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Mike
Anderson
LINUX CLOUD ADMINISTRATOR
Linux systems administrator and cloud infrastructure engineer with 10+ years of enterprise-scale experience.
From managing 1,000+ Boeing servers to owning the full operational lifecycle of 25+ AWS accounts for global
telecom carriers (AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Boost, Dish, Cricket, Orange). Designed and built a full-stack
observability platform (Go + Python + MySQL) and Model Context Protocol servers that give AI assistants
real-time fleet access.
• SKILLS & TECHNOLOGIES
Cloud & Infrastructure
- AWS (EC2, IAM, EKS, RDS, S3, VPC, Route 53, ACM, CloudWatch, GuardDuty)
- Terraform / Terragrunt
- Docker / Docker Compose
- Kubernetes (EKS, K9s, Helm)
- vSphere / VMware / Cloudcraft
Linux & Systems
- RHEL / Amazon Linux / CentOS
- AIX / HP-UX
- LVM / FS extension / SAN / NAS
- Bash / Python / Go / tmux / WSL
- tcpdump / network troubleshooting
Security & Compliance
- IAM / cross-account federation
- GuardDuty / Inspector / CloudTrail
- Greenbone / OpenVAS / Kali
- Wazuh SIEM/XDR
- JumpCloud / Azure AD / Okta SSO
Monitoring & Observability
- Zabbix (server, proxy, agent)
- Grafana / Kibana / ELK Stack
- Nagios / Netdata / CloudWatch
- incident.io / OpsGenie
Platforms & Automation
- TechOps Command Platform
- Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers
- Python collector daemons (15+)
- SSM-based fleet remediation
DevOps & Tools
- Jenkins CI/CD / Bitbucket / Git
- Jira / Confluence / Vaultwarden
- Cloud Deploy (SafePath 3.0)
- AI-assisted ops (Claude, Kiro)
• EXPERIENCE
Linux Cloud Administrator
Smith Micro Software — Remote
JAN 2020 — PRESENT
- Designed and built TechOps Command Platform (Go + Python + MySQL) — real-time visibility into 25+ AWS accounts, 686+ instances, and 100+ ACM certificates via a unified dashboard
- Implemented Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers in Go and Python, exposing fleet data and Greenbone/OpenVAS scan control to AI assistants — enabling AI-assisted infrastructure operations
- Built autonomous Python collector fleet (15 daemons) ingesting ACM, EC2, Route 53, IAM, S3, CloudWatch, costs, patch compliance, Zabbix, GuardDuty, and Greenbone data into MySQL; orchestrated via Docker Compose (18+ containers)
- Fleet-wide vulnerability remediation automation across 110+ production instances with zero failures; quarterly OpenVAS scans across numerous hosts in 25+ accounts
- Full-lifecycle management of 25+ AWS accounts: provisioning, IAM, networking, security, monitoring, cost governance, decommissioning
- 100+ production deployments across SafePath, FamilyMode, CommSuite/VVM, ViewSpot, SpeakEasy Care — zero catastrophic outages
- Built security & compliance program from scratch: 20+ consecutive quarterly scans since Q3 2020; SSL/TLS and mTLS client certificate lifecycle across 50+ domains (86 renewals)
- Managed EKS clusters (K9s, Terraform/Terragrunt, Helm); hub-and-spoke IAM federation with Jenkins Sync and Azure AD; administered JumpCloud and Okta SSO
- 60+ on-call rotations to date, ongoing — never missed — plus NOC onboarding, numerous MOPs, and DR plans authored
Linux / AIX Systems Administrator
DXC Technology (CSC) — Boeing Account, Pittsburgh, PA
JAN 2015 — JAN 2020
- RHEL and AIX administration for 1,000+ Boeing servers across production, development, DR, and SOX-compliant environments
- OS upgrades, flatten-and-reloads, decommissions, re-IP, patching, SAN/NAS operations, and VMware administration
- Troubleshot SSH, LDAP, NFS, kernel panics, UDEV, iLO, McAfee, sendmail, SSL VPN; acting team lead; assisted HP-UX → RHEL transition
Lab Technician
Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research — Boeing Account, Youngstown, PA
JAN 2007 — DEC 2008
- Tensile, fatigue, stress, and metallurgical testing in controlled lab environment
- Provided Boeing with detailed material analysis for production qualification decisions
• EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science — Network Security
University of Advancing Technology — Tempe, AZ — 2010–2013
Summa Cum Laude
GPA: 3.93
Dean's List
Computer Forensics
Security Assessment & Evaluation
Business Continuity & DR