George Passwater

Summary: Seasoned Cloud and Systems engineer with over 15+ years of hands-on experience in building, implementing and maintaining cutting-edge solutions. Proficient in AWS, Linux, CI/CD with Jenkins, Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and more. Skills: • • • • • • Systems Engineering/Administration Linux Scripting CI/CD with Jenkins DevOps Web Servers on Linux & Windows • • • • • • Amazon AWS Terraform Ansible Automation Git Infrastructure as Code (IaC) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Cloud and IT Consultant, January 2023 – Present IT and Cloud Consulting • • • • Use AWS cloud and DevOps tools/methodologies for web application development and deployment automation Develop scripts for Infrastructure as code and automation with terraform and ansible Use Git to control and organize code for web development projects Plan, develop, execute, and measure web servers and websites with dynamic and database backends for information and back office functionality Mark My Words Media, November 2020 – April 2022 Cloud and Systems Engineering • • • • • • • Oversaw and consistently improved upon all facets of cloud infrastructure on AWS Used AWS cloud platform to optimize deployments and storage of web application code and media files Developed scripts for Infrastructure as Code and automation with terraform and ansible Planned out, configured and maintained Linux servers, both in the cloud and bare metal Migrated web application code, databases, email and media files from legacy to new servers Planned out, implemented and maintained IT security such as ACLs, firewalls and other safeguards Ran updates, monitoring and patch management to cutdown on security and systemrelated issues and ensure all systems are up to date on a continuous basis Toptal, July 2015 – April 2020 SEO, Link Building and Outreach (Non-IT) • Research, craft and execute custom search criteria to obtain essential data for SEO Cloud and IT Consultant, April 2009 – July 2015 IT and Cloud Consulting • Worked with AWS cloud and DevOps tools/methodologies for web application development and deployment automation Spearheaded project to migrate bare-metal Linux infrastructure to cloud-based environment Analyzed, created, and maintained server infrastructures to house analytics for conversion tracking Managed git repositories for web application code Utilized tools such as terraform, ansible, git and others. Planned, developed, executed, and measured web servers and websites with dynamic and database backends for information and commerce. Developed configuration files for Infrastructure as code and automation with terraform and ansible • • • • • • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, August 2005 – July 2009 Senior Systems Engineer • • • • Planned, built, deployed and maintained web and application-based servers using multiple methodologies, for automation, financials, and ecommerce functionality. Was lead engineer for server infrastructure and all VMware Infrastructure infrastructures in place. Engineer on team for Microsoft Virtual Server environment as well using such tools as Virtual Machine Manager. Planned, built, maintained, tuned, backup and troubleshot any issues with virtual infrastructure. Was lead engineer for Storage Area Network environment comprising of EMC, Xiotech and SUN storage networks. Also engineer for all Brocade and McData fibre switches. Performed data migration out of previous Storage Area Networks into current EMC environment. Ran update, monitoring and patch management to ensure all systems were up to date on a continuous basis ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE City of Leesburg, Florida, January 2005 – July 2005 Web Administrator FashionRock, May 2002 – September 2004 Web Developer AT&T, December 2001 – March 2002 IT Consultant for 2002 Winter Olympic Games Dtomi, July 2001 – October 2001 Consultant G &G Advertising, February 2001 –May 2001 Consultant/Technical Director Wildcard Systems, April 2000-January 2001 Web Development SunGard HTE Inc., November 1997-April 2000 Webmaster EDUCATION: High School – Some College - Currently further studying other subjects including IT certifications