Sean A. James
Braselton
Summary
Thorough team contributor with strong organizational and technical capabilities. Dynamic individual with hands-on experience in DevOps and Infrastructure Engineering and talent for navigating challenges. Brings strong problem-solving skills Experienced in handling numerous projects at once while ensuring accuracy. Effective at prioritizing tasks and meeting deadlines.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior DevOps Engineer
Experian
08.2022 - Current
- Responsible for management of Experian ES Cloud infrastructure environment which spanned multiple Azure Subscriptions
- Streamlined infrastructure management through automation using Terraform .
- Reduced deployment times with the introduction of CI/CD pipelines and deploying infrastructure using Azure DevOps Pipelines
- Championed a DevOps culture within the organization that emphasized collaboration between development, operations, and QA teams for seamless software delivery.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement in the software delivery process.
- Evaluated emerging technologies in the DevOps space and recommended strategic adoption of solutions that aligned with organizational goals and requirements.
- Mentored junior team members, fostering professional growth and improving overall team performance.
- Managed Azure assets and integrated multiple Azure resources into solutions appropriate for company projects.
- Facilitated knowledge sharing among team members by documenting processes, best practices, and lessons learned from past experiences.
Senior DevOps Engineer
Bond Technologies
03.2021 - 08.2022
- Responsible for management of Bond Cloud infrastructure environment which spanned multiple AWS accounts
- Used Terraform for ongoing management of existing AWS infrastructure
- Vital part of the team that deployed EKS clusters to replace the originally deployed clusters once it was determined they were not designed to meet our growing needs
- Worked with the team to move applications from old EKS clusters to new clusters with minimal downtime
- Deployed Hashicorp Vault for secrets management within EKS
Senior DevOps Engineer
DigitalEnvoy
06.2018 - 03.2021
- Responsible for managing the existing company infrastructure within AWS as well as the deployment of new infrastructure as needed
- Managed a variety of AWS services, including but not limited to EC2, EMR, Lambda, RDS, Route53, IAM and Directory Services
- Evaluated new and existing AWS services to determine if they could be leveraged to increase productivity/Reduce cost within the existing environment
- Spearheaded the initiative to use IaC to manage deployed AWS resources
- Prior to joining DigitalEnvoy, AWS infrastructure management was done solely from the AWS console with little or no oversight or change control management
- Over time I was able to import the existing infrastructure as well deploy new projects using Terraform and Git to management all changes and storing these changes in a change control environment
DevOps Engineer
NCR via TinRoof Software
03.2018 - 06.2018
- Tasked with implementing the project to migrate the Developer Experience team from a non-containerized application deployment strategy to containerized and using a CI/CD strategy leveraging Jenkins and Openshift
- The strategy deployed in this team was eventually replicated across other engineering teams within NCR
DevOps Engineer
Careerbuilder LLC
11.2016 - 03.2018
- Responsible for deploying and maintaining AWS environments for different internal customers with varying requirements
- Responsible for integration of our Linux infrastructure into Active Directory and for converting an old system of limiting access to a new more secure system
- Responsible for ongoing administration, configuration, and maintenance of existing 1200+ server Linux infrastructure including DNS, SMTP mail, Database, Storage devices and Web servers across two physical Data Centers and deployments within AWS
- Responsible for maintaining and existing server infrastructure as well deploying and new servers in a hosted Rackspace environment for a company that was recently acquired
- Responsible for an initiative to evaluate CHEF to determine if it would meet our configuration management requirements and to see if supported teams would 'buy in' to use it for their ongoing needs
- Responsible for the configuration and deployment of new Linux servers in support of internal infrastructure expansion including but not limited to Apache Tomcat web servers, Apache web servers, Bind DNS servers, HaProxy, Apache Cassandra and ElasticSearch
- Work with application developers to identify and fix application bottlenecks and failures in a high volume, high availability, highly visible customer facing environment
- Provided support of period audit tasks for multiple internal and external auditing groups (SOX etc)
Linux Systems Administrator
HigherOne Inc.
10.2014 - 11.2016
- Rebuilt our physical public DNS servers as virtual servers and then replacing the old physical servers with the new servers with minimal disruption in service
- Part of the team responsible for the right sizing of our backup DataCenter
- This including analyzing the use of and decommissioning of multiple redundant hosts as well as recommissioning hosts that were previously decommissioned
- This included systems that were in active clusters as well as network appliances such as F5 LTMs
- Responsible for ongoing administration, configuration and maintenance of existing 300+ server Linux infrastructure including DNS, SMTP mail, Load balancers, Storage devices and Web servers across two Data Centers
- Responsible for the deployment of new Product Software builds when requested by Software Development and Product Marketing
- Responsible for managing ALL deployed linux servers in Puppet and adding new modules when necessary
- Responsible for onboarding new systems into Nagios for proactive monitoring and development of custom Nagios checks when needed
- Responsible for the configuration and deployment of new Linux servers in support of internal infrastructure expansion including but not limited to Apache and Tomcat web servers, Bind DNS servers and Load Balancers
- Work with application developers to identify and fix application bottlenecks and failures in a high volume, high availability, highly visible customer facing environment
- Provided 1st level hardware support for HP Server hardware
- Provided support of period audit tasks for multiple internal and external auditing groups (SOX, PCI etc)
USAN Inc.
- Responsible for integrating new customer hosted Linux environments with an existing Active Directory system to automate the administration of user accounts and to comply with security auditing requirements
- Vital part of the team responsible for supporting and testing deploying Linux servers into the Amazon Web Services Cloud environment
- This included deploying the AWS AMI’s, configuring AWS VPC’s and routing tables as well as configuring VPN access into the AWS environment
- I also developed a scripted tool that could monitor VPN tunnels between different AWS VPCs and automatically updating the routing table if any of the configured VPN tunnels were not available
- Responsible for ongoing administration, configuration and maintenance of existing 800+ server Linux infrastructure including DNS, SMTP mail, Load balancers, and Web servers
- Responsible for the configuration and deployment of new VMWare ESXi servers in support of internal infrastructure expansion
- Responsible for the configuration and deployment of new Linux servers in support of internal infrastructure expansion including but not limited to Apache and Tomcat web servers, Bind DNS servers, Load Balancers, Forward and Reverse proxies
Education
BS - Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA01.2002
Skills
- Cloud Infrastructure Design
- Deployment Expertise
- Container Orchestration
- Code-Driven Infrastructure Deployment
- Network & System Administration
- Effective Problem Solver
- Strong Learning Ability
- Strong Interpersonal Skills
- Skilled Communicator
- Flexible and adaptable
- Critical thinking
Timeline
Senior DevOps Engineer
Experian
08.2022 - Current
Senior DevOps Engineer
Bond Technologies
03.2021 - 08.2022
Senior DevOps Engineer
DigitalEnvoy
06.2018 - 03.2021
DevOps Engineer
NCR via TinRoof Software
03.2018 - 06.2018
DevOps Engineer
Careerbuilder LLC
11.2016 - 03.2018
Linux Systems Administrator
HigherOne Inc.
10.2014 - 11.2016
USAN Inc.
BS - Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
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