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Information Technology; System Design Systems Engineer DEVOPS @ Penguin Random House Managed App Dynamics - on premise bare metal environment - controllers, application agents machine agents.NewRelic Certified Professional; APM, Browser, Infrastructure, server, java, and php agent installation, management, and monitoring of Infrastructure and applications.Configured managed and maintained Gitlab - CI; application code repository, versioning, and continuous integration...

Information Technology; System Design Systems Engineer DEVOPS @ Penguin Random House Managed App Dynamics - on premise bare metal environment - controllers, application agents machine agents.NewRelic Certified Professional; APM, Browser, Infrastructure, server, java, and php agent installation, management, and monitoring of Infrastructure and applications.Configured managed and maintained Gitlab - CI; application code repository, versioning, and continuous integration and deployment “infrastructure as code”.Production Experience with Amazon Web Services, GIT versioning Continuous Integration Delivery, DOCKER Container Strategy, Rancher Container Management, Nexus Package Manager, Satis Composer Repository for third party build dependencies. Agile sprint workflow methodology experience. Jira, Slack, Kanban boards. Nginx virtual host configuration, supporting front-end web servers, node.js, JBoss EAP-6.3.0 middle tier and backend databases MySQL and data stores such as Netezza and Snowflake, as well as Php Wordpress, Laravel framework, Dynamic Load Testing, NeoLoad, JMeter.Specific Amazon Web Services Experience includes; Compute; EC2 Instances, Tagging, Events EC2 Container Service; cluster containers, service, task definitions json configuration. performance metrics, Clouldwatch - alarmsNetwork & Security; Multi-factor authentication (MFA) using DUO, Key Pair Management, Security Groups Security, Identity & Compliance; IAM; Users, Groups, Roles, User access keys Inspector.Management Tools; CloudWatch, CloudFormation, CloudTrail, Trusted AdvisorCommand Line tools; AWS CLI and ECS CLIElastic Block Storage (EBS), Volumes, Snapshots - imagesElastic Load Balancing (ELB), Health Check, SSLAuto Scaling; Launch Configurations, Auto Scaling GroupsStorage; S3, EFS Database; RDS, AroraNetworking & Content Delivery; VPC, CloudFront, Direct Connect 1745 Broadway New York, NY 10106Owner/Principal @ Be Digital, Inc. Drupal backend development DEVOPS LINUX web operations support. Centos 6 server configuration, Named hosts, Virtual host, error logging, Apache mod rewrite, proxy, Basic Auth, local host file, memcache, APC, CDN, Akamai edge servers, AW, S3, RDS, mysql, subversioning; SVN, GIT, deployment continuous integration Jenkins, Capistrano, JIRA, bash shell scripting, drush, drush make, profiles, crontab, linux command line (tail, scp, grep, ssh keygen) robot files. Drupal single sign on version 6 and 7 deployment, administration of users roles and permissions, site updates, content module configuration.Technical consulting, LAMP hosting and application development. • CMS Drupal: - hands on developer and content management systems project manager - multi site ownership since 2005• Proficiency of Drupal 6.15 - 6.22 + 7.26 for Internet and Intranets, single and multisite environments, with high availably and traffic demands, leveraging CDN, memcache.• Responsive web development desktop and mobile device – front end jQuery, javaScript HTML5 CSS and back end technology MySql, PHP Zend Framework.• Drupal command line installation / configuring via ssh (drush wget, FTP) LAMP environments; Linux RHEL i686, Apache 2, MySql 5, PhP 5 • Proficient System Admin - implementing terminal - console, bash secure shell access to Rackspace datacenter Linux RHEL servers to manage files - directories -permissions, cron scripts and monitoring resources.• Experience maintaining installations, upgrades, security patches, subversion SVN, GIT bash scripting Drush, Capistrano, managing alerts and log files.• Strong understanding of relational databases MySql structured query language data structures, data quality and cleansing strategies and experience analyzing large volumes of data.• Experience with Agile Software Development Methodologies.• Familiarity with AJAX techniques and modern JavaScript libraries. NYCIT Consultant @ A&E Television Drupal backend development DEVOPS LINUX web operations support. Centos 6 server configuration, Named hosts, Virtual host, error logging, Apache mod rewrite, proxy, Basic Auth, local host file, memcache, APC, CDN, Akamai edge servers, AW, S3, RDS, mysql, subversioning; SVN, GIT, deployment continuous integration Jenkins, Capistrano, JIRA, bash shell scripting, drush, drush make, profiles, crontab, linux command line (tail, scp, grep, ssh keygen) robot files. Drupal single sign on version 6 and 7 deployment, administration of users roles and permissions, site updates, content module configuration.Technical consulting, LAMP hosting and application development. • Proficiency of Drupal 6.15 - 6.22 + 7.26 for Internet and Intranets, single and multisite environments, with high availably and traffic demands, leveraging CDN, memcache.• Drupal command line installation / configuring via ssh (drush wget, FTP) LAMP environments; Linux RHEL i686, Apache 2, MySql 5, PhP 5 • Proficient System Admin - implementing terminal - console, bash secure shell access to Rackspace datacenter Linux RHEL servers to manage files - directories -permissions, cron scripts and monitoring resources.• Experience maintaining installations, upgrades, security patches, subversion SVN, GIT bash scripting Drush, Capistrano, managing alerts and log files.• Strong understanding of relational databases MySql structured query language data structures, data quality and cleansing strategies and experience analyzing large volumes of data.