John Hughes
Antwerp, Belgium | +32 487 32 21 96 | john@j14s.com
Cloud, Kubernetes, DevOps Architect and Engineer focusing on automated, highly scalable, highly available solutions in Cloud and bare metal. Specializing in DevOps, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, containerization of legacy workloads, and the methodologies that come with computing in the modern Cloud Native datacenter.
Experience
Devoteam
Cloud/Kubernetes Architect • Mar 2024 - Current
Toyota Motors Europe; Currently helping guide a multi-coutry rollout of Openshift and Kubernetes in support of B2B, B2C, and manufacturing IOT services and applications.
Sofico
Cloud/Kubernetes Architect • Mar 2020 - Jan 2023
Directed and implemented enterprise cloud strategy and organizational change, including adoption of Kubernetes, public cloud(Azure), Infrastructure as Code(IaC, Terraform), Continuous Deployment(FluxCD) across the company. Inform and contribute to architectures for new cloud native platforms as well as modernization of legacy platforms. Work with teams across multiple organizations and lines of business to bring forward an effective and manageable tech transformation internally as well as with the company’s varied multinational customers.
MediaMath
Cloud Architect • Oct 2017 - Feb 2020
Oversaw strategy, architecture, and execution of on-premise private cloud and public cloud Infrastructure as a Service(IaaS) and Platform as a Service(PaaS) strategies. Pioneered adoption of Kubernetes and related approaches, tools, and CI/CD integrations. Guided adoption and deployment of best practices around new and existing services. Advanced the use of CI pipelines and workflows.
IBM Cloud Video(acquisition of Clearleap by IBM)
Principal Systems Architect • Apr 2016 - Oct 2017
Assisted in pre/post activities resulting from acquisition of Clearleap by IBM and formation of IBM Cloud Video division. Architected and implemented highly available SaaS/PaaS solutions on top of multi-regional deployments in public cloud(AWS). Evangelized adoption and best practices for PasS/SaaS solutions. One such example is the establishment and leadership of the team that provided Kubernetes as a Service(K8SaaS) to development teams within IBM Cloud Video.
Clearleap
Systems Architect/DevOps Manager • Mar 2014 - Apr 2016
Stabilized and scaled existing infrastructure to meet the impending launch of HBO Nordic OTT Solution(high volume video streaming platform). Successful data center evacuation through transformation from bare metal on-prem, manually deployed/configured environments to fully automated blue/green golden-image deployments in public cloud(AWS). Planned and delivered migration for all environments to AWS. Managed team of systems engineers responsible for transformation and support of 20+ “full stack” environments, as well as training of engineers and developers responsible for Production deployment and support.
Alcatel-Lucent Belgium(ALU) - Cloudband
DevOps Manager/Unix Systems Engineer/Architect • Jan 2012 - Mar 2014
DevOps Manager for ALU Cloudband Platform. Part of a global group tasked with creating and implementing ALU’s “Carrier Grade” cloud platform. Collaborated with teams from Israel, Europe, and North America in support of the Software Defined Network(SDN) group. Design and implementation of architectures and best practices in scalability and high availability for private cloud.
Alcatel-Lucent Belgium - Immersive Communications
DevOps Manager/Unix Systems Engineer/Architect • Jan 2011 - Jan 2012
Systems Architect and DevOps Manager for next generation video conferencing software. Design, determine hardware requirements, and deploy to multiple collocations in North America and Europe to support Alcatel-Lucent’s next generation video conferencing platform. Support and guide team of developers towards a scalable, replicable platform using opensource software and commodity hardware.
Limelight Networks(LLNW)
Principal Professional Services Engineer/Architect • Dec 2009 - Jan 2011
Architect and engineer solutions for LLNW Professional Services organization. Created and provided custom solutions outside of standard LLNW offerings to clients, as well as provided enduser feedback for the improvement of existing solutions and capabilities to match current and future needs.
Kaplan Inc/Kaplan Test-Prep (Consultant)
Systems Engineer/Contractor • Apr 2009 - Sep 2009
Evaluation and selection of end to end monitoring solutions. Evaluation of multiple 3rd party and opensource software stacks for best fit into large scale heterogeneous environments including Solaris, Linux, and Windows platforms. Resulting in the selection, deployment, and integration of chosen solution. Perl and Shell scripting for customized views into commonly available applications(Apache, MySQL, Oracle, JBoss) as well as proprietary in-house applications. Trained in-house system administrators and transitioned ownership of final implementation.
Pando Networks
Systems Architect/Operations Manager/Sr. Systems Engineer • Nov 2004 - Feb 2009
Design and build of Development, Test, and Production environments for a large scale P2P content delivery network (CDN). Created infrastructure using opensource software and commodity hardware to support in-house software with the express intention to scale horizontally and be highly available. Peak loads in excess of 20Gb/sec sustained, millions of SOAP calls and page-views per day, and over 20 million users with capacity to grow linearly as demand occurs. Managed relationships and costs of co-location, hardware and bandwidth vendors. Hired and managed a the operations team responsible for building and supporting the infrastructure, software deployments, and 24/7 monitoring.
UBS Global Asset Management
Sr. Unix Systems Engineer • May 2002 - February 2005
Administration of Development, Test, UAT, and Production environments. Environments consisting of a wide range of Sun servers running Apache, LDAP, Weblogic, Oracle, Sendmail/Postfix. Lead support for all Unix environments. Design, deployment, transfer and validation of data feeds from multiple financial/bank resources. Development and deployment of standards across Unix environments. Creation and standardization of scripts for the deployment of application software. Creation of server resource monitoring tools utilizing Perl, Mysql, and Apache which provided real time, as well as historical metrics.
Sothebys.com
Sr. Unix Systems Administrator • June 2000 - December 2001
Administration of Development, Staging, and Production environments. Environments hardware consisted of Sun E4500s, E450s, E250s, E220s, U60s, U10s, Netra X1s. Environments software consisted of Weblogic, Apache, Mysql, Oracle, Sendmail, Bind. Lead admin for development. Designed and implemented system and software standards for Sotheby's.com.
Chase Manhattan Bank (Global Markets Technology - Development)
Unix Systems Administrator • Dec 1999 - June 2000
Administration of multiple development networks consisting of 150 Sun servers ranging from SPARC 10 to Enterprise 10K. Involved in high profile projects as the main development Unix systems administrator for the Global Markets E-Commerce initiative, included all associated work facilitating development/developers and also included the overall transition of applications support across Development to QA and to Production.
SAIC(San Diego, Ca)
Unix Systems Administrator/Network Engineer • June 98 - December 1999
Setup, configuration, trouble-shooting of Alcatel ADSL hardware, as well as all related circuits, hardware, and software. Installation, support, and maintenance of a Sun Enterprise 4500, responsible for the ordering and tracking of all "last mile" connections between Level3 and local ILEC/CLEC Partners.