Orie
McIntosh IT Consultant | Tech Enthusiast

West Palm Beach, FL
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opportunity@oriemcintosh.com

Profile

An accomplished IT consultant specializing in network security, automation, and cloud-based solutions.

Passionate about efficient and security-minded solutions. Recent client work consists of technical architecture as well as troubleshooting hardware / software related issues.

Skills

  • 10+ years of technical troubleshooting experience.
  • 4+ years of cloud architecture experience.
  • Experience working with Mac OS X, Linux and Windows systems.
  • Experience with on-premise and cloud network architecture.
  • Deploying, modifying and troubleshooting applications / workloads in public clouds such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Working with the following Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools: HashiCorp Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK and Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Templates.
  • Working with containers and container orchestration tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher, Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
  • Daily tools:
    • Bash
    • PowerShell
    • Python
    • Docker
    • HashiCorp Terraform / Vault
    • Git / GitHub / GitHub Actions
    • Atlassian Jira / Confluence / Bamboo
    • AWS CLI / CDK / CloudFormation / CodePipeline
    • Azure DevOps / Pipelines
    • SSH
    • OpenVPN / WireGuard

Certifications

Experience

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer / Consultant

Eight Twelve Consulting
July 2023 - Present
  • Supporting enterprise Microsoft Azure accounts with Azure Entra ID (Azure Active Directory), enterprise applications and REST APIs that interact with various Azure and other cloud-based services.
  • Working within an agile team of engineers to help standup Linux-based systems that support workloads integrating with Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud.
  • Configuring Bamboo CI/CD Pipelines via Bamboo Specs to enable engineers to easily build and deploy AWS and Azure resources to increase sprint velocity.
  • Development of Python / Bash scripts to assist with the provisioning of Linux systems to support various workloads.
  • Creation / modification of AWS CloudFormation, CDK and Terraform code for Cloud resource management.
  • Development of Ansible Playbooks and Roles to assist with the post-deployment configuration of Linux hosts.
  • Utilization of Splunk and Datadog to query logs, monitor and alert based on Linux host status.

Cloud Engineer / Consultant

Slalom Miami, (FL)
April 2021 - July 2023
  • Helped enable public cloud platforms for clients.
  • Applied DevSecOps principles to cloud infrastructure.
  • Created CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, GitHub Actions, BitBucket, AWS CodeCommit, AWS CodePipeline and AWS’ Developer Tools to help improve the velocity of development efforts.
  • Worked with Azure DevOps and Jira for taking the Agile approach to project collaboration.
  • Leveraged Azure DevOps repositories and CI/CD tools to deploy resources to Azure and AWS using Terraform and Terraform Cloud.
  • Evaluated client’s infrastructure and assisted with networking, compute, storage, information security, risk, and enterprise identity / access management.
  • Worked with clients migrating to Azure and AWS cloud to assist with landing zone architecture for greenfield accounts.
  • Worked with AWS and Azure accounts via the console and CLI to research, deploy and make changes to resources.
  • Completed application migration projects, Disaster Recovery projects as well as application modernization projects leveraging Serverless offerings from AWS.

System Administrator / IT Consultant

Eight Twelve Consulting
Jan 2020 - April 2021
  • Advised small to medium-sized businesses on network equipment solutions to improve their IT infrastructure both on-premises and in the cloud.
  • Worked with next generation firewalls from Fortinet, Cisco and UniFi on client networks.
  • Deployed and troubleshot routers, firewalls, switches and IoT devices on businesses’ networks.
  • Performed data backups and restores.
  • Performed system imaging on new or existing hardware with Windows, Mac, or Linux OS.
  • Client projects have included tasks such as:
    • AWS environments architected for high availability, scalability, security and to ensure that there are disaster recovery plans in place to suit the needs of the client.
    • Using AWS’ Security Hub alerts to then build out solutions that could be deployed or triggered for auto-remediation of CIS Benchmarks for Amazon Web Services using tools like the AWS CDK, AWS SAM and or Lambda Functions.
    • Rebuilding Active Directory servers from CSV files and other backup mediums using PowerShell.
    • Refining IAM policies to adhere to company or governing body requirements.
    • Creating CloudFormation templates to deploy resources within AWS including Lambda functions.
    • Creating NodeJS and Boto3 Lambda functions to carry out backend functions for static web pages / applications.
    • Configuring multiple Raspberry Pi devices with the RaspAp wireless router solution for clients needing a bridge from a VPN connection through their Raspberry Pi to select wireless clients on their local network.
    • Implementing Fail2Ban for intrusion prevention / monitoring of SSH / Web servers on Raspberry Pi devices for clients.

Commercial Technician

Comcast Palm Beach Gardens (FL)
Oct 2013 - Oct 2020
  • Ensured the fast and efficient installation and troubleshooting of Comcast services for both residential and commercial clients.
  • Diagnosed network or hardware related problems to quickly return optimal service to clients.
  • Evaluated client’s network equipment, which may include switches, routers and mobile devices to pinpoint where a client was experiencing degraded service.
  • Recommended hardware or software solutions to optimize the client’s experience with Comcast service.
  • Provided technical support over the phone to resolve equipment and or connectivity problems for customers.

Education

MS, Cybersecurity and Information Assurance

Western Governors University (UT)
Dec 2020 - Dec 2021
  • Studies focused on CISSP domains, cybersecurity architecture, secure network / software design, ethical hacking and forensic network investigation.
  • Obtained the EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker as part of the program and covered the materials to prepare for the EC-Council Certified Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI).

BSc, Cloud Computing

Western Governors University (UT)
Aug 2019 - Aug 2020
  • Studies focused on scripting, automation, virtualization, Linux, and cloud services; specifically Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure.
  • Courses included IT Project Management, Data Management, Cloud Foundations, as well as Network and Security Applications.

Personal Projects / Development

O. McIntosh
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