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Principal DevOps Engineer 

ITSOFT.co.il

Senior DevOps Engineer 

Hopper

Site Reliability Engineer

Packet, an Equinix Company 

Staff Kubernetes Engineer

Kong Inc.

• Authored and maintained the Kong Terraform module for AWS, a reference and PoC platform for deploying Kong clusters in AWS in minutes with minimal requirements. https://github.com/kong/kong-terraform-aws
• Developed controls, guidelines, and best practices for AWS accounts providing federated identity management, centralized billing and reporting, and security auditing.
• Architected the platform for the company’s next generation SaaS offering:

     ○ Modularized Terraform and implemented versioning with a deployment pipeline unifying multiple AWS accounts, regions, and environments for development, staging, and production.
    ○ Instrumented a lightweight, automated provisioning system using Ansible.
     ○ Introduced container orchestration using Nomad, Consul, and Vault clusters leveraging GlusterFS for stateful workloads.
    ○ Replaced existing SaaS architecture, reducing cost sevenfold through better utilization of compute resources, scaling, and improved configuration management.
     ○ Accepted as a Pro Session for DeveloperWeek Seattle: Cloud Edition, September 2020.
Title: Building a Lightweight, Enterprise-Ready Solution for Container Orchestration.
https://www.developerweek.com/CloudEdition/conference/speakers/

• Played a critical role in SOC-2 certification.
• Formed DevOps Office Hours and virtual team for knowledge sharing, demos, and Q & A with engineers across the organization

Senior Cloud Engineer

Electronic Arts (EA)

• Build Kubernetes clusters for game studios using Terraform and in-house tooling. Integrate regional clusters with centralized EKS, Prometheus/Grafana, and DataDog logging and metric stacks.
• Train tier-1/2 engineers worldwide on EA’s cloud stack.
• Partner with game studios to leverage features of EA’s cloud stack including alerting, reporting, and deployments.

Senior DevOps Engineer

Zillow Group

• Implemented Kong Enterprise clusters for securing public and cross-brand APIs. The resulting architecture and Terraform module was adopted as the standard for Zillow Group and presented at the first Kong Summit conference.

•  Advised product teams on design of production services as a member of the Zillow Architecture Feedback group.

• Provisioned resources in AWS including Cloudwatch, DynamoDB, EC2, ElastiCache, Elastic Beanstalk, Elastic Load Balancers, Elastic Transcoder, EMR, IAM, Kinesis, Lamba, Route53, S3, SNS, and SQS across multiple accounts and regions in VPC environments using the CLI and Terraform.

• Automated management of 1,800+ Linux servers in development, integration, and production
environments using Ganeti, kvm, SaltStack, Packer, Jenkins, and in-house tooling for CI/CD.

• Developed best practices for Kubernetes and container strategy. Core member of a cross-function team working on Istio, Envoy, and Consul to provide service discovery, health checks, circuit breaking, rate limiting, request tracing, and monitoring of microservices.

Risk Based Security

• Documented technical analysis, risk, impact, and mitigation of new vulnerabilities for the RBS VulnDB
product.

•  Reviewed version control system changelogs and commits of open source software for security
vulnerabilities.

• Validated exploits and solutions in sandbox environments.

• Performed independent security research, coordinated with vendors, and published advisories of discovered vulnerabilities.

• Demonstrated a strong understanding of vulnerability types such as, but not limited to, CSRF, code
execution, DoS, inclusion, information disclosure, injection, Mit

Security Analyst/Consultant

Stevens Pass Mountain Resort

• Served on the senior management team, providing technology plans, budgeting, and expertise that aligned with business strategies. Influenced and implemented company policies and decisions.

• Developed the first, third-party SQL library for order and transaction processing in RTP|One (ERP system for resorts) used for $5+ million in E-commerce sales and saved $70,000 in labor expenses annually.

• Reduced IT operational expenses 20% by consolidating core technology components, renegotiating support contracts, and selecting reputable vendors with lower prices.

• A servant leader who valued input, appreciated diversity, cultivated trust through transparency, and inspired by example. Actively championed my staff, fostered career and personal growth.

IT Manager

• Implemented RTP|One with holistic analysis and modeling of operational processes, products, and the user/guest experiences. Played a critical role in the $1.2 million, first-ever resort-wide implementation of the RTP–SKIDATA integrated RFID ticketing and gate access solution.

• Performed database administration, product design, ETL, reporting, and analytics.

• Leveraged technology to assist Marketing and Sales with unique promotions and product development. 

• Strengthened work relationships and improved system value by initiating a weekly outreach program, user group, and training for business units.

RTP Administrator

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort

• Prepared capital project business plans to fulfill management directives. Implemented
solutions with new and existing resources that improved reliability and performance of
server, network, and storage infrastructure using a highly available, redundant architecture.

• Solved complex technical problems and mentored IT staff.

• Utilized Active Directory and Group Policy for centralized configuration of users and
computers. Automated OS and software installations. Implemented system monitoring and
alerting.

• Developed .NET applications to automate system configuration, troubleshooting, and
reporting.

Senior Systems Engineer

An AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional with notable experience in systems, network, and
security engineering focused on cloud and hybrid cloud environments/migrations, microservices, and
orchestration. Possesses an ability to manage diverse, complex, concurrent projects and meet deadlines. Demonstrates fiscal responsibility, strong interpersonal skills, and expert problem solving. Combines technical excellence and community building to deliver success.

Specialties: Cloud Architecture, Cloud Computing, Hybrid Cloud, Kubernetes, DevOps, Database Administration, Security

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