Garrett Abbott

• Developed and continuously automated the AWS infrastructure using Ansible, Terraform, Packer, Cloud-init and various other scripting solutions (Lambda, Python, Bash)
• Automated many manual processes to improve reliability and insight into the infrastructure.
• Integrated CIS security controls and Datadog Security Platform into our Image build process to ensure and maintain audit compliance.
• Lead our OS migration from Redhat7/Centos7 to Amazon Linux 2022.

• Senior System Engineer role managing Linux Servers (RHEL/Oracle Linux), Oracle Exadata (ExaCC) servers, Chef, Vsphere, and AWS.
• Continuous improvement of infrastructure automation through the use of Chef, Terraform, Packer, and various other tools.
• Improved and automated the patching of our Redhat Linux environment through the use of Satellite server, Chef cookbooks and python scripting.
• Lead the deployment of Oracle Exadata servers (ExaCC) to our on-prem environment and integrated them into our existing corporate ecosystem.
• Planned and Executed Major Version Upgrades for 200+ RHEL and Oracle Linux servers.
• Provided application support for many different in-house/proprietary and enterprise applications/services on all UNIX servers.

• Created various scripts and automations to improve monitoring and managing on-prem server environment.
• Streamlined image build/deployment for servers/workstation for offsite DR sites.
  

• Head System Engineer/Administrator. Responsible for all technical aspects and planning of the IT Department.
• Windows/Linux Server/VMware Administration of on premises and cloud (AWS,Azure) servers. Responsible for all maintenance and updates of servers.
• Migration of many critical servers from Server2003 to Server2016/2019 (AD/DNS, File Servers, Applications Servers).
• Restructured and updated entire VM environment. Implemented VCenter and shared SANs (EMC Unity) for Vmotion, HA, DRS and FT.
• Redesigned the network infrastructure. Set up firewalls(CiscoASA/Sonicwall),Layer 3 Switches(Cisco), Cisco VPN Gateway, and various other improvements.
• Designed and configured an Exchange 2016 HA environment and migrated from the old email environment (Cpanel EXIM/Dovecot).
• Automated server monitoring and reporting through the use of various tools and scripts (SNMP monitoring, Powershell, etc..)
• Migrated external facing applications and services to AWS (EC2, Route53, RDS, S3) and integrated them with our on-premisis network through Site-to-Site with VPC.
• Restructured server and file backup solution to a more cost effective environment and developed and tested a disaster recovery plan.
  

Windows Administration/Maintenance to all servers on the F-35 ALIS Program.

Set up ESXi hosts, VMFS Datastores, and configured VCenter. Migrated Legacy Servers to the new VMware environments.

Streamlined and greatly improved administrative tasks, daily system checks and log management through Powershell, Splunk and other scripting.

Created a centrally managed offsite disaster recovery process for all critical servers (VDP, Veritas, Dell EMC).

Responsible for software and system maintenance, disaster recovery, and administrating the VM environments.

• Provided Windows/Linux Administration, VMware Administration, LAN/WAN/VPN Administration and Firewall Administration.
• Set up and Managed AD/DNS, Content Filter, Load Balancers, Wireless Lan Controllers, and Exchange Servers.
• Researched, recommended and implemented many system improvements (VMware, Load Balancing, Content Filtering, Central Management of Workstations, HA and DR for key servers).
• Involved with all decisions, consulting, and planning of the IT Department.

• Set up and administrated a Windows Server 2008 environment (Active Directory, IIS server, VPN, MSSQL).
• Developed a web based Billing System and Work Entry System for contractors and clients, then integrated their databases into a GIS environment.
• Created and Administered multiple websites for the company.
• Scanned and archived courthouse documents and integrated them into an online database