Jason R Smith

Profile

Cloud Native Engineer and Consultant, specializing in AWS, Containers, Microservices, DevOps, and System Integrator Relations. Capable in migrations, transformations, SI and cloud relations and project management. Multiple Certifications in AWS, Kubernetes and DCOS.

Experience

Novamedia

Amsterdam, NL

AWS and DevOps Consultant

Mar 2022 - Jul 2023

  • Developed DevOps platform for entire multi account, multi office org utilizing ECS, Perm Boundries, Lambda, SQS and EC2
  • Designed and implemented multi account Firehose log ingestion for Splunk
  • Implemented multi account Org level guard rails with SSO and Permission Boundries
  • Designed and trained on AWS serverless infrastructure (Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB, etc) for multiple teams
  • Diagnosed issues with various AWS services such as Networking, DB Performance, EC2 configurations, etc
  • Assisted ML team with Deployment pipelines
  • Trained on the importance of DevSecOps and supply chain security
  • AWS
  • Gitlab
  • Python
  • Linux
  • Serverless
  • Docker
  • DevSecOps
  • Terraform
  • Cloudformation

Shell

The Hague, NL

AWS and DevOps Consultant

Apr 2020 - Dec 2021

  • Troubleshoot Outage issues and Linux configurations
  • Migrates hand configured Splunk cluster to DevOps driven Ansible/Systems Manager configured machines
  • Automated upgrade procedures for all Splunk apps
  • Audited accounts to reduce costs
  • Proposed and implemented architectures to eliminate intermediate forwarders
  • Moved Splunk log ingestion further to the edge with tools such as Firehose
  • Coached cloud team on optimizing AWS log ingestion across the Shell Org
  • AWS
  • Splunk
  • Ansible
  • Azure DevOps
  • Cloudformation
  • Linux

Amazon Web Services

Europe

Partner Solutions Architect

Dec 2018 - Apr 2020

  • Coached GSI (Accenture) on AWS services across EMEA
  • Reviewed GSI architectures for AWS customers such as BMW, VW, Sanoma, Deutsche Bahn, Novartis, etc.
  • Worked with container team on AppMesh for first demo and first sidecar injector
  • Worked with 'The Dock' in Dublin on future prototypes
  • Demoed AWS products for GSI customers
  • AWS
  • Cloudformation
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Go

Container Solutions

Amsterdam, NL

Senior Engineer

June 2016 - November 2018

  • Trained customers around Europe on Kubernetes and the surrounding ecosystem
  • Worked with partners such as Weaveworks on demos and blogs for Kubernetes, Nomad, ECS, Prometheus, Open Tracing, etc
  • Presented at forums such as Kubecon, ContinuousDelivery and GoTo.
  • Advised clients across Europe and the UK on AWS, Kubernetes, Cloud Native, Docker, etc.
  • AWS
  • Kubernetes
  • Nomad
  • DC/OS
  • Microservices
  • Prometheus
  • OpenTracing
  • Go

GetSocial

The Hague, NL

Senior Backend Engineering Manager

Dec 2015 - Aug 2016

  • Migrated monolithic PHP application to language agnostic microservices
  • Rewrote and wrote new microservices using Go leveraging AWS services
  • Developed pipelines for CI/CD
  • Promoted to Backend Manager
  • AWS
  • Go
  • PHP
  • Linux
  • Cloudformation

Georgia Tech

Atlanta, GA, USA

Senior Application Architect

Jul 2014 - Dec 2015

  • Fixed broken delivery pipelines
  • Migrated team to Kanban, accelerating deliverables
  • Integrated college registration online application with CAS/SSO and LDAP
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines for automated machine configurations
  • Managed machine configurations and DB management with Puppet
  • AWS
  • Puppet
  • PHP
  • Drupal
  • Apache
  • MySQL
  • Linux
  • Cloudformation

Orbit Media Studios

Chicago, IL, USA

Senior Developer/System Admin

Jan 2013 - July 2014

  • System Administration for approximately 40 colocated Linux servers.
  • Managed LAMP stacks on FreeBSD and CentOS servers.
  • Primary consultant for architecture of all integrations
  • Facilitated integrations between ERP, CRM, Salesforce, Shipping systems, etc.
  • Trained team on git version control, vagrant, started implemention of configuration management (Chef).
  • Linux
  • PHP
  • Drupal
  • Wordpress
  • Apache
  • MySQL
  • Chef
  • SOAP
  • Rest

Stoneward

Chicago, IL, USA

Senior Developer

Mar 2012 - Jan 2013

  • Administered and deployed LAMP stack servers on Amazon EC2.
  • Wrote multiple integrations and web applications utilizing Java, Python, PHP, RaphaelJS, Coldfusion, JS
  • AWS
  • Apache
  • MySQL
  • Java
  • Python
  • PHP
  • RaphaelJS
  • Coldfusion
  • JS'

Skills

    • Practices
    • DevOps/DevSecOps
    • Microservices
    • Cloud Native
      Systems
    • AWS
    • Kubernetes
    • DCOS
      OS
    • Linux (multiple distros)
    • FreeBSD
      IAC
    • Cloudformation
    • Terraform
    • Ansible
    • Puppet
    • CDK
      Delivery
    • Gitlab
    • Github
    • Azure DevOps
    • CircleCI
    • CodePipeline
    • Jenkins
    • Woodpecker
      Programming
    • Go
    • Bash
    • Python
    • PHP
    • Javascript
    • VueJS
    • Angular 1
    • Java

Certifications

  • Kubernetes App Dev | 2019
  • AWS Solutions Arch Pro | 2019
  • AWS Solutions Arch Assoc | 2019
  • AWS DevOps Pro | 2019
  • Mesosphere Pro | 2017

Education

Bachelors Anthropology

University of South Florida, USA

Interests

  • Woodworking
  • Timber Framing
  • Gardening
  • Arduino
  • 3D Printing

Languages

  • English
    Native
  • Dutch
    A1
  • Spanish
    A1

Projects

Heron

Android Livestream app based on serverless AWS infrastructure

heron.mobi

RBAC View

Visualize Kubernetes RBAC rules

github.com/jasonrichardsmith/rbac-view

GCP Microservices with NanoVMs on AWS

Port Google Microservices demo to NanoVMS with AWS

github.com/jasonrichardsmith/google-cloud-ms-demo-on-aws-nanovms

Slipway

K8s GitOps Operator

github.com/slipway-gitops/slipway

Sentry

MWC for Kubernetes, predates OPA

github.com/jasonrichardsmith/sentry