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Overview
Work History
Education
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Professional Development Certifications
Volunteer Experience
Certification
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Drew Cullis

Littleton,CO

Summary

As an enthusiastic IT Systems engineer with experience in both the financial services and Telco industries, I have both spearheaded and overhauled the evaluation and improvement of various monitoring systems, processes, and documentation for internal clients with great attention to detail. Proficient with Cisco UCS, AWS, VMWare and centOS\Red Hat platforms. Team player who excels at working alone also, I possess excellent interpersonal relationship skills, very customer service and relationship building focused who strives to exercise decisive judgment to meet and exceed organizational goals.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Linux Systems/Security Administrator

TEK SYSTEMS Inc.
Denver, CO
02.2023 - 07.2023
  • Configured/tested McAfee Antivirus to be functional on Oracle Linux hosts
  • Troubleshoot/resolve end users’ login issues to Linux hosts via helpdesk tickets to reduce user downtime by 50%
  • Ran STIG vulnerability SCAP compliance scans on production hosts for security audits
  • Ran Ansible scripts for monthly RHEL patching cycles in dev, QA & production environments to increase automation efficiency in the monthly patching cycle
  • Created new documentation, researched for and modified existing documents for standards and procedures via Microsoft One Note to increase intelligibility and clarity.

Owner/Principal Engineer/Producer

BROKEN LIMB STUDIOS
Denver, CO
08.2020 - Current
  • Schedule/coordinate recording sessions with artists and musicians
  • Confer and provide direction to artists on song arrangements for their musical genre
  • Set up & test audio cables, stands and microphones for various types of digital audio recording
  • Record, edit and mix audio recordings made by artists for digital release using various audio recording and restoration applications
  • Compose and record orchestral & instrumental pieces to compliment artists’ vision for their song.

vROPS/ Hybrid Cloud Observability/Visibility Engineer

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS
Englewood, CO
01.2011 - 01.2021
  • Identified customer needs and developed solutions based on user feedback.
  • Conducted research into the feasibility of product design plans.
  • Analyzed customer requirements to determine project scope and objectives.
  • Evaluated new technologies for implementation in the cloud infrastructure.
  • Monitored performance of virtual machines using vCenter Operations Manager.
  • Collaborated with internal teams to develop strategies for optimizing cloud operations.
  • Developed documentation outlining best practices for deploying, managing, monitoring and maintaining VMWare environments.
  • Communicated with clients to understand system requirements.
  • Installed and configured new applications on the VMware platform.

Education

Some College (No Degree) - Music Performance

Sterling College
Sterling, KS

Some College (No Degree) - Computer Science And Programming

Arapahoe Community College
Littleton, CO

Skills

  • Programming Languages - UNIX Shell Scripting (ksh, sh, Bash), Python
  • Software - VMware vSphere 6x/8x, VMware vRealize Operations Manager 8x, Atlassian Jira, Confluence, Splunk 6x/7x/8x, Amazon AWS, Nagios monitoring software, Wireshark, Windows PowerShell, Ansible, Microsoft Teams
  • Platforms - Red Hat Linux 7x/8x, Cisco ESXi, CentOS 6x-7x, Windows Server 2016, Windows 10/11, MacOS X, AWS, Azure
  • Networking Protocols - DNS, NIS, NFS, SSH, TCIP
  • Hardware - Cisco UCS Series 200 & 400 M4/M5 servers, Cisco 5108 Chassis, 6332/6454 Fabric Interconects, Dell 2x50, Rx10 Servers
  • System Troubleshooting
  • Process Improvement
  • Cost Analysis
  • Technical Writing
  • Technical Reporting
  • Critical Thinking

Professional Development Certifications

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  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate 2020
  • Complete VMware ESXi Administration
  • Cisco Routing & Switching Fast Track
  • CompTIA Security + Certification
  • Too many Udemy course to list
  • Splunk Fundamentals

Volunteer Experience

06/2021, 08/2022, Caregiver to sibling with terminal cancer

Certification

  • CompTIA Security+ - issued 07/20/2023

Affiliations

  • Award winning freelance photographer with numerous images in private collections
  • Freelance working drummer and recording studio owner
  • Lover of disc golfing and outdoor sports

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Linux Systems/Security Administrator

TEK SYSTEMS Inc.
02.2023 - 07.2023

Owner/Principal Engineer/Producer

BROKEN LIMB STUDIOS
08.2020 - Current

vROPS/ Hybrid Cloud Observability/Visibility Engineer

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS
01.2011 - 01.2021

Some College (No Degree) - Music Performance

Sterling College

Some College (No Degree) - Computer Science And Programming

Arapahoe Community College

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