Erik T McCormick

12317 Fox Lake Ct., Fairfax, VA  22033

(703) 581-4170 • emccormickva@gmail.com

 

BACKGROUND:

Cloud computing and Internet infrastructure expert with over 17 years of experience designing, building, and operating resilient infrastructure for high-volume, commercial Internet properties. In depth knowledge in a wide range of technologies including Openstack, Linux and Windows administration, automation tools, virtualization platforms, networking, security, and data center design.

 

EXPERTISE:

Cloud and Virtualization Platforms: Openstack, Ceph, VMWare vSphere, KVM / QEMU, Microsoft Hyper-V

Operating Systems: Redhat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS), Windows Server (all versions), Solaris

Network Operating Systems: Cisco IOS, Juniper JunOS, Brocade IronWare

Firewalls: Juniper (both ScreenOS and JunOS based), SonicWALL, Checkpoint

Web Platforms: Apache, Nginx, Microsoft IIS, Tomcat, JBoss, Drupal, Varnish, Wordpress

Database Platforms: MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, FoundationDB, Postgres, Oracle

Deployment, Automation, and Source Control: GIT, CVS, SVN, Ant, Puppet, Foreman, Alfresco

Monitoring and Incident Response Tools: Nagios, Sitescope, Cacti, ntop, RT

 

EXPERIENCE:

Cirrus Seven, Inc., Sterling, VA

November, 2012 - Present

Senior Director of Managed Services

●        Lead the design and implementation teams for an Openstack-based public and private cloud solution.

●        Create an automation system utilizing Puppet and Foreman to deploy and manage cloud platforms and other systems

●        Implement OpenShift and Heat to provide deployment automation services for cloud customers

●        Investigate and test various potential service extensions for Openstack including Hadoop, MongoDB, Marconi, Trove, etc.

●        Create a baseline set of Linux and Windows system images to run on KVM / QEMU hypervisors within Openstack

●        Evaluate and assist with the implementation of metering, billing, and CRM systems capable of utilizing Ceilometer data

●        Design and implement a robust storage solution to provide high performance, highly redundant block and object storage services utilizing Ceph

●        Manage a team of engineers to provide Managed Services support to client, including system architecture and deployment, application integration, third-party service integration, performance tuning, monitoring, and incident response

●        Oversee all data center operations, including the architecture and deployment of all new facilities and services

●        Perform all configuration and management of LAN and WAN network infrastructure including switches, routers, and load balancers, as well as BGP and OSPF routing configurations

●        Provide expertise in Linux and Windows system setup, administration, automation, and troubleshooting

●        Act as primary point of contact for client technical staff to facilitate the design, implementation, and management of all systems and applications

 

 

 

Alloy, Inc., Sterling, VA

September, 2004 – November, 2012

Director of Enterprise Technology

●        Oversaw all aspects of Alloy's Managed Services group including data center architecture and operations, security, regulatory compliance (PCI / Sarbanes-Oxley)

●        Managed the corporate technical services and helpdesk teams, and provided technical expertise for major projects such as Active Directory and Email migrations, as well as troubleshooting of particularly difficult issues, and emergency incident response.

●        Lead teams to assess and integrate technology assets, databases, web sites, and financial system from numerous acquisitions

●        Designed and implemented systems to support a wide range of applications including E-Commerce sites, marketing and lead-gen sites, streaming media, and financial / Warehouse Management systems

●        Developed and implemented a migration plan for the entire data center operation that included a move to a new facility and virtualization (VMWare vSphere) of most systems, reducing our physical footprint by over 75%

●        Acted as the primary network engineer for both LAN and WAN implementation and management for the data center and all corporate offices

●        Provided expertise in Linux, Solaris, and Windows systems deployment, monitoring, automation, and troubleshooting

●        Worked with the CTO to develop budget and staffing plans

●        Provided guidance on cost and ROI for project implementations, acquisitions, and to support sales teams for RFQ responses.

 

Alloy, Inc., Sterling, VA

September, 2001 – September, 2004

Senior System Engineer

●        Installed and managed all Linux, Solaris, and Windows based servers as a platform for 3 large E-Commerce sites as well as a number of marketing sites.

●        Managed all data center network infrastructure including routers, switches, and load balancers

●        Helped configure and maintain corporate and data center firewalls

●        Worked with the software development team to design, test, and implement a custom-built Java / Jboss-based E-Commerce platform

●        Acted as lead engineer for a multi-phased platform migration from a legacy E-Commerce platform,

 

Onesoft Corp.., McLean, VA

March, 1998 – September, 2001

Senior System Engineer

●        Assisted with the design and build-out of multiple high-availability data center facilities to host e-Commerce customer websites.

●        Managed all aspects of data center and corporate WAN and LAN deployments including Cisco switches and routers, Checkpoint firewalls, Cisco Catalyst switches, and Foundry load balancers

●        Provided Linux system administration for several backend systems including mail and DNS

●        Assisted with customer deployments of the company's e-Commerce software on Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server

●        Provided tier 3 help desk support for internal users