Thaddeus "TJ" Siwinski

Work Experience

• Rackspace Technologies

  Dates: 2008 - 2024

  Served as a windows sys admin for premier accounts [2 years]

  - selected to be "final handoff" verifier for critical database migration

  DevOps [14 years]

  - Automate server buildout process saving approximately 1 to 2 hours per (several thousand servers annually)

  - - Setting various NIC settings (teaming, protocols, binding order, etc...)

  - - joining domain, windows updates, SQL installation, administrator group settings, DNS records, patching etc.

  - - Project grew from team level vb6 to .Net segment level project to company wide effort initiated w/o user involvement.

  - - Migrated entire system to Ansible playbooks and maintained same.

• Nationwide

  Dates: 2004 - 2008

  Technical Project Manager

  Served as both project manager and lead technician on many high visibility projects

  * implementation of Microsoft SCOM on 80 sites, 3000 seats

  * installation of all IT for remote claims offices in various cities

  * programmer for various scripts / utilities in production use

• Fiserv

  Dates: 2002 - 2004

  Web Developer

  Develop Cold Fusion web sites to automate benefit sign up and administration.

• USAA

  Dates: 1997 - 2001

  System Administrator / Project Manager / Problem Manager

  Managed several high visibility projects e.g. Y2K, server vendor selection, etc...

• Officer US Army

  Dates: 1987 - 1997

  Artillery officer with IT responsibilities