Wesley Blake

Wesley​ ​Blake Address: Street:​ ​Old​ ​Main​ ​Road Suburb:​ ​Bothas​ ​Hill City:​ ​Durban Country:​ ​South​ ​Africa Contact: Phone:​ ​- Email:​​-Skype:​ ​wesley.charles.blake Web​ ​Presence: About.me​: https://about.me/wesleyblake LinkedIn​: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleycharlesblake GitHub​: ​ ​https://github.com/WesleyCharlesBlake StackOverFlow​: http://stackoverflow.com/story/wesleycharlesblake Blog: https://blog.stratotechnology.com/ Education: Hillcrest​ ​High​ ​School Durban,​ ​KZN,​ ​South​ ​Africa Matric​ ​Certification ​ ​- ● Maths,​ ​Computer​ ​Science, English,​ ​Zulu,​ ​Geography, Business​ ​Economics Certifications: LPIC-1 Linux​ ​Professional​ ​Institute LPI​ ​ID:​ ​LPI- Verification​ ​code:​ ​556wvcqazc :​ ​https://cs.lpi.org/caf/Xamman/certification (use​ ​LPI​ ​ID​ ​and​ ​code​ ​above) August​ ​2015 CompTIA​ ​Linux+ Comptia Career​ ​ID:​ ​ ​COMP- Date​ ​obtained:​ ​August​ ​2015 SUMMARY​ ​(availability:​ ​immediate) Principal​ ​Cloud​ ​Architect​ ​|​ ​DevOps​ ​Engineer​ ​|​ ​Sysadmin​ ​|​ ​Linux​ ​and​ ​Open Source​ ​advocate.​ ​Detailed​ ​technical​ ​knowledge​ ​and​ ​hands-on​ ​experience​ ​of DevOps,​ ​Automation,​ ​Build​ ​Engineering​ ​and​ ​Configuration​ ​Management. Extensive​ ​experience​ ​in​ ​the​ ​design​ ​and​ ​implementation​ ​of​ ​fully​ ​automated Continuous​ ​Integration,​ ​Continuous​ ​Delivery,​ ​Continuous​ ​Deployment​ ​pipelines and​ ​DevOps​ ​processes​ ​and​ ​philosophies.​ ​Highly​ ​experienced​ ​in​ ​architecting resilient​ ​cloud​ ​infrastructure,​ ​and​ ​Serverless​ ​application​ ​architecture.​ ​Expert​ ​in compliance​ ​requirements​ ​and​ ​processes KEY​ ​SKILLS Automation​ ​/​ ​Build​ ​Tools​ ​/​ ​DevOps​ ​/​ ​SysAdmin ● Continuous​ ​Integration​ ​&​ ​Continuous​ ​Delivery​ ​-​ ​(Jenkins,​ ​Drone.io, Semaphore,​ ​CodeShip,​ ​CodeClimate,​ ​AWS​ ​CodePipeline,​ ​AWS​ ​Code Deploy,​ ​Circle​ ​CI,​ ​Buddy​ ​Works) ● Configuration​ ​Management​ ​(Ansible,​ ​SaltStack,​ ​Chef,​ ​Puppet) ● Infrastructure​ ​as​ ​Code​ ​(TerraForm,​ ​Packer,​ ​CloudFormation) ● Automation​ ​-​ ​(Fabric,​ ​Bash,​ ​Python) ● Network​ ​Operations​ ​-​ ​(Nagios,​ ​Munin,​ ​Sensu,​ ​NewRelic) ● DVCS​ ​-​ ​(GitHub,​ ​Bitbucket,​ ​GitLab) Big​ ​Data​ ​/​ ​Log​ ​aggregation ● Splunk ● ELK​ ​(Elasticsearch,​ ​Logstash,​ ​Kibana) ● Graylog Infrastructure ● Amazon​ ​Web​ ​Services ● Linode ● Google​ ​Cloud​ ​Platform ● Digital​ ​Ocean ● Heroku ● Micro​ ​Services ● High​ ​Availability​ ​/​ ​Immutable​ ​infrastructure ● Autoscaling ● API​ ​Gateways ● Automated​ ​provisioning ● Serverless​ ​Application​ ​Models​ ​(SAM) Container​ ​Technologies ● Docker​ ​-​ ​Swarm,​ ​Docker-Compose,​ ​Rancher​ ​OS.