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Tim Schaefer

tim@asystemarchitect.com

System Architect / DevOps Engineer

Tim Schaefer At-A-Glance

Leadership

Cloud Engineering

Corporate Cloud /

Virtualization

Programming Languages

Operating Systems

CM / CI / CD / Automation

System Monitoring

Use Tim For

Management

System Architecture

System Monitoring

CM/ CI / CD

Programming

About

Interests & Activities

Books / Software

Results-orientated, generative leadership building teams on meritocracy.

AWS VPCs, EC2, S3, Route53, RDS, Cloudformation

VMware vSphere, API Programming, XEN Server Administration

Bash, C, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Javascript, JSON, PCRE

RHEL, CENTOS, UBUNTU, SuSE, Solaris11

Puppet, Git, Atlassian Tools, Github, Jenkins, LDAP/AD

Nagios, Graphite/Grafana, Ganglia, Collectd, New Relic

Directing and running server operations, teams, projects & programs

Designing, building, and scaling systems for clouds and applications

Advanced Monitoring setups for server operations and processes

Designing, building, and running complex configuration management

Building automated systems, custom dashboards, & custom portals

Hiking, Photography, Boating, Scuba Diving

Building a UI for Nagios that generates Graphite & Puppet Code

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Executive Skills Summary

Generative Leadership

Generative Leadership / Strategic Vision

Generative, Results-Orientated Leadership

Strategic Lifetime Vision For Innovation & Efficiency

Operations Management & Process Automation

Hands-On Leadership, Interaction & Training

Project Management

Management Software

Atlassian JIRA/Confluence/Bitbucket/Hipchat

GitHub / BitBucket / Slack / Google Tools

Management Methodologies

Agile / Scrum / Kanban

Critical Path

Applications & Programming

Programming Languages

BASH, Perl, PHP, C,Python, Ruby, AWK, SED, PCRE

Application Servers

Apache Web & Tomcat Servers

Lighttpd Web Servers / Nginx Web Server

OpenSSL Certs, Proxy Servers, Node.js

Innovative Automation & Process Engineering

Automation Engineering

Orchestration Programming

Purpose-Built Management & Operations Portals

Code Generators / App Encryption / Sessions

Data Bases / Data Visualization / ETL

Data Visualization

Graphite / Grafana

Databases

MySQL, Postgresql, Informix, IBM DB2, Sybase

Oracle System Administration, OCFS File System

ETL / Big Data

Ab Initio Co>Op Software & EME Admin

Ab Initio Server Architecture & Design

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Puppet

Puppet Fundamentals Training - February 2013

Yahoo

Hadoop Training 2010

College

St Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 1985

Fortran, Pascal, COBOL, C/UNIX

Operating Systems

tim@asystemarchitect.com

DevOps

Linux, RedHat, CentOS, Ubuntu/Debian,

OSX, AIX, HP/UX

Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery

Jenkins, GIT, SVN

Configuration Management

Puppet Enterprise / Puppet Open Source

Module Writing / Configuration

Bootstrapping / RPM Package Building

Cloud Services

Amazon Web Services

VPC, EC2, S3, Route53, Cloudformation

Infrastructure Engineering

Data Center Operations

Physical Server Management & Operations

Resource & Budget Planning

Monitoring

Nagios, Graphite, Grafana, Collectd, Statsd, Ganglia

Virtualization

AWS, Xen, Virtual Box, Vagrant, Packer

VMware ESX / vSphere / Fusion

Infrastructure Servers

DNS, SMTP, NTP, OpenLDAP, OpenVPN

Education & Training

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A System Architect, LLC Portland, OR

Cloud Architect / DevOps Engineer

tim@asystemarchitect.com

1/2015 - Present

2016 Cloud / Puppet Projects

Cloud Director For Nagios, Beaverton, Oregon

In-house project to build a browser-based UI for Nagios that builds Puppet code for Nagios

PHP, Perl and Python Programming

Python Plugins For Nagios

Graphite / Grafana programming for data visualization

2015 Cloud / Puppet Projects

T-Mobile, Seattle, Washington

AWS Cloud Architect

Wrote Cloudformation scripts & Puppet modules for ruby, tomcat, apache and node.js applications

Created Puppet agent and puppetmaster installation shell scripts integrated with Cloudformation and

userdata for rapid deployment of puppetmasters for devops cloud infrastructure and application

developers.

Set up multiple Git repos with puppetmasters for module deployment across different environments.

Shell scripting, Perl programming for automation

Promoted best practices in Puppet through team mentoring and leadership

ADT, Denver, Colorado

AWS Cloud Architect

Wrote and modified multiple Puppet modules, Cloudformation scripts

Shell scripting for automation

Harris Corp, Melbourne, Florida

Puppet Programming Engagement

Wrote Puppet Modules for generating server self-signed SSL certificates, or adding signed certificates,

and then generating keystores for Websphere applications.

