Hello, my name is Ken Hyer and I am a

Software Architect, Developer


And

Technical Leader

working with teams to develop software-defined automation solutions for IT infrastructure

This is some of what I do

Currently reside in the Raleigh, NC area. Since 2010, I've worked for Cisco in their IT Global Infrastructure Services organization. I've had a number of roles: Linux Systems Administrator, Software Engineer, Software Architect, Agile Product Owner and Mentor.
These are some of my areas of expertise

Software Architecture and Design

Design of software-defined automation solutions to drive the deployment, operation and maintenance of application hosting infrastructure.

Full-Stack Development

Front end and back end development using Python, Django, Flask, JavaScript, Jquery, Angular, HTML, CSS, PostgreSQL, Oracle and Redis

Cross-Platform Automation

Automation and orchestration of deployment and operational tasks across on-prem and cloud hosting infrastructure.

Leadership and Mentorship

Development and leadership of technical teams to deliver value. Teaching of technical and soft skills. Career development of interns and junior engineers.

My Projects

Just a few of the development projects I have worked on over the past few years
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Sudo Access Management

Application to manage Linux elevated access requests for SOx compliance

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IaaS API

Automation of on-prem UCS and VMWare infrastructure lifecycle management

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Service Dashboard

Project/resource management, planning and project ROI historical reporting dashboard

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Infrastructure Dashboard

Web application for infrastructure alerting and reporting

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Infrastructure as Code

API-based configuraiton and change management command-line replacement

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Databrackets Compliance Portal

Industry compliance assessment and reporting for client

My Skills

I maintain a combination of systems administration, engineering and application development skills in order to help support a large-scale global enterprise IT infrastructure.

Development


Python
100%
Django/Flask
95%
PostgreSQL
90%
Redis
90%
Angular
85%
Bash/shell
80%
HTML/CSS
80%
Javascript/jQuery
80%
PHP
75%
Perl
70%
MySQL
60%
MongoDB
50%
C#
40%
C/C++
30%

Infrastructure


Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS
100%
Ansible w/ Tower
90%
Ubuntu/Debian Linux
85%
Cisco UCS
80%
VMWare ESXi
75%
Amazon AWS
70%
NetApp ONTAP (SAN and NAS)
65%
Cisco ACI
60%
Kubernetes
60%
EMC Symmetrix (SAN)
55%
Microsoft Windows Server
50%
Puppet
40%

My Experience

With over 15 years of experience, I have worked for small organizations as well as large enterprises. Over that time, I have designed and developed a wide variety of products and services
2019

Technical Leader, Software Architect

Cisco

Design of global infrastructure automation solutions for both on-prem and cloud compute and storage services used to run Cisco's $50B business. Technical leadership and career mentorship for team of approximately 24 developers, largely Junior/early-in-career and interns. Product ownership of "Build and Lifecycle Management" automation development Agile Scrum team.

2014

Senior IT Engineer/Developer

Cisco

Architecture, development and maintenance of Cisco IT Infrastructure Dashboard web application to track system alerts, performance, capacity management, storage reporting, resource scheduling and system auditing. Development of Python, Perl and Bash scripts to automate large-scale infrastructure processes

2010

IT Engineer

Cisco

Support of Linux/Unix operating systems including OS and application troubleshooting, break/fix, system maintenance, patching, and storage migrations. Support for large-scale changes and service escalations across Linux, Storage, VMWare, OpenStack and Cisco UCS physical platforms.

2007

Systems Administrator

Rensselaer Student Union

Development of web applications used for budgeting, surveying, scheduling and recreation management. Development of point of sale desktop application for food and beverage service• Server support for multi-tenant web and database environment.

2003

Technology/Network Specialist

Plainfield Public Schools

This is where it all started. Support of network, servers and endpoints for seven-school district with 1200+ personal computers. Implementation of network stability and security devices and configurations. Operation, programming, repair and documentation of theatrical lighting and sound systems for state of the art performance venue.

Let's Talk

If you are interested in the skills I have to offer your organization, I would love to hear from you!