​ ​Mesos​ ​DCOS, Kubernetes Software​ ​:​ ​Languages​ ​/​ ​Frameworks ● Bash/Shell​ ​scripting ● Python​ ​:​ ​Django,​ ​Ruby​ ​on​ ​Rails,​ ​Flask ● PHP:​ ​Laravel,​ ​WordPress ● Javascript:​ ​Nodejs,​ ​React.js Management​ ​Skills ● Manage​ ​multiple​ ​teams ● Leadership​ ​and​ ​mentorship ● Business​ ​Judgement ● Business​ ​Awareness​ ​-​ ​Financial​ ​/​ ​Functional​ ​expertise​ ​/​ ​Corporate Governance ● Representational​ ​Qualities​ ​-​ ​personal​ ​projection​ ​/​ ​team​ ​building​ ​skills​ ​/ influencing​ ​skills​ ​and​ ​negotiating​ ​skills ● Problem​ ​Solving​ ​and​ ​Innovation EXPERIENCE SUSE​ ​CLA​ ​11 SUSE Certified​ ​Linux​ ​Administrator Certification​ ​ID:​ ​- Date​ ​obtained:​ ​September​ ​2015 SUSE​ ​11​ ​Tech​ ​Spec SUSE Certification​ ​ID:​ ​- Date​ ​obtained:​ ​September​ ​2015 Skills ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Ansible,​ ​Puppet,​ ​Chef,​ ​SaltStack, Fabric HIPAA,​ ​PII,​ ​PCI,​ ​SOC​ ​compliance Vagrant,​ ​TerraForm,​ ​Packer Docker,​ ​Docker​ ​Swarm, Mesos/DCOS,​ ​Kubernetes Microservice​ ​Architecture Serverless​ ​Architecture High​ ​Availability​ ​clustering New​ ​Relic,​ ​Data​ ​Dog,​ ​Sensu, Nagios,​ ​Munin Splunk,​ ​ELK​ ​(Elastic,​ ​Logstash Kibana) VCS:​ ​GIT AWS​ ​-​ ​VPC,​ ​ELB,​ ​EC2,​ ​RDS,​ ​S3, CloudFormation,​ ​Elastic​ ​BeanStalk, Code​ ​Deploy,​ ​Code​ ​Pipeline. API​ ​Gateway:​ ​Kong,​ ​AWS​ ​API gateway *Nix​ ​-​ ​Ubuntu,​ ​Debian,​ ​RHEL Pypi​ ​and​ ​virtual​ ​environments Python,​ ​bash​ ​scripting,​ ​Fabric Django,​ ​Flask,​ ​CakePHP,​ ​Laravel, Wordpress Webservices​ ​and​ ​APIs:​ ​SOAP, XMLRPC,​ ​RESTful,​ ​XML,​ ​JSON Jenkins​ ​:​ ​Swarm,​ ​AWS​ ​/​ ​Github integration,​ ​plugins,​ ​pipelines,​ ​DLS, ACL ​ ​CI/CD​ ​tooling​ ​(Jenkins,​ ​Drone, Semaphore,​ ​Codeship,​ ​CircleCI, Travis​ ​CI,​ ​Buddy​ ​Works,​ ​goCD, Spinnaker,​ ​Fabric8) Web​ ​servers​ ​-​ ​Nginx​ ​/​ ​Apache RDBMS​ ​-​ ​PostgreSQL,​ ​MySQL MTAs​ ​-​ ​Postfix,​ ​Dovecot Organisations​ ​/​ ​Groups Linux​ ​Professional​ ​Institute Durban​ ​DevOps​ ​Group​ ​:​ ​I​ ​frequently present​ ​at​ ​these​ ​meetups Rancher​ ​Meetup East​ ​Coast​ ​Homebrewers Association Role:​ ​Sr​ ​DevOps​ ​Architect Company:​ ​RealKey​ ​Inc-​ ​https://www.realkey.com​​ ​(Fintech​ ​Startup) San​ ​Francisco,​ ​CA,​ ​USA​ ​(remote,​ ​full-time)—​ ​April​ ​2017-​ ​Oct​ ​2017 (Company​ ​is​ ​closing​ ​down) Design​ ​and​ ​develop​ ​continuous​ ​integration​ ​and​ ​continuous​ ​deployment pipelines,​ ​integrating​ ​End​ ​to​ ​End​ ​testing​ ​and​ ​full​ ​security​ ​sweeps.