Jonathan Buys

Staff DevOps Engineer

About Me

Over twenty years experience in the technology industry, I’m a seasoned technical leader with a strong track record in optimizing systems and guiding teams through complex challenges. Expert in cloud architecture, automation, and security. Expert in Linux, scripting, automation, and scaling web systems for security, high availability, and performance. Created automation system using AWS services. Developed two applications for macOS in Objective C. Strong leadership and mentoring experience. Give back to the local community by teaching Python at the local community college.

Experience

TargetSmart

Staff Engineer

2016 - present

https://targetsmart.com

A data-driven solutions company that empowers you to better understand, engage, and activate your key stakeholders in order to achieve your goals.

Leveraged AWS services to increase security and reliability of web systems. Built continuous integration system using CloudFormation, CodeDeploy, and Bitbucket Pipelines to test and deploy code in AWS. Converted all applications to Docker images running in ECS, leveraging build and test pipelines for automated deployments. Constantly monitored and enhanced security posture of organization.

Chirotouch

Systems Automation Engineer

2014 - 2016

https://chirotouch.com

The cloud standard in chiropractic software.

Rebuilt the QA, Staging, and Production environments with AWS CloudFormation and CodeDeploy services, the system can rebuild an environment from scratch in approximately fifteen to twenty minutes. Automated deployment system included monitoring of resources through AWS CloudWatch. Managed deployment and building of Docker containers for several Ruby on Rails and Java applications. Rearchitected cloud infrastructure for security and efficiency. Used Chef to automate legacy system maintenance.

CDS Global

Unix/Linux Systems Administrator

2007 - 2014

https://www.cds-global.com

CDS Global partners with you in managing offline and online consumer touchpoints from a holistic perspective with our unique retention processes.

Responsible for designing and maintaining the Linux and AIX high-availability infrastructure for several high demand e-commerce web sites. Worked with a team to build the virtual infrastructure comprised of thirty physical servers and over 160 virtual servers. Designed, installed and maintained the Puppet configuration management infrastructure for large scale automation. Designed, installed, and maintained the Nagios server and network monitoring system. Maintained the Linux postfix email server to support multiple virtual domains, providing outbound email to several applications and deliveries to thousands of individuals.

United States Navy

Unix/Linux Systems Administrator

1995 - 2006

https://www.navy.mil

The United States is a maritime nation, and the U.S. Navy protects America at sea.

Active duty in the Navy for eleven years, leaving the service with an honorable discharge as a first class petty officer, IT1(SW). Supervised and trained four teams of personnel (3-5 people per team) responsible for the operation and maintenance of satellite communication equipment of JMF St. Mawgan. Designed and managed the creation of a Network Operations Center that centralized all network security and information assurance functions in one area. Designed a unified network infrastructure to support five dispersed Internet cafes on the base.

Education

Iowa State University

Master of Science, Human Computer Interaction

2010 - 2012

University of Maryland University College

Bachelor of Science, Information Systems Management

2000 - 2008

Skills

Linux, Shell Scripting, Python, AWS, Puppet, Monitoring, Systems and Network Architecture, Systems Security, Clustering, Docker