Don Rota
Devsecops Middleware @IBM
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WORK HISTORY
Devsecops Middleware @IBM
US
DevSecOps for large user) public web sites. Past roles include: Middleware and backend ops, Scrum master, Growth Hacker, Quality Engineer, Release Engineer, systems hardware engineer. Developed/designed/maintained UNIX OS patching tool (patented), Lab machine tracking system, Wiki/web servers, multiple web applications. Automated patch and test harnesses.Specialized in building infrastructure tools and process/methods to make teams operate more effectively. Ops/Admin on public sites: developer.ibm.com, developerWorks, jazz.netOperating systems: RedHat, Ubuntu, Windows. Legacy: AIX, HPUX, SunOS, BSD Unix.Created build plans for geo-distributed teams to create sites worldwide. Planned and executed site migrations, dark launches, blue-green deploys.Configured cloud services: Openshift, Kubernetes, Object Storage, File Storage, Watson services, SoftLayerAPI.Languages: bash, perl, javascript, php, python, C, C++. Formats: CSS, html, xml, yml.Managed apps/tools: Ansible, Check_MK, UCD, Mariadb, Galera, Postgres, Petroni, Mongo clusters, Jenkins, Rational Team Concert, WebSphere, tomcat, Apache, DB2, LDAP, smtp, mailman, cron, mhonarc, OSQA, Answerhub, TWiki, JSPWiki, blogs, news, REDIS, git, zenhub, regexp guru.Security: OS Hardening scripts, AppScan, Pentesting, Qradar, Crowdstrike, Tenable.Web server specialist: authentication, SSL, web dashboards and automation tools.Daily tools: bash, Office 365, Google apps.Patents:https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/91/7a/7d/1131ae1fde43b5/US95•••17.pdfhttps://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/5a/0b/a0/408d7ce0e5014c/US96•••31.pdf
EDUCATION
Narragansett Regional High School
H.S. Graduate, STEM
TKDKC
MS, Arts and Physical Education
Mount Wachusett Community College
AS, Data Processing Technology
Massachusetts School of Liberal Arts
BS, Computer Science
North Adams State College (now Mass College of Liberal
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science; arts
SKILLS
ABOUT DON ROTA
Roles held:Growth Hacking Developer, SaaS Cloud Ops Architect, Web software developer, webmaster for large customer-facing sites, ops admin, quality engineer, release engineer, systems hardware engineer. Developed/designed/maintained UNIX OS patch tool (patented), Lab machine tracking system, DB admin, developed test harnesses, Ops admin for social media webtools. Specialized in building infrastructure tools and process/methods to make teams operate more efficiently.1/2015 - presentGrowth Hacking Metrics and Analytics DeveloperCollect and warehouse raw data from various sources within DevOps Services and Bluemix; the visualization of the collected data (telling a compelling story); coming up with hypotheses for changes to the site to improve conversion metrics, develop and deploy technologies to enable AB testing and ramped deployments.5/2014 - 1/2015SaaS Cloud Operations ArchitectLead for Private Cloud Offering. Accountable for performance, metrics, capacity planning. Responsible for strategy to scale platform supporting services. Insured architecture was robust, economical, secure, and recoverable.5/2004 - 5/2014IBM Software Group, Lexington, MA, USAAdvisory Software EngineerManaged secure websites 24/7 in a fluid open commercial dev environment. Created tools to enabled small teams to manage and support over 1 million users, on 100\'s of servers. Managed web apps, lab tools, wikis, security, accounts, and monitoring.8/1998 - 5/2004 Atria / PureAtria / Rational / Now IBM, Lexington, MA, USASoftware Quality Engineer for ClearCase and Multisite.Built internal tools for R&D to deliver the product faster.6/1994 - 8/1998 CenterLine Software, Cambridge, MA, USARelease Engineer, Quality Engineer, and Beta Manager5/1988 - 6/1993 Alliant Computer Systems, Littleton, MA, USARelease Engineer, Systems hardware engineer.Qualifications:Bachelor of Science in Computer ScienceNorth Adams State College (now Mass College of Liberal arts), USA 1988Specialties: Expert in shell, perl, Apache, IHS, tomcat, JSPWiki, Twiki, windows, unix, linux, html, cgi. Applications: Rational Team Concert, Jazz, WebSphere, tomcat, Apache, DB2, MySQL,(wamp/lamp), LDAP, mailman, mhonarc, phpBB, TWiki, JSPWiki, blogs, news,ClearCase, ClearQuest, RCS.Web server specialty: authentication, SSL, reverse proxy, web dashboards and automation tools.Daily tools: MS Office, Lotus Notes
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