​ ​Architected our​ ​highly​ ​available,​ ​Multi​ ​AZ​ ​aware​ ​Kubernetes​ ​environments​ ​on​ ​AWS, geographically​ ​separated​ ​hosting​ ​zones​ ​in​ ​AWS,​ ​with​ ​Active/Active​ ​and​ ​B/G canary​ ​deployments.​ ​Developed​ ​automation​ ​and​ ​deployment​ ​utilities.​ ​I​ ​also designed​ ​and​ ​deployed​ ​the​ ​organisation’s​ ​Serverless​ ​Infrastructure​ ​for​ ​our​ ​core product.​ ​I​ ​ensure​ ​that​ ​our​ ​infrastructure​ ​and​ ​processes​ ​are​ ​PCI​ ​and​ ​SOC compliant,​ ​with​ ​stringent​ ​control​ ​measures​ ​in​ ​place​ ​to​ ​ensure​ ​data​ ​security.​ ​I maintain​ ​monitoring​ ​and​ ​integrated​ ​monitoring​ ​methods​ ​into​ ​deployment processes​ ​to​ ​develop​ ​self-healing​ ​solutions,​ ​and​ ​bring​ ​infrastructure​ ​visibility​ ​to a​ ​globally​ ​distributed​ ​team,​ ​in​ ​a​ ​secure​ ​and​ ​sane​ ​manner. Accomplishments ● Full​ ​CI/CD,​ ​with​ ​automated​ ​unit,​ ​integration​ ​and​ ​load​ ​testing ● Deployed​ ​a​ ​full​ ​serverless​ ​infrastructure ● Deployed​ ​multiple​ ​Highly​ ​Available​ ​Kubernetes​ ​cluster​ ​environments​ ​to succeed​ ​the​ ​serverless​ ​architecture ● Full​ ​Network​ ​Operations​ ​and​ ​monitoring​ ​deployed​ ​providing​ ​a​ ​faster MTR​ ​for​ ​outages. ● Ensure​ ​Compliance​ ​for​ ​PCI/SOC Role:​ ​Principal​ ​Cloud​ ​Architect​ ​|​ ​Technical​ ​Director Company:​ ​Prop​ ​Data​ ​-​ ​https://www.propdata.net Durban,​ ​KZN,​ ​South​ ​Africa​ ​—​ ​Jul​ ​2016​ ​-​ ​April​ ​2017 Manage​ ​all​ ​aspects​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Technical​ ​Operations​ ​and​ ​Development​ ​teams: Software​ ​Engineering,​ ​Front​ ​End​ ​developers,​ ​Technical​ ​Support,​ ​API integrations​ ​and​ ​DevOps/NOC.​ ​Sole​ ​sysadmin,​ ​Cloud​ ​Architect,​ ​DevOps​ ​and NOC​ ​engineer.​ ​I​ ​design,​ ​deploy,​ ​monitor​ ​and​ ​maintain​ ​our​ ​entire​ ​infrastructure and​ ​all​ ​client​ ​websites/services.​ ​I​ ​have​ ​implemented​ ​tools​ ​such​ ​as​ ​New​ ​Relic, Splunk,​ ​Nagios/Munin​ ​and​ ​Slack​ ​to​ ​assist​ ​in​ ​response​ ​times​ ​to​ ​disaster situations​ ​and​ ​failures.​ ​I​ ​create​ ​automation​ ​tools​ ​and​ ​utilise​ ​tools​ ​such​ ​as Docker,​ ​Jenkins,​ ​Drone,​ ​Ansible,​ ​SaltStack,​ ​Puppet,​ ​Packer,​ ​TerraForm​ ​to create​ ​a​ ​Continuous​ ​Integration/Continuous​ ​Delivery​ ​pipeline. Accomplishments ● Migrated​ ​all​ ​private​ ​repos​ ​to​ ​Github​ ​(850+​ ​repositories) ● Designed​ ​and​ ​deployed​ ​our​ ​CI/CD​ ​pipeline​ ​from​ ​the​ ​ground​ ​up. Deployed​ ​Jenkins​ ​behind​ ​an​ ​ELB,​ ​with​ ​auto​ ​scaling​ ​Jenkins​ ​Swarm nodes/slaves​ ​during​ ​high​ ​utilisation.