Daniel Kirksey

Site Reliability Engineer
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Projects

Oracle SRD: 2019 - 2026

  • Kubernetes/Helm/Docker/YAML

  • Prometheus/Alertmanager/Grafana/Exporters

  • Jenkins/Argos

  • Chef/Terraform/Ansible

  • Jira/Confluence/Slack/OCI

  • Python/Ruby/Groovy/Javascript/Shell

Elementum SRE:2016 - 2019

  • Microservices/Containers: Docker

  • DC/OS/Mesosphere/Chronos/Jenkins/Sonarcube

  • Chef/Terraform/Ansible

  • Jira/VictorOps/Slack/Datadog/Sumologic

  • Mysql/Postgres/Redis/Mongodb

  • Python/Ruby/Groovy/Shell

Windows DevOps: 2016

  • Containers: Docker

  • Powershell Admin Tools: AV Scanner/Patch Management/Windows Error Reports/RDC Launcher

  • Python/Ruby Scripting: Learning Projects/Coding Challenges

Technical Infrastructure: 2014 - 2015

  • Postini-SecOps/Account Mgt:

  • Dev-Lab: sunsetting

  • Admob:decomission

  • Change Mgt:Puppet/Git/Subversion/Chef

  • Monitoring:Nagios/Borgmon

  • Menlo Inventory Mgt.

AcqOps Support: 2012-2014

  • Rightsflow

  • Incentive Targeting GCE

  • Postini

  • Dev-Lab

  • Admob

  • QuickOffice AWS GCE Migration

GSA Training: 2009-2013

  • Maintain miixed ubuntu/windows/gsa environments for Enterprise Partner Training and Curriculum Development

  • Standard maintenance requests: machine setup/kernel/patching/firmware/OS upgrades/Infrastructure Buildouts

  • Resolving SecOps Vulnerability-Audits

  • Refreshing student instances/User Migrations

  • Proxy updates and VPN/Certificate Renewals

  • Maintain separate internal DNS for learngsa.com; work with Traffic Team for external changes

  • Backups-Restores of Content and Management servers

Postini SRE2009-2013

  • Lab/Datacenter Coverage, help with breakfix/machine repair/maintenances/power-audits

  • Assist with Capacity Build Outs, to accommodate new/existing customers and service types

  • Production infrastructure changes; kickstarting/kernel/patching/firmware/bios/OS upgrades/cfengine/dns updates

Bio

I’m Daniel Kirksey, a SRE with a passion for Learning and New DevOps Technologies.

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I take creative approaches to solve complex engineering problems, combining skills and knowledge from a diverse set of fields including infrastructure and software support.

Having worked for both large/startup companies, I always look for a learning environment, where my peers share a similar sense of ownership .

Skills

Software

  • Languages: Python/ Ruby/ Groovy/ Shell/ Perl
  • Content Mgt: Chef/ Ansible/ Git/ Gerrit/ Puppet/ Subversion
  • Monitoring: Borgmon/ Alertmanager/ Nagios/ Datadog/ Pingdom/ VictorOps/ Cloudwatch/ Cloudtrail/ Opsclarity
  • Productivity: Jenkins/ Jira/ Sonarcube/ Slack/ Sumologic/ Chronos/ Vault
  • Infrastructure: GCE/ Vmware/ Xen/ AWS/ Terraform/ Docker/ Vagrant/ Mesosphere/ DC/OS
  • DBs: Mysql/ Postgres/ Redis/ Mongodb/ Elasticsearch
  • Message Queueing: AWS SQS-SNS/ RabbitMq/ Apache Kafka
  • Servers: Haproxy/ Nginx

Hardware

  • Dell/DRAC/HP/Computerlink/3Ware/APC/GSA/NetApp
  • DC Operations/General HWOps
  • Backup/Restore admin & management
  • Security infrastructure/firewalls, bastions

Contact

Email

Phone

  • Phone(631) 488-0621‬

Address

  • Work23 Realnautic Ct. Hampton Bays, NY 11946

Accomplishments

Oracle

  • Onboarded Teams into Unified Monitoring Pipeline -> 2021-2026
  • Created automation around Obervability; Prometheus and K8s -> 2021-2026
  • Product Owner of Monitoring team -> 2020-2026
  • vTeam Launched Six new Product Features -> 2025
  • Partnered with other observability teams to identify monitoring opportunities and federate data to be used by SaaS Paved Road Tools -> 2023-2026
  • Trained New Team Members on Product Roadmap; K8s and Prometheus -> 2020-2026
  • Security Compliance Certifications/Trainings -> 2019-2026
  • Incident Command Lieutenant Certification -> 2022
  • OCI AI Foundations Associate Certification -> 2025
  • Worked with other teams on Architecture Review Board -> 2021-2022
  • Ran Team/Product Owners Scrum/ Quarterly Planning /Retrospective -> 2021-2026
  • Worked to transition/standardize Backlogs across the SSME Org -> 2023-2026

Elementum

  • Help Devs Migrate to Microservice Apps, through Marathon/DCOS -> 2017-2018
  • Automating Tasks for Customer Onboarding -> 2016-2018
  • Automated Database/Collection Backups/Restores -> 2017-2018
  • Database Upgrades/Migrations: Mongodb/Mysql -> 2018
  • Build/Support Release Jobs through Jenkins -> 2016 -2018

Google

  • Rightsflow DR Deployment -> 2013
  • QuickOffice AWS GCE Migration -> 2013-2014
  • CorpX Support/Deploy VMs/Monitoring -> 2013
  • TxVia Logistics Support -> 2013
  • Transition GSA Support to Thorton Team -> 2013
  • Las Vegas s12 Decom -> 2013
  • Sys-Eng Lab Move -> 2013
  • Netapp Storage Migration for Training -> 2012
  • Toronto YYZ07 Decom -> 2012
  • Implemented Disaster Recovery of critical GSA infrastructure -> 2012
  • Admob SysEng Support -> 2012
  • Vmware-EsXi Migration -> 2011-2012
  • Student Refresh, streamlined process for instructors -> 2010-2011
  • Postini Oncall SRE-SysEng -> 2010-2011
  • Breakfix Coverage, rotated coverage for remote DC locations -> 2010-2012
  • Resolve SecOps Requests/Vulnerabilities for GSA/Rebuilt WSUS -> 2010
  • Become lead of GSA Training Managed Mixed Windows/Unix Environments -> 2009-2010
  • Escalator/Alertmanager/Borgmon Migrate from ProdOps to SA -> 2009
  • Manage Monitoring for Team/Create Landing pages/Playbooks -> 2009
  • Move from ProdOps to Infrastructure -> 2009

Dreamworks Animation

  • 2007 Shrek the Third (resource administrator)
  • 2006 Flushed Away (resource administrator)
  • 2006 Over the Hedge (resource administrator)
  • 2005 Madagascar (technical resource administrator)
  • 2004 Shrek 2 (render wrangler - as Dan Kirksey)
  • 2003 Shrek 4-D (Short) (render assistant)

Education

Continued Education

  • Udemy Online Courses
  • Tech Talks Meetups
  • AWS Technologies Online Courses/ReInvent

Cogswell Polytechnical College Sunnyvale, CA

  • Areas of Study: Computer Video Imaging
  • Animation Program 1995-1997

Wayne State University

  • Areas of Study: Developmental Economics
  • B.A. Economics 1991-1994

Work History

Oracle Site Reliability Developer, 2019 - 2026

Elementum Site Reliability Engineer, 2016 - 2019

Google Systems Engineer, 2008 - 2015

Postini NOC Engineer, 7/2006 - 10/2007

Dreamworks Animation Studio Resource Administrator, 12/2002 - 6/2006

Startups.com Unix Administrator, 2000 - 2001

Microsoft, MSN Systems Administrator, 1996 - 2000