Professional Experience
Developed and monitored systems, software, and cloud architecture
Applied Dynatrace to spot negative trends and discover problem areas.
Set custom alerting system via Opsgenie to reduce MTTR.
Created Dynatrace dashboards to provide Development and SRE teams with real-time charts/graphs of product performance.
Utilized Kloud9/OneAgent to install Dynatrace agents on hosts.
Created Jenkins jobs to automate the application deployment and rollback process. Documented deployments using Service Now.
Migrated between cloud platforms. Developed a script to automate code changes. Monitored health of applications post-migration.
Used Splunk to troubleshoot applications on event-based issues.
Configured, maintained, and ensured security and compliance of Linux servers.
Created and maintained successful CI/CD process with Jenkins.
Created Event-Driven Ansibles (EDA) for automating tasks.
Implemented Real User Monitoring (RUM) in Dynatrace in conjunction with Dynatrace’s apdex scores to get a high-level overview of product performance.
Used Kloud9 to ensure compliance across 5 products. Automated patching.
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology - Master of Science, Computer Science,
August 2024 - July 2026 (Online)
Relevant coursework:
University of Texas at Austin - Postgraduate Degree, Cloud Computing
Mississippi State University - Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
2024 - 2024 (Online)
ADP - Site Reliability Engineer
Tech Stack
CODING LANGUAGES
TECHNOLOGIES AND FRAMEWORKS
2022 - 2024
AWS, GCP, Azure
Cloud pricing and scaling models
Distributed Computing
Infrastructure Automation
AWS global infrastructure - Regions, Availability Zones, Edge Locations
Compute - EC2, Load Balancers, AMI
Storage - EBS, S3, EFS, Volumes, Snapshots
Networking - VPC, NAT, Bastion Hosts, Route53
Identity & Access Management - Users, Roles, Policies & Permissions
Cost calculator
AWS CLI
Hybrid Cloud and networking
Topics covered:
C++ Courses:
Data Structures, Intermediate Programming
C Courses:
Systems Programming, Operating Systems
Python Courses:
Intro Programming, Methods & Tools in SW Dev
SQL Courses:
Database Management Systems
Web Development/Front End Development Courses
Web Development
Human-Computer Interaction
Miscellaneous Courses:
Discrete Structures, Artificial Intelligence, Computing and Cyber Security, Intro to Algorithms
Certifications
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Issuer: The Linux Foundation
Issued July 2024 - Expires July 2026
Intro to Info Security
Courses completed:
Software Architecture & Design
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
HashiCorp
Issued August 2024 - Expires August 2026
Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Solutions Architect
2024 - Present
Working with agentic-powered data analytics Internet Software Vendors (ISV) customers at enterprise-scale to innovate responsibly.
AWS 13x Certified (Gold Jacket)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Issued 2024 - Expires 2027
Data Analytics and Security
Info Security Policies
Video Game Design
Computer Networks
Database System Implementation
Software Development Processes
Database Systems Concepts & Designs
Previously worked with early-stage startups.
Contact me:
Let me contact you:
connorsparkman@gmail.com
404-987-2832
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