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Katia Vinson

Hyattsville,MD

Summary

Meticulous Cloud Engineer maintaining highly functional systems for uninterrupted workflows and consistent productivity. Oversees routine maintenance checks and software update schedules to reduce network downtime and likelihood of security compromises. Loves collaborating with teammates to develop and implement creative technical solutions to challenging problems.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Cloud Engineer

Cyber Kinetics
07.2022 - Current
  • Utilized code and modern cloud-native deployment techniques to design, plan and integrate cloud computing and virtualization systems.
  • Identified, analyzed and resolved infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues.
  • Used metrics to monitor application and infrastructure performance.
  • Create BASH scripts to automate tasks and incorporate them into Rundeck.
  • Reviewed existing systems and made recommendations for improvements.
  • Installed, configured, tested and maintained operating systems, application software and system management tools.
  • Applied scripting methodologies to automate IT administrative related tasks.
  • Maintained network infrastructure consisting of Windows, Linux and virtual products.
  • Researched and read up on new and unfamiliar technologies for quick and effective adoption.
  • Assisted with implementing network enhancements and upgrades.
  • Evaluated existing procedures and made proactive adjustments to meet changing demands.
  • Assisted developers with deployments by deploying autoscaling servers through Rundeck which deploys updates to all servers using snapshots from a baseline server volume.
  • Worked on A&A related tasks to assist with meeting submission deadline.
  • Worked on maintenance tasks which included renewing PKI certificates and updating oracle database user passwords.
  • Completed monthly patching in dev, test, and production.
  • Completed monthly scanning of production servers using Rapid7 application.
  • Created Jobs in Rundeck to assist with automation.
  • Created dashboards in Kibana.
  • Create cloudwatch alarms.
  • Create SNS topics to alert team.
  • Created and updated Cloudformation templates in AWS to deploy servers.
  • Upgraded ELK versions
  • Tomcat upgrade
  • Created cloud formation templates for ELK.
  • Updated existing cloudformation templates to include cloudwatch alarms
  • Rebuilt the ELK stack to assist with clse 6 to 7 and 7 to 8 transition using cloudformation
  • Created bash script to install and configure ELK and automated it through rundeck.
  • SQL database password updates
  • pki cert renewals
  • Wrote script to remove unused volumes in AWS and automated it through rundeck
  • Created a password policy in sql based on IntB requirements
  • Created Inventory spreadsheet to assist with A&A
  • Created a bash script to place keystores from the dev environment into their appropriate environments and buckets.
  • switched from classic elb to network elb in AWS
  • created new target groups for network load balancer in AWS
  • created script to retrieve database passwords from s3 and automated it through rundeck.
  • Distributed ssh keys to servers

Cloud Engineer

Blacktop Government Solutions
12.2018 - 07.2022
  • Utilized code and modern cloud-native deployment techniques to design, plan and integrate cloud computing and virtualization systems.
  • Identified, analyzed and resolved infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues.
  • Used metrics to monitor application and infrastructure performance.
  • Reviewed existing systems and made recommendations for improvements.
  • Installed, configured, tested and maintained operating systems, application software and system management tools.
  • Applied scripting methodologies to automate IT administrative related tasks.
  • Maintained network infrastructure consisting of Windows, Linux and virtual products.
  • Researched and read up on new and unfamiliar technologies for quick and effective adoption.
  • Assisted with the implementation of network enhancements and upgrades.
  • Evaluated existing procedures and made proactive adjustments to meet changing demands.
  • Assisted developers with deployments by deploying autoscaling servers through Rundeck which deployed updates to all servers using a snapshot of a baseline server volume.
  • Worked on A&A related tasks to assist with meeting submission deadline.
  • Worked on maintenance tasks which included renewing PKI certificates and updating oracle database user passwords.
  • Completed monthly patching in production using selfservice commands.
  • Completed monthly scanning of production servers using Rapid7 application.
  • Created Jobs in Rundeck to assist with automation and running commands on multiple servers without having to logon to each server.
  • Created dashboards in Kibana.
  • Created and updated Cloudformation templates in AWS to deploy servers.

Training Specialist

Nolij Consulting
10.2017 - 11.2018
  • Trained and mentored over 300 new personnel hired to fulfill various roles in the medical field.
  • Assisted in analyzing and assessing training and development needs for departments and individuals.
  • Developed training handbooks, computer tutorials and reference materials.
  • Traveled to military bases to conduct training for medical personnel at hospitals.
  • Coordinated administrative functions necessary to deliver and document training programs.
  • Collected data on program effectiveness to develop modifications and improvements to curricula.
  • Assessed additional needs based on training progress and collaborated with management to meet requirements.
  • Worked along side engineers to provide feedback from medical personnel to deliver improvements to product in upcoming sprints.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
05.2017

Skills

  • AWS
  • Atlassian JIRA
  • Bash scripting
  • Linux
  • GitHub
  • Agile
  • Scrum
  • Rundeck

Certification

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate, Amazon Web Services Training and Certification - 12/30/2022
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate, Amazon Web Services Training and Certification - 5/12/2023
  • ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity

Timeline

Cloud Engineer

Cyber Kinetics
07.2022 - Current

Cloud Engineer

Blacktop Government Solutions
12.2018 - 07.2022

Training Specialist

Nolij Consulting
10.2017 - 11.2018

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Morgan State University

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