Kyle_J_Young - Systems Administrator, Consultant, Homelabber, Tinkerer
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Kyle has been a consultant for multiple state government unemployment divisions, designing and implementing automated correspondence systems. He has also served as a Linux systems administrator for the unemployment production systems of two states, handling deployments, system monitoring, troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
During Kyle's time as a consultant, he led his team in requirements gathering, design, and implementation of a new correspondence automation system to replace existing mainframe infrastructure, and provided training to multiple client teams to maintain and administer the solution.
As a systems administrator, Kyle has experience with clustered hypervisors (Proxmox), Storage systems configuration and management (ZFS, LVM), database administration, and configuration automation utilizing Ansible. He is familiar with log monitoring, deployment of containers and VMs, and hardware troubleshooting.
Network administration has been a core component of his history, including installation and configuration of firewalls, switches, and physical fiber and wiring. He is familiar with Cisco, Arista, Ruckus, and Dell console configuration.
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Has led a team of 6 in designing and implementing two large scale deployments of correspondence automation systems using Thunderhead CMS, meeting deadlines on or before schedule.
Comfortable in communicating with stakeholders and groups of people in both a leadership or training capacity. Experienced with high pressure, time sensitive deployments and deadlines.
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Experienced in requirements gathering, design documentation, and capturing current business processes to analyze for possible improvements. Extensive practice in meeting with stakeholders and large development teams to plan and execute large scale projects.
Worked as a subject matter expert for automated unemployment document generation, and scripted hundreds of documents using javascript and XML/XSL-FO templating. Developed a barcode and printing scheme for automated sorting and mailing.
Wrote hundreds of flows using Oracle Policy Automation, allowing for automated fact-finding for unemployment determinations.
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Experienced in the installation, configuration, and maintenance of servers and linux hypervisors (Proxmox Hypervisor and QEMU). Has configured Proxmox high availability clusters, and familiar with linux bridges and OpenVSwitch.
Has previously worked with Debian, Redhat, NixOS, and other distributions, and is comfortable maintaining and administering containers (Podman/Docker), VMs (using QEMU), and bare metal installations. Orchestrated configuration management using Ansible playbooks and roles, and scripting with Bash.
Familiar with server hardware maintenance and troubleshooting, including Dell and Supermicro rack systems. Comfortable with server rack wiring and routing. Experienced with patch panel termination and in wall wiring.
Competent in setting up and administering networking infrastructure, including distribution and access switches, and firewall rules. Familiar with Cisco iOS, Arista EOS, Ruckus/Commscope, and Dell DNOS Switch management. Has installed and configured PFsense and VyOS firewalls/routers.
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Has trained dozens of consultants and clients over multiple projects and teams in new technologies and methodologies. Experienced in developing training plans and lessons for small to large groups.
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Avid homelabber, and experimenter with new and used hardware and software. Runs a full server rack in his garage, much to the chagrin of his wife. Also enjoys hiking, travel and delicious food.
Physically located near Seattle, WA, but has worked remotely throughout the US.
Would consider opportunities near Seattle or in Japan, and remotely throughout the USA.
Capgemini America 2015-2024
Capgemini Government Solutions 2011-2015
University of Nevada - Reno 2007-2012
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