Brian T. Klobas
9872 Greenriver Dr. • Cincinnati, Ohio 45231 • 850-449-8634 •
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Summary
Currently working as a Senior Engineer - Cloud / Devops, for RoundTower Technologies. I Served 4 years active duty in the United States Navy as an Information Systems Technician stationed at NCTAMS Lant. Experienced in; direct customer service, professional briefing and communication, and both project and personnel management. Skilled in AWS/Azure/Akamai/Neustar Cloud platforms. Currently working side jobs and projects in the cloud in my spare time to maintain technical proficiency.
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Professional Qualifications
●Amazon AWS Cloud Solutions Architect Professional
●Amazon AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional
●Amazon AWS Cloud Solutions Architect Associate
●Amazon AWS Developer Associate
●Amazon AWS Sysop Administrator
●Microsoft® Certified Solutions Expert: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure
●Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate: Cloud Platform
●CASP (CAS-002)
●Security+ (SY0-301)
●Active TS/SCI Clearance
●Technical Supervisor and Shift Lead
●4 Years Active Duty Navy Information Systems Technician E5
●Network Cloud and infrastructure design, implementation.
●Professional Briefing and Presentations to both upper management and clients.
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Career Highlights
●Proficient and responsible for building, installing, configuring, testing, operating, and securing of over 3500 active voice and data circuits (ex: VTC, T-1, Phones, IP, ADNS etc.) at the Naval Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic.
●Maintained a 98% uptime for communication connectivity for over 2,600 afloat and ashore units operating worldwide.
●Conducted 100’s of hours of job related training both OJT and informal to new sailors throughout the command resulting in an 80% boost to system qualifications and mission readiness command wide.
●Assisted with hybrid cloud integration for Enterprise level applications and infrastructure.
●Multiple Awards from the Military for performance.
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Professional Experience
Senior Engineer - Cloud / Devops - RoundTower Technologies 2017 to Present
Project Management
●Primary responsibilities include supporting post-sales activities as a subject matter expert to execute practice service offerings.
●Direct delivery ownership of assigned Cloud & DevOps consulting, designing, implementation, and support.
Client Interaction
●Define and create Statements of Work for customer engagements based on customer requirements and practice methodology.
●Drive the continuous improvements of our Practice Methodology and Service Offerings based on client experiences.
Architecture / Development
●Ability to perform consulting, architecture, implementation, support, and migration of Cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure, Google).
●Ability to perform consulting, architecture, implementation, support, and migration to DevOps toolsets (e.g. Automation, Configuration Management, Containers, CI/CD, Source Control).
●Ability to create custom automation integration using tools such as VMware vRealize Automation, Chef, Puppet, and Ansible.
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Network Engineer - Synchrony Financial 2015 to Present
Direct Support
●Experienced working with multiple teams and aspects to see the entire overview and smooth running of the Enterprise Network.
●Update documentation and visio diagrams to maintain an active topology of the network and application traffic flow.
●Conduct daily meetings with management to discuss progress on issues and future implementations.
●Work with vendor and client directly during troubleshooting and active outages to support and supply the best possible customer service, while actively restoring connections in a timely manner.
●Maintain a 1600+ device enterprise network consisting of AWS Endpoints, CDN’s, On premise Caches, Routers, Switches, Firewalls, Proxies, WAF’s.
Design and Implementation
●Assisted in the hybrid design and cloud integration from on-premise infrastructure into multiple cloud environments AWS, Akamai, Neustar, Private Cloud.
●Helped develop SSO / AD / LDAP Integration for the Enterprise Network into the AWS Cloud.
●Assisted in projects for maintaining and updating the network infrastructure, across 1600+ network devices.
●Skilled in design and infrastructure AWS, IDS, IPS, WAF, DNS, Network, Server.
●Experienced with Avaya VOIP and Phone infrastructure support, for 10,000+ users in multiple locations across the globe.
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IT E-5 - US Navy Active Duty 2010 to 2014
Operations
●4 Years of direct personnel management and supervision. Was Chief Watch Officer at NCTAMS Lant NOC over 19 Personnel.
●Proficient and responsible for building, installing, configuring, testing, operating, and securing of over 3500 active voice and data circuits (ex: VTC, T-1, Phones, IP, ADNS etc.) at the Naval Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic.
●Experienced with Disaster Recovery, Architecture and Design, and VOIP, Network, and Cloud troubleshooting.
●Maintained a 98% uptime for communication connectivity for over 2,600 afloat and ashore units operating worldwide.
●Responsible for network monitoring and analyst, maintenance, troubleshooting, and changes.
Communication Expertise
●Held information briefs with the chain of command, the site Technical Director as well as the command’s communications officer and captain, directly to inform them of any outages and status updates for down or degraded circuits in my work center under my care.
●Directly brief upper management and design changes and improvements to operations.
Supervision and Management
●Managed 19 Direct Personnel and 5 Indirect Personnel in multiple spaces, coordinating day to day operations, breaks, and training.
●Conducted 100’s of hours of job related training both OJT and informal to new sailors throughout the command resulting in an 80% boost to system qualifications and mission readiness command wide.
●Provided project and day to day management and task assignments for my team. Including Disaster Recovery Scenarios, and Outage restorations on the spot.
Security
●Provided physical and information security for classified spaces, documents, and equipment throughout the work center and building alike..
●Proficient in both handling and logging cryptography and sensitive classified information
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Technical Knowledge
•Experience with Juniper and Cisco, Routers, Firewalls, ASA’s, Switches, Nexus, Catalysts, Firepower, FEX's, Windows Xp-7-8-10, Server 2008 r2,2012 r2, Linux, Unix, Redhat, Ubuntu, VM-Ware, VSphere, Service Now, EM7, ENMS, Solarwinds, Avaya, Sun, Amazon AWS, Cloudfront, Opsworks, Cloudformation, RDS, S3, EC2, DynamoDB, Kinesis, Route 53, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, VPC, Direct Connect, VPN, Elastic Beanstalk, Json, HTML5, Riverbed, Splunk, Wireshark, HPNA, Microsoft Azure, Chef, Terraform, Python, CSS, Powershell. Akamai, Neustar, CDN, WAF, Frontend, Backend.
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Education/Training
2015 - Current, Ecourses and Training for Cloud and Enterprise Architecture
2015 - 2016 Syracuse University Professional IT Course
2015 - 2016 Kaplan University
2010 - 2014 United States Navy Information System Technician NEC 2790
2005 - 2009 Boise State University: 74 credit hours towards Bachelors in Computer Science