diff --git a/personal/resume/jason_davis_feb_2026.md b/personal/resume/jason_davis_feb_2026.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6f08ac4 --- /dev/null +++ b/personal/resume/jason_davis_feb_2026.md @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +**Jason Davis** +📍 Lewisville, TX | 📞 (940) 340-9369 | ✉️ newton214@gmail.com +🔗 [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-davis-27442118a) + +--- + +**SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER** +*Platform Migration & Automation | Unix/Linux Systems Builder | Enterprise Infrastructure* + +--- + +**PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY** +Systems Engineer with 15+ years of expertise building, automating, and managing mission-critical Unix and Linux infrastructure for large-scale enterprises. Proven track record as a hands-on **systems builder**, leading full lifecycle projects from design through deployment, cutover, and support. Skilled in creating reliable, automated environments for business-critical applications. + +**CORE COMPETENCIES** +**Platforms:** Unix, Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu, Arch Linux) | **Systems Skills:** Platform Migration, Server Build/Configuration, Legacy System Support +**Automation:** Python, Ansible, Bash, Terraform | **Networking:** AWS, SD-WAN, Data Center, Security + +--- + +### **PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE** + +**Consulting System Engineer** | TBX | May 2022 – Sept 2024 +* **Systems Architecture & Integration**: Served as the SME for designing and implementing secure network and security architectures (Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet Security Fabric) for enterprise clients, translating complex requirements into integrated solutions. +* **Proof of Concept & Validation**: Developed and executed comprehensive Proof of Concept (POC) deployments to validate system design, automate configurations with Python/Ansible, and demonstrate technical value as a key differentiator in sales cycles. +* **Technical Enablement**: Authored and delivered advanced technical workshops on Zero Trust and security automation, creating detailed documentation and enabling partner engineers to accelerate solution deployment. + +**Network Development Engineer** | Amazon Web Services | Sept 2021 – May 2022 +* **High-Compliance Systems Support**: Acted as Tier 3 escalation for critical security and networking incidents within AWS GovCloud and high-compliance environments, leading cross-functional resolution efforts and authoring post-mortem guidance. +* **Infrastructure Automation**: Developed Python-based automation frameworks and SOPs for cloud networking, establishing standardized, auditable patterns for secure implementation and management across enterprise AWS environments. + +**Principal Network Architect** | Verizon | Jan 2020 – Sept 2021 +* **Enterprise Transformation Leadership**: Directed the architecture and migration of a global enterprise client from legacy MPLS to a modern SD-WAN (Versa) and Secure Access (Aruba) platform, implementing a Zero-Trust security model. +* **Technical Pre-Sales & Strategy**: Led technical solution design and authored winning RFP responses for Fortune 500 clients in finance and healthcare, clearly articulating security architecture and compliance adherence. + +**Consulting Engineer III** | Zivaro | Oct 2018 – Jan 2020 +* **Healthcare Infrastructure Deployment**: Designed and implemented a VXLAN data center fabric using Cisco ACI for Denver Health, integrating security policies for a HIPAA-compliant environment. +* **Automation Advocacy**: Advocated for and implemented Ansible as the strategic automation platform over proprietary alternatives for a major healthcare client, delivering a scalable, vendor-neutral framework for network management. +* **Complex Troubleshooting**: Resolved persistent VOIP quality issues for Simmons Foods by diagnosing QoS configuration problems and proposing an automated remediation strategy. + +**Network Engineer IV** | Charter Communications | Sept 2018 – Oct 2019 +* **Large-Scale Platform Migration**: Engineered a continent-wide platform migration, leading the build, configuration, and deployment of CentOS-based servers to replace legacy RHEL infrastructure for critical DNS services. Executed seamless cutovers across all national markets. +* **Critical Infrastructure Management**: Managed enterprise F5 LTM/GTM and A10 load balancing infrastructure, ensuring high availability for core services. + +**Senior Network Engineer** | American Residential Services | Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 +* **Secure Network Transformation**: Architected and led the migration of 100+ sites to a Cisco SD-WAN (Viptela) solution with integrated security policies and Cisco Umbrella DNS filtering. +* **Cost-Optimized Solutions**: Engineered a cost-effective out-of-band management solution using repurposed hardware, saving over $15,000 while maintaining security and functionality. + +**Senior Data Center Network Engineer** | Kaiser Permanente | May 2016 – Apr 2018 +* **Data Center Modernization**: Deployed Cisco ACI fabric and migrated Nexus switching infrastructure (7K/5K to 9K) across multiple data centers, enhancing scalability for healthcare applications. +* **Performance Optimization**: Diagnosed and resolved critical performance issues, including OSPF routing problems with Oracle Exadata and buffer tail drops on encrypted Data Domain replication traffic. + +**Senior Technical Architect** | AT&T (Supporting TIAA-CREF) | Jul 2010 – May 2016 +* **Enterprise Network Refresh**: Led a $100M+ network infrastructure transformation, overseeing the refresh of Nexus/ASR/F5 platforms to support financial trading environments. +* **Mainframe Integration & Optimization**: Optimized mainframe OSPF routing configurations (Area 51) and migrated load balancing from Brocade to F5 BIG-IP, ensuring performance for critical financial applications. +* **Process Automation**: Developed operational scripts for security policy management and blackhole routing, and identified non-RFC compliant LACP implementation on NetApp systems via custom Tcl scripts. + +--- + +**TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES** +**Platforms & OS:** Unix, AIX, Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu), AWS +**Automation & Scripting:** Python, Ansible, Bash, Terraform, REST APIs +**Networking & Security:** BGP, OSPF, VXLAN/EVPN, Cisco ACI, SD-WAN, PCI-DSS/NIST + +**CERTIFICATIONS** +Cisco CCNP (Enterprise & Data Center) | AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate | Cisco DevNet Associate + +**MILITARY SERVICE** +U.S. Air Force, Senior Airman – Honorable Discharge \ No newline at end of file