J Ward
Ansible Automation Project Architect
Charlotte Metro United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJ Ward is an Ansible Automation Project Architect and seasoned DevOps/SRE leader with over a decade of experience designing and automating infrastructure across enterprise environments in energy, telecom, consumer electronics, and finance. He blends deep hands-on skills in Ansible, VMware, SAN, IBM servers, and Linux administration with advanced risk and security perspectives informed by a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership focused on IT security. His career includes senior automation and reliability roles at companies such as Xcel Energy, Charter Communications, and Apple, where he translated complex operational requirements into scalable, auditable automation and IaC. Based in the Charlotte metro area, he brings a rare combination of strategic IT governance knowledge and practical systems engineering, often bridging organizational risk management with day-to-day automation delivery.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Masters in Business Administration - Technical Management / MBA/TM, Information Technology - Management, GPA 3.2, Masters in Business Administration - Technical Management / MBA/TM, Information Technology - Management, GPA 3.2 at University of Phoenix, Charlotte, NC CampusAssociate of Science (AS), Environmental Studies, Associate of Science (AS), Environmental Studies at Moorpark CollegeDoctorate, Organizational DM/IST Doctor of Management in Organizational Leadership with, Information Technology Security, GPA 3.47, Doctorate, Organizational DM/IST Doctor of Management in Organizational Leadership with, Information Technology Security, GPA 3.47 at University of PhoenixBachelor of Science in Information Technology with a concentration in Networking & Telcom BSIT/NTC, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, GPA 3.36, Bachelor of Science in Information Technology with a concentration in Networking & Telcom BSIT/NTC, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, GPA 3.36 at University of Phoenix-Southern California Campus
English, Spanish
Github Skills (55)
docker-image10
docker-container10
dockerfile10
jenkins10
opentofu9
terraform9
cicd9
docker-compose9
remote-development9
portainer9
modern-ui9
docker9
docker-swarm9
ansible9
tflint9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
wardcomm/windows_update
Mar 2019 - Apr 2019
Contributions:64 commits, 58 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
wardcomm/scripts
Apr 2019 - Oct 2022
Contributions:234 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
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