Bennett A. Novak
bennett.alder.novak@gmail.com
github.com/bobross419
- Oversaw the selection and implementation of ISO27001:2022 for the entire organization.
- Deployed and administered Ansible Automation Mesh to manage resources on customer restricted networks.
- Developed a Python based dynamic inventory for Ansible using a proprietary REST backend.
- Automated code and document gathering procedures for code escrow initiatives.
- Designed and implemented automation to create cloud VMs for end users to view robot playback logs.
- Established a heightened security posture for corporate IT, Google Cloud, and IoT fleet deployments.
- Implemented reduced trust IAM roles to facilitate access management.
- Reduced manufacturing workflow delays and incident MTTR up to 48 hours by creating Jira workflow automation.
- Created procedures improving employee onboarding and offboarding times from a week to a single day.
- Conducted cost and security audits of cloud and physical resources.
- Performed backlog grooming and team sprint planning sessions while engaging with leadership teams to align on company objectives.
- Led a cross discipline team to build a new configuration management tool resulting in an increased success rate and reduced deployment times from 1 hour to 3 minutes.
- Accelerated the fastest global network rollout by reducing PoP provisioning time from an average of 6 weeks to 4 hours.
- Established and maintained best practices for ansible across the company.
- Functioned as lead engineer for self hosted Ansible Tower (AWX).
- Managed CICD release processes for software and system upgrades.
- Administered Linux packaging pipelines and repositories.
- Created quality of life pipelines for engineering staff to self service access control.
- Assisted with the development and implementation of operational maturity strategies.
- Assisted application development teams with migration to Kubernetes/Openshift.
- Provided best practice guidance to the operations organization on supporting Openshift workloads.
- Managed three Openshift clusters spanning 600 developers across 300 internal projects.
- Developed a configuration as code pipeline for Openshift admin configurations.
- Accelerated the version release pipeline from 2 months for one upgrade to 4 upgrades in a month.
- Automated Openshift node deployment and testing leveraging ansible and terraform on VMWare.
- Worked with an interdepartmental team driving cultural change among technical staff.
- Spoke at an internal conference on 12 Factor methodologies.
- Received inter-org award for collaboration with development teams.
- Mentored junior engineers within the ops organization.
- Functioned as lead engineer overseeing two mesos-marathon clusters.
- Served as lead engineer overseeing multiple python based internal application stacks.
- Developed ansible playbooks for configuration management and maintenance orchestration.
- Collaborated with development teams to architect infrastructure spanning on premise vCloud and AWS.
- Automated alert resolution with Jenkins pipelines to reduce MTTR for impacting events.
- Supported clients using modern technologies and methodologies.
- Managed multiple client environments leveraging Chef or AWS for configuration management and autoscaling.
- Utilized Rackspace and AWS APIs to manage client environments.
- Implemented rspec unit testing and CI/CD processes for Chef cookbooks.
- Expanded the existing maintenance framework to provide repeatable processes for common tasks.
- Trained junior admins in various aspects of systems administration.
- Worked with customers to architect robust hybrid environments.
- Developed solutions for monitoring Linux/*nix systems including the creation of additional OIDs and custom scripts.
- Developed SQL queries to generate reports.
- Configured Solarwinds Network and Application Monitors to provide a more streamlined monitoring environment for 70+ clients.
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) - LF-39ht3w4m2e (Jul 2020)
- Solutions Architect - AWS-ASA-8175 (Jul 2015)
- Sysop – AWS-ASOA-2447 (Dec 2015)
- Developer – AWS-ASOA-2447 (Dec 2015)
- RHCSA (Jan 2013)
- RHCE (Feb 2013)