About me
I'm a tech nerd with a passion for learning new technology and solving complex problems. My specialty is supporting large scale hub and spoke distributed networks with tactical solutions.
Experience
Novasource Power Services - Chandler, AZ
Network Architect
October 2023 - Current
- Provide strategy and design for new infrastructure projects
- Maintain documentation of business infrastructure
- Support administration of cloud technologies
- Provide training to personnel
- 3rd NERC/CIP Audit - medium impact facility
Novasource Power Services - Chandler, AZ
Network Administrator
April 2021 - October 2023
- Design and build of new office locations and Control Centers
- Succesful build and migration to new Control Center with minimal downtime
- Succesful migration of business worloads from First Solar Azure to Novasource Azure
- 2nd NERC/CIP Audit - medium impact facility
First Solar - Tempe, AZ
Network Administrator III - Energy Services
April 2020 - April 2021
- Primary support for medium impact NERC/CIP control facility
- Succesful migration of physical datacenter workloads to Azure
- Administration of Azure Infrastructure
- Succesful migration of control center operational workloads from Office to IMDC
First Solar - Tempe, AZ
Network Administrator II - Energy Services
June 2017 - April 2020
- Deployed integration networks to remote power plants
- 1st NERC/CIP Audit - medium impact facility
First Solar - Tempe, AZ
Network Administrator I - IT
November 2015 - June 2017
- On site support for office and control center networks
US Army - Dongducheon, South Korea
25N - Nodal Network Systems Operator/Maintainer
May 2013 - April 2015
- Led teams in deployment of small distrubuted tactical networks to support a variety of missions
- Worked directly with support vendors for additional specialized training
- Supported leadership in planning and execution of support missions
US Army - Fort Campbell, KY
25N - Nodal Network Systems Operator/Maintainer
January 2009 - May 2013
- Deployed single office style tactical networks to support a variety of missions
- Cross-trained on microwave and satellite communcation technologies
Education
US Army
Warrior Leadership Course
November - December 2011
- Learned how to organize, plan, and execute military training and exercises
US Army
Army Occupational Individual Training
August - December 2008
- Learned legacy military communications systems
- Practiced deployment of modern COTS communication systems
US Army
Army Basic Combat Training
May - August 2008
- Military training to shoot, move, and communicate
Projects
Certifications
Skills
Networking
Cloud Providers
Configuration Management
Virtualization & Containers
CI/CD & SCM
Web & App Servers
Scripting & Shell
Operating Systems
Systems Management
Compliance Frameworks
Vendors
Vendors and Products I've worked with