I'm Alexander Snyder
Senior Linux Systems & Automation Engineer
- Industry Experience 18+
- Address Gilbert, AZ
- E-mail [email protected]
I keep large RedHat estates running, and I automate the parts that should never have been done by hand. Eighteen years in enterprise Linux, most of it at real scale: a 26,000-node configuration-managed estate, a 2,500-server migration from CentOS to RHEL with nothing rolled back, and the Linux fleet behind a national payments network holding a 99.5% SLA. I carried the pager for all of it.
I registered this domain because it was more direct than a cover letter. Everything below is the part that has to hold it up.
Technical Skills
Work Experience
Build and maintain Ansible Automation Platform content that removes manual work across compute, network, application and database teams.
Integrated AAP with CyberArk so playbooks retrieve credentials at runtime instead of storing them, closing a standing audit finding.
Wrote self-healing automation that detects and remediates common failure states before they reach an on-call engineer.
Maintain Infrastructure-as-Code pipelines in GitLab CI/CD with scoped token management and reviewable deployments.
Ran the Chef Infra estate for more than 26,000 nodes, covering cookbook lifecycle, upgrades and daily operational support.
Rewrote a large body of legacy cookbook code to be idempotent and testable, ending a long tail of configuration drift and re-run failures.
Introduced Test Kitchen so cookbooks were verified automatically before release rather than validated in production.
Redesigned the CI/CD pipeline around DevOps practice and stood up the dedicated development environment the team had been missing.
Strategic Services consultant placed with an autonomous-vehicle engineering client.
Advised on configuration management strategy and Chef optimization across the build fleet, and reviewed and redesigned CI/CD pipelines to bring them in line with DevOps practice.
The Linux estate behind the Zelle payment network. Progressed through Production Control Analyst III, Linux Systems Administrator II and Senior Linux Systems Administrator.
Principal architect for RedHat Satellite 6 - designed the topology, installed the primary node and four Capsules, and built the lifecycle environments, content views and activation keys behind 2,500+ registered hosts.
Led the CentOS to RHEL migration of roughly 2,500 physical and virtual servers using convert2rhel wrapped in purpose-built automation. Every conversion succeeded. None were rolled back.
Migrated the Chef automation into Ansible as the organization standardized on YAML, and automated patching through Ansible Tower and Satellite Remote Execution.
Held the platform through more than 300,000 real-time payment transactions a day against a 99.5% SLA, including P1 incident response, disaster-recovery exercises and 24x7 on-call.
(25N) Network switching systems operator-maintainers perform maintenance on electronic switches, control centers, combat radios and other equipment associated with networks. They also use computers to troubleshoot the system when errors occur.
Deployed to Remote Combat Outpost Carver, in support of 2/6 Infantry Battalion, HHC and Alpha Company.
(25F) Network switching systems operator-maintainers perform maintenance on electronic switches, control centers, combat radios and other equipment associated with networks. They also use computers to troubleshoot the system when errors occur.
Example of work available upon request!
Education
Awards & Achievements
Honorable Discharge
Nevada National Guard
Honorable Discharge
United States Army
Army Achievement Medal
United States Army
Army Good Conduct Medal
United States Army
National Defense Service Medal
United States Army
Iraq Campaign Medal, Campaign Star Device
United States Army
Global War On Terrorism Medal
United States Army
Army Service Ribbon
United States Army
Overseas Ribbon, Numeral 2 Device
United States Army
References
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I have known Alexander, professionally, for over 7 years. Alexander has consistently shown his reliability in all efforts he applies himself to. My company has hired Alexander for several freelance projects and he has never once missed a deadline or other waypoint in a project. I feel I can always depend on Alexander both personally and professionally, and I think you can too!
Jazon Zakrin Account Manager, Hicken Air, LLC. -
I have worked with Alexander at Early Warning Services since he started in 2015. His attention to detail and drive for quality is what makes him stand out. Alexander strives to learn and understand the technology around him, completely. He is always trying to learn more about anything in his sphere of influence. Professionally, it is always a pleasure working on projects with him. I would recommend him to any employer, as he would be a valued asset to any company.
James Froxylia Manager Network Security, Early Warning Services, LLC. -
Alexander is my best friend. A "brother from a different mother", as it were. I have known Alexander for over 30 years, and this entire time, I have known him to always be an individual that does the right thing, even when nobody is looking. His strength of person and character is the quality that I admire most in him. This is a quality I think most professionals would also value highly.
Dereck Estrada VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center & Clinics -
I have worked with Alexander for over two years now. As his direct Team Leader at Early Warning Services on the Linux team, I can definitely say he is one of the best, honest, and hard working team members I supervise. Alexander always goes above and beyond all expectations. He is always up for new challenges and does not give up until the work gets done. Alexander's expertise at BASH Automation is incredibly useful and a serious asset for our team. It is a pleasure working with him.
Naj Rahman Team Lead Senior System Administrator at Early Warning
Contact Us
The domain says "Us." I am hoping it turns out to mean you.
- E-mail [email protected]
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Phone
+1 (Four Eight Zero) Four Seven Eight - Five Eight Six Five
(Please leave a voicemail) - Zoom Meeting ID: 819 638 9173
It has never once been subtle. If your Linux estate is bigger than the team looking after it, that is the problem I am good at — and this is the part where the pun stops and the work starts.