Alexander Kagno

Automation Specialist

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About Me

I am a passionate and driven digital native seeking a full-time position to utilize an acumen for leveraging automation to increase security and reliability of on-premise and cloud infrastructure. As a skilled and dedicated technology generalist, I am committed to designing high-quality automation solutions that exceed stakeholder expectations.

Skills & Expertise

Proficient

AWS, Terraform, Ansible, Bash, GitLab, Linux, CI/CD, Troubleshooting, Documentation

Comfortable

Azure, Grafana, Observability, Docker, Powershell, Lua, Python, Regex, API integration, API management, Containers

Familiar

Kubernetes, Elastic, Logstash, Kibana, Golang

Professional Experience

Senior DevOps Engineer at Ent Credit Union

February 2024–November 2024
  • Managed Azure DevOps releases and pipelines to meet business requirements for new cloud infrastructure
  • Integrated Azure DevOps API into Azure Cloud to enable developer access to Azure resources.
  • Supported Cloudflare management through Azure DevOps and Terraform to allow new integrations with vendors
  • Automated build of Azure DevOps agents using Docker and Azure Container Instances to improve resiliency of application builds

Senior Site Reliability Engineer I at TurnCommerce

November 2022–January 2024

Site Reliability Engineer I March 2021–November 2022

  • Leveraged Terraform and AWS EC2, ECS, S3, RDS, and CloudFront to provide cloud architecture for on-premise migrations
  • Created new infrastructure pipelines in GitLab CI to migrate away from Jenkins
  • Configured Linux systems for InfluxDB logging to enable monitoring of server and application health
  • Queried InfluxDB and MariaDB to provide service and application health alerts through Pagerduty
  • Relied on Jenkins for older processes and modified them as needed to enable more robust on-premise Windows and Linux server management
  • Designed and implemented proof-of-concepts using Terraform to support cloud migration of .NET applications to EKS
  • Utilized Ansible for configuration management to support usage of Linux in on-premise and cloud infrastructure
  • Managed GitLab self-hosted installation to enable developer usage of new features and support robust backups of repositories outside of Git

Systems and Security Associate Engineer at LogRhythm

December 2018–March 2021
  • Utilized AWS RDS, ECS, ALB, ACM, EC2, VPC, S3, Route53, and DynamoDB to enable sales department engagements
  • Leverage Terraform and Cloudformation to simplify AWS deployments of LogRhythm
  • Integrated log and metric data into and from LogRhythm to support sales engineers
  • Supported large scale LogRhythm events involving up to 400 deployments on AWS to enable RhythmWorld and Sales Kick Off

IT Consultant at GrahamGolden Technologies

March 2018–November 2018
  • Improved efficiency of new hardware deployments or configuration using Powershell to quickly address needs of clients
  • Configured and maintained Windows (Server 2003 to 10) environments to support clients and their needs
  • Configured, maintained, and administrated VMware ESXi to enable more complex client environments
  • Configured network hardware including firewalls, managed switches, and access points to provide network security for clients

Associate System Administrator at Extreme Engineering Solutions

June 2017–August 2017

Associate System Administrator January 2016–August 2016

  • Implemented LXD to enable system configuration development
  • Leveraged Python and Bash scripting to automate systems administration tasks
  • Managed Mediawiki server to provide documentation infrastructure to developers
  • Orchestrated Linux servers with Ansible to ensure compliance between environments

Assistant Student System Administrator at Michigan Technological University

August 2017–February 2018

Assistant Student System Administrator September 2013–January 2016

  • Facilitated closing of support tickets to enable students, professors, and researchers
  • Repackaged and automated deployment of Windows applications to provide updated Windows images to campus computers
  • Conducted triage and customized Linux, Windows, and MacOS machines to optimize performance and user experience.
  • Orchestrated large-scale lab machine deployments and imaging, enabling seamless access for students and instructors.

Bonus

Congrats! You’ve read to the bottom of my resume. While I have you here, I’d love to talk a bit about my life outside of work. I’m an avid disc golfer and I enjoy playing single player video games in between walks outside with my wife and daughter. She was born in July and she’s the light of my life. I also play the saxophone and compete in fighting game tournaments at my local arcade.