Trent H. Spoolstra
Rio Rancho, NM
tspoolst@gmail.com
720-593-6147
available for local and 100% remote jobs domestic and international.
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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 [1]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. 1å¹´ä»¥ä¸Šã«æ—¥æœ¬èªžã‚’å‹‰å¼·ã—ã¦ã„ã¾ã™ã€‚
* 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