<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="3.9.0">Jekyll</generator><link href="http://budcalabrese.github.io//feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="http://budcalabrese.github.io//" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2020-10-20T15:41:40+00:00</updated><id>http://budcalabrese.github.io//feed.xml</id><title type="html">Bud Calabrese</title><subtitle>Welcome to my Site</subtitle><entry><title type="html">Resume</title><link href="http://budcalabrese.github.io//resume/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Resume" /><published>2020-10-20T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-10-20T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://budcalabrese.github.io//resume</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://budcalabrese.github.io//resume/">&lt;p&gt;Bud Calabrese • (804) 882-4638 • Email: budcalabrese@gmail.com&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3 id=&quot;education&quot;&gt;EDUCATION:&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ECPI University&lt;br /&gt;
A.S. degree in Computer and Information Science&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h4 id=&quot;certifications&quot;&gt;Certifications:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;VCP-DCV 5.5, vSphere 6 Foundations, AWS Certified Solutions Architect&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h4 id=&quot;professional-experience&quot;&gt;PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;p&gt;US Bank &lt;br /&gt;
Cloud Engineer April 2020 – Present&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Provide deep software development knowledge with respect to cloud architecture, design patterns and programming&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Advise and implement AWS best practices&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Implement DevOps practices such as infrastructure as code, continuous integration and automated deployments&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Automated ECS deployments leveraging Terraform&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Leverage Terraform to deploy AWS resources&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Amazon Web Services&lt;br /&gt;
Associate Devops Consultant March 2019 – April 2020&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Help customers architect scalable, highly available application solutions that leverage AWS Services&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Architect and develop customer applications to be cloud optimized&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Work as a technical leader alongside customer business, development, and infrastructure teams&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Provide deep software development knowledge with respect to cloud architecture, design patterns and programming&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Advise and implement AWS best practices&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Implement DevOps practices such as infrastructure as code, continuous integration and automated deployments&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Automated ECS deployments leveraging Terraform&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Leverage Terraform to deploy AWS resources&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;vAuto                                                             &lt;br /&gt;
Cloud Engineer July 2018 – March 2019&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Work in a large environment to implement highly scalable and performance-based environments utilizing infrastructure as a code.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Worked on moving on-prem systems into aws&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Used infrastructure as a Code to spin up new and consistent machines leveraging TerraForm&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Deploy AWS EC2 instances using TerraForm&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Leverage GitHub for source control&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Leverage Bash and PowerShell to automate tasks&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Q2ebanking                                              &lt;br /&gt;
Cloud Engineer III November 2016 – July 2018&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Work in a large environment to implement highly scalable and performance-based environments utilizing infrastructure as a code.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Work in a cross-platform environment leveraging Window Server (2008/2012/2016) and Linux (CentOS 7) deployments&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Used infrastructure as a Code to spin up new and consistent machines leveraging TerraForm and Ansible&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Deploy VM's using TerraForm&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Build Docker hosts using Terraform and Ansible for deployments&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Write Ansible playbooks to automate deployments and configuration&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Build Powershell scripts to automate repeated tasks&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Build PowerCLI script used to cleanup and maintain VMware environment&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Used BitBucket &amp;amp; GitHub for source control&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Involved with maintaining and upgrading VMware 5.5 environment&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Provide tier 3 OS/Server troubleshooting help&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Provide mentoring and training to junior teams&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Arrowstream 
Senior System Engineer January 2015- November 2016&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Supported a cross-platform environment Window Server (2008/2012) &amp;amp; CentOS 7&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Provided server administration using vSphere 5.5 and 6&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Design and implement migration from vSphere environment 5.0 to 6.0&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Design and implement virtual machine backups using BackupExec 2015&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Troubleshoot VMware Esxi host performance issues&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Deploy and troubleshoot Cisco UCS chassis&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Install and configure UCS mini architecture&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Perform day to day activities with EMC VNX 5300 &amp;amp; 5400 arrays&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Design and implement Meraki access points&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Deployed SQL 14 2-node clusters moving from a physical to virtual environment&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Assisted in migration from SQL 2008 to SQL 2014&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Migrated legacy Server 2003 machines to Server 2012&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Assisted in Office 365 migration&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Provide Tier 3 troubleshooting support&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Create PowerShell scripts for repetitive tasks&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Build new SQL databases/instances for Development team using SQL 2008/2012 or MariaDB&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html">Bud Calabrese • (804) 882-4638 • Email: budcalabrese@gmail.com EDUCATION: ECPI University A.S. degree in Computer and Information Science Certifications: VCP-DCV 5.5, vSphere 6 Foundations, AWS Certified Solutions Architect PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE US Bank Cloud Engineer April 2020 – Present Provide deep software development knowledge with respect to cloud architecture, design patterns and programming Advise and implement AWS best practices Implement DevOps practices such as infrastructure as code, continuous integration and automated deployments Automated ECS deployments leveraging Terraform Leverage Terraform to deploy AWS resources Amazon Web Services Associate Devops Consultant March 2019 – April 2020 Help customers architect scalable, highly available application solutions that leverage AWS Services Architect and develop customer applications to be cloud optimized Work as a technical leader alongside customer business, development, and infrastructure teams Provide deep software development knowledge with respect to cloud architecture, design patterns and programming Advise and implement AWS best practices Implement DevOps practices such as infrastructure as code, continuous integration and automated deployments Automated ECS deployments leveraging Terraform Leverage Terraform to deploy AWS resources vAuto Cloud Engineer July 2018 – March 2019 Work in a large environment to implement highly scalable and performance-based environments utilizing infrastructure as a code. Worked on moving on-prem systems into aws Used infrastructure as a Code to spin up new and consistent machines leveraging TerraForm Deploy AWS EC2 instances using TerraForm Leverage GitHub for source control Leverage Bash and PowerShell to automate tasks Q2ebanking Cloud Engineer III November 2016 – July 2018 Work in a large environment to implement highly scalable and performance-based environments utilizing infrastructure as a code. Work in a cross-platform environment leveraging Window Server (2008/2012/2016) and Linux (CentOS 7) deployments Used infrastructure as a Code to spin up new and consistent machines leveraging TerraForm and Ansible Deploy VM's using TerraForm Build Docker hosts using Terraform and Ansible for deployments Write Ansible playbooks to automate deployments and configuration Build Powershell scripts to automate repeated tasks Build PowerCLI script used to cleanup and maintain VMware environment Used BitBucket &amp;amp; GitHub for source control Involved with maintaining and upgrading VMware 5.5 environment Provide tier 3 OS/Server troubleshooting help Provide mentoring and training to junior teams Arrowstream Senior System Engineer January 2015- November 2016 Supported a cross-platform environment Window Server (2008/2012) &amp;amp; CentOS 7 Provided server administration using vSphere 5.5 and 6 Design and implement migration from vSphere environment 5.0 to 6.0 Design and implement virtual machine backups using BackupExec 2015 Troubleshoot VMware Esxi host performance issues Deploy and troubleshoot Cisco UCS chassis Install and configure UCS mini architecture Perform day to day activities with EMC VNX 5300 &amp;amp; 5400 arrays Design and implement Meraki access points Deployed SQL 14 2-node clusters moving from a physical to virtual environment Assisted in migration from SQL 2008 to SQL 2014 Migrated legacy Server 2003 machines to Server 2012 Assisted in Office 365 migration Provide Tier 3 troubleshooting support Create PowerShell scripts for repetitive tasks Build new SQL databases/instances for Development team using SQL 2008/2012 or MariaDB</summary></entry></feed>