Lenora Spahn

Company-wide Reduction in Force

• Implemented Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code for VMware builds.
• Created continuous integration, continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for seamless development-to-production transitions.
• Analyzed existing infrastructure and systems for optimization opportunities.
• Enhanced operational performance by optimizing Zabbix across numerous Oracle platforms.
• Migrated monitoring scripts and automated tasks into version-controlled repositories.
• Collaborated with developers in order to troubleshoot application related issues quickly.
• Developed and executed process improvements across the build, deployment, and monitoring of applications.
• Drafted detailed documentation of processes, procedures, and standards utilized in the environment.
• Researched, endorsed, and implemented new applications and tools to improve system security and performance.

• Automated the Platform's Go-Live OPS processes, accelerating delivery and saving over 160 hours annually (e.g., Kubernetes configuration for NGINX production deployments).
• Developed automation to integrate with Terraform and Shell Scripting, which reduced manual configuration work for new IOP sites by 80%.
• Created CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Docker to automate the build process of applications.
• Nominated 'DEI Champion' for Ohio's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Sounding Board.
• Designed scalable, highly available, secure cloud infrastructure to meet client requirements.
• Configured and managed various AWS services, including EC2, S3, EBS, ELB, and RDS, with Terraform, Ansible, and Jenkins.
• Deployed and managed containerized applications using Amazon EKS (Kubernetes), improving scalability and deployment processes.
• Utilized monitoring tools such as CloudWatch Logs, Metrics, and Alarms for tracking resource utilization across various cloud deployments.
• Collaborated with architects and engineers to design networks, systems and storage environments that reflected business needs, security specifications, and service level requirements.

• Configured and managed cloud infrastructure such as virtual machines, networks, and storage.
• Deployed code changes from source control management repositories.
• Maintained a library of scripts that could be used by other developers or operations personnel.
• Coordinated with other teams for successful rollouts of new features or bug fixes.
• Installed and configured software packages on Linux systems according to customer requirements.
• Resolved complex technical problems through root cause analysis techniques.