Anthony Linsday

Carolina Brew Supply - www.carolinabrewsupply.com

Founder / Owner / Manager

Apr 2021 - May 2023

• Designed and hosted POS software, integrated with e-commerce site.
• Integrated credit card processing with POS and e-commerce from Triton Processing.
• Integrated loyalty, marketing and rewards system from RewardPads.
• Designed fault-tolerant and self-healing intrastructure using AWS CloudFormation
• Designed and implemented AWS SQS for internal printer operations between POS system and kitchen ticket printers
• Used AWS SQS queues for automated print operations of shipping labels and pick tickets for e-commerce orders.
• Integrated DoorDash and Google Maps to custom e-commerce delivery module to estimate delivery prices and times for same-day delivery option
• Utilized CloudFormation, SNS, SQS, EC2, Route53, EBS, EFS

EverOps / Zendesk - www.everops.com

Contractor: CloudOps Engineer

Mar 2020 - Feb 2021

• Used Jenkins, Kubernetes and Ansible for large scale deployments of software and infrastructure updates.
• Worked with 100% remote team across multiple timezones

Levvel - www.levvel.io

Contractor: Senior Automation Engineer / Cloud Architect

Jun 2019 - Mar 2020

• Worked with a government defense contractor to automate deployments of systems and software for U.S Navy battleships to meet their goal of becoming "war-ready" in less than 24 hours.
• Used multiple AWS GovCloud accounts, VPCs and networks to emulate government SIPR and NIPR networks.
• Automated builds of cloud infrastructure and installation of commercial software through Ansible and Jenkins pipelines.
• Used JIRA, Jenkins, Ansible Tower, Nexus repository, OpenShift and AWS software and servers.

Citco - www.citco.com

Senior Automation Engineer / Cloud Architect

Jan 2017 - May 2019

• Automated builds of cloud infrastructure and installation of commercial software through CloudFormation and CodePipeline.
• Used CodePipeline to automate deployments with approvals of multiple environments from development to production
• Created and used CodePipeline and custom IAM roles for cross-account deployments
• Automated VPC creation and vpn connections for a transit VPC with hub/spoke network model
• Automated Setup of CloudWatch metrics and alarms to trigger SNS topics and lambda functions for integration with onpremise monitoring/alerting software
• Designed CloudFormation templates with custom parameters and conditions that allow for cross-region fail-over and recovery
• Built a server provisioning portal with php/mysql to allow teams to build servers in VMWare
• • Portal integrated with 3rd party apps, including: Ansible, VMWare, AWS, IPControl, Spectrum, ITAM, Active Directory
  • Portal also provided a REST API for callback features in Ansible
• Migrated several on-premise applications to AWS to help facilitate a datacenter shutdown
• Created Ansible playbooks to automate server configuration changes and enforcement
• Team lead for a group of 3 remote engineers

Triton Processing

Head Software Engineer / Partner

Jul 2013 - Nov 2015

RewardPads - www.rewardpads.com

Head Software Engineer / Founder

Aug 2012 - Mar 2019

Shomo Live - www.shomolive.com

Head Software Engineer

Jan 2016 - Oct 2017

Cimplx ACA - www.cimplx.com

Head Software Engineer / Intern Manager

Jul 2013 - Nov 2015

PEQ Home Automation - www.mypeq.com

Joint venture between Comporium Communications and Smart Home Ventures

Sept 2013 - May 2015

• Installed and manage infrastructure hardware for two datacenters, including:
  • Cisco UCS chassis
  • A10 Load balancers
  • Palo Alto firewalls
  • EMC VNX SAN
  • Cisco Nexus 5000 switches
  • RecoverPoint appliances
  • Site Recovery Manager
• Managed virtual infrastructure using:
  • VMWare vCenter
  • RedHat Satellite
  • SamHain file integrity monitor
• Planned and implemented geo-redundant datacenter backups and replication
• Maintain infrastructure level hardware and firmware updates
• Maintain operating system and application level updates
• Ensure maximum uptime with redundant hardware, virtual servers and load balancers
• Trained junior level database administrators
• Communicated requirements with development team to ensure their software will handle failover and redundancy
• Automated PHP and Java code deployments to eliminate downtime and maintenance windows

