Tim Owens

About Tim Owens

Backed by a very solid work ethic, I combine a well-rounded IT base with my client-oriented abilities. I am well-versed in web standards-based web coding and technologies, database administration, system and network administration as well as graphic design and project management experience.I have managed small and large projects from start to finish, departmental & project budgets and clients\' expectations & needs.I\'m looking for a solid organization that offers challenging and interesting work in exchange for my 100% dedication and hard work.

Experience

1. Senior Systems Engineer

   Tableau

   Oct 2012 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Primary DevOps engineer for database driver installers on machines for dev and prod environment for development team- Code and maintain multiple QA tools for DB driver installation and testing in Python- Engineer and maintain Docker-based Gitlab runner for TeamCity testing-Design, configure and maintain configuration management (Puppet) infrastructure and code for over systems - Windows, Mac, and Linux clients - complete with a Foreman front-end for self-service-Complete code refactoring from Puppet v3 to v5, including new infrastructure and client upgrades-Architect, configure and maintain Zabbix monitoring systems for over 30K items and 10K triggers, including proxies-Maintain and support the GitLab server for users-Tier-4 support on configuration management, Linux and Mac systems, and various developer-facing applications (GitLab, Racktables [CMDB], database drivers, software development software)-Research and POC modern technologies for internal customers (Docker/containers, migrating on-prem to cloud-based [AWS] solutions)-Open Source advocate with emphasis on enterprise-level architecture

Education

• University of Washington

  Certificate, Linux Admin

  2001 — 2001

• The University of Kansas

  B.A., Systems Biology

  1991 — 1995

Skills

• Tomcat
• Operating Systems
• Dns
• Css
• Windows
• Iscsi
• Javascript
• Dhtml
• Ftp
• Mac Os X
• Vlan
• Windows 7
• San
• Switches
• Red Hat Linux
• Sql
• Linux
• Ssl
• Apache
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Mysql
• Flash
• Postgresql
• Windows Server
• Ssh