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Matthew Stone

Relevant Experience

Senior System Engineer, Getty Images
January 2016 – Present

      Architect new infrastructure, code conventions, standards and migration guidance for migrating from Puppet 3.x to Puppet 4.x.

      Provide training and demonstrations of new tools and technologies.

      Build and deploy Docker containers for distributed applications.

      Design automation strategies and puppet module development for Linux and Windows Server.

      Served as a product owner, technical lead and Python developer (Django, Flask, basic scripting) for a distributed application to streamline the deployment pipeline for applications and infrastructure (VMware/AWS provisioning, configuration management via Puppet, additional governance and metadata collection for registering with various company systems).

Senior Automation Engineer, T-Mobile (Contract)
August 2015 – January 2016

      Architecture, guidance and development for for large Puppet Enterprise environment.

      Migration of legacy applications into a modern build pipeline.

      Development of Puppet modules, PowerShell and Ruby reporting and provisioning scripts.

System Engineer IV, CDK Global
February 2014 – August 2015

      Served as a technical team lead for a growing orchestration and automation team. 

      Designed Puppet Enterprise architecture to manage a diverse set of customers and several thousand systems spanning multiple datacenters.

      Developed custom Puppet modules for Linux and Windows operating systems.

      Developed reporting and provisioning tools in PowerShell and Ruby.

      Created and provided training to onboard new customers and applications on to Puppet managed infrastructure.

Windows System Administrator, Costco Wholesale (Contract)
October 2013 – February 2014

      Developed custom Puppet modules to automate Windows Server 2003, 2008 and 2012.

      Technical Evangelist, aiding internally in adoption and deployment efforts for Puppet Enterprise.

Premier Support Engineer / Technical Writer, Microsoft (Contract)
February 2013 – October 2013

      Authored Office 365 Premier Support Workshops - in-depth technical labs for Microsoft Premier Partners, providing training for cloud and hybrid deployments of Office 365 and Exchange.

      Provided level 3 support for Microsoft Cloud Accelerate and Syndicated partners worldwide, troubleshooting Office 365, DNS, configuration and migrations.

Senior Network Consultant, Peters & Associates
January 2012 – January 2013

      Developed training course for deploying Apple hardware into enterprise environments.

      Migrated enterprise on-premesis Exchange deployments to Office 365.

      Collaborated with project managers to deliver MDM solutions to enterprise clients.

IT Manager, BolderImage Company
August 2006 – January 2012

      Managed a dedicated team of IT specialists, overseeing hosting and consulting services, creating proposals for consulting projects and providing 24x7x365 support for our customers.

      Collaborated with development teams to provision and support development and production web and mobile application environments running on both Linux and Windows platforms, connecting to Microsoft SQL and MySQL backends.

      Designed architecture and lead migration to new facility for managed services infrastructure.

Network Engineer, ANET Internet Solutions
November 2004 – August 2006

      Served as an escalation engineer for client running a variety of technologies on Linux and Windows Server, providing provisioning services, hands-on support, and hardware upgrades.

Systems Administrator, InterAccess Co.
December 1995 – May 2001

      System administration for a mixed Solaris, Linux and Windows service environment.

      Developed training materials and support documentation for internal and public use.

Certifications

Amazon Certified Developer – Associate, Amazon Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, Puppet Certified Professional 2015, Puppet Certified Professional 2014, MTA: Software Development Fundamentals, MCSA: Windows 7, MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Infrastructure, MCTS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Configuration, Apple Certified Technical Coordinator (ACTC), Apple Certified Associate – Mac Integration, Apple Mobility Competency, Comptia Network+