Comporium Communications - Rock Hill, SC

IT Systems Engineer IV / Information Technology Group

Mar 2012 - May 2015

• Designed platform for mobile controlled water fountain in Fountain Park, Rock Hill
• Setup camera to capture time-lapse video of Fountain Park's construction
• Programmed web interface dashboard for support center to manage over 200,000 customers
• Programmed file transfer system for
  • sending late accounts to collection agencies
  • getting 911 call usage from mobile carriers
  • sending billing information to invoice printing company
• Planned and implemented centralized monitoring, alerting and logging systems
• Upgraded tape backup appliances and replaced server with ZManda
• Designed physical and logical network layout for Immedion's new datacenter
• Designed SAML authentication for integration with 2012 NBC Olympics
• Manage authoritative DNS server over 180 zones
• Maintain Mirapoint email platform for over 200,000 internet and email subscribers
• Manage web and FTP servers for internet subscribers' Personal Web Space
• Coordinated deployment and migration of spam filtering from RedCondor appliances to Barracuda
• Currently planning migration of email platform to cloud service

Wells Fargo - Charlotte, NC

Systems Support Engineer / International Shared Services Technology

Aug 2011 - Mar 2012

• Manage server and software upgrades
• Managed architectural diagrams for six internal applications
• Automated scripts in PHP to insert 180+ users for new application, saving numerous work days
• Built and transferred internal WebSphere application to new hosting environment
• Concurrently built WebSphere environment while upgrading application on existing servers
• Coordinated a simulated Disaster Recovery scenario for multiple production applications
• Decommissioned Wachovia's retired Anti Money Laundering applications and servers
• Built and supported Linux, Apache, MySQL servers for development teams
• Deployed automated scanners and imaging applications for multiple Lines of Business
• Managed change requests in a controlled environment
• Restored credibility of the support team for various Lines of Business
• Functionality and Site Integration Testing for application upgrades and deployments

Edvance360.com - Charlotte, NC

PHP Programmer / Web Development

Mar 2011 - Jul 2011

• PHP development for education software
• MySQL database administration
• Built and monitored backup server
• Converted PHP code from procedural to object-oriented
• Integrated existing website with TurnItIn API plagiarism detection service via SOAP

American Tire Distributors, Inc. - Charlotte, NC

LAMP Operations Administrator / Information Technology

Jan 2009 - Feb 2011

• Architect/Engineer for server farms for websites such as ATDOnline.com and TireBuyer.com
• Installed/configured F5 load balancers for high traffic websites, pricing and inventory queries
• Implemented Nagios and Cacti server monitoring
• Administered Apache, ZendServer, Tomcat and MySQL servers
• Automated PHP and Java code deployments
• Server upgrades, patches, migration and consolidation
• Built and administered Atlassian servers [JIRA, FishEye, Crucible, Confluence and Bamboo]
• Designed and implemented web and MySQL failover, backup and DR solutions
• Installed Tealeaf web capture and replay appliance
• Installed and administered BMC Control-M job scheduler

Castle Branch, Inc. - Wilmington, NC

Linux Systems Administrator / Information Technology

Jul 2006 - Dec 2008

• Architected and implemented infrastructure for user and customer facing servers
• Maintained PCI compliance for credit card processors
• Built predictive dialer server based on Asterisk and ViciDial
• Created standards for server builds and documentation
• Oversaw integration of in-house developed applications
• Coordinated server upgrades, patches, migrations and consolidations
• Server baselines, backups, backup integrity testing, and restorations
• Automated desktop/server installations via PXE network book with dynamic PHP kickstart files
• Specialized in interoperability of desktop and server operating systems and software
• Developed and debugged in-house Perl applications
• Converted multiple websites from Perl to object oriented PHP
• Developed internal PHP application with LDAP integration for tracking personnel changes