Jilson S.
DevOps Engineer

Skills

Kubernetes

Microsoft Azure

Amazon Aws

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Bio

SysAdmin, Infrastructure Specialist, DevOps, and Solutions Architect with over 20 years of experience in national and multinational organizations. Expertise in AWS services such as EC2, EKS, ECS, ECR, RDS, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Lambda, VPC, CloudFormation, SCT, and DMS. Proficient in managing environments and costs on AWS, Azure, and Oracle Cloud platforms. Skilled in Linux and Windows SysAdmin tasks, alongside scripting in Shell and Python for automation purposes.

Experienced in managing Kubernetes clusters and Docker applications, developing IaC stacks using CloudFormation and Terraform while employing DevOps practices. Managed billing through CleanCloud and TrustedAdvisor, performed infrastructure assessments, and handled cloud migrations. Possesses knowledge of monolithic architectures, microservices, Jenkins pipelines, Jira, GitHub, Bitbucket, CircleCI, Azure DevOps, and Code Pipeline.

Coordinated infrastructure teams on national projects, managed access projects on Azure DevOps and TFS, and administered servers and storages from Dell, Cisco, Lenovo, HP, and Oracle. Managed videoconferencing devices and virtualized environments using VMware, Hyper-V, and Xen.

Expertise extends to monitoring tools such as ELK, Grafana, Nagios, Zabbix, DataDog, WhatsUP, and SCCM, alongside support for Backup and DR solutions like ArcServer, CloudBerry, NetBackup, SCCM, DPM, VM Data Protector, Continuum, and R1 Soft. Participated in IT audit processes, drafted documentation, trained teams, and provided consultancy services in Information Technology.

Cloud Architect
1/1/2021 - 3/1/2023

Administered extensive AWS environments and services including CloudFront, CloudFormation, EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, ECS, EKS, ECR, SSO, Lambda, Beanstalk, AutoScaling, EBS, RDS, Athena, DynamoDB, SES, Redshift, Aurora, and SNS. Effective cost management strategies were employed, resulting in substantial monthly savings of approximately $12k. Implemented spending anomaly alarms and started/stopped development and HML environments overnight to reduce costs. Established an EKS cluster for hosting applications from the Data Squad.

Managed and orchestrated containers using Docker and Kubernetes, and deployed them using Helm. Employed Fargate, Clusters, and Task Definitions for container orchestration. Implemented HashiCorp Vault for secure key and secrets management. Administered various Linux environments (RedHat, CentOS, Ubuntu) and Windows Server editions (2008, 2012, 2016, 2019).

Provisioned and automated infrastructure using tools such as CloudFormation, Terraform, and Ansible, adhering to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles. Enhanced deployment processes within development squads and promoted a DevOps culture through continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) solutions utilizing Jenkins. Integrated Jenkins with AWS for streamlined build and deployment pipelines.

Configured AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) for resource access control, utilizing groups and permission sets. Conducted a Proof of Concept (PoC) for CleanCloud, evaluating it as a FinOps tool and for security compliance. Employed Bitbucket for version control and project management, ensuring efficient and collaborative development workflows.
Infrastructure / Cloud Specialist - DevOps
5/1/2019 - 3/1/2023

Managed AWS environments and services including EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, ECS, EKS, ECR, Beanstalk, AutoScaling, EBS, RDS, Athena, DynamoDB, SES, SNS, Billing, with a focus on cost reduction across PRD, DEV, and HM environments. Orchestrated containers using Docker and Kubernetes, as well as Amazon Fargate, Clusters, and Task Definitions. Administered Linux environments (RedHat, CentOS, Ubuntu) and Windows Server platforms (2008, 2012, 2016, 2019). Provisioned and automated infrastructure using Cloudformation, Terraform, and Ansible, embracing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles. Enhanced deployment processes in collaboration with development squads, promoting DevOps culture through CI/CD solutions like CircleCI, CodePipeline, and Azure DevOps. Provided Level 3 support for the Infrastructure and Security team of 6 analysts and actively participated in the Architecture Chapter. Utilized Git, Bitbucket, GitHub, and GitLab for version control and project management. Automated tasks focused on security and vulnerability remediation, applying security patches and addressing vulnerabilities identified via the Tenable solution. Administered tools such as Bitbucket, Jira, and Confluence, while handling change management, ticketing, and SLA indicators.