​ ​The​ ​Jenkins​ ​cluster​ ​process hundreds​ ​of​ ​thousands​ ​background​ ​tasks​ ​in​ ​conjunction​ ​with deployments,​ ​secured​ ​over​ ​HTTPS​ ​and​ ​integrated​ ​with​ ​GitHub. ● Pypi:​ ​Automated​ ​builds​ ​and​ ​deployments​ ​for​ ​our​ ​core​ ​library​ ​(python packaged).​ ​Deploys​ ​to​ ​a​ ​private​ ​pypi​ ​repo,​ ​backed​ ​by​ ​S3​ ​and​ ​secured over​ ​HTTPS) ● Fully​ ​automated​ ​infrastructure​ ​deployment​ ​using​ ​TerraForm/Packer. Builds​ ​out​ ​a​ ​new​ ​VPC,​ ​ELB,​ ​multiple​ ​EC2​ ​instances​ ​ready​ ​to​ ​handle production​ ​workloads ● API​ ​Gateway​ ​-​ ​deployed​ ​an​ ​API​ ​Gateway​ ​using​ ​CloudFormation. Deployed​ ​in​ ​its​ ​own​ ​VPC,​ ​in​ ​auto​ ​scaling​ ​groups,​ ​secured​ ​with​ ​HTTPS, and​ ​automated. ● HTTPS/SSL​ ​all​ ​websites/services​ ​using​ ​LetsEncrypt.​ ​350+​ ​services and​ ​websites​ ​were​ ​secured​ ​in​ ​the​ ​role​ ​out,​ ​in​ ​an​ ​initiative​ ​to​ ​secure​ ​all our​ ​clients​ ​websites.​ ​I​ ​saved​ ​on​ ​average​ ​$15K​ ​per​ ​annum​ ​just​ ​on​ ​SSL ● REFERENCES Will​ ​Hanson:​ ​CTO​ ​/​ ​ ​Co-Founder Email:​-Tel:​ ​(844)​ ​- Realkey,​ ​Inc Web:​ ​https://www.realkey.com Scott​ ​Allnatt:​ ​Managing​ ​Director Email:​-Tel:​ ​- Prop​ ​Data Web:​ ​https://www.propdata.net Christine​ ​Boorman:​ ​National​ ​Manager Email:​-Tel:​ ​- Dr​ ​Smash​ ​Software Web:​ ​http://www.drsmash.co.za ● ● certificate​ ​purchases​ ​by​ ​using​ ​LetsEncrypt​ ​certs. Used​ ​TerraForm/Ansible​ ​to​ ​create​ ​and​ ​deploy​ ​a​ ​fully​ ​automated,​ ​load balanced​ ​FTP​ ​cluster,​ ​serving​ ​static​ ​content​ ​behind​ ​Nginx,​ ​and secured​ ​through​ ​an​ ​AWS​ ​ELB​ ​Certificate,​ ​backed​ ​by​ ​Elastic​ ​File System​ ​(EFS) Docker:​ ​containerised​ ​all​ ​legacy​ ​applications​ ​(deprecated​ ​django versions​ ​and​ ​Wordpress​ ​blogs),​ ​deployed​ ​and​ ​orchestrated​ ​with Drone.io​ ​and​ ​Rancher.​ ​Formed​ ​the​ ​base​ ​for​ ​the​ ​current​ ​CI/CD​ ​pipeline. Currently Slack​ ​-​ ​migrated​ ​the​ ​entire​ ​company​ ​to​ ​Slack,​ ​setup​ ​multiple integrations​ ​with​ ​Slack:​ ​currently​ ​receive​ ​all​ ​NOC​ ​alerts​ ​in​ ​Slack,​ ​as well​ ​all​ ​Jenkins​ ​build​ ​failures.