Open to opportunities

Simon Varlow

@simonvarlow

Innovative and adaptable IT professional, seeking either a DevOps or SRE role.

Innovative and adaptable IT professional with a decade of experience, seeking to move from being a system engineer to either a DevOps or SRE role. Eager to leverage my skills in server administration, troubleshooting, programming, and automation to the success of the goals of the team.

Working on expanding my knowledge of docker and kubernetes within my homelab.

Experience

Current

Network Systems Engineer

Current

Cisco

Oct 2018 - Present (5 years 8 months)

Created ansible playbooks for automation of infrastructure and systems deployments. Created terraform scripts for automation of infrastructure and systems deployments. Built up a new AWS environment for a secondary Data Center using Terraform. Worked with Office 365 (along with assisting with the migration from on premise). Setup a currently idle Kubernetes cluster in preparation of future use.

Terraform Ansible Linux SQL AWS

SaaS Solutions Administrator

D2L

Mar 2015 - Oct 2018 (3 years 7 months)

Setup and configure D2L instances and organizations for clients. Deploy new versions of D2L software (patches and upgrades) to client sites. Identify improvements to the installation process and documentation. Continuous Updates to Deployment Documentation as processes improve and change. Create and modify scripts to create efficient solutions. Review scripts for accuracy and functionality.

AWS SQL Automation Scripting CI CD