Michael Ewan

About Michael Ewan

Looking for a faculty position at a university or community college; or contract work in one of my areas of technical expertise.Experienced as Adjunct Faculty teaching Linux Administration, and programming languages along with curriculum development in specialist program areas.Nearly 40 years of experience with UNIX and GNU/Linux infrastructure design, systems programming, systems administration, database design, data analytics, and enterprise architecture.High performance SAN and Object storage (Panasas and Lustre) for large scale compute infrastructure.Database Design and Open Source solutions, i.e. PostgreSQL.Big Data solutions with Hadoop and Elasticsearch.NoSQL databases, MongoDB, HBaseTechnical leadership in Software Engineering, and Data Analytics.Agile methodologies including SCRUM.Software engineering fundamentals, Source Code Management, CI/CD, Object Oriented Programming, SOLID principles, relational and time series databases, scripting knowledge and development operations (DevOps). Development of custom software systems with integration of open-source software to address complex analysis problems.Extract information, structure it, and create content for customer and management reporting Analytical and problem-solving skills to resolve complex issues with minimal directionExcellent verbal and written communication skillsAdvanced database design and operational skillsExperience in managing large scale compute environments with hundreds of thousands of nodes.Corporate standards and procedures for UNIX production systems.Enterprise Architecture for global engineering service organization

Experience

1. Research Computing Facilitator

   Portland State University

   Aug 2023 — Present · Portland, OR, US

Education

• DeVry University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management

  2010 — 2012

• Northwestern University

  Master of Science - MS, Analytics and Business Intelligence

  2013 — 2016

• Portland State University

  Computer Science

  1996 — 1997

• Portland Community College

  Associate of Science (A.S.), Airframe Mechanics and Aircraft Maintenance Technology/Technician

  1979 — 1980

• Portland Community College

  Criminal Justice/Police Science

  1973 — 1974

• Oregon Institute of Technology

  Information Systems

  2008 — 2010

Skills

• Storage
• Tcp/Ip
• Vmware
• Server Architecture
• Apache
• System Administration
• Databases
• Windows
• Bash
• Servers
• High Performance Computing
• Software Development
• Python
• Subversion
• Mysql
• Distributed Systems
• Software Engineering
• Software Design
• Networking
• Architecture
• Open Source
• Shell Scripting
• Solaris
• Computer Security
• Linux
• Network Security
• Operating Systems
• C
• Programming
• Big Data
• Architectures
• Virtualization
• Network Administration
• System Architecture
• Agile Methodologies
• Unix Shell Scripting
• Java
• Cloud Computing
• C#
• Storage Area Network (San)