Hello I'm

Mike Mitchell

DevOps Automation Engineer

About Me

Hello, I’m Mike. I have experience in most things IT but specialize in process optimization and Windows based automation. The majority of my expertise is with the following technologies but I'm always eager to learn. Outside of work I'm an avid rock climber and board game collector.

  • Windows
  • Active Directory
  • AWS
  • Jenkins
  • Ansible
  • GitHub
  • Powershell
  • Python
  • SQL
  • Docker
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What I do

Compliance as code

I have experience working in highly regulated environments. I work to create effective standards along with the automation required to keep those standards in place and the auditors happy.

DevOps

Humans are bad at doing repeat or detailed tasks which is why I try and make computers do them wherever possible. I pride myself on my ability to identify weak points in processes and implement improvements/automation to make work faster and more consistent.

Active Directory

A properly designed AD schema is the key to any maintainable access model for a Windows shop. I have 8yrs of experience with Active Directory and have implemented a role based access control model for 1,500 users with great success.

Education

Bachelors of Computer Science DeVry University

2008-2011

I was on the Dean's List for my entire time at DeVry. My education had a focus on .Net app development and SQL database design.



Professional Accomplishments

Powershell/DevOps Summit

  • Three time attendee 2017-2019
  • 2018 community lightning demo winner
  • Open source

  • Authored CISDSC PowerShell module
  • Contributions to PowerShell community projects
  • Contributions to Microsoft's NetworkingDSC PowerShell module

  • Work Experience

    Solutions Architect Red Hat Inc.

    2021-current
    Responsibility :
    • Work with customers to identify solutions
    • Sales engineering
    • Maintain product certifications
    • Craft and present product demos
    • Ansible
    • Kubernetes

    Senior Security Engineer University of Illinois

    2020-2021
    Responsibility :
    • Security resource for the University of Illinois COVID-19 testing taskforce
    • Consult on campus projects and infrastructure security
    • Python/PowerShell automation
    • AWS
    • Configuration management via PowerShell DSC
    • Splunk add-on development
    • Authored CISDSC PowerShell module

    Automation Engineer II Busey Bank

    2018-2020
    Responsibility :
    • Implement automation to solve issues with LOB/Infrastructure workflows
    • Maintain a Jenkins environment
    • CI/CD pipelines
    • Configuration management via Powershell DSC
    • Maintain an Azure DevOps environment

    Senior Systems Administrator Busey Bank

    2015-2018
    Responsibility :
    • VMware Vcenter support and design
    • Windows server support and design
    • Active directory schema design
    • M&A planning
    • General infrastructure planning and support

    System Engineer STL Technology Partners

    2011-2015
    Responsibility :
    • Maintain several small-medium sized company environments
    • Design/implement solutions for windows servers and networks
    • Sales engineering
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