Work Experience
EnterpriseDB | Wilmington, Delaware
- Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer: August 2024 – Present
- Infrastructure Engineer: November 2021 – August 2024
My work focused on automating complex infrastructure and cloud services to increase efficiency and streamline deployments. I developed extensive Terraform code to provision and manage AWS resources, including VPCs, Transit Gateways, EC2s, and EKS clusters. My work also automated complex Kubernetes deployments by using Terraform’s helm and kubernetes providers to deploy Helm charts and create prerequisite resources like IAM roles, secrets, and other manifests.
I led several major projects that modernized key infrastructure. These included overhauling the OpenLDAP environment to support multi-master replication and migrating to a more secure cloud Identity Management provider. I also led the decommissioning of three legacy OpenStack environments and consolidated multiple VMware environments.
My responsibilities also included migrating servers from physical data centers to AWS, deploying various AWS services, and implementing routine patching. I also led the migration of legacy Nagios monitoring to a new Icinga environment, providing enhanced visibility into our infrastructure.
EPB | Chattanooga, TN
Systems Engineer II: January 2019 – November 2021
Spearheaded the deployment of Red Hat IdM to centralize user authentication. Maintained and optimized the Red Hat Satellite patching infrastructure, reducing critical vulnerabilities and creating weekly reports to track patching progress.. Deployed Rapid7 for better vulnerability management visibility. Deployed an Ansible server and wrote multiple playbooks to automate vulnerability assessments, standardize configuration files, and manage system accounts. Enhanced network security by configuring complex ingress and egress firewall rules on a Juniper SRX, ensuring secure network access for new and existing services.
Tennessee Valley Authority | Chattanooga, TN
Cybersecurity Operations Specialist (Contractor): August 2017 – January 2019
Maintained & patched dozens of Linux servers running Ubuntu on VMware, and deployed new Linux VMs. Deployed Red Hat Satellite Capsule. Supported Nessus vulnerability scan infrastructure, as well as a Threat Intelligence platform. Updated firewall rules on Cisco ASA appliances.
Barred Owl Web | Chattanooga, TN
Founder: January 2013 – Present
We provide web hosting, WordPress maintenance, website design & development, and other related services. I have implemented Ansible into our workflow, and monitor our infrastructure 24/7 with Icinga. I engage multiple contractors for business continuity.
Skills & Experience
Cloud & Virtualization
• AWS (VPC, Transit Gateway, EKS, EC2, S3, ALB, Global Accelerator, EFS)
• VMware, Proxmox, OpenStack
• Okta, OpenLDAP, Red Hat IdM
Automation & Configuration Management
• Terraform, Ansible
• Red Hat Satellite
Operating Systems
• Red Hat, CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian
Monitoring & Security
• Icinga, Nagios, Rapid7, Tenable
• Juniper SRX
Database & Web Services
• Apache, PHP, MySQL, Postgres, Postfix, BIND
• WordPress, Moodle, CiviCRM
Relevant Training
• Deploying to AWS with Terraform and Ansible (A Cloud Guru, 2023)
• Red Hat Ansible Automation – RH294 (Red Hat, 2021)
• Industrial Control Systems Cyber Security (301) Training (U.S. DHS, 2019)
• Online for IT Professionals – Cyber 201 (Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service, 2018)
Volunteer Activities
• Head of security for my church on Sunday mornings
• Deacon and member of church finance committee
• Board Member of the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce Southside Council (VP of Education)
Interests
• American Red Cross CPR with AED Certified – August 20, 2024
• Amateur Extra ham radio license – July 18, 2025
• Skywarn Spotter for National Weather Service, Morristown TN region – May 26, 2025
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Community Development: May 2009
Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA