Michael Worsham | Experts Exchange

Michael Worsham

Cloud/Infrastructure Solutions Architect

Orange Park,
Florida,
United States of America

Web Page:

http://www.murpe.com

Member Since: 2005/05/24

Industry: Travel/ Logistics/Transportation

Top Skills:

Linux Virtualization VMware

Tech Certifications:

CERTIFIED EXPERT

Message

Well-rounded and highly experienced with a professional background in cloud/infrastructure solutions and project management.

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Activity

Points this month64

Total points1,712,094

Questions: 69

Solutions: 1239

Articles: 6

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Group Discussions: 11

Professional Background

Cloud/Infrastructure Solutions Architect

Wabtec US Rail Inc

January 2015 – Present

Orange Park, Florida

Part of the Digital Operations and Technical Strategy (DOTS) team, assigned and focused on cloud-based DevOps architecture and application migration, consultation and guidance for Wabtec and Legacy General Electric (GE) Transportation application environments. Working as a key part of the DevOps engineering team, responsible for Amazon AWS cloud performance support, automation, deployment and overall infrastructure design. Focused on helping GE with the internal cost-out initiative to help with overall costs.
• Successfully completed “Architecting in AWS” class with Amazon services, utilizing AWS services for lab and actual business application concept needs for GE business units.
• Utilized several automation and deployment applications such as Scalr, Chef, Git and Jenkins for Continuous Integration and deployment (CI/CD) needs using Ant and Maven for JBoss and Tomcat apps. Tuned Apache for proxy needs in addition to AWS ELB configurations.
• Accessed the Amazon AWS console environment through GE’s Single Sign-On (SSO) system and deployment needs for GE Transportation business users utilizing AWS services including VPC, CloudWatch, ELB, EC2, S3 and RDS.
• Ensure ServiceNow incident resolution escalation processes are functioning appropriately
• Provide relationship management and troubleshooting for applications, infrastructure and projects
• Utilize quality tools to monitor progress and identify process improvement opportunities
• Manage the ongoing relationship management (rhythm of review, SLAs, troubleshooting)
• Developed/Implemented a NGINX & HAProxy streaming SQL Proxy solution for allowing Azure and Amazon MSSQL RDS instances to be able to do “Linked Servers” with On-Premise MSSQL hosts.

Education

Camden Military Academy

Diploma

Military Science (ROTC)

1985 – 1991

Full Biography

Well-rounded and highly experienced individual with a professional background in project management, enterprise architecture, network infrastructure planning, virtualization subject matter expert, cross-platform system engineering and application integration. Creative problem solver with ability to work either individually or through multiple teams partners for accomplishing goals.

DoD Security Clearance: Inactive Secret (Expired 2/16)

Specialties: Project management; RFIs; RFPs; small business & enterprise infrastructure and architecture; Virtualization infrastructure design, implementation and integration; system engineering and administration; Data center design, consolidation and build-out knowledge; Microsoft Windows Server, UNIX/HP-UX/Linux platforms and server architecture; Cradle to Grave hardware and application support; DevOps Case Management with Puppet & Splunk architecture.

Languages

English

Native or Bilingual Proficiency

Level Progress

Current: Level 29

Michael needs 87,906 points to level up.

