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Todd Campbell
todd [--admin systems|cloud] [--contributor] [--mentor] [--developer-advocate]
[--other]
I’m a Linux Engineer with skills in system administration, cloud infrastructure administration, monitoring, and mentoring. I enjoy connecting people with technology solutions that are easy to use, affordable, and sustainable over time. I'm familiar with, and a huge supporter of, the DevOps culture and how to make it work with a large team in a fast paced environment.
--admin systems
Extensive experience with the configuration, hardening, and maintenance of various Linux distributions, including:
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, CentOS
* Debian, Ubuntu
* Amazon Linux
As well as the following UNIX operating systems:
* Solaris
* AIX
Able to set up vital Linux infrastructure components including load balancers, DNS servers, web/application servers, and mail servers.
Proficient in working with web services including using the Apache and NGINX web servers, directly and as reverse proxies. Extensive experience with load balancers such as the F5 BigIP LTM and AWS ELB/ALB/NLB. Also familiar with the use and configuration of web application firewalls (Sucuri and AWS WAF).
In terms of programming, adept at scripting using the bash shell. Novice to intermediate skills with Python, Go, and C. Comfortable using the Git version control system including the various hosted services (GitHub, GitLab, and, BitBucket). Experienced with using Jenkins and GitHub Actions as build/continuous integration platforms.
Experienced in rapid deployment and configuration management technologies such as kickstarts, Red Hat Satellite Server, Ansible, Puppet, and SaltStack.
Experience using various Container technologies such as Docker, and Solaris Zones.
Familiar with several system management products:
* Sensu
* Grafana/Graphite/Influxdb
* Icinga
* Nagios
* Infoblox DNS/IPAM
Red Hat Linux Certifications:
*
Red Hat Certified Engineer - RHEL 6 (Expired)
--admin cloud
I have experience working with the following AWS services:
* EC2
* VPC
* RDS
* S3
* ELB/ALB/NLB
* IAM
* CloudFormation
* CloudWatch
* EFS
* WAF
* Route 53
* KMS
AWS Certifications:
*
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate (Expired)
*
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (Expired)
I also have experience working with Cloudian HyperStore, an on-premises S3 compatible object store.
Cloudian Certifications:
*
Cloudian Certified Administrator
*
Cloudian Certified Engineer
--contributor
Multiple contributions to Sensu Go and associated projects.
I have contributed code to the following Sensu owned repositories:
* Sensu Go
* Sensu Email Handler
* Sensu Influxdb Handler
* Sensu PagerDuty Handler
* Sensu Aggregate Check
* AWS Timestream Handler
* Sensu Processes Check
* Sensu Docs
I have several Sensu related repositories that I maintain:
*
FlowDock Handler
*
Pushover Handler
*
Graphite Handler
*
Fatigue Check Filter
*
VictorOps Handler
*
OpsGenie Handler
*
AWS SNS Handler
*
Check Status Mutator
I have also contributed to these open source projects:
--mentor
Over the course of my career I have had the opportunity to provide mentorship to fellow team members. This was especially true while working at Costco where our large team was comprised of systems administrators of varying skill levels.
--developer-advocate
I have experience fostering developer communities around open source products.
Blog posts:
* Securing Sensu 101
* Using a debug handler with Sensu Go
* How to publish an asset with the Sensu Go SDK
Webinars:
* Securing Sensu: setting up client certificates
* Into to assets with the Sensu Go SDK
--other
Living kidney donor and advocate for organ donation:
- Sr. Infrastructure Engineer
* Siemens Digital Industries Software
- Linux Infrastructure Architect
* Vanguard
- Lead Linux Systems Administrator
* Sensu
(now part of
Sumo Logic)
- Developer Advocate
- Systems Security Engineer
* ArenaNet
- Linux Systems Engineer
* ProTools/RiskproAdvisor
(a subsidiary of
The Pacific Financial Group)
- Sr. DevOps Engineer
* Ex Libris Group
(a subsidiary of
ProQuest)
- Sr. Systems Administrator
* Costco
- UNIX/Linux Infrastructure Analyst
* Transcentra
(now part of
Exela Technologies)
- UNIX Engineer
* TIAA
- Sr. Systems Administrator
- Sr. UNIX Systems Engineer
- Lead UNIX Systems Administrator
- Systems Architecture Consultant
* Lowe's
- Systems Engineer II
- Sr. Staff Technology Services
- Staff Technology Services
- Technical Consultant
* Motorola SPS
(now part of
NXP)
- Manager, Systems and Network Administration
- UNIX Systems Administrator
* ASML
- Sr. UNIX Engineer
* Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
- User Services Specialist
* U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Systems Analyst/Programmer
* USDA Soil Conservation Service
(now part of the
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service)
- Computer Specialist
* E-mail: todd at toddcampbell dot net
* Phone: 704.421.4830
* LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mtoddcampbell/
M. Todd Campbell 2022-12-10 TODD(7)