Resume of Trenton Spoolstra

Trent H. Spoolstra
Rio Rancho, NM
tspoolst@gmail.com
720-593-6147
available for local and 100% remote jobs domestic and international.

CAREER SUMMARY
Senior IT DevOps Software Engineer with over 34 years experience designing networks, servers, and security systems in heterogeneous environments.

QUALIFICATIONS

Wrote my first Basic program at the age of 6 on a C128.
Created my first DOS boot management Batch file in 1987.
I enjoy binge learning about, investigating, and building automation tools.
I love automating repetitive tasks! (Check out my projects on GitHub https://github.com/tspoolst).
34+ years as an IT professional designing servers, networks, and control software.
30+ years firewall security management.
28+ years focusing on Linux/POSIX/Unix based systems.
19+ years managing network systems remotely from Chicago-IL to Aurora-IL, London, Moscow, Tokyo, Las Vegas, etc.
17+ years deploying OpenStack/AWS cloud server stacks using Custom tools, Webmin, Teamcity, Jenkins, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Vagrant, and Docker.
1+ years developing Android user interfaces using Android Studio with Flutter/Dart.
1+ years studying Japanese. 1年以上に日本語を勉強しています。
Advanced UNIX/POSIX knowledge - built and operated a custom LINUX disto based on "Linux From Scratch" for years.
Extensive experience in heterogeneous environments (mixing MS-Windows with multiple UNIX flavors using Samba/LDAP/PAM (i.e. Linux/Solaris/Aix).
Capable Project Management experience coordinating efforts between customers and internal stakeholders (marketing, sales, and customer service) using Scrum, Agile, and "eXtreme programming" techniques.

CERTIFICATIONS

CNE - Certified Novell Engineer
LA - Linux Advanced
CCNA - Certified Cisco Network Administrator
A+ - Certified
MCP - Microsoft Certified Professional

EXPERIENCE

Continuing Studies, Rio Rancho, NM

01/2023 - present

Studying and building projects with:
Unity, Godot, Android Studio, node.js, next.js, react, react-native, gdscript, c-sharp, javascript, typescript, groovy, lua

Building apps and web tools for simplifying the process of learning Japanese.
Video processing with ffmpeg, shotcut, Aegisub/Gnome Subtitles
Refining Docker containers for a standardized react development environment.
Project management and Git Repository replication into a locally running GitLab service.

Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA

08/2018 - 01/2023

Senior DevOps Systems Engineer
Task based programming, Network Engineering, Security compliance auditing, High-Availability system design, Interface development.

C-Sharp REST and SQL library code remediation.
Building CI/CD (continuously integration/delivery) high-availability Skytap/AWS/Google/Azure cloud server stacks with (custom tools written in Bash, Groovy jobDSL, Python, Ruby, Java, and Javascript), Jenkins, Ansible, Puppet, Packer, Vagrant, Terraform, and Docker.
Extending Vagrant Ruby libraries for interacting with the Skytap REST API.
Migrating older scripted CI/CD builds to Jenkins/Kubernetes pipelines.
Writing scripts to dynamically generate custom Dockerfiles via Make/M4 for image generation.
Writing libraries for handling yaml and json conversions to/from different data formats.
Managing development code on Github, Stash, DockerHub, Vagrant Cloud with Jira, Confluence, etc.
Team building with regular Kanban and Kanboard Scrum meetings.
Connecting real and virtual networks securely with OpenVPN and Nginx caching proxies.
Management of HTTPS caching proxies (Nginx).
Android development with Android Studio, Flutter, Dart, etc.

Consulting - Deloitte and Touche, CBOE, Bank One,
various high freq trading companies, etc., Chicago, IL

10/2013 - 07/2018

Senior DevOps Systems Engineer
Task based programming, Network Engineering, Security compliance auditing, High-Availability system design, Interface development.

Building CI/CD (continuously integration/delivery) high-availability OpenStack/AWS/GCP cloud server stacks with Custom tools, Teamcity, Jenkins, Ansible, Puppet, Vagrant, and Docker.
Engineering the migration of legacy bare metal and VMWare instances into public/private Clouds.
Writing scripts to dynamically generate custom Dockerfiles for image generation.
Building custom routers, firewalls, and VPN appliances using a combination of cisco, arista, debwrt, openwrt, ddwrt, openvpn, quagga, tinc, vnpc.
Creating distribution packages using Shell, Perl, Python, and Ruby.
Administration/Integration of Linux, AIX, Solaris, and MS-Windows based systems using Samba, LDAP, and PAM.
Managing Firewall rules per customer access requirements.
Creating web front ends using Ruby on Rails for custom data mining apps.
Designing and Customizing dial-plans for Asterisk pbx voip systems.

Hard Eight Futures, Chicago, IL

01/2010 - 10/2013

Senior Network Engineer/Security Officer
Task based programming, Network Engineering, Security compliance, High-Availability system design.

