Kyle Falany

Site Reliability Engineer, SysAdmin

Profile

Motivated individual with over 5 years of enterprise IT experience, a love for technology and the ability to pick up new things quickly.

Skills

Azure Cloud

Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) with Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)(In Progress).

Systems Administration

Experience configuring, monitoring, and administering both Windows and Linux systems on-premise and in the cloud.

Automation

Multiple projects completed and countless processes automated using code/scripts written with Python, Powershell, and/or bash.

Technical

  • Virtualization
  • Linux
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Kubernetes (K8s)
  • DevOps
  • Security
  • Cloud computing
  • Docker
  • Windows Server
  • Automation
  • Powershell
  • Ansible
  • Networking
  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Python
  • Active Directory
  • Bash
  • Terraform
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • VMWare ESXi
  • Microsoft 365

Experience

Element Technologies

Site Reliability Engineer

11/2021-Current

Managed Service Provider for SMBs

Operated as internal architect and administrator for the company, deploying new technologies and managing the company tech stack for 4,000+ endpoints and 90+ small-medium sized businesses

  • Automated device deployments and user setups with services including Microsoft Endpoint Manager/Intune, JAMF, Samsung KNOX, Windows Deployment Services, and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
  • Created scripts and small applications in different scripting and coding languages such as Powershell, Python, and inside N-Central's native scripting environment
  • Handled all internal support requests including new employee and client onboardings, training employees on company tools and mentoring the service support center on a weekly basis
  • Built code repository and package repository/manager for employees to publish their tools and scripts to
  • Onboarded and deployed security tools such as Crowdstrike, Arctic Wolf, and Authpoint/ZeroTek
  • Completed RMM migration project for all endpoints from ConnectWise Automate to self-hosted N-Able N-Central which increased automation opportunities and proactive efficiencies
  • Assisted with on-site needs in the SW FL area encompassing projects like office moves and security audits
  • Piloted tests for new tools internally from Threatlocker, Proofpoint, N-able, and Liongard
  • Improved the reporting and review processes for client assets across local and cloud environments using Power BI and better organization+cleaning of data exported from all of our tools

Beyond IT Support Cloud Advisors

Cloud Support Engineer

02/2020-11/2021

Managed Service Provider for SMBs

Completed projects and escalation tickets as a point of escalation for the help desk team, lots of cloud migrations and virtualization work

  • Passed Microsoft Azure Administrator cert (AZ-104) using knowledge built from cloud opportunities and projects
  • Completed engineering tickets and projects, mainly L2 and L3 service desk work, an average of 70 tickets closed per work week
  • Built upon experience working with different types of networks and network appliances (Sophos, Ubiquiti, WatchGuard, pfSense)
  • Gained a lot of experience working with virtualization, company has self-built lab inside data center where clients are virtualized and hosted on bare metal VMWare ESXi within our secured network
  • Finished projects that included cloud networking, computing, and identity service in Azure and Azure AD (both cloud and hybrid setups)
  • Handled Office 365 management for clients including Microsoft Exchange, Intune, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams, etc. Automated as many tasks as possible using Powershell and Power Automate
  • Managed Azure subscription, Office 365 licensing, and Office 365+Azure billing
  • Inherited existing backup verification procedure, previously working with Veeam but migrated to Storagecraft storing and verifying backups for virtualized and hard metal servers/workstations, cloud replication goes to AWS storage
  • Trained new employees both in-person and remotely after company absorbed smaller MSPs in the SWFL area

Velocity Technology Partners

IT Technician II

08/2018-02/2020

Managed Service Provider for SMBs

Gained IT operations experience as a key member of the help desk and completed on-site visits and work as dispatched

  • Worked with ticketing system and documentation system (Autotask & ITGlue)
  • Assisted engineers with server creations/migrations, environment setups (both physical and cloud-based (Azure))
  • Fortified clients environments with firewall and security/networking installations/setups (Dell, Datto, Cisco)
  • Gained large amounts of experience with recurring on-site visits for different clients and environments (health care providers, financial advisors, large and small businesses)
  • Packaged remote management software, anti-virus installations, 2FA methods, and other standards for newly on-boarded clients
  • Answered phones to triage issues and assist clients as a 'first-line' of help

uBreakiFix

Assistant Team Manager

06/2017-08/2018

Technology troubleshooting and repair

First job opportunity to work on hardware troubleshooting and repairs for desktops, laptops, cell phones, tablets, and more

  • Worked with ticketing system (uBreakiFix portal/inhouse system)
  • Repaired phones, tablets, computers, etc. for customers
  • Attached warranty coverages and accessories
  • Built computers and laptops based on customers' requests and/or needs
  • Completed troubleshooting and root cause diagnosis for computers, tablets, phones, and a number of other electronic devices
  • Recovered data from devices, backed up important data for clients while educating them on best practices
  • Advised customers on best devices to buy for their use-case and assisted with questions or issues they had

Best Buy

Mobile Verizon Expert

06/2015-06/2017

Big box tech retailer

Primarily focused on mobile device sales, activation, and management

  • Started as part time, worked up to full time while learning how to best work with customers
  • Consistently top 30 in district for rev/hr. (avg $650/hr)
  • Advised customers on most relevant plan and devices for their situations and wants/needs
  • Attended training events for Verizon, Apple, and other large partners due to great performance
  • Learned how to find entire solutions for customers' technology needs
  • Transferred data and information to new devices during activation, recovered data from devices that were damaged or old
  • Kept on top of changing technologies and devices as they were released on a yearly basis

Projects

Cloud Resume Challenge

DevOps/Cloud themed challenge for developing skills

GitHub project repo

Original Azure Project Page

Built a webpage with HTML and CSS to be displayed as a static website, secured with HTTPS and a custom domain, with a custom visitor counter at the bottom. The backend is written in Python and Javascript with all the project pieces deployed and maintanted using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).

Ventibot

a Discord bot, written in Python

GitHub project repo

Created and developed a bot written in Python for use inside a personal Discord server. Ventibot started as a small project which quickly grew in size. The end result was a multi-function bot that can complete tasks such as scrape the web for newly released manga chapters, simulate 'gacha' mechanics, respond to commands, and more!

Django Portfolio/Website

Simple website/portfolio project from realpython.com

GitHub project repo

Another great Python project that helped me become more comfortable working with the language and all the different use cases it can achieve. I worked through the project details provided on RealPython.com in order to create my own website/portfolio front-end completely from Python.

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