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Zackary Brewer

Zackary Brewer

Network Automation Engineer

Madison, Wisconsin, US
English, Spanish

Background


About

About

Highly skilled and motivated Infrastructure Automation Engineer with a strong background in network engineering. Leveraging 5 years of experience in developing infrastructure automation solutions for network devices using Ansible and Python. Possessing a Cisco CCNA certification and Cisco DevNet Associate certification. Committed to streamlining operations, improving efficiency, and optimizing network performance through automation. Proven track record in successfully implementing automation projects and driving impactful results. Seeking a challenging role to contribute technical expertise and drive innovation in infrastructure automation.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Network Development Lead, Epic Systems, Inc., Hosting

    Feb, 2019 - Present

    Led network automation effort by creating and presenting onboarding curricula to educate team members on automation methods and tools.

    • Worked with other Development Leads across the organization to set and enforce best practices around review, testing, language standards, version control, and project management.

    • Researched, designed, and developed an automation framework for managing complex infrastructure using Ansible, Go, Python, and other assorted tools.

    • Developed Gitlab CI/CD pipelines for automation tools and related code.

    • Integrated in-house automation tools with vendor tools such as Infoblox, ServiceNow, and PRTG.

    • Administered virtualized and containerized systems and infrastructure.

  • Infrastructure Engineer, Epic Systems, Inc., Hosting

    Feb, 2018 - Present

    Supported multi-tenant, enterprise, data center, and WAN networks.

    • Designed, implemented, and supported network solutions in a multi-tenant private cloud.

    • Supported multiple customer environments including standard and unique LAN, WAN, and Firewall solutions.

    • Responded to critical issues during business hours and on-call.

    • Defined processes and wrote documentation for issue response, configuration, design, and training.

    • Physically deployed hardware in data centers and at customer locations.

  • Network Technician, SupraNet Communications, Inc

    Jan, 2016 - Feb, 20182 years 1 month

    Configured and troubleshot Cisco, Juniper, Mikrotik, etc. routers, switches, and firewalls, to maintain ISP core systems, customer Internet service, and as consulting projects for small-business networks.

  • Internet Support Technician, SupraNet Communications, Inc.

    Nov, 2014 - Jan, 20161 year 2 months

    • Unix Systems Administration for shared email and web hosting.

    • Windows Active Directory desktop support and systems administration.

    • Tier 1 NOC support for business Internet service and transport.

  • Technical Support/Project Manager, California Parking Company

    Oct, 2008 - Dec, 20135 years 2 months

    • Oversaw various projects, including the development of a new website.

    • Researched, acquired, and installed equipment, software, and services.

    • Managed sensitive, confidential, and proprietary information.

    • Diagnosed and corrected problems with software and hardware.

    • Improved user efficiency and data security through education and innovation.

    • Communicated with clients, vendors, business partners, and employees.

Skills

Skills

  • Network Engineering

    BGP

    OSPF

    IS-IS

    Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)

    VRF

    VXLAN

    IPv6

    IOS-XE

    IOS-XR

    JunOS

    NXOS/Nexus

  • Site Reliability Engineering

    Kubernetes

    Helm

    Flux

    Docker

    Splunk

    ELK (Elasticsearch)

    PRTG

    DNS

    PostgreSQL

    High Availability

    Disaster Recovery

    Scalability

    Capacity Planning

    Performance Tuning

    DevOps

  • Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

    GitLab Auto DevOps

    Pipelines

    Building

    Packaging

    Deployment

    Unit Testing

    Integration Testing

    Test Driven Development

  • Infrastructure Automation

    Ansible

    Puppet

    Terraform

    Facts

    Inventories

  • Ansible Tower (AAP/AWX)

    Execution Environments

    Kubernetes (OpenShift)

    Operator

    AWXKit

    Collections

  • Software Development

    Python

    Go (Golang)

    Shell (Bash) Scripting

    PowerShell

  • Systems Administration

    Linux

    Debian

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux

    Patching

  • Network Security

    Microsegmentation

    Next Generation Firewall

    Encryption

    Certificates

    Packet Inspection

  • Technical Support

    RCA

    OSI Model

    Communication

    Troubleshooting

    Triage

    On-call

  • Communication

    Written

    Verbal

    Customer Facing

    Team Leadership

    Mentoring

    Efficient Documentation

  • Project Management

    Epic

    Iteration

    Milestone

    Sprint

    Issue Board (Kanban)

    Application Design

    Scrum

    Agile

Education

Education

  • Network Specialist, Associates of Science, Madison Area Technical College

    - Jun, 2016

  • Psychology, BA, Humboldt State University

    Dec, 2002 - Dec, 2007

Volunteer Work

Volunteer Work

  • Secretary, Eken Park Neighborhood Association (now North Street Neighborhood Ass.)

    Jan, 2020 - Dec, 2022

Interests

Interests

  • Photography

  • Zymurgy