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Timothy McPhaul

Elgin,SC

Summary

Certified AWS Cloud Engineer with over 10 years of experience in designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions using AWS Services and Kubernetes. Collaborative mindset and effective cross-functional team and client collaboration to achieve project goals and meet deadlines. Seeking to leverage AWS and EKS expertise to bring value to a forward-thinking company. DevOps engineer experienced in tackling complex challenges with innovative solutions. Background in automating workflows and maintaining high availability systems. Known for reliability, adaptability, and strong focus on team collaboration. Proficient in containerization, cloud services, and monitoring tools. Experienced DevOps professional with a strong background in implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and automation tools. Skilled in fostering team collaboration, adapting to changing needs, and ensuring reliability. Expertise in containerization, orchestration, and configuration management with a focus on continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior DevOps Engineer/Citi

Hitachi Vintara
12.2022 - 11.2024
  • Designed and managed highly available, secure EKS clusters on AWS, leveraging Terraform for IaC across multi-region deployments in AWS.
  • Built and optimized GitOps workflows using ArgoCD to automate application deployment to Kubernetes environments, ensuring faster, reliable, and secure deployments.
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines with security-focused stages using GitLab CI/CD and Jenkins, integrating security scanning tools to detect vulnerabilities in container images and infrastructure.
  • Integrated AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, and IAM Policies to monitor, detect, and remediate potential security threats across cloud environments.
  • Utilized AWS KMS for encryption and secure access management, and S3 for secure, durable storage of sensitive assets, aligning with compliance standards.
  • Applied Kubernetes security best practices, including Network Policies, RBAC, and OPA policies to enforce secure access controls and runtime security with Falco.

DevSecOPS Engineer/Department of Defense

BrainGu
04.2021 - 11.2022
  • Led security and compliance initiatives with NIST 800-53 controls, implementing AWS Security Hub and GuardDuty across environments to assess compliance status and track security threats.
  • Deployed Qualys for container and network security scanning, integrating alerts and remediation actions with CloudWatch and EventBridge for swift, automated responses to critical vulnerabilities.
  • Established a secure network topology on AWS using Direct Connect and Site-to-Site VPN for hybrid connectivity, adhering to organizational security standards and enforcing least privilege access.
  • Secured AWS and Kubernetes resources by managing IAM roles and policies, enforcing granular access controls for different environments and automating compliance audits with AWS Config.

AWS Solutions Architect/DevOps Engineer for State of North Carolina

InnoSoul
05.2019 - 03.2021


  • · Architected and implemented secure, high-availability cloud infrastructure across multi-AZ AWS environments for critical enterprise applications, ensuring optimal performance and scalability.
  • Managed infrastructure as code (IaC) with Terraform and CloudFormation, reducing provisioning time and minimizing human error through automation.
  • Established robust monitoring and logging using CloudWatch, CloudTrail,and AWS Config, enabling proactive alerting and visibility across infrastructure.
  • · Configured IAM policies and roles to establish least privilege access and implemented KMS for encryption of sensitive data at rest in S3, RDS, and DynamoDB.

DevOps/Senior Systems Engineer for Center of Medicaid and Medicare Services

Insight Global
01.2018 - 05.2019
  • Managed Solaris environments, implementing ZFS storage solutions for scalability and performance.
  • Managed Oracle Ops Center for centralized monitoring, provisioning, and firmware updates across Solaris SPARC and x86 servers.
  • Led Solaris administration initiatives, maintaining highly available systems and optimizing ZFS storage environments.
  • Designed and implemented Solaris Zones and Containers, improving application isolation and resource efficiency.
  • Spearheaded disaster recovery planning and ZFS replication strategies to ensure rapid failover and data integrity


Senior Systems Engineer for Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina

Trident Solutions
04.2015 - 01.2018
  • Demonstrated senior level technical infrastructure and architectural knowledge, playing a vital role in the design of development, staging, and production infrastructures running in 24x7 environments
  • Built virtualized data center using Oracle OpsCenter 12c to deploy LDOMS and Solaris Zones
  • Provided rapid solutions to correct issues with multiple operating systems (Solaris, AIX, RedHat) and application servers (Apache, IBM Websphere)
  • Provided support for Solaris and Linux servers across multiple data centers, ensuring consistent and secure operation.
  • Managed large scale Linux server environments which include deployment, administration, networking, performance monitoring and tuning, security hardening, trouble shooting and production operations
  • Managed multiple IBM Websphere Data Power devices for high availability, consistency, and control.
  • Deployed and optimized IBM DataPower appliances for secure XML processing, improving API gateway performance by 20%.

Education

No Degree - Computer And Information Sciences

Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, VA
01-2003

Skills

  • AWS (EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, Guard Duty, Inspector, Event Bridge, SNS, KMS, AWS Private Link, Direct Connect, Transit-Gateway)
  • AWS OpenSearch
  • AWS RDS
  • AWS Config
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • AWS SDK
  • Ansible
  • Jenkins
  • AWS Code Commit
  • GitLab
  • ArgoCD
  • FluxCD
  • Kustomize
  • VPC
  • Subnetting
  • Routing
  • Security Groups
  • NACLS
  • Site to Site VPN
  • Direct Connect
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • New Relic
  • ELK Stack

Certification

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator
  • Docker Certified Associate
  • Oracle Certified Professional Solaris 10
  • Comptia Security +
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator, 2020
  • Agile Certified, 2020
  • Docker Certified Associate, 2019
  • Oracle Certified Professional Solaris 10, 2011
  • Kubernetes Security Training, December, 2020
  • Hashi-Corp Terraform Training, August, 2020
  • Kubernetes Administrator Training, October, 2019
  • AWS Solution Architect Training, July, 2019
  • Redhat Satellite Training, May, 2019
  • Docker Training, January, 2018

Timeline

Senior DevOps Engineer/Citi

Hitachi Vintara
12.2022 - 11.2024

DevSecOPS Engineer/Department of Defense

BrainGu
04.2021 - 11.2022

AWS Solutions Architect/DevOps Engineer for State of North Carolina

InnoSoul
05.2019 - 03.2021

DevOps/Senior Systems Engineer for Center of Medicaid and Medicare Services

Insight Global
01.2018 - 05.2019

Senior Systems Engineer for Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina

Trident Solutions
04.2015 - 01.2018

No Degree - Computer And Information Sciences

Northern Virginia Community College

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