​ ​Can​ ​also​ ​retrieve​ ​full​ ​infrastructure metrics​ ​such​ ​as​ ​load​ ​stats​ ​as​ ​well​ ​reload​ ​any​ ​client​ ​website​ ​ ​in​ ​a​ ​Slack channel​ ​with​ ​Slack​ ​Slash​ ​commands. Role:​ ​Technical​ ​Manager​ ​/​ ​DevOps Company:​ ​Prop​ ​Data​ ​-​ ​https://www.propdata.net Durban,​ ​KZN,​ ​South​ ​Africa​ ​—Jul​ ​ ​2014​ ​-​ ​Jul​ ​2016 Manage​ ​the​ ​Software​ ​Engineering,​ ​Technical​ ​Support,​ ​API​ ​integrations​ ​and DevOps/NOC​ ​teams.​ ​I​ ​headed​ ​up​ ​and​ ​maintained​ ​our​ ​infrastructure​ ​which​ ​is deployed​ ​on​ ​the​ ​AWS,​ ​Linode​ ​and​ ​Digital​ ​Ocean.​ ​Sole​ ​sysadmin,​ ​cloud architect​ ​and​ ​NOC​ ​engineer.​ ​I​ ​monitor​ ​and​ ​maintain​ ​our​ ​entire​ ​hosting​ ​stack​ ​and all​ ​client​ ​websites.​ ​I​ ​have​ ​implemented​ ​tools​ ​such​ ​as​ ​New​ ​Relic,​ ​Splunk,​ ​Pager Duty​ ​to​ ​assist​ ​in​ ​response​ ​times​ ​to​ ​disaster​ ​situations​ ​and​ ​downtime.​ ​I​ ​create automation​ ​tools​ ​to​ ​help​ ​with​ ​Dev/Deployment,​ ​and​ ​utilise​ ​technology​ ​stacks such​ ​as​ ​Docker/Jenkins​ ​to​ ​create​ ​a​ ​Continuous​ ​Integration/Continuous​ ​Delivery pipeline. Accomplishments ● Cloud​ ​Hosting​ ​Migration​ ​-Migrated​ ​all​ ​legacy​ ​hosted​ ​projects​ ​to​ ​our AWS​ ​Cloud​ ​Cluster. ● Fabric​ ​Script​ ​to​ ​automate​ ​and​ ​archiving​ ​of​ ​projects​ ​and​ ​databases, pushed​ ​archives​ ​to​ ​Long​ ​term​ ​storage​ ​on​ ​AWS​ ​Glacier. ● Infrastructure​ ​Monitoring​ ​-​ ​ ​Upgraded​ ​the​ ​current​ ​infrastructure Monitoring​ ​to​ ​platform​ ​to​ ​New​ ​Relic.​ ​Set​ ​up​ ​all​ ​Production​ ​Servers​ ​to report​ ​data​ ​and​ ​metrics,​ ​and​ ​create​ ​a​ ​Performance​ ​Assurance​ ​policy​ ​to be​ ​implemented​ ​into​ ​our​ ​Development​ ​release​ ​cycles.​ ​Performing​ ​full analysis​ ​on​ ​code​ ​and​ ​monitoring​ ​platform​ ​health​ ​and​ ​performance before​ ​deploying​ ​code​ ​and​ ​features​ ​into​ ​production.​ ​The​ ​scope​ ​of​ ​this project​ ​is​ ​to​ ​maintain​ ​high​ ​performing​ ​code​ ​and​ ​development​ ​standards Role:​ ​Support​ ​Manager Company:​ ​Prop​ ​Data​ ​-​ ​https://www.propdata.net Durban,​ ​KZN,​ ​South​ ​Africa​ ​—​ ​Apr​ ​2013​ ​-​ ​Jul​ ​2014 Manage​ ​all​ ​functions​ ​relating​ ​to​ ​Technical​ ​Support.​ ​Ensuring​ ​that​ ​all​ ​web services​ ​and​ ​solutions,​ ​email​ ​and​ ​hosting​ ​are​ ​functioning​ ​and​ ​maintained. Providing​ ​Upper​ ​level​ ​support​ ​to​ ​our​ ​frontline​ ​help​ ​desk​ ​and​ ​providing​ ​training on​ ​our​ ​software​ ​solutions​ ​to​ ​clients. Creating​ ​an​ ​efficient​ ​and​ ​effective​ ​Help​ ​Desk​ ​and​ ​Support​ ​procedure​ ​and increasing​ ​client​ ​communication​ ​and​ ​effective​ ​turnaround​ ​times​ ​regarding​ ​all issues​ ​logged. Accomplishments ● Migrated​ ​ ​our​ ​Production​ ​Mail​ ​servers​ ​to​ ​a​ ​cloud​ ​environment. Upgraded​ ​the​ ​mail​ ​server​ ​environment,​ ​implemented​ ​load​ ​balancers and​ ​improved​ ​the​ ​production​ ​mail​ ​service​ ​by​ ​creating​ ​a​ ​scalable,​ ​fault tolerant​ ​ ​environment.