Kyel Emory Woodard
kyelwoodard@thekyel.com
thekyel.com

Offering:
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Dedicated System Administrator with a wide experience of computerized systems. Skilled in designing, building, administering and running information systems.
My goal is to improve and automate systems, making them do all the work, so that people don’t have to.


General Skills:
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* Linux administration including Hardware, Networking, Security, Configuration-Management, Monitoring, and Systems-Architecture/Design
* Experience with Docker, Ganeti, Kubernetes, pfSense, WireGuard/OpenVPN VPNs, CVS/SVN/Git version control, Networking, Nagios, Grafana, Puppet/Chef Configurations Management, MySQL, Debian/CentOS/RedHat/Arch/FreeBSD Distros, AWS Glacier/Deep-Archive, Bash/Python/PHP Languages, Apache/Nginx WebServers, Technical Support for both Internal and External Users, LVM, Backups, SBCs, Bind/NameD DNS, Virtualization, Containerization, Reverse Engineering, MailServers, Databases, Infrastructure, Scripting, Storage and Automation


Work Experience:
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Accretive Technology Group                              December 2012 - Current
Linux Systems Administrator
Key Accomplishments:
* Lead Internal Operations Team working on monitoring, intrusion detection, backups, reports, User management, and general server installation and maintenance
* Architected two different backup systems utilizing large storage arrays and AWS, totaling 9 PB
* Team-Building including remote and local game-nights, team events, documentation, training, and general assistance to members of the team
* General System Administration, configuration-management, security and monitoring of over 3000 systems
* Security including firewalls, ACLs, and implementation of a WireGuard VPN system
* Scripting various reports, creating systematic fixes, and designing systems, both computerized and noncomputerized
* Helped customers with backups, upgrades, installs, and monitoring


Home Experience:
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* Various LAMP-systems to emulate a virtual “Business Environment”. This lab is used to experiment and learn new systems, tools and methods. 
* Code-Samples available at code.thekyel.com
* Home Automation using Virtualization, SBCs, and pfSense networking equipment
* Misc Development and Administration including: Webservers, Mailservers, AI, shell-scripting, configuration-management, backups, automation, redundancy, webapps, and generally making my life easier


Education:
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* Moorpark College - Associates Degree: General Liberal Arts and Science