Infrastructure Engineer Resume Example Auqkwa Tech LLC

INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER

Professional Summary

Infrastructure Engineer with over 3 years of successful experience in System Administration and Leadership Roles. Recognized consistently for performance excellence and contributions to success in the Hosting industry. Strengths in Containerization, Virtualization, and Networking.
Backed by hundreds of satisfied clients and a reputation as among the most quality and reliable System Administrators within the MC Hosting community.
Enthusiastic learner that's genuinely passionate about IT and infrastructure, eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and collaboration amongst departments. Clear understanding of how to work on even very large scale projects/deployments, primarily long-term planning and maintenance. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in SysOps/Engineering.
Have been learning about this field both for personal projects and commissioned work since age 12, always enjoyed working with both the systems themselves as well as coworkers that are there for more than purely financial reasons.

Skills

Work History

Infrastructure Engineer04/2020 to Current
Auqkwa Tech LLC – Franklin Lakes, NJ

Monitored and tested application performance to identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions, and collaborate with developers on solution implementation.
Investigated new and emerging software applications within containerization and automation to design, select, implement and use administrative information systems effectively.
Wrote and maintained custom scripts to increase system efficiency and performance time.
Participated in all phases of system development life cycle, from requirements analysis through system implementation.
Worked closely with internal staff and other stakeholders to determine planning, implementation and integration of system-oriented projects.
Installed, configured, tested and maintained operating systems, application software and system management tools.
Installed Dedicated Server hardware, completed software updates and assessed security patches for optimized computer use.
Resolved issues related to operational components for LAN, WAN and voice systems.
Configured, installed, upgraded and replicated MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis, and InfluxDB databases.
Monitored servers and escalated emergency technical issues beyond scope to maintain optimum up-time.
Monitored networks and network devices to resolve technical problems quickly.
Automated deployment and management of internal services and gameservers through containerization and scripting.

Director02/2020 to Current
Project 42 Holdings LTD – London, United Kingdom

Worked closely with organizational leadership, including board of directors, to strategically affect direction of operations.
Collaborated with management, technical crew members and fellow supervisors to organize efficient operations and achieve demanding schedule targets.
Analyzed business needs while soliciting customer feedback for process improvements.
Maintained numerous instances of GitLab for internal use, including runners and CI/CD pipelines as a whole.
Developed impactful and strategic partnerships with managed service clients to drive business development.
Drafted and enforced internal systems policies on factors such as Security and Reliability.
Administered system controls, databases and networks.
Spearheaded cost-saving efforts such as transitioning to cloud-based kubernetes environments and virtualization of KVM through the Proxmox system.
Wrote and updated technical documentation covering system components.
Assisted in onboarding high-profile clients, going hands-on to encourage strong business relationship formation.
Drafted change management policies to streamline introductions of new software and systems.

System Administrator10/2017 to Current
Self-Employed/Freelancing – Franklin Lakes, NJ

Worked with many dozens of mid-large scale gameserver networks/communities
Maintained Minecraft networks of up to ~1,000 concurrent players, frequently requiring replicated databases and advanced deployment planning.
Installed and maintained various databases, tools and services including GitLab, Pterodactyl Panel, Proxmox, Virtualizor, SolusVM, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, and more.
Made recommendations regarding information technology infrastructure overhauls.
Standardized job tasks and trained junior team members on industry best practices and standards.
Pushed for the use and creation of documentation for internal services/processes.
Maintained flexible schedule and responded to after-hours and weekend emergencies.
Completed reports detailing network and systems performance, costs and downtime issues.
Evaluated latest technology innovations and adopted cost-effective, useful solutions.

Education

GED06/2020Indian Hills High School- Oakland, NJ

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