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Jennifer Black

@jenniferblack

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DevOps and SRE leader who automates secure infrastructure, builds reliability, and cuts costs with open source.

Zimbabwe

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a DevOps/SRE role where I can automate secure infrastructure, build reliability and monitoring, and lead cost-effective improvements—working closely with engineering on deployments, incident response, and long-term DR/BCP.

I’m a DevOps/SRE-focused technologist who’s built and secured production environments end-to-end—where reliability, security, and operability all matter. I’ve supported corporate IT and production systems, with a strong bias toward automation and practical outcomes.

I’ve led large infrastructure efforts including SSO rollout, enterprise compliance work (HIPAA, FINRA, SEC), and automation across heterogeneous environments. I’ve also driven cost-saving transformations by replacing expensive vendor/colocation dependencies with open source solutions and standardized deployment patterns.

From monitoring, on-call, and DR/BCP planning to networking, HA features, and database reliability (including MySQL NDB), I bring a systems mindset and a builder’s discipline. I’ve shipped improvements across Linux fleets, networking, security controls (RADIUS/LDAP/Kerberos/OTP 2FA), and incident response workflows.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Legacy DevOps

Digitalis Education

Jan 2025 - Jan 2026 (1 year)

Ran corporate IT and production operations and wrote code for a Linux appliance with an AV hardware focus.

DevOps Linux IT Operations

Sr. Systems Administrator

InvisAlign

Jan 2012 - Jan 2013 (1 year)

Secured infrastructure of acquired and unacquired companies for HIPAA compliance, rolled out Chef in a heterogeneous environment, and supported company-wide SSO.

HIPAA compliance Infrastructure Security Chef SSO

Vice President of Technical Operations

XpertFinancial

Jan 2009 - Jan 2012 (3 years)

Led technical operations across corporate IT and production, including compliance, data center setup, networking, security, and vendor/contract management.

Network Planning Juniper OSPF Zimbra OpenLDAP SSO Open Source Cost Reduction Imaging And Deployment VRRP Monitoring 17a 4 Archival Appliance MySQL Security NDB

DevOps Operations Engineer

Proofpoint Inc

Jan 2008 - Jan 2009 (1 year)

Managed RHEL/CentOS package distribution, automated deployments with Kickstart, configured monitoring, and supported incident response and on-call operations.

CentOS YUM Repositories Kickstarts Reverse Engineering Imaging Deployment Nagios ITIL Change Management Load Balancing DNS DRAC SMTP IMAP

Systems Administrator

A9 / Lab126

Jan 2005 - Jan 2007 (2 years)

Built and maintained corporate infrastructure and datacenter presence, including Wi-Fi deployment, backup management, monitoring, and LDAP-integrated wiki access controls.

RADIUS Backup Monitoring VoIP LDAP Wiki Rewriting

Data Center Hardware Tech

ServePath/Coloserve

Jan 2004 - Jan 2005 (1 year)

Built and migrated server and datacenter hardware for remote customers, maintained asset tracking, supported on-site customers, and performed hardware troubleshooting and recovery.

data recovery Cable Management hardware troubleshooting RMA

Junior Developer

CypressHR

Jan 1999 - Jan 2000 (1 year)

Developed a C++/MSVC library and database-backed location proximity search using zipcode/area code data, and supported/fixed bugs across other projects.

C++SQL Database Schema Design Visual Basic DLL Integration