently supports all Navy personnel.

Consulted with the Integrated Learning Environment team on transition from Microsoft SQL on Itanium Processors to Oracle Database

on Linux based nodes.

Executive Vice President of Technology, Chief Technology Officer

DigitalRibbon, Incorporated

AUG.2000 – APR.2008

Co-Founded DigitalRibbon in 2002 with the goal of setting up a commodities exchange for computational resources. Primary job

responsibilities included the conceptualization, design, implementation, and management of the exchange and related

technologies. Secondary responsibilities included corporate governance of the company and long term strategic planning.

Managed all technology projects for the company, including web services, cluster services, network integration, network construction,

and technical funding.

Oversaw network operations center; designed and implemented security protocols for data storage and transmittal.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Operating Systems: RHEL 3.x - RHEL 7.x, Solaris 9,10, & 11, Windows (all platforms), HP-UX 11.23 - 11.31, AIX 5, Novel

Netware, VMS, OS/400

Database: Oracle 9/10/11/12, MySQL, MongoDB(NoSQL), MariaDB, and PostgreSQL

Servers: Apache, JBoss, BIND, Sendmail, Postfix, NFS, Redhat Directory, LDAP, Radius, Zimbra, PXE

Cloud Platforms: Amazon Web Services, Google Compute, OpenStack

Agile Software Development: GIT, SVN, CVS, Jinkins, Continuum, Puppet, Chef, Salt,

Languages: C, Fortan 77/95, BASH, SQL, JavaScript, Perl, Ruby, PHP, CSS, HTML

Network Equipment: Cisco, Allied Telesis, Juniper, Netscreen, BlueCoat, BlueCat

Server Technology: Storage Area Networks (SAN), Fiber Channel, MyriNet, Inifiniband

Security: IAVAs, DoD STIGs, SecurityManager+, PKI, PGP, RSA DLP, Nessus, Wireshark

Storage Area Networks: Cisco Fabric Switches, Brocade Fabric, EMC, HP EVA, Compellent, 3PAR

Server Virtualization: ESX 3.5 and vSphere 4/5/6, OpenStack (Cinder, Horizon, Ironic, Nova), Citrix Xen, Redhat Xen, KVM, Sun

xVM, Oracle VirtualBox, Solaris Zones, Solaris LDoms, IBM HMC

Cluster Platforms: Globus, Oracle RAC , SGE, Solaris Cluster, Redhat Cluster, Mohab, Boinc

CREDENTIALS

DoD Secret Clearance, inactive (2008 - 2018)

Certified Linux Administrator (CLA)

Certified Novell Engineer (CNE)

Network+ Certification (N+)

Certified Master Diver (Cave,Rescue,O2, Deco)

High Element Challenge Course Instructor

Private Pilot Certificate and Instrument Rating

EDUCATION

Masters of Systems Engineering

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Masters of Business Administration

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Masters of Aerospace Science

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Bachelor of Science

Middle Tennessee State University

EST 2017

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