resume.json

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    "basics": {
        "name": "Major Hayden",
        "label": "Linux Engineer & Security Architect",
        "email": "[email protected]",
        "phone": "",
        "url": "https://majorhayden.com",
        "summary": "Linux Engineer and Principal Software Engineer with 20+ years of experience in system administration, application development, DevOps, and cybersecurity.",
        "location": {
            "address": "",
            "postalCode": "",
            "city": "San Antonio",
            "region": "TX",
            "countryCode": "US"
        },
        "profiles": [
            {
                "network": "GitHub",
                "username": "major",
                "url": "https://github.com/major"
            },
            {
                "network": "GitLab",
                "username": "majorhayden",
                "url": "https://gitlab.com/majorhayden"
            },
            {
                "network": "Blog",
                "username": "major.io",
                "url": "https://major.io/"
            },
            {
                "network": "SlideShare",
                "username": "MajorHayden",
                "url": "https://www.slideshare.net/MajorHayden"
            }
        ]
    },
    "work": [
        {
            "name": "Rackspace",
            "position": "Chief Security Architect",
            "startDate": "2006-01-01",
            "endDate": "2018-12-31",
            "summary": "Led a team of senior Windows, Linux and networking engineers dedicated to increasing security within Rackspace and for customers.",
            "highlights": [
                "Provided critical security advisement to the business as a whole",
                "Fueled technical security projects that reduced risk, reduced product development cycle time, and increased customer confidence",
                "Worked on the OpenStack project and its integration with Citrix Xenserver and Nicira's networking stack",
                "Maintained high-availability clusters, Debian packaging and various system tools and scripts",
                "Created a highly automated continuous integration system with Jenkins for rapid testing and deployment"
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "SecureTrust Corporation",
            "position": "Systems Administrator",
            "startDate": "2004-01-01",
            "endDate": "2006-01-01",
            "summary": "Now a wholly owned subsidiary of Trustwave Holdings, Inc.",
            "highlights": []
        },
        {
            "name": "American Medical Response",
            "position": "Emergency Medical Technician",
            "startDate": "2002-01-01",
            "endDate": "2004-01-01",
            "summary": "Provided critical pre-hospital care as an EMT.",
            "highlights": [
                "Formerly certified as an Emergency Medical Technician in Texas"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "volunteer": [
        {
            "organization": "Fedora Project",
            "position": "Board Member",
            "startDate": "2012-01-01",
            "endDate": "2014-12-31",
            "summary": "Served on the Fedora Project Board",
            "highlights": [
                "Maintains several Fedora Linux packages"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "education": [
        {
            "institution": "University of Texas at San Antonio",
            "area": "Biology",
            "studyType": "Bachelor of Science",
            "startDate": "2000-01-01",
            "endDate": "2004-12-31"
        }
    ],
    "awards": [],
    "certificates": [
        {
            "name": "GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC)",
            "date": "2010-01-01",
            "issuer": "GIAC"
        },
        {
            "name": "GIAC Certified UNIX Security Administrator (GCUX)",
            "date": "2010-01-01",
            "issuer": "GIAC"
        },
        {
            "name": "GIAC Gold Certification via Securing Linux Containers Gold Paper",
            "date": "2010-01-01",
            "issuer": "GIAC"
        },
        {
            "name": "Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)",
            "date": "2008-01-01",
            "issuer": "Red Hat"
        },
        {
            "name": "Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA)",
            "date": "2008-01-01",
            "issuer": "Red Hat"
        },
        {
            "name": "Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation",
            "date": "2012-01-01",
            "issuer": "Red Hat"
        }
    ],
    "publications": [
        {
            "name": "Technical Blog",
            "publisher": "major.io",
            "releaseDate": "2006-01-01",
            "summary": "Maintains a blog that includes technical, career growth, personal development, and investing topics"
        },
        {
            "name": "Various Articles and Presentations",
            "publisher": "Multiple venues",
            "releaseDate": "2015-01-01",
            "summary": "Published several articles and presentations on systems administration and security topics"
        }
    ],
    "skills": [
        {
            "name": "Linux Systems Administration",
            "level": "Expert",
            "keywords": [
                "Configuration and hardening of various Linux distributions",
                "KVM and libvirt tool stack",
                "Rapid deployment and configuration management",
                "Kickstarts",
                "Red Hat Satellite Server",
                "Ansible"
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Infrastructure",
            "level": "Expert",
            "keywords": [
                "Load balancers",