​ ​Production​ ​Email​ ​hosting​ ​saw​ ​a​ ​reduced​ ​cost​ ​by 15%​ ​and​ ​increased​ ​uptime​ ​and​ ​operational​ ​ ​service​ ​by​ ​200%. ● Prop​ ​Data​ ​Help​ ​Desk​ ​Integration.​ ​I​ ​created​ ​our​ ​Zendesk​ ​Help​ ​Center and​ ​integrated​ ​this​ ​with​ ​JIRA,​ ​which​ ​will​ ​is​ ​used​ ​by​ ​the​ ​Project Management​ ​teams.​ ​I​ ​created​ ​an​ ​autonomous​ ​and​ ​efficient communication​ ​link​ ​between​ ​these​ ​sides​ ​of​ ​business,​ ​as​ ​so​ ​to​ ​better the​ ​clients​ ​turn​ ​around​ ​time​ ​with​ ​their​ ​issues​ ​and​ ​effective communication​ ​to​ ​adhere​ ​to​ ​SLA's​ ​and​ ​improve​ ​customer​ ​satisfaction. Customer​ ​satisfaction​ ​improved​ ​from​ ​a​ ​60%​ ​to​ ​98%​ ​of​ ​customers satisfied. Role:​ ​National​ ​Support​ ​&​ ​Training​ ​Manager Company:​ ​Dr​ ​Smash​ ​Software​ ​-​ ​https://drsmash.co.za Durban,​ ​KZN,​ ​South​ ​Africa​ ​—​ ​Sept​ ​2010​ ​-​ ​Nov​ ​2012 Managed​ ​all​ ​Support​ ​staff​ ​and​ ​and​ ​serviced​ ​the​ ​Support​ ​&​ ​Training requirements​ ​of​ ​all​ ​our​ ​clients​ ​nationwide.​ ​Set​ ​up​ ​new​ ​business​ ​ventures​ ​within the​ ​company.​ ​Set​ ​up​ ​online​ ​Support​ ​&​ ​Administration​ ​systems​ ​with​ ​proven increase​ ​in​ ​productivity.​ ​Trained​ ​all​ ​staff​ ​on​ ​inhouse​ ​products​ ​as​ ​well​ ​technical knowledge​ ​and​ ​training.​ ​Set​ ​up​ ​cloud​ ​servers/applications.​ ​Trained​ ​clients​ ​on​ ​all aspects​ ​of​ ​business​ ​&​ ​management​ ​to​ ​gain​ ​the​ ​most​ ​out​ ​of​ ​our​ ​software. Thorough​ ​knowledge​ ​of​ ​financial​ ​functions/payroll/debtors/creditors Accomplishments ● Created​ ​helpdesk​ ​and​ ​ticketing​ ​system ● Automated​ ​and​ ​streamlined​ ​the​ ​support​ ​department​ ​through​ ​new policies​ ​and​ ​procedures ● Created​ ​a​ ​new​ ​product​ ​for​ ​our​ ​clients​ ​through​ ​web​ ​design ● Moved​ ​all​ ​our​ ​services​ ​online:​ ​installation​ ​files​ ​etc ● Created​ ​a​ ​better​ ​remote​ ​support​ ​channel Awards​ ​ ​/​ ​Achievements Employee​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Year Company:​ ​Prop​ ​Data​ ​-​ ​https://www.propdata.net Year:​ ​Dec​ ​2014 Runner​ ​up​ ​Employee​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Year Company:​ ​Prop​ ​Data​ ​-​ ​https://www.propdata.net Year:​ ​Dec​ ​2013