• Experience with Agile Software Development Methodologies. From June 2012 to April 2015 (2 years 11 months) Greater New York City AreaConsultant @ Gee Jam Studio Leveraged PHP and mysql technology by developing and deploying a functional prototype web based content management system (CMS), which demonstrated a dynamic document and interactive data charting system for Designmatters inc. - a leading consultancy in corporate marketing design and communications company. Established data storage, file back up and disaster recovery solutions for small businesses.Designed and developed a secure file upload and file sharing web application, reduced courier costs while increasing client approval efficiencies reducing time to market for Jon Baker, executive producer and CEO of Geejam Studios, multi-media production facility in the West Indies.Consulted and advised Creative Priority LLC, an interactive new media agency, with interactive flash game hosting solution for ING Direct financial.Configured, deployed and supported Macintosh xServe G5 / Fiber Channel xRaid (3 TB) with OS 10.4 Server.Provisioned, managed and deployed dedicated Linux hosting solutions for various small businesses. Provided database, e-mail messaging, web hosting, and site reporting services, dramatically improved e-mail reliability for a leading advertising agency.Received a provisional Patent Application 60/443,502 for a promotional item having integrated memory chip. The promotional item; created an opportunity for trusted web access, merging security with electronic stored value membership rewards with digital rights management of intellectual property and stored user managed billing and shipping information.Provided consultation to investment bankers and analysts, regarding digital rights management (DRM) solutions and technology within the entertainment industry for Gerson Lehrman.V2 MUSIC, $30 million record label with 300 employees From April 2011 to July 2011 (4 months) Global IT Director @ V2 MUSIC GROUP LIMITED Systems Integration • Business Unit Leadership • P&L Responsibility • IT ConsultingIT Executive with domestic/international success in fueling profit and productivity improvements while maximizing return on technology investments through operationally focused leadership.Set technology strategy and integrated solutions across 10 global sites for $30 million company.Saved $1+ million by consolidating international data centers and creating virtual private network.Improved productivity 25% in 1 year by spearheading network solutions for $30 million company.Led departmental restructuring, saving $972K by introducing IT outsourcing initiative.Saved $600K by leading $3 million system integration project to under-budget completion.Visionary leader adept at bridging organizational levels and delivering results.Restructured organization, slashing IT costs in half to $1 million annually.Created IT infrastructure that allowed company to integrate with zero increase in staff. From April 1998 to April 2002 (4 years 1 month) Information Technology Director @ V2 Records Inc. Recruited as a consultant (1099) in 1996 to set systems infrastructure across North America; designed architecture and deployed systems; in July 1998, promoted to IT Director worldwide. Managed $2 million budget and team of 16. Reduced frame relay costs by creating virtual private network. Led technology turnaround for London office. Recruited/trained new staff and established affiliate offices. Migrated data centers, increasing bandwidth/business continuity. Handpicked to re-engineer/lead Web initiatives. Restructured IT department; saved $972K by leading outsourcing initiative while improving service/support.Responsible for business systems technical documentation and training.Developed and deployed streaming media & download system, partnered with service providers.Created online sales reporting and forecasting system. Established in-house music streaming processes.Researched and proposed new technologies VoIP, and Citrix Meta Frame.POLYGRAM N.V., $5.5 billion record label, 1995 From January 1997 to July 1998 (1 year 7 months) Greater New York City AreaComputer Systems Specialist @ POLYGRAM Universal Recruited to set IT requirements, direct purchasing and managed technology implementation for Creative Services department. Trained staff and resolved technical questions system administration, configuring remote access implemented daily back up/monthly archiving procedures. From January 1995 to January 1996 (1 year 1 month) Greater New York City AreaDirector Of Operations @ EMR Directed staffing, training and scheduling. Created program to automate departmental tasks and track reports.Managed file servers across Mac and PC platforms. Integrated direct digital filmless printing technology.Lectured advertising industry leaders on "Digital Color Pre-Press and their Responsibility."TESTIMONIALSBrian Uckert is global IT Director at Richard Branson's record label, V2 Music Group. He is an authority on Virtual Private Networks, including remote access, firewall security, intranets (PHP, ASP, JSP), extranets (B2B) and Internet solutions. Experience includes Digital distribution of audio content Microsoft Windows Media Player in conjunction with digital rights management facilitating the use of business intelligence and data mining.; was Head of IT at V2 N America, based in New York, and thereafter when he was World-wide Head of IT, based in London.I worked closely with Brian, he was responsible initially for completely re-structuring, and then maintaining, V2's worldwide IT systems, including its Website and Intranet and its royalty and other business systems. From April 1994 to March 1995 (1 year) Staff Supervisor @ PDR/ROYAL INC Recruited to lead $3 million system integration project; delivered under budget, within scheduled completion. Managed daily operations. Prioritized workflow and directed quality assurance program. Hired/trained staff of 6 that remained in place for 6 years. Consulted with clients regarding job-planning efficiency. Integrated direct digital filmless printing technology. Ran fiber backbone to transfer large, high-resolution files. From January 1992 to January 1994 (2 years 1 month) Technician @ Stony Brook University Worked at the "Statesman" College newspaper as cameraman aided in the preparation of print production of the weekly edition.Gained valued experience in operation of publishing, advertising and deadlines. From October 1978 to January 1979 (4 months) Stony Brook University