Author Profile

Simon Garcia Jaramillo

DevOps Team Lead

Simon is a Vancouver-based consultant with a strong network security background and 10+ years of IT customer service and enterprise support experience. Coming from the automation/manufacturing industry, Simon has completed various IT and OT integration projects, enabling him to understand network and security challenges in these areas. Affable and outgoing, working with Simon is never a dull experience.

Credentials

• Google Professional Cloud Architect
• Hashicorp Certified: Terraform Associate
• Terraform: Certified Hashicorp Implementation Partner
• Vault: Certified Hashicorp Implementation Partner

‍

Experience

Delivery Consultant - Arctiq (April 2021 - Present)

  • VCS/SCM (GitHub, BitBucket) deployments and migrations. 
  • CICD pipelines development an integration
  • IaC development using Pulumi, Terraform and Ansible
  • Projects across a variety of technologies including, AWS, GCP, IAC, Kubernetes (GKE)
  • Maintain, develop, and deliver in-house training workshops for Arctiq's customers
  • Work with customers to develop and sell industry-leading software-based platform solutions

Security Systems Consultant - Scalar Decisions, a CDW Company (February 2018 - April 2021)

  • Enterprise (DataCenter and Cloud) security architecture
  • Next-generation firewalls assessments, deployments, enhancements, upgrades and migrations
  • Enterprise LAN and WLAN Solutions
  • Automation Solutions (Terraform, Powershell)

Network Administrator - ATS Automation (May 2013 - October 2017)

  • Global WAN administration of multiple sites connected via IPSEC VPN and MPLS
  • Deployed and integrated a global Central Management firewall solution
  • Managed a global Application Delivery Control  solution for business-critical applications
  • Experience with IT governance, risk assessment and compliance processes
  • Global SIEM, NAC support and administration

Research and Development - IONet S.A.S (April 2009 - May 2013)

  • Linux based VoIP PBX, website, file sharing and database server administration
  • Virtual infrastructure configuration and administration
  • Research of improvements for existing and new services
  • Developed training material for on-boarding staff

Competencies

Tools:
GitHub Enterprise, Bitbucket, Ansible, Pulumi, Kubernetes, Garden, Terraform, Vault, Public Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure), Next-Gen Firewalls (Fortinet, PaloAlto, Cisco), Enterprise Networking (F5, Cisco, Meraki, Dell, AB), Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu), Windows

Skills:
IaC, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, application delivery control, next generation firewalls, advanced threat protection, routing and switching.

Value-added leadership:
Detailed oriented team-player with strong leadership, time management, interpersonal and communication skills. Enthusiastic learner and problem solver, eager to meet challenges and assimilate new concepts. 

‍

Land Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge that we live, work, and learn on unceded, traditional, and ancestral lands of Indigenous and First Nations peoples. We invite you to consider what efforts we can all take to repair and improve our relations with Indigenous people locally and globally.

Made In Canada
Privacy Policy