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    Chad Merritt has over 15 years of experience in IT architecture, engineering, and administration. He has expertise in designing secure, high-performing enterprise networks and managing projects. Merritt has held roles such as senior solutions architect, senior DevOps engineer, cloud and security architect, and engineering group manager. He has extensive experience working with technologies such as Red Hat Linux, AWS, and virtualization.

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    Chad Merritt has over 15 years of experience in IT architecture, engineering, and administration. He has expertise in designing secure, high-performing enterprise networks and managing projects. Merritt has held roles such as senior solutions architect, senior DevOps engineer, cloud and security architect, and engineering group manager. He has extensive experience working with technologies such as Red Hat Linux, AWS, and virtualization.

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    Chad Merritt has over 15 years of experience in IT architecture, engineering, and administration. He has expertise in designing secure, high-performing enterprise networks and managing projects. Merritt has held roles such as senior solutions architect, senior DevOps engineer, cloud and security architect, and engineering group manager. He has extensive experience working with technologies such as Red Hat Linux, AWS, and virtualization.

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    CHAD D.

    MERRITT
    [email protected] ● 757.288.3816

    PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
    Over 15 years of experience in architecture, engineering, and administration of enterprise-level networks.
    Skilled in designing and engineering for security, capacity, usability, and upgradability for maximizing Return-on-
    Investment and minimizing upfront and operating costs. Expertise in managing projects within the IT and IS fields.
    Solid understanding and hands-on experience with Storage Networking, High Availability, Redundancy, Load
    Balancing, and Virtualization. Highly skilled in system security, rapid provisioning, disaster recovery, and disaster
    mitigation. Proven ability at designing and managing environments for production services and applications as well
    as development and testing. Excellent mentor to junior personnel that is both team oriented and able to work without
    supervision and minimal guidance with superior customer focus.

    CLEARANCE
     Department of Defense: Secret

    EDUCATION
     Master of Professional Studies, Enterprise Architecture
    Penn State University, May 2017
     Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering Technology
    Old Dominion University, May 1999

    CERTIFICATIONS
     Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP)
     AWS Certified Solutions Architect (AWS CSA)
     Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
    Senior Solutions Architect April 2020 to Oct 2020
    SPARQ Global, LLC
     Led pre-sales and technical demonstrations for prospective clients.
     Created both general and customer centric use-cases.
     Implemented enterprise hybrid cloud environment for Identity and Access Management solution.
     Researched and developed methods for implementing primary product for use in both cloud and hybrid
    cloud environments.
     Expanded enterprise infrastructure to add greater automation, security, and management capabilities.
     Created UML models of environment and software systems for documentation and training use.

    Senior DevOps Engineer May 2018 to April 2020


    CACI Federal, INC
    U.S. Navy SPAWAR / NTCSS Contract
     Built DoD compliant PKI SSO system for simplified Identity and Access Management.
     Upgraded all services and applications to DADMS complaint revision levels
     Redesigned infrastructure to add resilience, redundancy, and performance.
     Expanded CI/CD environment to enable Agile development, testing, and certification of software systems.

    Cloud and Security Architect May 2017 to Feb 2018


    Kumulus Technologies
     Developed Ansible scripts and playbooks for deploying Red Hat and other Linux-based systems in hyper-
    converged Open Stack and proprietary cloud infrastructures.
     Engineered and designed Open Stack-based hyper converged cloud infrastructure.
     Performed auditing and analysis of security and system configurations and best practices for Red Hat and
    Ubuntu-based systems.
     Modeled and documented solutions using UML and Archimate standards based on client needs.
    CHAD D. MERRITT
    [email protected] ● 757.288.3816

    Senior Principal Engineer July 2015 to May 2017


    General Dynamics Information Technology
    U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff / Advanced Technologies Contract
     Supported mission and activities as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Red Hat Linux and IT security.
     Led RDT&E effort for modeling and simulation infrastructure and platform migration to a cloud-based
    environment.
     Designed proof-of-concept cloud infrastructure using Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Open Stack, and other
    Open Source technologies.
     Created and conducted briefings and information sessions to senior leadership on cloud and virtualization
    technologies.
     Deployed hardware based PKI token system for Identity and Access Management for Modeling and
    Simulation exercises.
     Modeled environments using UML and Archimate standards.

