John Knutson

Minneapolis, MN
john.m.knutson@gmail.com

Technical Skills

• Languages: Ruby, Python, bash, Golang, C, Javascript, Groovy, SQL
• Platforms: AWS ECS, AWS EC2, QEMU/Libvirt, Hyper-V, Docker
• Operating Systems: Linux (Ubuntu, AmazonLinux/RHEL), Windows Server
• DB Technologies: Postgres (AWS RDS, IAM, Logical Replication, PostGIS), MySQL, RabbitMQ
• Cloud Technologies (AWS): WAF, Lambda, ECS, RDS, S3, IAM, VPC, SSM, SNS/SQS, Kinesis, Sagemaker
• Configuration & Infrastructure Management: Chef, Ansible, AWS Cloudformation
• Instrumentation & Monitoring: Zipkin, Datadog, NewRelic, SumoLogic
• Networking: Juniper JunOS, AWS (VPC, VPN), Meraki WiFi/RADIUS, Cisco IOS

Work Experience

Sr. Cloud Engineer - IcarioHealth (2015 - Present)

• Engage directly with Product, Development teams to remediate bugs, improve performance, implement features, integrate services
• Work with Security to maintain a secure platform and support compliance audits
• Manage web application infrastructure: AWS ECS clusters, database instances, WAF, Lambda functions, message queuing services
• Create and maintain AWS Cloudformation stacks for ephemeral and scalable systems
• Configure and manage corporate network infrastructure, including all on-premise networking equipment, end user VPNs, site to site VPN connections to AWS VPCs
• Write scripts and libraries to facilitate automation of repetitive tasks
• Identify, scope, and execute project plans for cross team efforts

Systems Architect - The Lacek Group (2013 - 2015)

• Point of contact with MSP for production web and database servers
• Design and implement centralized logging solution for Linux servers
• Built web applications for IT specific purposes
• Responsible for creation and maintenance of SSL certificates and public DNS records
• Configure monitoring for critical systems (Icinga, Cacti, Munin, Zabbix)

Education

Associate of Applied Science: Computer Networking Systems (2012)
Dunwoody College of Technology, Minneapolis, MN