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Author: Nikolai Shields <nikolai@nikolaishields.com>
Date:   Wed Jun 19 19:04:10 2024 -0500

    pairing session with pestctrl

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+:ID:       66dcb9e7-52f1-455a-ac7a-a55513c607a2
+:END:
+#+TITLE: resume
+#+AUTHOR: Nikolai Shields
+#+EMAIL: contact@nikolaishields
+#+ADDRESS: Willing to relocate
+#+MOBILE: 18047147020
+#+HOMEPAGE: nikolaishields.com
+#+GITHUB: nikolaishields
+#+GITLAB: nikolaishields
+#+LINKEDIN: nikolaishields
+#+LaTeX_CLASS: resume
+
+
+* Summary
+- Fluent in Go, Python, Bash, Perl, C, and Java
+- 6+ years of experience in Kubernetes, Terraform and other DevOps tooling
+- 8+ years of experience in implementing infrastructure as code in hybrid cloud environments, i.e., AWS and GCP
+- 10+ years of experience in developing and administrating production infrastructure
+
+* Work Experience
+** Senior Devops Engineer, D-Wave Systems
+*** Processor Development Software, D-Wave Systems
+- Managed the development, maintenance, and operation of all quantum computers in the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Canada, and North America
+- Met targeted KPIs by porting legacy applications to kubernetes native applications and workloads
+- Improved workload scheduling and end-user problem submission by deveoping a MVP kubernetes operator
+*** Development Operations, D-Wave Systems
+- Increase deploy frequency by ~50% from monthly to biweekly by implementing zero-downtime deployments with cicd best practices
+- Provided a self-service platform for teams by designing and deploying bare-metal GPU clusters into production.
+- Oversee a junior developer team and interns, including hiring and conducting interviews
+** DevOps Engineer, Enterprise Container Management, SUSE Rancher - Remote (November 2021 - Present)
+- Oversaw the release process as the primary release captain with 100% KPI success
+- Operated production infrastructure across hybrid cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Equinix, and On-prem)
+- Designed a suite of internal tools to unify team efforts and automate the release process
+- Developed a SLSA Compliant CI/CD System
+- Fostered a culture of safety around critical operations
+** Software Developer, DevOps Department, Panel - Houston, TX (February 2020 - November 2021)
+- Developed a containerized development environment that decreased onboarding time by over 90%
+- Automated existing production deployments with GitLab CI/CD that increased deploy frequency from quarterly to daily/at will
+- Captured metrics (DORA) in an ELK/Influx stack on multiple projects
+- Created a reliable and repeatable process for delivering software efficiently by standardizing infrastructure with infrastructure-as-code principles
+- Cultivated test driven developments for infrastructure to ensure developers' success in building robust, high-quality software
+** Software Engineering Consultant, Ergosphere - Houston, TX (Jan 2017 - November 2021)
+- Implemented company-wide security protocols and technologies
+- Optimized clients' daily business transactions by developing and maintaining websites and by deploying highly reliable technology
+- Decreased clients' operating costs by facilitating cloud migration to the cloud [AWS, DO, GCP, Azure]
+** System Administrator, Acosta Insurance - Houston, TX (Aug 2018 - Jul 2019)
+- Developed a Python program which automated data migration into a centralized platform to consolidate, structure, and organize data from over 20 partner carriers
+- Assisted with the procurement process by preparing proposals and detailed budgets
+- Digitized over 20+ years of paper records into a searchable, cloud-based office suite
+
+* Publications
+** Design Opportunities for Sea Turtle Satellite Tracking Devices." ASME 2018 International Design Engineering
+Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 4: 23rd Design for
+Manufacturing and the Life Cycle Conference, 2018
+** "A Pilot Study on Introducing Continuous Integration and Delivery into Undergraduate Software Engineering
+Courses", 2017 IEEE 30* Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T), 2017
+
+* Education
+- Associate degree in General Studies - Pensacola State College, May 2015
+- Pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Software Engineering - University of West Florida
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+
+\usepackage{url}
+\usepackage{parskip} 	
+
+\RequirePackage{color}
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+\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{xcolor}
+\usepackage[scale=0.9]{geometry}
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+\usepackage{tabularx}
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+\usepackage{enumitem}
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+\usepackage{supertabular}
+\usepackage{tabularx}
+\newlength{\fullcollw}
+\setlength{\fullcollw}{0.47\textwidth}
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+\usepackage{titlesec}				
+\usepackage{multicol}
+\usepackage{multirow}
+
+\titleformat{\section}{\Large\scshape\raggedright}{}{0em}{}[\titlerule]
+\titlespacing{\section}{0pt}{10pt}{10pt}
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+\usepackage[style=authoryear,sorting=ynt, maxbibnames=2]{biblatex}
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+\usepackage{fontawesome5}
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+\begin{document}
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+\Huge{Your Name} \\[7.5pt]
+\href{https://github.com/username}{\raisebox{-0.05\height}\faGithub\ username} \ $|$ \ 
+\href{https://linkedin.com/in/username}{\raisebox{-0.05\height}\faLinkedin\ username} \ $|$ \ 
+\href{https://mysite.com}{\raisebox{-0.05\height}\faGlobe \ mysite.com} \ $|$ \ 
+\href{mailto:email@mysite.com}{\raisebox{-0.05\height}\faEnvelope \ email@mysite.com} \ $|$ \ 
+\href{tel:+000000000000}{\raisebox{-0.05\height}\faMobile \ +00.00.000.000} \\
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