Jon Ernster
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Senior Big Data Solutions Architect at zData Inc.
Pinedale, Wyoming, United States
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- MPrincipal Platform EngineerMFour Data ResearchMar 2026 - Current (6 months)
- SFounderSquare Top Consulting LLCFeb 2026 - Current (7 months)
Senior Platform Solutions ArchitectAtos zDataFeb 2013 - Feb 2026 (13 years 1 month)Platform Solutions Consultant specializing in Kubernetes, Elastic, Kafka, Greenplum Database (MPP), Couchbase (NoSQL) and Hadoop (Hortonworks, Cloudera). Architecting, engineering, and supporting on-premise software only solutions, Data Computing Appliance (DCA), Cisco UCS, Bullion and public/private cloud deployed installations (AWS, GCP, Red Hat OpenStack). System/Cluster architecture and design, configuration and deployment, software upgrades, system health checks, performance tuning and optimization, system monitoring, automation, operational best practices and training, application integration and analysis, benchmarking, DDL conversion, data loading, growth assessment, day-to-day maintenance and support.- Senior System Operations EngineeriCrossingJul 2007 - Jan 2013 (5 years 7 months)• Managed a proprietary data collection and reporting application consisting of a 20 node cluster load balanced through two Coyote Point load balancers set up in a failover configuration. The cluster handled over 1 billion+ requests per month • Managed three environments of a proprietary bid management application which utilized LVS and Coyote Point load balancers in a fail over setup for redundancy. These applications were served up using tomcat, apache, and replicated MySQL installs on the backend in multi-master configurations • Created custom Nagios checks written in Perl. • Configured the Operating System of all new servers that were received. Created a Kick Start configuration file that could be executed over the network to perform th
- IT AdministratorUniversal Background ScreeningJan 2007Managed network for approximately 40 workstations running Windows XP. Managed Nortel BCM Phone System Managed network for approximately 15 servers running Windows Server 2003 including web servers, database servers running SQL Server 2000, one replicated MySQL server, domain controllers and one exchange server. Managed network switches and firewall. Imported new files into criminal databases weekly. Verified the functionality of file server and database backups. Set up accounts and configuration for new staff including network, email, phone and voicemail. Ordered and setup new servers and desktop computers as necessary. Provided desktop support for staff as needed. Managed IT related vendors and outsourced service providers Maintained serve
- CServer Administrator IICrystalTech Web Hosting IncJan 2004 - Jan 2007 (3 years 1 month)• Responsible for maintaining, configuring and administering over 400 servers of various types: • Web – IIS6, ASP, ASP.NET 1.1 and 2.0, PHP, Perl, Sharepoint, and ColdFusion MX • SQL – Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and 2005 • MySQL – CentOS Linux, MySQL 4.x • Mail/Gateway – SmarterMail 3.x • Statistics – SmarterStats 3.x • DNS – 6 Microsoft DNS Servers, 2 Active Directory Domain Controllers and 4 BIND servers • Handled interdepartmental communication via email and ticket systems • Supervised and trained Level I Server Administrators • Daily responsibilities included: delegate task based work to Level I Server Administrators. Provided instruction regarding departmental procedures and daily duties to Level I Server Administrators • Handled escala
- DNetwork Operations TechnicianDMX MusicJan 2001 - Jan 2004 (3 years 1 month)• Responsible for the stability and playback of over 200 digital audio channels, digitally broadcast over satellites worldwide • Monitored and ensured the quality and consistency of the broadcast on all services. This included providing support and troubleshooting with the assistance of the Engineering Department • Worked in direct coordination with all Technology and Programming Departments on various projects and responsibilities to maintain a positive and productive work environment • Ensured that a quality broadcast signal left the Network Operations Center • Provided immediate and proactive solutions to operational issues that could potentially compromise service • General uplink duties (Phone calls, authorizations, email requests, bac
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- bachelor, Bachelor of Science, Information Systems SecurityWestwood College - Denver NorthJan 2001 - Jan 2004 (3 years 1 month)
- RRock Springs High SchoolRock Springs high schoolJan 1998 - Jan 2001 (3 years 1 month)