Gabe Lopez

Blue Springs · Missouri glopez810@gmail.com


Welcome

Intro
My name is Gabe and I am a cloud enthusiast. My most recent role was Cloud Engineer at Security Benefit. This is a simple resume project built on AWS with GitLab CI/CD to showcase my abilities.

Tools & Technologies used for this project: VS code, gitlab, HTML, javascript, CSS, S3, Route53, Python, DynamoDB, Lambda

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Experience

Cloud Engineer

Oracle Cerner

Security Benefit is a financial institution specializing in annuities and life insurance

  • Collaborated with in-house teams such as IT, Sales, and Marketing to gather requirements for provisioning infrastructure on AWS in prod and non prod environments, between 3 AWS accounts.
  • Leveraged Terraform-based infrastructure-as-code solutions to provision new environments on AWS (VPCs, subnets, EC2, S3, etc.)
  • Configured Web Server EC2 instances provisioned for new product offerings
  • Assisted in implementing CI/CD pipelines in Gitlab
  • Responsible for RDS and DocumentDB SSL Cert upgrades
  • Implemented SAML SSO for new apps in Azure
  • User and Group management in Entra ID Azure
  • Responsible for App connection within Azure (key and certificate creation, adding apps from the marketplace, etc.)
  • Responsible for troubleshooting and provisioning AWS Workspaces and Microsoft Cloud PC’s.
November 2022 - September 2024

System Engineer

Oracle Cerner

Cerner is a healthcare tech company specializing in many different soloutions, mainaly electronic medical records (EMR) and charting software. Cerner currently utilizes a private cloud.

  • Provided on-site and virtual support in a datacenter environment
  • Responsible for thousands of Windows and Linux physical and virtual server builds between 2 datacenters.
  • Server build types include database, app nodes, Citrix and ESX in a VMware environment.
  • Troubleshoot issues in bash/powershell scripts as it related to chef
  • Contributed to chef support. Approved code changes in Chef through Github
  • Configured ports on Cisco switches for network connectivity through APIC and Cisco CLI
  • Troubleshoot HP bare metal server hardware including blades and rackmounts
Jan 2019 - November 2022

Senior Support Technician

Oracle Cerner

  • Provided routine technical support for laptop, telecom, and Citrix virtual machines to over 28,000 associates
  • Performed device Upgrades, imaging, Virus Scans, password resets.
  • Trained team members on Mac/Apple devices
  • Supported Microsoft Office suite
  • Supported Cisco AnyConnect VPN
  • Assisted with mobile device set up and activation (iphone, android, ipads)
  • Managed users and groups through Microsoft Active Directory AD.
March 2015 - Dec 2018

Computer Technician

USCIS – Department of Homeland Security

  • Supported 750+ users
  • Install/Troubleshoot/Replace malfunctioning hardware (printers, keyboards, mice, hard drives, scanners, etc.)
  • Provided desktop, application and network application incident resolution
  • Assist users with mobile communication devices (mobile phones, broadband cards, and laptops).
  • OS re-install and equipment swapping support
May 2014 - February 2015

Education

University of Central Missouri

Bachelor of Business Administration
Computer Information Systems
2009 - 2013

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools

Certifications


Interests

I love sports of all sorts

I am the drummer of a band and love music

I also enjoy reading

I like tech in general and currently looking at raspberry pi projects

I have a dog who is my pride and joy. He is a lab/collie mix and I love him to death!