THERON PALMER
Poolville,TX
Summary
Senior Platform Engineer with a strong background in cloud migration and Linux administration. Led migration of 50% of on-premises servers to AWS and GCP, achieving zero downtime. Demonstrated project management capabilities and commitment to compliance, enhancing team performance through leadership and automation scripting.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Platform Engineer
Save Mart Supermarkets
07.2016 - Current
- Senior Systems Engineer managing large-scale Linux, cloud, and virtualization infrastructure: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to ensure efficient project delivery and team success
- Implement and maintain hybrid environment of 800+ Linux servers (SLES, RHEL, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu) and AIX systems
- Successfully migrated 50% of on-premises servers to AWS and GCP with zero downtime overseeing process creation
- Oversee VMware environment across 200+ locations and 4 data centers, including ESXi and vSphere management
- Lead daily team meetings and manage project sprints through Jira for efficient task tracking and delivery
- Develop automation scripts using bash, PowerShell, and Ansible for centralized system administration
- Manage virtual backup systems using Actifio and Storwize, ensuring data recovery readiness
- Maintain compliance with PCI DSS, HIPAA, and corporate security standards
- Create technical documentation and provide excellent customer support
- Collaborating projects between developers networking infosec platform and application teams.
- Managed datacenter consolidation hardware and software projects
- Lead role in NOC integration for infrastructure and platform team
- Worked closely with the collaboration team to migrate from outlook to Microsoft 365 and upgrade AD and DC's
- Managed linux redhat and rhel licensing and audits
- Vendor lifecycle, review, and management
- Worked with dba's mssql and oracle to cluster databases to reduce virtual machine footprint by 75%
- Overseen the implementation of nagios rubrik mimix Zabbix ODA jira ansible
- Lead engineer for 7 member technical team
Lead Systems Analyst
PAQ Inc.
08.2015 - 07.2016
- Management of concurrent project roll outs, with emphasis on accurate, timely and cost-effective implementation.
- Day-to-day control and management of database and system admin, networking with Cisco routers and switches in multiple LAN/WAN environments, TCP/IP, VPNs, VLans, Natting, SFTP, Firewalls, security and data center operation.
- Supervision of compliance, governance and protection of data for audit purposes.
- Implementation of Enterprise Technology Plan, methodologies and infrastructure requirements, together with management of IT resources and systems, including Windows servers(2003-2012), laptops, desktops, SANs, and virtualized systems achieving company goals for high availability.
- Direct responsibility for agreed service level provision to ensure cost effective and efficient IT service.
Education
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) - Information Technology/Data Communications System Technology
ITT Technical Institute-Lathrop
01.2007
Associate of Science (AS) - Information Technology/Computer Networking Systems
ITT Technical Institute-Lathrop
01.2005
Skills
- Cloud migration
- Linux administration
- Virtualization management
- Automation scripting
- Compliance management
- Project management
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Sr. Platform Engineer
Save Mart Supermarkets
07.2016 - Current
Lead Systems Analyst
PAQ Inc.
08.2015 - 07.2016
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) - Information Technology/Data Communications System Technology
ITT Technical Institute-Lathrop
Associate of Science (AS) - Information Technology/Computer Networking Systems
ITT Technical Institute-Lathrop
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