Matthew Gill

Lead Innovation Engineer
Hammond, Louisiana, US mg@therealgill.com LinkedInWebsite

Technical leader with extensive experience in enterprise engineering, site reliability engineering, converged infrastructure, systems administration, automation, security, and higher education technology leadership. Proven background in cloud, DevOps, virtualization, scripting, and large-scale infrastructure modernization.

Experience
Lead Innovation Engineer

Technical expert related to engineering initiatives focused on enterprise solutions, automation, platform resilience, cloud operations, and continual improvement.

Lead Site Reliability Engineer

Lead reliability and infrastructure engineering initiatives focused on automation, platform resilience, cloud operations, and continual improvement.

Senior Converged Infrastructure Engineer

Designed and maintained enterprise converged infrastructure platforms and related automation.

Solutions Team Leader

Established and led a new technical consulting and solutions delivery team.

Information Security Administrator

Responsible for policy creation, identity management, and technical security enforcement.

Adjunct Instructor

Taught courses in object-oriented design and system administration.

Systems Administrator

Managed datacenter systems, Active Directory, virtualization, automation, and deployment tooling.

Senior .NET Developer / Database Administrator

Designed and deployed MSSQL-based .NET applications.

On-Air Personality / Web Administrator / Student Engineer

Maintained station infrastructure and digital presence while serving on-air roles.

Tactical Data Network Engineer / Operator (Sergeant, E5)

Configured and maintained communications, network, and tactical data systems.

Skills

Infrastructure & Cloud

VirtualizationVMwareCloudInfrastructureBackup SolutionsMonitoringStorage ArchitectureWindows ServerLinuxMacOS

Automation & Development

PowerShellPowerCLIPythonJavascriptJava.NETPHPHTMLCSSScriptingDevOpsSource Control

Enterprise Systems

Active DirectoryLDAPMSSQLMySQLGSuiteFailover ClusteringDFSIdentity Management

Professional

LeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingInnovationTeamworkContinual Improvement
Projects

Self-Service Automated Virtual Server Deprovisioning

As part of a small team, I replanned the manual process, fully developed an automated and orchestrated process, and reduced a ~41 day manual process to a 7 minute automated process.

Datacenter Migration

Using an enterprise replication platform, I scripted out the replication/sync/migration of over 700VMs.

Active Directory Migration

Migrated SELU infrastructure from Novell NetWare and eDirectory to Microsoft Active Directory with automated ERP synchronization.

Infrastructure Monitoring Modernization

Replaced legacy monitoring systems with CheckMK across campus infrastructure.

Digital Signage + Emergency Messaging System

Designed and deployed a low-cost ChromeOS and GSuite-powered emergency messaging and signage platform.

Printer Automation

Developed automated location-aware network printer deployment.

Campus Imaging Overhaul

Rebuilt workstation imaging using MDT/WDS.

Education
Southeastern Louisiana University
Master of Science of Integrated Science & Technology
Southeastern Louisiana University
Bachelor of Science of Computer Science