Experience
Platform Architect, Edgeworx Global
January 2023 - Present
Responsibilities:
- Short term contract to migrate old failing Kubernetes infrastructure onto new GKE based projects.
- Designed and documented a new cloud architecture and built self-service platforms for developers to use.
- Implemented Web firewalls, log/metric aggregation, and OpenTelemetry for all applications.
- Facilitated the migration off their old infrastructure to the new infrastructure.
- Designed and developed a proof-of-concept reimplementation of their edge network using:
– Wireguard for mesh peering
– NAT64 for IPv6 translation from the internet to IPv4 addresses in the mesh
– WebRTC for inbound peering to the network.
Lead Architect and Full-Stack Developer, Opolis Global
September 2021 - September 2022
Responsibilities:
- Migrated legacy Python Django applications running on Heroku to Amazon EKS.
- Developed and supported CI/CD systems running on Github Actions and ArgoCD.
- Architected and developed services during the transition from a monolithic Django application with server-side rendering to backend GraphQL APIs in Go and Python with frontends developed in React and occasionally Next.JS. Web3 applications were built entirely in React.
- Developed new calculators using protocol buffers and gRPC to handle payroll calculations.
- Developed an internal Kubernetes Operator to provide additional functionality on top of self-service databases (Stackgres) and secrets (Hashicorp Vault) for developers.
DevOps Enginner and Full-Stack Developer, Pelotech Global
May 2021 - September 2021
Responsibilities:
- Consulting with and assisting organizations on their Kubernetes deliver pipelines.
- Software development such as the jsonnet-controller referred to above.
- Prototyping of software and new technologies to enhance development experiences.
DevSecOps Engineer, Tufin Tel Aviv, Israel
September 2020 - February 2021
Responsibilities:
- Worked on Tufin’s self-hosted Security Management Solution built on top of Kubernetes.
- Worked on Tufin application architecture as well as CLI development for end-users and develop- ment teams.
- Provided guidance on adopting new features in Kubernetes and improving the use of existing ones.
Senior DevOps Engineer, Globaldots Tel Aviv, Israel
January 2020 - September 2020
Responsibilities:
- Providing DevOps as a Service to several companies around central Israel.
- Working primarily with Kubernetes/ECS stacks hosted in AWS - terraform for infrastructure, and ELK and Prometheus/Grafana for logging, metrics, and observability.
- Providing custom-tailored solutions, typically developed in python, for clients who prefer.
- Helping a few clients with on-premises architectures. Moved to Israel
Senior DevOps Enginner, Centrica Business Solutions Seattle, WA
July 2018 – December 2019
Responsibilities:
- Designed and maintained CI/CD Pipeline for multiple application stacks in AWS, mainly using Jenkins, Docker, Terraform, ECS, and Kubernetes. Also, developed custom internal monitoring tools to meet application-specific needs.
- Worked as the North American DevOps team for the organization, collaborating on shared solu- tions with DevOps teams in Belgium, England, and Israel, using a wide range of technologies and methodologies. Heavy usage of Kafka for message brokering, and Grafana for observability.
DevOps Enginner III, Cambia Health Solutions Portland, OR
October 2016 - June 2018
Responsibilities:
- Maintained CI/CD Pipelines for over 30 development teams covering a large variety of technolo- gies and skill-sets
- Developed internal automated solutions and shared services to enable teams to exercise Agile development practices.
- Stayed on top of an ever-changing AWS environment that spanned 13 separate accounts by Organizational and/or Environmental units.
Senior Systems Enginner, Zoomcare Portland, OR
2015-2016
Responsibilities:
- Maintained an internal VMWare environment of over 300 instances across two VMWare clusters
- Oversaw beginnings of an AWS migration
- Supported developers in the creation of software driven health-care solutions
Systems Administrator, Parthenon Software Group – Portland, OR
2014-2015
Responsibilities:
- Maintained all internal technological solutions for a development team of roughly 60 people.
- Ran customer applications in Linode as well as maintained an in-house KVM cluster for development purposes.
Education
Indiana University of Bloomington
B.A. Psychology;
B.A. Religious Studies
Minors: Hebrew, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Jewish Studies
2006-2011
Certificates
Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHEL 7)
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