CAREER PROFILE
I am an Automation Specialist, I enjoy the problem solving and sleuthing of figuring out how to get the pieces of automation working together to fufill a goal. Ansible helps me do that.
EXPERIENCES
Ansible Automation Architect
Jan 2021 - Present
Red Hat, Remote
Ansible Automation Consulting supporting multiple Fortune 500 customers with their automation needs. Here are a few of the tools and technology that I worked with creating automation.
- Ansible Automation Platform
- Ansible
- Ansible-lint
- Ansible-Navigator
- Ansible-builder
- Custom Collections
- Custom Modules
- Controller/Tower
- Private Automation Hub
- Python
- GitHub Actions and Gitlab CI/CD
- Python
- RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu
Technical Operator
2013 - 2017
Purdue University - ITAP Operations - Lafayette, IN
Classroom Administrator helping to maintain over 500 classrooms and 20 Labs
across campus.
- Supporting Classroom technology support calls and troubleshooting any issues after hours.
- Monitor Datacenters and systems in a NOC
- Direct support for any issues that arose in labs and classrooms including repair and diagnosis of audio and project issues.
PROJECTS
Here are some Ansible Collections and Open Source Projects that I help contribute to/or maintain.
- Controller Configuration - AAP/AWX configuration as code standarization collection
- Automation Hub Configuration - PAH/GalaxyNG configuration as code standarization collection
- Automation Automation Platform utilities - AAP automation deployment collection
- Execution Environment utilities - Automating building and publishing of EEs
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Here are some of the Talks, Blogs, and Books that I have worked on.
Demystifying Ansible Automation Platform - 300 Page Book
link: https://www.packtpub.com/product/demystifying-ansible-automation-platform/9781803244884
authors: Sean Sullivan
where: Packt Publishing September 202
Ansible Workshop - Configuration as Code for Ansible Automation Platform 2
link: https://aap2.demoredhat.com/exercises/ansible_config_as_code/
authors: Sean Sullivan and David Danielsson
where: Ansible Fest 2022, Red Hat Summit 2023
Ansible data manipulation with a Filter
link: https://www.ansible.com/blog/ansible-data-manipulation-with-a-filter
authors: Sean Sullivan
where: Ansible Blog August 2023
4 good habits for building Ansible Automation Platform execution environments
link: https://www.redhat.com/architect/ansible-execution-environment-tips
authors: Sean Sullivan
where: Red Hat Blog March 2023
Automate execution environment builds with Ansible Automation Platform
link: https://www.redhat.com/architect/ansible-execution-environment-automated-build
authors: Sean Sullivan
where: Red Hat Blog March 2023
Best practices for building EEs
authors: Sean Sullivan and Anshul Behl
where: Ansible Fest 2022
Automation controller workflow deployment as code
link: https://www.ansible.com/blog/automation-controller-workflow-deployment-as-code
authors: Sean Sullivan
where: Ansible Blog November 2021
SKILLS & PROFICIENCY
- Problem solving
- Ansible
- Yaml
- Python
- Containers
- Kubernetes