A dedicated Automation, Site Reliability, DevOps, and Systems Engineer with a keen ability to translate complex problems into elegant, scalable solutions. Known for clear communication, cross-functional collaboration, and a proactive approach to knowledge-sharing. Skilled at building trust with stakeholders, fostering teamwork, and delivering reliable, user-centric systems while maintaining a focus on enterprise standards and operational efficiency.
Hi, I’m
Brandon Blue
Computer & Data Science
San Diego,CA
Summary
Overview
16
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Self-Directed Learning
Independent Study & Skill Advancement
11.2020 - Current
Job overview
- Demonstrating self-motivation and adaptability by deepening technical expertise in Python, AI, and Infrastructure-as-Code while maintaining a commitment to continuous learning and improvement across 4.5 years. Applied emotional intelligence and resilience during a challenging period of recovery fostering a growth mindset and a solutions-oriented approach
- Applied to UC Berkeley to get Master of Information and Data Science degree with hope to be accepted & start in September '25
JDA @NFL
DevOps Engineer/System Administrator
11.2019 - 11.2020
Job overview
- Automate tasks typically via Powershell, anticipating and mitigating potential problems through proactive system monitoring, applying a detail-oriented and solutions based mindset gaining at least 30 minutes daily
- Serve IT operations, network & infrastructure monitoring, patching, backups, hardware, Windows, Mac, and Linux support
- Edit and/or build scripted logic into and around existing infrastructure for the furtherance of operations automation & development
- Collaborated effectively with cross-functional teams to enhance datacenter management and game-time operations, balancing technical precision with clear communication to meet tight deadlines
Acxiom
Automation/Site Reliability Engineer
08.2015 - 03.2019
Job overview
- Automated a self-serve dataflow configuration logic via a ServiceNow form with static cast fields using a Node.js app to interpolate variables for asynchronous processing through custom adapters using Powershell for MS AD & Exchange tasks, Bash for Oracle backend entries (an elegant hack) and SFG API calls, plus a Slackbot to automate error handling
- Designed, implemented, and migrated to scalable solutions
- Perform network & application troubleshooting to solve systemic problems
- Productivity engineering, runbooks/playbooks, plan and perform large migrations
- Develop & deploy automatic solutions for varying applications & projects, ensuring operational readiness and resilience to failure
- Installation & configuration management, monitoring (Zenoss & ServiceNow integration), MFT (Sterling B2Bi & SFG), WAF (CA Layer7 API Gateway), documentation, operations, performance, and capacity planning across a myriad of virtual and physical infrastructure
- Deployment of Linux & Windows resources via Chef, hypervisors, & manual methods for upgrades & 1.0 releases on custom platforms
- Manage configs, break-fix scenarios, provide foresight for the remediation of potential problems before they swelter
Sysrepublic
Technical Consultant
02.2012 - 02.2014
Job overview
- Provision and administer to 50+ physical, 1 - 8U c7000 with 16 Blades and blade LAN/SAN gear, 250+ virtual servers for .NET SaaS provisioning for retailers (loss prevention)
- Focused on 24/7 uptime, resilience to failure through redundancy, replication & HA clustering, delivering performance & security
- Utilized hardware-based appliance logic for reliable load balancing
- Deployed and decommissioned virtual servers as needed with Hyper-V, VMware, Amazon's EC2, and Virtual Box
- Built and used scripts to automate complicated and/or recurring tasks, system builds, software installs and configs, updates, backups via CMD and Powershell, constant threat surface analysis for firewall, endpoint and LAN/WAN architecture fortification
- Built and managed datacenter operations including disaster recovery, switching/routing, HA firewall and configuration/management
- Automated and otherwise improved where possible
General Networks
MSP Network/System Engineer
10.2009 - 05.2011
Job overview
- Serviced dozens of multiple small, medium, and large business/enterprise clients including various network deployments, upgrades & migrations, troubleshooting and fixing, plus general help (various datacenter and office locations), seeing no less than 4 clients daily, getting problems handled
- Engineered and planned logistics for enterprise network configurations & deployments, including AD & Exchange, Citrix, AppV, and other various (typically Microsoft) deployments
Education
USMCTwentynine Palms, CA
Trade & Service from 1341 & 0311
05.2005
University Overview
National UniversityLa Jolla, CA
Bachelor of Science from Computer Science
05.2005
University Overview
Skills
- Operating Systems & Infrastructure:
- Cross-Platform OS Support (Windows, Linux, macOS)
- Cisco IOS/NXOS & Variants
- Blade Systems, Datacenter Design (DR & HA, redundancy)
- NAS, SAN, NAS-Head, LAN, WAN, iSCSI, NFS, SMB, UNC, L2TP/PPTP/IKE VPN
- OSI Model, Stacking, Clustering
- Cloud & Virtualization Technologies:
- AWS (IAM, EC2, Lambda, EBS, S3)
- Azure, GCP, Userland, HyperV, VMware
- Docker, Kubernetes (kubectl & minikube)
- Terraform, Chef, Capacity & Autoscaling
- Networking & Security:
- PKI - TLS, SSL, & SSH Hardening, SIEM
- MPLS, DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, FC, FCIP
- SSH, SSL-VPN, RDP, Citrix, VNC, Wireshark
- Threat Models, Pentests, Best Practices
- Various MFA Systems: CyberArk, OKTA
- PGP/GPG Encryption, IDS, IPS, TCPdump
- Load Balancers, Failover Sites, WAF
- UPS, Generators, Power Planning
- Programming Languages:
- Nodejs, Java, Python, Rust, Go, SQL
- PowerShell, Bash
- BPML, HTML, XML, JSON
- API Development & Integration:
- ReST, SOAP, CRUD
- CI/CD & Source Control:
- Git, Bitbucket, Stash, GitHub, Jenkins
- Monitoring & Analytics:
- SolarWinds, Zenoss, SCOM, SCCM, Alienvault
Certification
A+
ITIL
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Accomplishments
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with team of 7 in the development of DFA-Auto.
- Resolved product issues through port pings & packet captures across vast networks.
- Documented and resolved training which led to more fluid support (and less 3am oncall wakeups!).
- Achieved technical nirvana by completing automations with foresight & intelligence.
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Independent Study & Skill Advancement
Self-Directed Learning
11.2020 - Current
DevOps Engineer/System Administrator
JDA @NFL
11.2019 - 11.2020
Automation/Site Reliability Engineer
Acxiom
08.2015 - 03.2019
Technical Consultant
Sysrepublic
02.2012 - 02.2014
MSP Network/System Engineer
General Networks
10.2009 - 05.2011
USMC
Trade & Service from 1341 & 0311
National University
Bachelor of Science from Computer Science
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