Building high-availability OpenStack private cloud server stacks with Custom tools, Webmin, Puppet, and Chef.
Building custom routers, firewalls, and VPN appliances using a combination of cisco, arista, juniper, debwrt, openwrt, ddwrt, openvpn, quagga, tinc, vnpc.
Integration of Linux and MS-Windows using Samba, LDAP, and PAM.
Daily administration of Linux and MS-Windows based systems.
Managing Firewall rules per customer access requirements.
Designing and Customizing dial-plans for Asterisk pbx voip systems.
Engineering of specialized programs:

To handle monthly Regulatory Backup onto ROM media.
To deploy and integrate our monitoring systems (Zabbix) with our VOIP phone system (Asterisk) for phone-based alerts.
To dynamically configure core cisco and arista switches.

Created a custom backup solution for providing continuous incremental snapshots via rsync, hard links, and other tools.

FiServ, Chicago, IL

01/2006 - 01/2010

Lead Program Engineer
Task based programming, Security compliance, High-Availability system design.

Delegated task to project members for building financial processing systems
Designed process flow architectures to comply with business rules and specific application features.
Engineered programs for providing data transmission, user account management, and scheduling using Scrum and "eXtreme programming" techniques.
Created the framework and core transmission code for a large-scale ETL (extract translate load) engine using a combination of Bash, Ksh, Perl, Python, Ruby, Java, WebMethods, Autosys, SSH, SSL, PGP, GPG, and many other tools.
Invented a custom modeling tool for visualizing, creating, and monitoring Autosys scheduling jobs.
Maintained daily administration of AIX, Solaris, Linux, and MS-Windows based systems.
Created experimental builds of AIX and Linux systems for use as APL trade processing engines.
Managed Firewall rules per customer access requirements.

TECHNICAL SKILLS SUMMARY - extensive knowledge in all areas listed and more
PROGRAMMING:
APL, BASH Bourne Shell script, C, C#, C++, C-Sharp, DSL, gdscript, Groovy, HTML, Java, Java Script, KSH Korn Shell script, Lua, Next.js, Node.js, Perl, Power Shell script, Python, React, React-Native, RegEx - regular expressions, Ruby, SH Unix Shell script, Tcl/Tk, TypeScript, XML

SOFTWARE:
Ansible, Apache Webserver, Autosys, Awk, AWS (Amazon Web Services), Azure Devops/Pipelines, Bacula, Bind8 DNS, Bind DNS, Bitbucket, Blue Ocean, BorderManager Proxy, CheckPoint, Chef, Citrix Metaframe, Cloud, Confluence, Courier MTA Email, CVS, Debian/Ubuntu, Docker, E-Project, ffmpeg, Firewall, FreeBSD, Gauntlet Firewall, GCP (Google Cloud Platform), Gentoo, Git, Github, Godot, GPG, GroupWise 5.x-6.x, Hashicorp Packer, Hashicorp Terraform, Hashicorp Vagrant, HP-UX 10.x, IBM AIX 4.x-6.x, iptables, Jenkins, Jira, kernel KVM, Knoppix, Kubernetes, Linux From Scratch, Linux IPfilter (Firewall), Lotus Notes 4.x-6.x, Mandrake, Microsoft IIS 3-5, MS-DOS 3.x-7.x, MS-Office 97-, MS-Windows 3.0-4.x(98)/NT4.0/2000/XP/7/8, MySQL, Nagios, Nexus Repository, Nginx, OpenStack, Oracle, OS-390, PIX Firewall, Postfix, PostGreSQL, Puppet, Qemu, Qmail, Raptor Firewall 6.5.0, Redhat/Trustix/CentOS, Redmine, Samba File Server 2.2.x, Sed, Sendmail 8.x, Service Center Peragrine, Shotcut, Slackware, Solaris 2.6-8.x, Solaris Containers, Suse, SVN/Subversion, Teamcity, Tomcat, VMWare, WebMethods, Webmin, Xen, Zabbix

PROTOCOLS:
3DES, AES, CDP, DHCP, DNS, EIGRP, ESMTP, ETHERNET, FTP, FTPS, H323, HTTP, HTTPS, IAX, IGRP, IMAP4, IPSEC, ISCSI, NDM, NFS, NTP, PGP, POP3, PPPoE, RDP, REST, RIP, RTP, SAN, SCP, SFTP, SHTTP(SSL), SIP, SMTP(EMAIL), SNMP, SOAP, SSH, TCP/IP, Tinc, VOIP, VPN

HARDWARE:
EMC-CLARiiON, Intel Systems (Compaq, Dell, Gateway, HP, IBM), Linterm, Routers & Switches (3COM, Arista, Bay, Cisco7500/4500/2500/etc., FlowPoint, Juniper, Nortel, SonicWall, Tiara 4000/6000, Buffalo), SUN SPARC Servers, UNIX remote boot terminals, Winterm, Wyse