Kevin Degraaf

Senior Cloud Engineer

SMX

Feb 2023 - Current (3 years 9 months)

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Senior DevOps Engineer

Oct 2022 - Nov 2022 (2 months)

I performed DevOps/cloud engineering for a number of Blue Sentry's clients. This involved working with Jenkins, Kubernetes, Argo CD and client-proprietary internal software release systems.

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Senior Platform Engineer

Sep 2021 - Sep 2022 (1 year 1 month)

I performed DevOps/cloud engineering for a number of Petabloc's clients. This included writing and maintaining infrastructure code using Terraform, Terragrunt, Kubernetes, Argo CD, Python and shell; training and mentoring other engineers; writing comprehensive documentation; and performing general AWS/Linux/DevOps tasks as required. In my main assignment, I served as a hands-on team leader to uplift a major client's AWS infrastructure. We migrated a single AWS account with a large degree of manual management to a best-practice setup with an AWS Organization, Control Tower, Okta, revamped IAM/SSO roles, modernized EKS clusters, and an array of supporting cloud services, all managed with Terraform/Terragrunt and well-documented. I also delive

Sr. DevOps Engineer

Elavon

Aug 2019 - Sep 2021 (2 years 2 months)

On the AWS Long-Term Cloud Engineering team at Elavon (a subsidiary of U.S. Bank), I wrote and maintained infrastructure code in Terraform/Terragrunt, Ansible/Puppet, Packer, Python, shell, etc. and thoroughly documented it in Confluence. My main projects were fully-reproducible infrastructure-as-code deployments of the following: Prometheus and Grafana for cloud-native monitoring and alerting; an automated Squid proxy system (using API Gateway, DynamoDB, Lambda, S3 and EC2 ASG/LB); Jenkins/Packer configurations for CentOS 7 and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with CIS hardening; AWS Backup for protection of tagged resources; and Rundeck jobs for Terraform automation. (Note: contract-to-hire through Apex.) Show less

Sr. DevOps Engineer

Renew Financial

May 2017 - Jun 2019 (2 years 2 months)

I led the cloud architecture and infrastructure-as-code efforts of the Systems Engineering team. I strove to deliver a platform for our developers that was secure, robust, fault-tolerant and reproducible. I redesigned and simplified large portions of RF's AWS footprint, including the implementation of a Terraform-managed deployment of AWS Transit Gateway to replace a brittle mesh of BGP and OSPF. I migrated various services from on-premises VMware clusters into AWS as a part of our systems simplification efforts. I streamlined our DNS and DHCP management using Route 53 and open-source tools. I established our team's usage of Terraform to manage AWS cloud resources. I implemented a new deployment of Puppet (a Linux automation tool) using mod

Sr. DevOps Engineer

ZoomCare

Oct 2016 - Apr 2017 (7 months)

I led efforts to standardize and automate ZOOM+Care's CentOS infrastructure. I wrote policies, procedures, infrastructure-as-code tooling and documentation; worked on a build pipeline including Jenkins, Artifactory, and a private Docker registry; and deployed Puppet (a Linux automation tool) for configuration management, including development of roles, profiles, modules and lookup data for both greenfield and brownfield projects. I deployed Sensu for fully-automated host/service monitoring, developed an AWS systems architecture for ZOOM+Care's next-generation platform and performed general Linux/DevOps/cloud tasks as required. (Note: contract-to-hire through Evo.) Show less

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DevOps Engineer

Nov 2015 - Sep 2016 (11 months)

I was assigned full-time to Pinterest, where I served as the subject matter expert for Puppet (a Linux automation tool) on the Site Reliability Engineering team. I wrote a number of Puppet modules, and rewrote existing ones, using modern code-quality standards; assisted other engineering teams with Puppet module migration, usage and maintenance; trained engineers on Puppet (roles, profiles, components, Hiera, code standards, etc.); and performed general Linux/DevOps/cloud tasks as required. Show less

Automation Engineer

Insight Global

Aug 2015 - Oct 2015 (3 months)

I was assigned full-time to Wells Fargo, where I served as an engineer on the internal team that implemented and supported Puppet (a Linux automation tool). I contributed patches to Puppet modules and performed general Linux/DevOps/cloud tasks as required.

Product Development Engineer

Comcast

Nov 2014 - Aug 2015 (10 months)

I served as the subject-matter expert for Puppet (a Linux automation tool) for Comcast's Xfinity Home operations team. I built a load-balanced, version-controlled, Hiera/r10k-enabled Puppet environment; overhauled code standards and workflows, including testing and peer review; trained Linux engineers on Git and Puppet; and performed general Linux/DevOps/cloud tasks as required. (Note: contract-to-hire through TEKsystems.)

Sr. Linux Automation Engineer

Secure-24

Nov 2012 - Nov 2014 (2 years 1 month)

I wrote, maintained, reviewed and documented modules, manifests, Hiera configurations and Git repositories for Puppet Enterprise (a Linux automation tool) on RHEL and SLES platforms. I managed the infrastructure for configuration management and version control and trained and supported Linux engineers in the use of the company's Puppet infrastructure. I also performed Linux systems administration work and provided infrastructure support for SAP systems.

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Sr. Systems Administrator

InterClean Equipment

Jul 2006 - Nov 2012 (6 years 5 months)

I led a small department that performed systems administration, software development, field tech support and internal IT support for a small manufacturing company. I deployed and managed Linux and Windows servers and workstations supporting a wide breadth of internal and external services; implemented a wide-area Asterisk (VoIP) system; designed a service monitoring system; developed and deployed software; wrote and maintained IT policies and procedures; and managed helpdesk technicians.

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Systems Administrator & Support Engineer

Sep 2004 - Jul 2006 (1 year 11 months)

Working with a small team, I administered Linux and Windows servers; managed and supported office IT infrastructure at several branch locations; configured and maintained high-performance compute clusters for CFD applications; and supported external customers' use of the company's software products.

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Systems Administrator & Programmer

Solidus Design

Jun 2001 - Sep 2004 (3 years 4 months)

As a standalone systems administrator, I managed Linux servers on-premises and in colocation facilities; developed custom Web applications for clients; designed technical solutions for internal and external customers; and managed and supported the office IT infrastructure.

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