Summary
Gerald Hevener is a seasoned WebOPS engineer with 14 years of experience building and operating Linux-heavy infrastructure, currently managing 300+ bare-metal and AWS instances for CustomInk. He brings deep expertise in Debian/RHEL/CentOS administration, automated provisioning (PXE/Kickstart, Chef), and continuous delivery pipelines using Jenkins, Travis CI, Test-Kitchen and related tooling. Gerald has strong database and storage experience with MySQL on RDS and S3-backed file storage, plus a track record migrating legacy systems and automating day-to-day operations with Perl and Bash. His background includes deploying HPC clusters and log/event management solutions, reflecting an ability to tackle both high-performance compute and enterprise operations. Based in Bluefield, VA, he pairs hands-on systems engineering with practical automation instincts that reduce toil and improve reliability.
14 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., Psychology, B.A., Psychology at Berea College
M.S., Information Systems, M.S., Information Systems at Marshall University
English, Japanese