Cloud Director For Nagios, Beaverton, Oregon

In-house project to build a browser-based UI for Nagios that builds Puppet code for Nagios

PHP, Perl and Python Programming

Python Plugins For Nagios

Graphite / Grafana programming for data visualization

Responsibilities

DevOps Engineering Engagements with Puppet Enterprise and Puppet Open Source

Nagios Monitoring Engagements applying advanced active/passive distributed monitoring architecture

AWS Cloud Engineering with integrated Cloudformation & Puppet

Atlassian BitBucket/JIRA/Confluence Administration

Accomplishments

Currently engaged in projects and consulting for Cloudformation, and Puppet implementations for physical

and virtual data centers

Continuing to build tools and portals for automation workflows for physical and virtual server environments

Puppet Modules to generate server SSL-certificates and Java Keystores

Puppet Modules for Nagios monitoring

Implementing Monitoring-as-a-Service

Environments

AWS VPC, Cloudformation, EC2, Route53, S3, RHEL 6/7, CENTOS 6/7, Ubuntu, VMware ESX 5, VMware Perl

SDK, Dell Servers

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Career Experience

Terracotta

Chief Systems Architect

San Francisco, CA

In Charge of R&D DevOps Engineering

Puppet Enterprise, Puppet Open Source Programming

Nagios Monitoring / Lighttpd / Apache Web / Tomcat Servers

VMware vSphere, Xen, Solaris Administration

RHEL / CentOS Linux Systems Administration

PHP / Perl / Python Programming / RPM Package Building

NFS, SMTP, LDAP, Web, JIRA, SVN Server Admin

RHEL / CentOS, SuSE, FreeBSD Admin

Dell 920 Servers , Dell M Blade Servers

Nexant

Director of Hosting Infrastructure

and Operations

San Mateo, CA

Manager of Colocated Server Infrastructure

DevOps Team Management ( 7 people )

Atlassian JIRA, Kanban,

Nagios Monitoring

Perl, PHP, Python Programming, RPM Package Building

RHEL, Windows, VMware ESX, Tomcat

Dell Servers

SEGA

DevOps Manager

San Francisco, CA

Lead DevOps Engineering

Nagios Monitoring

Bash / Perl Programming

11/2012 - 12/2014

tim@asystemarchitect.com

01/2012 - 11/2012

10/2011 - 01/2012

CentOS Linux System Administration

AWS Elastic Beanstalk, S3, RDS

KABAM

07/2011 - 10/2011

Senior Linux System Administrator

Redwood City, CA

DevOps Engineering

Nagios / Ganglia Monitoring

CentOS Linux System Administration

Bash, Perl, Python, Puppet Programming,

SVN Admin

Yahoo!

Service Engineer, Search Marketing

Monitoring Architect

Burbank, CA

Nagios Monitoring SME for Revenue Data Systems

Nagios Programming Training Mentoring

Bash / Perl / PHP Programming

RHEL Linux System Administration

FreeBSD System Administration

Maestro Data Inc. Boca Raton, FL / Los Angeles, CA

Professional Services & Consulting

Capital One / IBM

Linux Systems Administrator

Richmond VA

Ab Initio Administration & Configuration

AIX SysAdmin, HP/UX SysAdmin, RHEL SysAdmin

Perl, PHP Programming

08/2009 - 07/2011

2005 – 2009

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DirecTV

Linux Systems Administrator

Los Angeles CA

Fox Interactive Media

Linux Systems Administrator

Century City, CA

Herbalife

Linux System Administrator

Los Angeles CA

tim@asystemarchitect.com

Linux System Administration at the Los Angeles Broadcast Center

HP/UX Admin, Sybase DBA

Perl, PHP RHEL 4, DB2 LUW

Linux System Administrator / JBOSS Administration / Deployments

Perl, PHP Programming / Nagios Monitoring

RHEL / CentOS

Linux System Administration / EMC SAN Administration

EMC DMX3 / DMX 4, EMC Clarion , Oracle Enterprise DBA Support

RHEL 5, Perl, PHP, Oracle, MySQL, Apache, Nagios

Perl, PHP Programming / RPM Package Builds

Data Design Technologies, Inc Boca Raton FL

Professional Services & Consulting

Data Warehouse Corp

Project Manager

Boca Raton, FL

Florida Power & Light

Informix XPS DBA

Miami, FL

DirecTV

Informix DBA

Ft Lauderdale FL

ATT

Application Programmer

Orlando, FL

Walt Disney World

Informix DBA

Orlando FL

Encore Computers

Application Programmer

Ft Lauderdale FL

Universal Studios Florida

Informix DBA

Orlando FL

1990 - 2005

Project Manager / Senior Linux System Administrator

PHP, Perl, Ab Initio Admin, IBM DB2 LUW, MySQL Admin

Gentoo, RHEL, CentOS, SuSE Linux, EMC Symmetrix / Clariion

Informix XPS Clustered Database Programming and Administration

Bash, Perl, PHP Programming

AIX UNIX, SuSE Linux

Informix DBA / System Administration / System Architect

AIX UNIX, SuSE Linux

Informix Database Application Developer

ATT System V UNIX

Informix Data Base Administration / Load Testing

Travel Reservation System & GL Data Warehouse

SunOS

Informix Database Application Programming ( MPP systems )

C, Informix 4GL, Perl Programming

Encore UNIX

Informix Database Application Programming

SCO UNIX

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