Japheth Cleaver

Linux systems engineering and cloud architecture administration on GCP and AWS-based public cloud DBaaS. Participated in initial design from pre-launch, through beta and into full public release of SkySQL during MariaDB IPO. Jenkins and Argo-focused CI/CD work in four-environment cycle. Site Reliability Engineering (US) in follow-the-sun and bridged response on escalated issues, including security

Linux systems engineering and PostgreSQL performance tuning for DNA sequencing and processing laboratory in mixed EL6/7 and Windows Server environments. DNS re-architecture; monitoring using PRTG, SolarWinds, and SumoLogic endpoints. RedHat Enterprise Linux OS version uplift (5/6 to 7), lifecycle and core IT monitoring functions for on-site deployments.

Lifecycle design for all AWS-hosted Linux clusters, including stateless redeployment and persistent OS stacks, and internal Linux operations and development servers. Salt stack integration with Amazon EC2 systems deployment. Kafka deployment for internal messaging bus with Kubernetes containers and Docker. Primary engineering responsibility for forward-deployed Linux servers of medical RTLS data t

Architect and developer on the core Xymon monitoring platform, providing a unified raw data stream for 100K+ CI objects in SaaS consumed by various downstream systems, including the Alerting, Business Intelligence, and Big Data platforms. Drove cross-operational team collaboration on a variety of maintenance and technical initiatives, bridging SRE, OpsEng, SysEng, and Platform Development orgs. Pl

VMware maintenance and deployment on Dell hardware. Forward-deployed Linux installs for on-site govt and financial data analysis clusters. Performance monitoring and metrics for CI build systems.

Product development and administration of managed services, dedicated Linux servers, and web hosting platforms in collocated datacenters. Extensive critical support and programming for managed Linux server customers. Deployment of clustered, HA Linux systems for internal and customer use. OSS development and patching, and deployment using RPM. Implemented custom billing and provisioning software.

Deployment and maintenance of Linux systems and app software in multiple clusters across eight data centers totaling approximately 4000 mostly Dell PowerEdge hosts. Took lead on several projects, including: host classification, Citrix Xen virtualization, third-party server hosting, integration of internal build clusters on RHEL-like platforms, and RedHat automated provisioning tech. Architectural

AppleScript automation for Mac deployment. Off-site training for Education Technology faculty members. Oversaw SCC Lab transition from ASIP to MacOS X Server. Windows NT and MacOS desktop support. Help desk operation support.

Provisioned and designed Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, and IIS servers. Provided direct support to collocation and advanced Linux/HA cluster customers. Planned and implemented new products and services at medium-sized regional ISP. General internal website administration. Administered MySQL/MSSQL and NT4 and Win2K servers. Perl and shell scripting for monitoring system integration. Provisioning of DSL