David Fisher is seeking an engineering position involving tools automation, build release automation, or related DevOps role. He has over 15 years of experience in systems administration and integration roles, including designing REST APIs and tools frameworks. He is highly proficient in Perl, Linux, Git, Jenkins, and Puppet and has experience managing large environments of thousands of hosts.

1. David
Fisher
677
Palma
St,
PO
Box
1888
—
El
Granada,
CA
94018
—
Phone:
650
284-­‐9245
—
E-­‐Mail:
springs@me.com
Objective
Engineering
position
in
tools
automation,
build
release
automation
or
related
DevOps
role.
Summary
Skilled
as
an
administrator
and
systems
integration
lead
in
large-­‐scale
(5000+
hosts)
environments.
Effective
at
working
independently,
with
small
groups,
and
with
colleagues
at
other
sites.
Accomplished
at
proactive
problem-­‐
solving
without
specific
direction
from
management.
Skilled
at
learning
new
tools
or
languages
“on
the
fly”
as
needed.
Highly
proficient
in:
Perl,
Linux
Accomplished
in:
Git,
Jenkins,
Puppet,
Python
Experience
Systems
Integration
Lead
October
2013
–
present
DreamWorks
Animation
Redwood
City,
CA
• Designed
and
created
Hermes,
a
REST-­‐based
service
that
provides
access
to
multiple
backend
datasources,
for
tools
that
administer
user
accounts
and
hosts,
including
Puppet/Chef
provisioning
of
8000+
hosts.
• BarScan
to
OCS
parser
–
used
BarScan
data
to
update
host
configurations
in
Hermes
backend
databases,
to
integrate
asset
management
data
with
other
admin
tools.
• Designed
a
tools
development
framework
for
internal
development
that
included
source
code
templates,
SCM
integration
(Git),
continuous
testing
and
deployment
(Jenkins).
• Updated
backend
data
collection
and
web
page
presentation
for
networked
filer
performance
and
status,
including
NetApp
7.1
and
cDOT
mode
filers,
and
HP
products.
Engineering
Systems
Administrator
July
2011
–
October
2013
DreamWorks
Animation
Redwood
City,
CA
• Maintained
and
administered
the
render
farm
(1000+
hosts),
user
desktop
systems
and
servers
as
part
of
the
5-­‐
member
RHEL
administration
team.
• Updated
and
maintained
a
password
change
page
that
allowed
a
user
to
update
their
password
among
our
various
authentication
systems,
and
maintain
consistency
across
those
systems.
Authentication
systems
include
Google
Services,
Windows
AD,
Linux
and
Kerberos.

2. David
Fisher
677
Palma
St,
PO
Box
1888
—
El
Granada,
CA
94018
—
Phone:
650
284-­‐9245
—
E-­‐Mail:
springs@me.com
2
Tools
Support
Engineer
September
2002
–
July
2011
Xerox
Corporation
Wilsonville,
OR
• Designed/developed
Perl-­‐based
complete
build
and
release
system
for
all
printer
products
under
development
in
Wilsonville.
• Designed
a
unified
toolset
for
SCM
and
builds
across
all
Xerox
development
sites.
• Managed
Linux
build
server
farm
for
on-­‐site
builds,
specifically
the
build
tools
and
environment.
• Taught
introductory
and
intermediate
Perl
classes
to
Xerox
engineers
and
other
tools
developers.
Software
Engineer
April
1996
–
October
2001
Apple
Computer
Cupertino,
CA
• Developed
and
provided
interfaces
to
common
Unix
administration
tools
(DNS,
SMTP,
SNMP,
LDAP)
as
part
of
the
Mac
OS
X
Server
team.
• Invented,
designed
and
developed
Network
Services
Location
in
Mac
OS
X,
which
later
became
Rendezvous.
• Co-­‐inventor
on
patent
6,167,449
for
above
work.
Unix
Workstation
Consultant
June
1987
–
April
1996
Dartmouth
College
Hanover,
NH
• Configured
and
maintained
Unix
workstations
on
Dartmouth
campus.
• Assessed
and
purchased
hardware
and
software
as
needed.
• Created
MacDNS,
a
full
DNS
application
for
pre-­‐MacOS
X
Macintosh
Education
Dartmouth
College
Graduated
1987
B.S.
Computer
Science
Hanover,
NH