LVL 30

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Overall

29

1,712,094
Linux

12

313,020
SBS

10

225,398
Linux Distributions

10

225,100
Apache Web Server

9

176,006
Windows Server 2003

9

170,333
Microsoft Server OS

8

131,052
VPN

7

122,329
Exchange

7

110,887
MySQL Server

6

90,066
VMware

6

78,725
Virtualization

6

74,360
Linux Networking

6

73,406
Routers

5

67,942
PHP

5

52,604
Networking

5

51,114
Server Hardware

5

51,094
Unix OS

4

46,472
Windows OS

4

38,670
Email Servers

4

38,480
Software Firewalls

4

38,247
Web Servers

4

37,580
Active Directory

4

33,973
Windows Vista

3

29,534
Hardware Firewalls

3

29,502
Storage

3

27,464
Cisco

3

27,147
Email Protocols

3

26,350
Windows XP

3

25,336
Networking Hardware-Other

3

25,262
Storage Software

3

24,964
Linux Security

3

24,872
Linux OS Dev

3

24,352
Server Software

3

23,297
Anti-Virus Apps

3

22,253
Microsoft Legacy OS

3

20,105
Microsoft IIS Web Server

3

19,766
Wireless Hardware

3

19,375
Wireless Networking

3

19,150
Web-Based CMS

3

18,730
Web Development

3

18,208
Security

3

18,109
Internet Protocol Security

2

17,485
Broadband

2

17,295
AntiSpam

2

16,350
OS Security

2

15,481
Networking Protocols

2

15,400
Printers and Scanners

2

15,300
Databases

2

15,025
Windows Server 2008

2

14,898
Network Management

2

14,775
SSL / HTTPS

2

14,675
DNS

2

14,500
System Utilities

2

14,362
Oracle Database

2

14,086
Hardware

2

13,872
Web Applications

2

13,650
Java App Servers

2

13,300
Remote Access

2

13,130
Installation

2

12,900
Storage Hardware

2

12,668
Network Analysis

2

12,572
File Sharing Software

2

12,264
Outlook

2

12,100
Microsoft SQL Server

2

11,350
Software

2

10,750
Components

2

10,632
Vulnerabilities

2

10,486
Network Security

2

10,408
Windows Networking

2

10,352
Laptops Notebooks

2

10,255
Operating Systems

2

9,522
Microsoft Forefront ISA Server

2

9,125
Citrix

2

9,050
Microsoft SharePoint

2

8,350
Scripting Languages

1

7,900
Perl

1

7,864
Web Browsers

1

7,825
Telecommunications

1

7,300
Switches / Hubs

1

7,250
DHCP

1

7,200
SSH / Telnet Software

1

6,800
Microsoft SQL Server 2005

1

6,672
Mac OS X

1

6,272
Microsoft Server Apps

1

6,100
QuickBooks

1

6,100
System Programming

1

6,000
Miscellaneous

1

5,900
Web Development Software

1

5,880
PC

1

5,818
Drupal

1

5,800
Microsoft Virtual Server

1

5,475
Content Management

1

5,300
Smartphones

1

5,300
Enterprise Software

1

5,200
HTTP Protocol

1

5,175
E-Commerce

1

5,100
Programming

1

5,100
Internet Protocols

1

5,000
Microsoft Office

1

4,950
Computer Games

1

4,857
Internet Explorer (IE)

1

4,825
IP Telephony

1

4,800
Web Services

1

4,800
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

1

4,772
Disaster Recovery

1

4,500
Ruby

1

4,300
Acronis

1

4,200
Digital Audio

1

4,000
Smartphone Programming

1

4,000
Email Software

1

3,850
Project Management

1

3,600
Email Clients

1

3,500
Microsoft Word

1

3,500
Editors IDEs

1

3,400
DB Reporting Tools

1

3,300
Productivity Apps

1

3,140
Microsoft Applications

1

3,100
Facebook

1

3,050
Network Operations

1

3,000
Blogs

1

2,800
Java EE

1

2,800
Microsoft Development

1

2,800
Multimedia Programming

1

2,800
Regular Expressions

1

2,800
VB Script

1

2,800
Version Control

1

2,800
WordPress

1

2,800
jQuery

1

2,800
Internet Marketing

1

2,772
Adobe Flash

1

2,750
Windows 7

1

2,668
Chat / IM

1

2,500
Cloud Computing

1

2,500
Apple Software

1

2,200
MultiMedia Applications

1

2,100
.NET Programming

1

2,000
ASP.NET

1

2,000
Apple Networking

1

2,000
C#

1

2,000
C++

1

2,000
Consulting

1

2,000
Document Management

1

2,000
Fonts Typography

1

2,000
Joomla

1

2,000
Page Layout Software

1

2,000
Peripherals

1

2,000
Shell Scripting

1

2,000
Windows 2000

1

2,000
Windows Batch

1

2,000
iPhone

1

2,000