                "DNS servers",
                "Web/application servers",
                "Mail servers",
                "Network-level security policies",
                "SELinux",
                "RouterOS network device management"
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Development",
            "level": "Advanced",
            "keywords": [
                "Python",
                "Open source software development",
                "GitHub",
                "GitLab",
                "Database administration",
                "Application development"
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "DevOps & Leadership",
            "level": "Expert",
            "keywords": [
                "Agile development methodology",
                "Sprint planning",
                "Release planning",
                "Change management coordination",
                "Technical mentoring",
                "Team leadership",
                "Customer-facing environments"
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Security",
            "level": "Expert",
            "keywords": [
                "Information security",
                "Security architecture",
                "Risk reduction",
                "Security advisement",
                "Technical security projects"
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Cloud & Virtualization",
            "level": "Advanced",
            "keywords": [
                "OpenStack",
                "Citrix Xenserver",
                "Nicira networking stack",
                "High-availability clusters",
                "Continuous integration",
                "Jenkins"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "languages": [
        {
            "language": "English",
            "fluency": "Native speaker"
        },
        {
            "language": "Spanish",
            "fluency": "Elementary proficiency"
        }
    ],
    "interests": [
        {
            "name": "Technology Education",
            "keywords": [
                "Teaching systems administration",
                "MySQL database administration",
                "SSL certificates",
                "Server security"
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Open Source",
            "keywords": [
                "Package maintenance",
                "Community contribution",
                "Software development"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "references": [],
    "projects": [
        {
            "name": "icanhazip.com",
            "startDate": "2009-01-01",
            "endDate": "2021-06-01",
            "summary": "Created icanhazip.com in 2009 and transferred ownership of the site to Cloudflare in 2021",
            "highlights": [
                "Popular IP address lookup service used by thousands daily",
                "Transferred to Cloudflare for broader community benefit and sustainability"
            ],
            "url": "https://icanhazip.com"
        },
        {
            "name": "OpenStack Ansible Hardening Role",
            "startDate": "2015-01-01",
            "endDate": "2018-12-31",
            "summary": "Created and maintained the official OpenStack-Ansible security hardening role that applies 200+ automated security configurations based on STIG requirements",
            "highlights": [
                "Applies over 200 host security hardening configurations in under 2 minutes",
                "Based on Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) from US federal government",
                "Heavily customized to work with OpenStack environments without disruption",
                "Supports Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL, and Debian distributions",
                "Includes built-in auditing mode for compliance testing",
                "Presented at multiple OpenStack Summits and conferences"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/openstack/ansible-hardening"
        },
        {
            "name": "major.io Blog",
            "startDate": "2006-01-01",
            "summary": "Technical blog covering Linux system administration, security, OpenStack, and career development with hundreds of articles",
            "highlights": [
                "Regular technical content on systems administration and security topics",
                "Coverage of OpenStack, Ansible, and infrastructure automation",
                "Career development and personal growth content",
                "Investing and personal finance topics"
            ],
            "url": "https://major.io"
        },
        {
            "name": "stopdisablingselinux.com",
            "startDate": "2016-01-01",
            "summary": "Educational website promoting proper SELinux usage instead of disabling it for security",
            "highlights": [
                "Advocacy for proper Linux security practices",
                "Educational resources on SELinux configuration",
                "Community resource for system administrators"
            ],
            "url": "https://stopdisablingselinux.com"
        },
        {
            "name": "OpenStack-Ansible Deployment Tools",
            "startDate": "2014-01-01",
            "endDate": "2018-12-31",
            "summary": "Various automation tools and playbooks for OpenStack deployment and management",
            "highlights": [
                "Ansible playbooks for OpenStack deployment automation",
                "Integration with Citrix XenServer and Nicira networking",
                "High-availability cluster management tools",
                "Continuous integration system with Jenkins"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/major"
        }
    ]
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