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Charles Gold

Gaithersburg,MD

Summary

Dynamic and results-driven IT professional with over 3 years of experience in enterprise environments, spanning across networking, server administration, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps engineering. Proven expertise in AWS solutions architecture, cloud migration, and automation using a variety of tools and technologies. Adept at evaluating, architecting, and implementing cloud solutions to drive business success.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

AWS Solution Architect

theITern
10.2022 - Current
  • Designed and managed public/private cloud infrastructures on AWS using VPC, EC2, S3, CloudFront, Elastic File System, RDS, Direct Connect, Route53, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Cloud Formation
  • Worked with Amazon IAM console to create custom users and groups
  • Setup Life Cycle Policies for creation of new snapshots, deletion of old snapshots in S3 using S3 CLI tools and backing data from S3 to Glacier and Deep Glacier
  • Worked on configuring security groups, setting up Elastic IP's and auto-scaling Configuration
  • Used CloudWatch logs to move application logs to S3 and created Alarms based on applications' exceptions
  • Deployed AWS resources using Cloud Formation and Launch templates
  • Responsible for managing and supporting Continuous Integration (CI) using Jenkins
  • Responsible for Administering and maintaining Jenkins slaves on Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)
  • Responsible for Design/Install Apache Tomcat, Ansible Node and Production Server architecture to deploy DevOps in AWS Cloud
  • Worked on integrating GIT into the continuous Integration (CI) environment using with Jenkins
  • Created private virtual cloud VPC on AWS that supports DEV, TEST, and PROD environments
  • Deployment of web applications on Tomcat, Apache and WebLogic server (Linux platform)
  • Architected and implemented cloud solution for data migration from On-Premise Infrastructure to AWS Cloud
  • Provided expert level design and engineering support towards the successful delivery of IT cloud project portfolio
  • Configured and managed various AWS Services including EC2, RDS, VPC, S3, Glacier, CloudFront, and Route 53
  • Basic understanding of Serverless and Lambda; SQS, SWF, SNS, API Gateway, Kinesis and Cognito Applications
  • Add elasticity and scalability in AWS architecture to cope with demand; deploy AWS Route 53 for High-Availability & DR
  • Designed and implemented Security best practices at Instance, Subnet and VPC levels to fortifying Cloud infrastructure
  • Focus on high-availability, fault tolerance, and auto scaling using AWS CloudFormation
  • Created and maintained Account Policies & Roles on IAM, Security Groups, and Access Control Lists
  • Installed & configured IGW, Route Tables for public facing subnets and NAT for private-facing subnets on AWS VPCs
  • Assigned EIP, configured Load Balancers and Health Checks, deployed RDS across multiple AZs for High Availability Architecture
  • Environment: Ansible, Docker, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Git, Maven, Apache Tomcat, Nagios, VMware, Shell Scripts, ELK Stack, AWS, selenium (UBUNTU, CENTOS, WINDOWS)

Intern, Linux System Administrators

theITern
01.2022 - 10.2022
  • Installed, configured Hypervisors to create Virtual Environment for 100s of VMs Servers
  • Installed and administered Linux systems with Redhat, Ubuntu, CentOS Servers
  • Mastery of file and folder navigation commands covering mkdir, cd.., cd/, cd~, ls, pwd, clear; file editor: touch, cat, echo, nano; cp, mv, rm, find, locate, updated; switch users and sudo
  • Frequently created Groups, Users, changed/deleted/modified Users, assigned file/folder ownership & permissions
  • Profound knowledge of OSI, TCP/IP, IP Addressing and Networking with extensive Network troubleshooting experience in both Windows and Linux Operating Environments
  • Installed and configured the LAMP Stack architecture on Ubuntu Server for highly available and scalable web applications: Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP
  • Installed and configured Domain Services on Active Directory Services –DHCP, DNS, Email (SMTP, POP, IMAP), LDAP, NFS, NTP, SSH, Nagios
  • Automates processing using Cron and Bash Shell Scripts
  • Supported Data Migration in varying ways covering SCP, FTP, Rsync + SSH
  • Security patching: configured Firewall access for IP Addresses, port numbers, Applications
  • Managed Logical volumes: created/restored snapshots, extend volumes without downtime.

Windows Server Administrator

Tanazah, LLC
06.2021 - 01.2022
  • Installed and configured AD-DS, DNS, DHCP to promote Windows Servers to DC
  • Created and managed users, groups and OUs; complete Folder Shares and File Security
  • Managed Group Policy Objects (GPOs) for Users and Groups
  • Installed and managed IIS Web Management Services
  • Provided hands on support for Windows Servers Installation and troubleshooting of network infrastructure issues within enterprise environment
  • Collaborated constantly with teams in the design and implementing of new solutions, using the Waterfall, Agile or DevOps methodology
  • Supported Windows Server within a virtual/cloud environment
  • Ensured required level of maintenance, and support for all servers (physical and virtual), firmware, operating systems, software applications, and server security compliance
  • Designed and performed server administration, security audits, system backup procedures, and other recovery processes in accordance with disaster recovery and business continuity protocols
  • Integrated servers, including database, e-mail, print, and back-up servers and their associated software into enterprise systems
  • Ensured system connectivity of all services, servers, shared software, cloud solutions, and other applications
  • Created and maintained documentation as it relates to system configuration, mapping processes, and service records
  • Ensured compatibility and interoperability of in-house systems
  • Performed technical support such as problem isolation, resolution, and documentation.

Education

B.Eng - Chemical Engineering

University of Benin
Nigeria
10.2001

Skills

  • OS: Windows, Linux RedHat, Ubuntu
  • EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation
  • Infrastructure Optimization
  • Solution Design and Implementation
  • Virtualization/Cloud: Oracle VM VirtualBox, AWS
  • Build Tool: Maven
  • CI/CD: Jenkins
  • Automation: Terraform, Ansible
  • Version Control: GIT, GitHub
  • Web Servers: IIS, ApacheTomcat, HTTPD
  • Scripting: Shell Bash
  • Networking: TCP/IP, UDP: HTTP, FTP, SSH
  • Database Systems: RDS
  • Containerization: Docker
  • Documentation: Microsoft Suite
  • Testing: Selenium

Certification

AWS Certified Solutions Architect-Associate

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

References

Available upon request

Languages

English
Full Professional

Timeline

AWS Solution Architect

theITern
10.2022 - Current

Intern, Linux System Administrators

theITern
01.2022 - 10.2022

Windows Server Administrator

Tanazah, LLC
06.2021 - 01.2022

B.Eng - Chemical Engineering

University of Benin

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