Daniel Howard

About Daniel Howard

I am not looking for work.I am a Senior Unix Systems Administrator, with a friendly ethic of service, dedicated to providing Information Technology solutions to users in a wide variety of organizations.I am able to function in a lead role, as a team contributor, as a mentor, and as a technical consultant for non-technical colleagues.More information: http://dannyman.toldme.com/resume/E-mail: d•••••••@toldme.comSpecialties: Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, network infrastructure, technical support, tiered networks, IT

Experience

1. Senior Devops Engineer

   Quantifind

   Mar 2014 — Present · Palo Alto, CA, US

   Ops, DevOps, IT, InfoSec, and a little A/V- Manage systems, mainly via Ansible: Ubuntu, hardware, and VMs- Spec, build, automate, and maintain multiple Apache and MapR Hadoop clusters with dozens of servers and 0.5 PB raw data storage capacity- Work with the compliance team to secure SOC2 certification, focusing mainly on security and IT requirements- Deploy and maintain multiple Ganeti clusters for low-cost VM management- Manage datacenter cage (hardware procurement, installation, troubleshooting, network, power, maintenance)- Encryption everywhere: automate LUKS disk encryption in storage clusters, automate deployment of Wireguard VPN mesh within clusters, manage SSL keys, renewal, expiration monitoring- DevOps: mentor developers and ops staff on Ansible, scripting- Scripted management of cloud environments: AWS and a little Azure- Manage all aspects of day-to-day IT (Macs) with JumpCloud and Apple DEP, including full site build-out at new HQ, Zoom Rooms, phone system- Operate the video camera at All Hands because This Guy has a Startup Mentality

Education

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  BA, Rhetoric

  1995 — 1999

• Lincoln Park High School

  High School Diploma, International Baccalaurete

  1990 — 1994

Skills

• Vmware
• System Administration
• Scalability
• Dhcp
• Networking
• Dns
• Shell Scripting
• Html
• Mysql
• Distributed Systems
• Security
• Technical Support
• Software Documentation
• Automation
• San
• System Architecture
• Disaster Recovery
• Servers
• Itil
• Awesomeness
• Network Administration
• Data Center
• Django
• Storage
• Tcp/Ip
• Firewalls
• Cloud Computing
• Cyber Devops
• Red Hat Linux
• Solaris
• Apache
• Python
• Routing
• Documentation
• Ldap
• Freebsd
• Virtualization
• High Availability
• Perl
• Php