Demián G.

Working with development teams to automate app deployments in multiple software environments.

• Blue/green deployments and a little C#/Java coding.
• Implement security best practices to comply with recurring audits.
• Toolset includes: Chef, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Jira, Bamboo, Confluence, Automic UC4, CyberArk, Jenkins, AWS, Azure. Linux, Windows, and cloud environments.
• Outsourced by TradeHelm as DevOps Consultant.

Working remotely from Buenos Aires as DevOps Consultant for CME Group in Chicago, USA.

• Project lead on: On-Premises Exchange and SharePoint migration project to Office 365 services on Q1 2019. MS Teams implementation as a unified solution to replace the use of Skype and Slack (Q2 2019). Legacy Certificate Authority migration to Windows Server 2016 (Q3 2019).
• Participated as IT lead in core business projects: ELK stack deployment, CI/CD releases with Jenkins alongside DevOps team, Chef for configuration management, and SonarQube for code analysis in Azure.
• The key player in ongoing PCI-DSS, SOC, and HIPAA audits we have had starting back in 2013.
• Helped implement Change Management, Incident Management, and Help Desk ITIL processes using Workfront (previously AtTask) application.
• Mentor at Continuous Improvement program for IT Team (including DBA and Security teams) starting on Q1 2018: quarterly assessments, monthly training, and one-on-one meetings to improve cross-team delivery performance.
• Designed template assessments for the Talent Development team to evaluate candidates' technical skills, improving recruiting process quality and speed. Also created an on-boarding, one-hour training for new hires in 2014. ITIL and audit compliance from employees improved significantly since then.

SME for Exchange, SharePoint, Active Directory, TMG, SFTP, IIS, DNS, DHCP, PKI, and security.

Some achievements include:

• Deployed our company’s solution in Azure cloud through PowerShell (requisite to achieve Microsoft Gold Partner status).
• Migrated SharePoint server from 2010 to 2013 version using System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 Service Template. (IaaS)
• Migrated Exchange Server to a high-available & native 2010 organization.
• Deployed a secure and high-available FTP solution (SFTP & SSH) to interact with vendors and automated SSIS jobs.
• Participated in AWS cloud implementation project for AMC theaters (mobile app & push notifications infrastructure).

Member of Microsoft's CTS LATAM Communications Team (Outsourced by HP). Supported Exchange Server, Cloud Services (BPOS & Office 365), and Unified Communications (OCS & Lync Server).

• Customers were top Fortune 500 companies from LATAM. Handled critical situations (critics) with C-level involvement, root cause analysis, and advisory cases to address non-critical but yet complex business requirements.
• Part of Crit-Sit pilot team which allowed our entire Team to handle crisis cases from Feb 2011.
• Interviewed candidates technically as the senior member of the team.
• Acted as Tech Lead backup for the Team during TL absence or vacation.

Automated Operations Windows Team.

• I've followed ITIL processes to deploy, support, audit, automated patch process and decommission of customer servers (over 400 from customers such as GlaxoSmithKline, Palm and Nike).
• Performed Root Cause Analysis for high severity incidents.

Technologies: Windows Server, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, HP Server Automation, VMware vSphere & RSA Secure ID.

Member of the Microsoft's CTS Latam Platforms Team (Outsourced by Software del Plata S.A.).

The team supports Active Directory, Windows Server, ISA Server, Clustering, Performance, Networking, Terminal Services, Hyper-V.

• Customers were top Fortune 500 companies from Latam. Worked with urgent problems, root cause analysis for specific incidents, and advisory cases to address complex business needs.
• Acted as a backup engineer for Communications Team (Exchange, OCS).
• Contributed to the LATAM Team Blog at http://blogs.technet.com/latam/, submitted 2 posts about Exchange Server.

Managed multi-platform environments using the following technologies: MS Windows Server 2000/2003, Linux (Debian, Fedora), Exchange 2003, IIS 6, SQL Server 2000/2005, ISA Server 2004, Oracle 8i/9i, Team Foundation Server, SourceSafe, CVS, VMware Server.

I've successfully completed the following objectives and tasks:

• Migrated several core business physical servers to VMware Server.
• Deployed a centrally managed antivirus solution (ESET Nod32 corporate AV) after conducting research between different market offers.
• Accelerated development projects lifecycle by providing test environments and server resources to developers. Deployed VS Team Foundation Server portal through ISA Server to allow home access.
• Dealt with IT and ISP providers on behalf of the firm.
• Data-center management (telephony, networking, and server hardware maintenance).