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Putting greenfield and Day-2 Cloud & DevOps Tools and Practices in real use at enterprise scale. Navigating, balancing and transforming modern and legacy applic...
Bill Ryan's Work History
Cloud & DevOps Transformation Engineer / Solutions Architect
Citi
Jan 2017 - Aug 2019
Work on IT modernization, transformation and adoption of the Citigroup internal IaaS & PaaS platform based on Jenkins, Docker Containers, Kubernetes, OpenShift, API's, Ansible, etc. Worked closely with 80+ DevOps teams, onboarding new and existing applications to the Docker platform. Working closely with these teams, guiding them through introduction to microservices, feasibility, architecture & security discussions, ultimately resulting in application build and deployment throughout the SDLC. We actively engaged and assisted application developers moving to Docker, guiding and assisting CI/CD adoption and empowering DevOps teams to adopt a mature and supportable end-to-end operational model.
Concentrating on DevOps, Multi-Cloud Native & Agnostic computing including Configuration Management, Virtualization, Containers, OpenShift, Hardware & Storage platform selection & migration, Microservices, Scalability, Reliability, Load Balancing (WIP/VIP) and Networking.
Application Support Engineer / Systems Architect
Citi
Jan 2012 - Jan 2017
Managed large high-availability enterprise applications running on multiple VM's in multiple datacenters. Team Lead for a group of IT support engineers delivering 24/7 Production and Development middleware support for multiple enterprise applications including Enterprise Portal, Collaboration and Service Management platforms using Linux & Wintel Virtualization, Load Balancers (WIP/VIP), DNS, IIS, AD, Configuration Management, assorted authentication protocols, etc.
Hand-on Team lead, responsible for all middleware support including Deployments, Performance Monitoring & Tuning, COB planning & verification, Storage/memory allocation & adjustment, Issue Management & RCA, Hardware & Storage Platform selection.
Technical Support Lead / PeopleSoft DBA / Middleware Administrator
Citi
Jan 2007 - Jan 2012
Manage Linux-based regional (South America) HRMS application running on multiple servers in multiple datacenters. Led a team of onshore/offshore IT support engineers providing 24/7 support in Development through Production.
Team Lead with hands on responsibility for health of middleware components (webservers, app servers, File Transfers, inbound/outbound messaging, etc.), software upgrades, deployments & migrations, SSO, DNS, Load Balancers (WIP/VIP), Oracle database, backup/restore, Configuration Management, Performance Monitoring & Tuning, COB planning & verification, Storage/memory allocation & adjustment, Issue Management & RCA
Oracle Database Administrator / Solutions Architect
Citi
Jan 2000 - Jan 2007
Member of team, Oracle DBA's supporting multiple enterprise applications including HRMS/Payroll, Global Directory, GDW/Global Data Warehouse. Worked closely with the Business & Development groups on new and migrating applications. Responsibilities included 24/7 support for Issues & Outages, Performance & Tuning, Copying & Cloning databases, Deployments/Schema Changes, Feeds, File Transfers, Backup & Restore, Export & Import, Reorgs, Periodic Schema reviews, Software Upgrades, Payroll updates, etc.
Operations Specialist - PeopleSoft Security Administration
Citi
Jan 1997 - Jan 2000
Managed team controlling end-user access to the enterprise HRMS application running in a Linux environment. Hands-on responsibilities included creating, managing and continuously auditing thousands of individual PeopleSoft Security Accounts and the corresponding sets of Security roles. Automated migration of Security Roles, eliminating the need for error-prone manual updates during migrations. Performed periodic system-wide verification of employee level access.
Peoplesoft Technical Consultant
Barnett Bank
Jan 1993 - Jan 1997
Managed Novell LAN for 120+ users in HR/Payroll. Converted multiple legacy HRMS applications to PeopleSoft. Serves as primary PeopleSoft Security Administrator & PS/Query Support. Provided classroom instruction to end users for PS/Query (their ad-hoc reporting tool).
PC / Local Area Network Administrator
Ford New Holland Farm Equipment
Jan 1988 - Jan 1993
Managed & maintained (rudimentary) PC network for Traffic/Transportation Dept. in large manufacturing environment. Began working as a consultant and converted to full-time.
System Analyst
Accounting Systems And Analysis
Jan 1985 - Jan 1988
Work with customers/end users to create system specifications for custom accounting applications. Coded the applications using an in-house interpreted language.
Local Area Network Administrator / Data Analyst
Ford Tractor
Jan 1982 - Jan 1985
Provided LAN / PC / Support for a global heavy-duty manufacturing company. Created “what-if” cost modeling tool for global manufacturing locations / US imports.
Coding Specialist
Datair Employee Benefit Systems
Jan 1980 - Jan 1985
Using compiled BASIC (on IBM PC's), I wrote code for applications used by the administrators of large Defined Benefit / Defined Contribution Pension Plans.
Coding Specialist
Ombudsman Educational Services
Jan 1980 - Jan 1981
Began writing simple BASIC code for educational/teaching software (code would describe a concept, test the concept and proceed only when understood). I wrote an application in 8-bit assembler that “wrote” the code for us, eliminating errors and providing a productivity increase of over 75%.
Bill Ryan's Current Work Details
Bill Ryan's Location
West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Bill Ryan's Expertise
Putting greenfield and Day-2 Cloud & DevOps Tools and Practices in real use at enterprise scale. Navigating, balancing and transforming modern and legacy applications. Proponent of automation with historical exposure to many diverse industries and technologies.
Cloud & DevOps Transformation / Solutions Architect
Bill Ryan's Current Industry
Citi
Bill Ryan's Prior Industry
Datair Employee Benefit Systems | Ombudsman Educational Services | Ford Tractor | Accounting Systems And Analysis | Ford New Holland Farm Equipment | Barnett Bank | Citi
Bill Ryan's Education
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale , Computer Science
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