Cameron Ezell
Data engineer with a background in business intelligence, analytics, ETL, database administration, and data pipelines. Ability to work both independently and in a close team environment while ensuring timely completion of project deadlines.
Education
- University of Massachusetts, Boston - 2011 Graduate, B.S. Information Technology
- Emerson College, 2007-2009, Film Production
Skills & Experience
- AWS server administration and architecture design including EC2, S3, Route 53, RDS/Aurora, CloudWatch, Lambda, DynamoDB
- Linux/Unix platforms (Ubuntu, Red Hat, CentOS)
- Business Intelligence platforms and applications such as SAP BusinessObjects, Tableau, and PowerBI
- PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL, NoSQL (DynamoDB), SQL Server Analysis Services
- Microsoft Windows, Windows Server, IIS, Active Directory services, Group Policy Objects, Group Policy Management Console
- Monitoring tools including Cloudwatch, graylog, Nagios
- Object-oriented programming languages, and scripting (Java, javascript, python, powershell, vbscript, batch, bash, perl)
- SCCM 2007 & 2012 specializing in OS deployment, Windows image maintenance, software updates, and application/package creation & deployment
- Continuous integration (Jenkins, Gitlab CI)
- Deployment automation (Ansible)
- Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access)
- VMWare virtualization (Workstation, Horizon)
Work Experience
- Clear Capital - Reno, NV | July 2019 - July 2021
- Data Engineer
- Monitor and troubleshoot all cloud and on-premise PostgreSQL servers for the enterprise
- Review and deploy DDL releases across multiple applications and environments
- Migrated multiple EnterpriseDB servers to Community PostgreSQL, saving nearly $20k in licensing costs
- Designed initialization scripts to deploy DML & DDL to PostgreSQL servers in support of new applications
- Rewrote many legacy functions to support the company’s migration off EnterpriseDB to Community PostgreSQL
- Rewrote company’s internal job deployment tool to support Python 3
- Designed Apache JMeter load tests for testing performance prior to migrations
- Day-to-day PostgreSQL operations work including user management and monitoring scheduled jobs
- Monitor ETL jobs on a daily basis
- Data Engineer
- Sierra Nevada Corporation - Sparks, NV | July 2016 - July 2019
- Business Intelligence Developer
- Maintain and configure the servers hosting SAP BusinessObjects
- Configuration of the BusinessObjects platform
- Test and modify reports for business end-users
- Maintain a consistent uptime for customers and make improvements to the platform
- Automate many of the maintenance tasks that were previously being done manually on a daily basis
- Perform updates and upgrades to the platform
- Business Intelligence Developer
- Sierra Nevada Corporation - Sparks, NV | August 2015 - July 2016
- Technical Systems Administrator II
- Manage over 20 virtual servers running Ubuntu, Red Hat 7, Amazon Linux, and Windows Server 2012
- Designed and built complete cloud infrastructure to meet HIPAA compliance
- Maintain a 99% uptime SLA with our customers
- Deploy new versions of our web application to cloud servers through continuous integration
- Work closely with engineering team to define system requirements
- Write and deploy automated tests for acceptance testing of the system
- Modify source code and push commits to git during bug testing
- Implemented anti-virus solution on all Linux servers, compiled all system security event logs, and defined all security group rules
- Technical Systems Administrator II
- Sierra Nevada Corporation - Sparks, NV | July 2013 - August 2015
- Business Applications Administrator
- Managed over 3500 clients through SCCM 2007 & 2012 and oversaw deployments of large and complex applications targeted for mass audience.
- Migrated clients, packages, and task sequences from SCCM 2007 to 2012
- Update and maintain OS deployment task sequences and driver packages
- Collaborate with various stakeholders to plan, deploy, troubleshoot, and support application deployments
- Took over the management of the VMWare Horizon environment to provide business users a test environment for applications.
- Helped the business meet timesheet compliance by designing and deploying a custom Windows logon screen for all users.
- Migrated all users from IE 8 to IE 11 and configured group policies to help maintain legacy application support.
- Upgraded all Project 2007 users to Project 2013
- Redesigned the company Windows image and rebuilt the accompanying task sequence while creating a new system for logging all changes to both image and task sequence
- Trained with mobility to provide backup for service requests with Blackberry users
- Business Applications Administrator
- Sierra Nevada Corporation - Sparks, NV | July 2012 - July 2013
- Information Technology Associate
- Rotated through various IT areas taking on projects and responsibilities for each 8-10 week period
- Received training in the service desk, business applications (IBM Lotus Notes, SCCM), cyber security, system administration, and development
- Responded to cyber incidents, reviewed packet capture logs, and reverse engineered malware from spearphishing attempts
- Manually upgraded all Blackberry users to a new OS across 2 states
- Information Technology Associate