Alex Solarino

IT Strategy
IT Infrastructure
IT Operations
IT Project Management

Director, Information Technology

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About me

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Experience

  • Mar 2016 - Present

    Agerpoint

    Director of Information Technology

    Description
    Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of production, staging, and development environments. Supervise planning, execution and maintenance of Hadoop, Kubernetes, OpenShift clusters. Migrate bare metal servers, applications and services to AWS, GCP and Azure. Coordinate the ingesting, transferring, delivering, processing, and backing-up of data pipelines. Develop and maintain a two-way communications interacting with vendors and purchasers to establish strong business relations. Conduct interviews for new candidates and manage budgeting for capital and operational expenditures. Oversee procurement of IT equipment and services, acting as the main point of contact for vendors. Configure ports, certificates, and IP settings on network resources. Utilize VSTS and Azure DevOps for continuous integration and delivery. Manage over 3 PB of redundant data and hybrid cloud storage systems. Control VPN access and remote management of VM-hosted private clouds; implement security measures. Monitor power generators and implement keyfob access control and security camera systems. Install/replace SSL certificates for web servers, while overseeing DNS, Active Directory, and telecommunications management. Administer Windows and Linux servers, virtualization hosts, and hypervisors; manage multiple frameworks and ensure smooth pipeline operations. Migrated the production SaaS platform from the data-center to a hybrid public cloud infrastructure.
    • Created and enforced new security policies and procedures protecting the company multi million dollars digital assets.
    • Cut data processing time by 95% by building a new cloud data infrastructure, monitor and notification of services.
    • Devised disaster recovery policies and procedures; managed inventory control, and remote tracking of company assets.
    • Cut company Information Technology spending down to 60% and reduced software licensing costs by proposing renegotiating strategies or adopting equivalent vendor services.

  • Mar 2013 - Mar 2016

    OnSolve (ECN)

    DevOps Engineer

    Description
    Researched, endorsed, and implemented network enhancements to improve system reliability and performance. Designed procedures for troubleshooting and maintenance of the production and staging environments. Maintained infrastructure software development requirements by designing and configuring cloud-based architecture. Collaborated with external DNS providers (Amazon, DnsMadeEasy, NewStar, Dynect, Verisign) for DNS load balance, failover and DDoS management. Installed and configured Esri ArcGIS map servers, SFTP servers (TurboFTP, Gene6FTP). Administered PRTG monitoring tools, Atlassian Confluence, and Jira. Developed PowerShell scripts and SQL queries. Oversaw SharePoint administration, performed webmaster and SEO duties; managed web and utility servers, while serving as a DevOps Engineer. Provisioned and maintained IPAWS/FEMA web servers, and over viewed all customers accounts setup.
    • Configured server services, handle ports, certificates, and IP settings.
    • Implemented fail-over and automation through SaaS platforms, while serving from diverse regions in US.
    • Performed security and network penetration testing, managed SVN code repositories, and deployed code using CI/CD.
    • Resolved technical issues, provided technical support, and conducting root cause analysis for production errors.
    • Member of the security committee, implemented security audit compliance, certifications and monitoring.

  • May 2010 - Dec 2012

    Aurora Foundation

    IT Manager

    Description
    Oversaw production websites by coordinating with technology team to optimize performance and enhance user’s experience. Facilitated users on local network, troubleshoot connectivity issues and ensured smooth data transmission. Developed multimedia content for large conferences all around the United States. Assisted in maintaining computer systems, servers, networks, and multiple components of IT infrastructure. Provided support for Windows clients, software, and hardware. Active directory access control and users privileges, GPOs.
    • Troubleshooted Windows PCs, server room hardware, and network systems.
    • Provided audio/video support for large events; capture and edited digital media content, audio, video and still images.
    • Managed GoDaddy and Blue Host accounts; developed HTML, PHP, Java, and CSS webpages.
    • Developed/updated company corporate websites, while managing WordPress, Mailchimp, and Blogger.

  • May 2003 - May 2010

    AURORA MINISTRIES INC

    IT Manager / Office Manager

    Description
    Konzeption und Modellierung von Systemen und APIs für Digital Publishing und Entitlement nach SOA

  • Sep 1999 - May 2003

    AURORA MINISTRIES INC

    IT Systems and Network Engineer

    Description
    Konzeption und Modellierung von Systemen und APIs für Digital Publishing und Entitlement nach SOA

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Contact Me

Phone Number

+20 5555 569 42

Mobile Numberr

+20 5555 569 42

Email

mail@info.me

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