Hugh Smalley

System Engineer based in South Florida 🇺🇸 🏴󠁵󠁳󠁦󠁬󠁿

Email / Website / LinkedIn / Github

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👨‍💻 Engineering Experience

Sr System Engineer @ LexisNexis Risk Solutions (2018 - Present)
HPCC Operations

• Operating systems and automation expert
• Writing code, documentation, and tools to deploy super computing clusters exceeding 10,000 nodes
• Technologies used: RHEL, CentOS, Rocky, Python, Ansible, AWX, TestInfra, Kubernetes, MySQL, Redis, Stackstorm, Grafana, Prometheus, Azure, Terraform, Vault, AWS, HPCC Systems

Director of Information Technology @ Conrad & Scherer (2016-2018)
Legal Firm specialized in complex trials

• Automated & Implemented IT processes such as:
  • Inventory & access control
  • Machine learning cluster management
  • Monitoring & data security
  • Ticketing & auditing
• Network operations & systems automation
• Technologies used: CentOS, Windows, Python, Ansible, OpenNMS, SnipeIT, Redis, Azure, Dell/EMC SANs, GlusterFS, Samba, WinRM, Powershell, OVirt, Openshift

Consultant & Engineer @ Technical Cabbages INC (2014-2017)
Owner

• Specialized in B2B optimizations and process automation
• Migration of legacy systems to Linux & FOSS based solutions
• Data backup and ransomeware mitigation
• Operating system deployments and system automations

System Engineer @ US Epperson Underwriting (2006-2015)
Information Technology Department

• Operating system deployment and automation expert
• Network operation
• Storage management
• Tool creation based on powershell and c#

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💬 Languages

🇺🇸 English: Native
🟩 Esperanto: Conversational-ish
🇨🇺 Spanish: Beginner

🇨C/C++:Beginner
🦀 Rust: Beginner
🐍 Python: Intermediate
🐚 Shell: Expert
⚡ PowerShell: Expert
🇾 YAML: Expert
🇲 Markdown: Expert

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🕹️ Hobbies

🎲 Table Top Games
🎮 Video Games
🤖 Microcontrollers
💾 Programing
🎙️ HAM Radio
👨‍🍳 Cooking

📌 Volunteering

Lexis Nexis Cares - (2019-Present)
Boy Scouts of America - (1999-2003)
Special Olympics - (2000-2003)

🏆 Accomplishments

Google Knol - (2009) Awarded for best article on Unified Windows Image Deployment
Technology Student of the Year - (2003)

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👨‍🎓 Education

A+, Network+, Security+, Linux+
CompTIA (exp 2013)

MOS, MCSA
Microsoft (exp 2010)

CCNA
Cisco Systems (exp 2006)

IPv6 Certified
Hurricane Electric (no exp)

Miami Dade College - Information Systems
Wolfson Campus, Miami Florida, (2003)

High School in Information Technology
Miami Central Sr High AOIT, Miami Florida, (1999-2003)