Toronto, Canada – steve@stevepereira.ca – 647 299 8420
Automating Wave.
Ask me about:
- Continuous Delivery/Integration
- Chef/Puppet
- Fabric/Rake
- Python/Ruby
- Metrics/Logging/Visualization
- AWS/DigitalOcean
- Hadoop/Cloudera/HortonWorks
- Vagrant/Docker/Packer/Artifacting
- Scripting for automation
- ChatOps with Hubot
Work Experience
Systems Engineer
Wave - 10/2012-Present
Driving DevOps innovation and release process refinement for Wave. I've automated, secured and scaled critical and performant systems for everything from development environments to production systems.
- Realtime logging and monitoring with logstash
- Vagrant and AWS/DigitalOcean for automated environment creation and management
- Continuous delivery with Jenkins/CircleCI
- Large dataset processing with HortonWorks/Hadoop
- Automation and API integrations with many systems
- Chef configuration management of cloud and development environments
More languages/products/providers/tools than I could possibly list.
Build and Release Manager
Instaclick - 5/2011-10/2012
At Instaclick I acted as a collaboration and process evangelist for a large team of developers, QA and systems staff in a LAMP environment. I managed releases through the entire SDLC using an arsenal of enterprise, open source and custom built tools.
- Migrated a massive codebase from hybrid CVS/SVN to Git and a flexible DVCS workflow
- Migrated 200+ web/db/app LAMP server infrastructure from Mac to Virtual Linux machines
- Currently leading efforts to automate our build and release process with Continuous Integration/Delivery
- Introduced configuration management and automated deployment with Puppet
- Built a release dashboard web/tv interface so teams could monitor release progress in real time
- Implemented an IRC server for team collaboration complete with bot integration for tasks/info
- Established thorough documentation for new and legacy systems
Technical Consultant
First Line Education Inc. - 3/2005–Present
Advising on initiatives in online presence, e-commerce, social media, employee collaboration and business software. I'm currently developing Firstlineeducation.com as the company's web presence incorporating online registration, management and commerce for courses and digital goods.
Information Systems Manager
Tullett Prebon Canada Limited - 5/2007-5/2011
In addition to managing IT and telecom for a 40 seat trading floor and support staff, I engineered web services and led projects involving open source and emerging technologies.
- Reduced monthly overhead costs for vendor services by thousands through auditing and negotiation
- Introduced wireless and VPN access for IT to increase support flexibility
- Created IT knowledgebase and collaboration services using FOSS
- Rebuilt datacentre with projects involving UPS, server consolidation and recycling 200+ machines
- Instituted network based automated desktop and server deployment
- Cut time spent on desktop moves by 90%
- Introduced server virtualization for consolidating equipment
- Project lead for establishing Calgary satellite office, working with contractors and vendors
Web / Technical Lead
BrainRunner Inc - 11/2005-5/2007
Web / Technical Specialist
IBM - 3/2002-11/2005
Education
BComm - Information Technology Management
Ryerson University - 1/2009-Present
Certificate - Information Systems Development
Ryerson University - 1/2010-8/2010
Certificate - Information Systems Management
Ryerson University - 1/2009-12/2009
Skills
- Web server / Cloud / Virtual deployment
- Continuous integration/delivery
- Collaboration workflow
- Open source software implementation
- Project planning and management
- Data and metric analysis
- Markup/Styling/Scripting/Java/PHP
- An eye for great design and usability
Interests
- Travel
- Design / Visual Art
- Running/Adventure athletics
- Gadgets / Emergent technologies
- Social media and collaboration
- Technical consulting for family and friends running startups and SMBs
Summary
I'm dedicated to continuous innovation and driven by my focus on delivery. Over my 14 years of professional IT and web experience I have built skills, relationships and a broad portfolio of results.
Community Involvement
Organizer - DevOpsTO
Active member of several Toronto tech meetup groups
Volunteer teaching introductory art classes at several Durham Region elementary schools
Implemented and improved several computer labs in libraries and classrooms - 2000-Present
Run For The Cure participant - 2007-Present
Tough Mudder 3x Participant