Matt Barry

Technologist, Python enthusiast

Boston, United States

Summary

I'm a full stack DevOps engineer; experienced with development, deployment, debugging, cloud integration, database design and data analysis, CI/CD process automation, system monitoring, performance optimization, and network/security infrastructure.

Languages:

English

Favorite Python Packages:

I like Django and Flask, but I'm always eager to take on new challenges. For quality purposes, frameworks like Django make it easier to include clear abstraction models, logging and unit testing from the start.

Experience

I have 15 years experience working as a Systems Administrator and DevOps Engineer, mostly as an embedded member of a cross-disciplinary agile software development team. Some of the aspects of this role have included:

• Release management
• System deployment/configuration/management
• Software development
• Monitoring and troubleshooting performance issues and error conditions
• CI/CD and process automation, from development to QA and production
• Database design and analysis
• QA and code review processes
• Cloud integration, automation, and containerization
• Maintenance of internal engineering tools, systems, and documentation

I have a broad knowledge of systems and technologies, and am always looking to learn more; some of the tools I am most familiar with include:

• Webservers: Apache, Tomcat
• Databases: Postgresql, MySQL, Sqlite
• Monitoring: Zabbix, Nagios, Shinken, Hyperic, NewRelic, Graylog
• Frameworks: Django, Tomcat, Rails, Drupal, Wordpress, Hibernate
• Virtualization/cloud technology: AWS, Azure, Xen, VMWare
• Languages: Python, Java, PHP, Perl, Shell, Javascript

Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Ansible, Apache, Backend Development, Celery, Data Science, DevOps, Django, Django REST Framework, Docker, Elasticsearch, Flask, Fullstack Development, Git, Heroku, JavaScript, Jenkins, Linux, Memcached, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Security, Selenium, Test-Driven Development, Vagrant, Virtualenv, Web Development, Web Scraping, jQuery