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Zachary Bridges

DevOps Engineer
Dunedin, Florida
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linkedin.com/in/ztb
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zbridges.com
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zbridges@gmail.com
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8509800526
Intensely curious, self-driven developer with experience in web development and system administration with a focus on DevOps automation and Cloud migrations. Driven to implement and forge new best practices for existing and emerging technologies.
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Work Experience

Lastwall Networks

Staff Infrastructure Engineer
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Feb 2023 - Nov 2023
  • Design and implement highly secure platform for IAM workloads for US DoD clients

    Lead implementation and evidence collection for FEDRAMP (DISA IL-4) Audit

    Lead threat modeling sessions for brainstorming ways to increase security.

  • Use AWS CDK to describe and deploy Infrastructure as Code:

    Conduct code reviews for AWS CDK TypeScript code, considering style, maintainability, and security aspects of code changes

  • Implement security-focused tooling for a Defense in Depth strategy

    Tenable SC, Nessus, and Trend Micro DSM for endpoint and network scanning

    Acunetix, OWASP Zap, and Sonarqube for DAST and Application Security Scanning

  • Create and maintain a SIEM using Amazon Opensearch for log analysis and alerting

  • Implement a robust, redundant Palo Alto Next-Gen Firewall solution on AWS.

    Automate backup and restore of Palo Alto Firewall Configuration for fast Disaster Recovery.

RECUR

Sr. DevOps Engineer
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Apr 2022 - Dec 2022
  • Develop Continuous Integration and gated deployments using GitHub Actions workflows
  • Author several terraform modules, implementing industry standards and best practices with respect to security and uptime. Leverage CloudPosse patterns for increased maintainability
  • Maintain Database health and performance metrics by carrying out administration and security duties
  • Build and maintain intelligent cost analysis dashboards for anomaly detection

Connectwise

Devops Manager
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Jul 2019 - Apr 2022
  • Develop Continuous Integration & Deployment pipelines for various products
  • Implement and iterate on a AWS Cloud Management strategy to optimize for cost reduction
  • Track and respond to application performance with intelligent, self-healing actions for services with known failure states

PaySpan

Devops Engineer
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Oct 2017 - Jul 2019
  • Architect Infrastructure Development Life Cycle Guidelines and Best Practices
  • Track and respond to application performance
  • Implement tools for Configuration and Infrastructure Management
  • Write custom tooling to support IT Team

ImageAPI

Enterprise Application Administrator
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Apr 2016 - Sep 2017
  • Manage Continuous Integration solutions
  • Migrate from physical infrastructure to Amazon Web Services cloud platform
  • Develop tools to streamline customer interactions with support staff

Asysco Legacy Transformation

System Administrator
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Aug 2015 - Apr 2016
  • Maintain large virtualized architecture using Hyper-V
  • Redesign network topology with virtual and physical switching
  • Manage and deploy enterprise-class storage
  • Coordinate hybridization of infrastructure environment

Florida State University

Computer Technician
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May 2012 - Aug 2015
  • Troubleshoot hardware and software problems across various linux distributions and hardware manufacturers
  • Design, implement and maintain server infrastructure
  • Write and maintain custom administrative utilities

Education

Florida State University

BS Applied Mathematics
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2012 - 2015

Tallahassee Community College

AA Chemistry
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2011 - 2012

Skills

  • HTML
  • Programming
  • Data Analysis
  • Microsoft Office
  • C#
  • .Net Framework
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Research
  • C++
  • Javascript