KRIS GAISFORD
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
that loves Cloud and Code
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Linux
My first experience with Linux was Ubuntu 14, I installed it on a computer for the sole fact that I could set up a internet tunnel through my first Gen iPod touch over USB. If I had only knew at that time that people made a career out of Linux! From the time I started working in Enterprise IT, I focused on learning and improving my Linux Skill-set.
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AWS Solutions Architect - Associate
AWS (Amazon Web Services)
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate is intended for anyone with one or more years of hands-on experience designing available, cost-efficient, fault-tolerant, and scalable distributed systems on AWS.
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System Administrator (Linux) / DevOps
July 2019 - Present
  • Maintained and setup Cloud/Servers that meet PCI, HIPAA, SOC 2, Hitrust, and NIST Compliance controls. Assisted in Weekly and Monthly Audits and Testing to verify compliance.
  • Used Docker to migrate some of our on-prem infrastructure as Docker so we could move it to the Cloud. This included building everything in Terraform, handling deployments through GitLab Pipelines, and deploying to AWS services such as but not limited to ECS, ELB, Route53, RDS, Lambda, and CloudWatch.
  • Implemented several different Linux Automation tools from Puppet, Puppet / Foreman, and Ansible with AWX. This included building out all the User Management, Playbooks to automate our controls, and Patch Schedules. Everything was deployable through AWX so that the SysOps team could easily monitor and manage it.
  • Took on Call Shifts where I was responsible for roughly 170 Hosts (Cloud, Servers, Applications, Switches) and nearly 500 services across our environment. Our monitoring was handled using Splunk and Nagios. We are a small team and work closely to cross-train each other frequently, so while on call we could support those services.
  • I was tasked with bringing Jamf Administration in to Administrator our MacOS computers. This required building out Packages through Jamf Composer, Writing Scripts, Configuring Policies, Automating Out of Box Setups and implementing Google Santa to bring Application Blacklisting to Apple Computers.
  • Using Python, I built out an internal Job Server that would take a daily CSV export from ADP and would use that data to create CSVs and Push them to other employees tools such as Motivosity, GrubHub, Bridge as well as compare ADP to our Active Directory environment, this then would alert us if things went out-of-sync. This system also ran against the 'Have I been Pwnd' database to see if any employees were any recent breaches.
  • Created a Visitor Check-in/Check out using Microsoft PowerApps, as well as coded out an internal Temp Badge Check-Out solution in React, Python, and Postgres that would do reporting and work with API's to generate HelpDesk tickets.
HelpDesk Technician
September 2017 - July 2019
  • Was the front-line of support for 200-300 End Users. This included working HelpDesk Tickets, remote and in person support, troubleshooting, and replacing hardware.
  • I was responsible for onboarding and terminating employees as they joined or left the company. This included Computer, and Desk setups, Active Directory, Phone Systems, as well as various online accounts depending on their role.
  • I led the project of moving the company from Windows 7 to Windows 10 computers. This was handled through building images I prepared, sysprep'd, and deployed using Windows Deployment Toolkit (WDT).
  • I worked with my team to move our On Prem Microsoft services to Office 365, and Azure AD. Which allowed me to personally implement Microsoft InTune, which included Microsoft Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Conditional Access Policies as well as building out training to help users get setup.
  • Trained my replacement for this role as I transitioned to the System Administrator Role.
Kris Gaisford 2022