    Engineering Group Manager Nov 2014 to July 2015


    InMotion Hosting
     Responsible for engineering new solutions for a medium sized web hosting firm with hundreds of servers.
     Interacted directly with C-Level leadership for engineering new solutions and products.
     Managed engineering staff and tasking authority over three tiers of support staff.

    Lead Information Security and IT Engineer Nov 2011 to Nov 2014


    Global Technical Systems
     Led RDT&E effort for redesign and upgrade of the U.S. Navy Common Processing System (CPS).
     Performed system, security, and operational analysis of Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers for CPS.
     Designed secure networking system for the DHS Ultra-Light Aircraft Detection (ULAD) systems.
     Automated the installation and configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers in both CPS and ULAD.
     Documented and modeled products and solutions for internal and external customers.

    IT Manager and Technical Lead Aug 2009 to Nov 2011


    General Dynamics Information Technology
    U.S. Joint Forces Command / JATTL Contract
     Provided hands-on administration and engineering of mission support technology assets running on Red
    Hat Enterprise Linux, Cisco, and Juniper equipment.
     Provided mentoring and guidance to junior administrators and engineers.
     Performed technical and budgetary planning for technology upgrades and refresh.
     Coordinated and oversaw the technology purchasing and planning between groups
     Coordinated and oversaw the IT infrastructure, including security, maintenance, engineering, and overall
    stability.
     Built CI/CD environment and spear headed Agile development methodology.

    Sr Linux Systems Engineer and Team Lead Jan 2008 to Aug 2009
    EG&G
    U.S. Joint Forces Command / CDCIE Project
     Coordinated the systems engineering activities between multiple vendors and in-house engineers working
    on multiple Government Off-the-Shelf (GOTS) products using Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
     Designed, implemented, and maintained the multifaceted testing and development environment.
     Designed, wrote, and maintained custom software packages and RPM-based installation packages.
     Automated and simplified installation and system administration duties using Perl, C, and Bash.
     Ensured all products met or exceeded DoD security requirements.
    CHAD D. MERRITT
    [email protected] ● 757.288.3816

    Lead Unix Systems Engineer Aug 2006 to Jan 2008


    Verizon Federal Network Services
    U.S. Joint Forces Command / Joint Digital Library Contract
     Promoted from Unix Systems Engineer to Lead Unix System Engineer.
     Managed team of 4 systems engineers and coordinated with multiple groups of application developers
    supporting the Joint Digital Library and Modeling and Simulation exercises.
     Provided enterprise-level architecture and systems engineering services, including analysis, integration, and
    evaluation of new technologies.
     Directed systems engineering activities for integration of new technologies.
     Translated system and operational requirements into detailed plans and directed efforts to implement and
    meet requirements.
     Provided Tier III support for systems engineering, database, and applications in a multi-platform
    environment

    Unix Systems Engineer Feb 2005 to Aug 2006


    SAIC
    U.S. Joint Forces Command / Joint Digital Library Contract
     Designed and implemented Nagios monitoring system with custom plugins for infrastructure specific
    applications and services.
     Lead effort to migrate applications and services from Solaris to Red Hat Linux.
     Designed and implemented first PKI, 2 factor authentication system
     Created tool suite for automated deployment and monitoring of DISA STIG (security) requirements.

    Solutions Engineer Oct 2003 to Nov 2004


    CorMine, LLC
     Developed custom web and system applications for customers using Perl, PHP, Java, and C/C++
    languages.
     Defined and implemented standardized IT practices and guidelines for a young company.
     Designed and implemented custom Nagios installation for monitoring both corporate and customer
    applications and services.

    Unix Systems Engineer and Architect Mar 2001 to Oct 2003


    Bank of America
     Administered 100+ Solaris and AIX servers doing something
     Administered and supported multiple tiers for development and testing groups.
     Designed and built infrastructure update to meet 3 to 5 year growth projections and improve performance
    and reliability.

    Systems Administrator and Engineer Sept 1999 to Mar 2001


    Pinnacle Online
     Provided support and administration for a regional ISP with over 10000 users.
     Redesigned and implemented infrastructure upgrades to improve performance, security, and efficiency.
     Documented all systems and modeled environment.

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