Dan Small

About Dan Small

Performance engineer with leadership experience, currently focused on distributed systems/storage performance and tools development to enable performance analysis and automated performance testing. • Well-versed in architecting, supporting, administering, and troubleshooting enterprise environments and domain infrastructure services including: Active Directory, Exchange, DNS, DHCP, SAN and NAS• Ability to plan, orchestrate, and implement both large and small projects from conception to completion• Experienced in all phases of software development leveraging Agile and traditional waterfall processes• Current projects include a multi-geo, micro-service-based, testing pipe-line that leverages Docker, Karbon (Kubernetes), Python, Ansible, Django, PostgreSQL w/ TimescaleDB, and Grafana• A champion of product supportability/serviceability and enablement through tools and training

Experience

1. Sr Manager of Performance Engineering

   Nutanix

   Aug 2014 — Present · Durham, NC, US

   Built, and currently lead, an agile software development team focused on performance automation, regression testing, and tooling• Collaborate with other engineers and teams to resolve escalated issues, then leverage those experiences to drive enablement efforts and product improvements• Created or contributed to the design and development of several software tools• Established a performance escalation processes for the Support and Field Organizations to engage with Engineering and recruited highly talented teammates focused on resolution of those issues

Skills

• Storage
• Domain Name System (Dns)
• Troubleshooting
• Server Administration
• System Administration
• Netapp
• Storage Area Network (San)
• Virtualization
• Microsoft Exchange
• Active Directory
• Windows Server
• Cisco Technologies
• Operating Systems
• Network Engineering
• Dhcp
• Vmware
• Linux
• Microsoft Technologies
• Network-Attached Storage (Nas)
• Dns
• Disaster Recovery
• San
• Vmware Esx
• Computer Security
• Nas
• Servers