Personal Position ================= - `My Résumé `__ - `My CV (Curriculum Vitae) `__ Hirecarta Summary ----------------- Copy/paste from `Hirecarta AI (Career Guide) `__ Career Path ~~~~~~~~~~~ **Career Track**: .. code-block:: text Individual Contributor (IC) in Systems Engineering & DevOps with strong technical leadership and open-source influence. Transitioning toward senior technical leadership (e.g., Principal Engineer, Staff Engineer, or DevOps Architect), with demonstrated cross-functional impact in security, automation, and infrastructure resilience. **Experience Level** .. code-block:: text Senior to Executive-Level Technical Expert (15+ years of progressive systems engineering and infrastructure leadership). Current role reflects Principal-level responsibilities despite title of 'Senior Systems Engineer'. **Progression Pattern** .. code-block:: text Began in application development and system administration (early 2000s), evolved into automation-focused DevOps and SRE roles by mid-2010s. Consistently advanced into higher-complexity environments (SMB → enterprise → hyperscale). Demonstrates a pattern of joining organizations during technical debt crises and leading stabilization, modernization, and automation initiatives. **Transferable Skills** - Infrastructure automation (Ansible, SaltStack, Chef) - Security compliance and hardening (CIS, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, GDPR) - Incident response and disaster recovery leadership - Cross-functional stakeholder collaboration (developers, network engineers, security teams) - Documentation and knowledge management at scale - Open-source contribution and community leadership - End-user experience design in secure environments - CI/CD integration for infrastructure and configuration changes Next Career Moves ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **Principal Systems Engineer (Ready now)** .. code-block:: text A natural vertical move given your current responsibilities at Utah Broadband and past leadership in incident response, automation, and cross-team coordination. You already operate at this level. **DevOps Architect (Ready now)** .. code-block:: text Leverages your automation, security, and compliance expertise in a strategic role. Your work at Sony, Volkswagen, and Juniper shows you can define and enforce enterprise-wide standards. **Staff Systems Engineer (Ready now)** .. code-block:: text Your open-source leadership, documentation excellence, and mentoring passion make you ideal for a Staff Engineer role focused on platform enablement and technical guidance. **Head of Secure AI/ML Infrastructure (1-2 years)** .. code-block:: text A lateral move with strategic growth potential. Your security automation, compliance tooling, and IRB experience position you well for a role shaping ethical and secure AI infrastructure. SFIA Skills Matrix ------------------ This table is a personal creation that merges an `AUS/ACS Self-Evaluation `__ with `SFIA Categories `__. .. list-table:: Color Key - **Summarizes coverage within Résumé/CV** * - Meaning - .. rst-class:: prevalent Prevalent - .. rst-class:: keep Keep in Rewrite - .. rst-class:: missing Missing in Résumé/CV - .. rst-class:: lack Do Not Show/Have Color coding is primarily intended to guide laguage used when updating my CV/Résumé--not as a personal skills assessment. .. list-table:: SFIA-aligned Skills Matrix :header-rows: 1 :widths: 12 22 22 22 22 * - Attribute - Level 4 (Operational Depth) - Level 5 (Drive Change) - Level 6 (Infrastructure Strategy) - Level 7 (Organizational Strategy) * - Autonomy - .. rst-class:: keep General direction, personal |br| responsibility, team delegation - .. rst-class:: prevalent Broad direction, self-initiated |br| work, task definition - .. rst-class:: prevalent Strategic decisions, defined authority, |br| organisational accountability - .. rst-class:: missing Vision setting, full accountability, |br| strategic delegation * - Influence - .. rst-class:: prevalent Project influence, |br| tactical contacts - .. rst-class:: prevalent Domain influence, operational |br| decisions, resource control - .. rst-class:: prevalent Strategy formation, organisational |br| leadership, senior stakeholders - .. rst-class:: keep Strategic direction, inspirational |br| leadership, enterprise authority * - Complexity - .. rst-class:: prevalent Varied contexts, |br| complex activities - .. rst-class:: prevalent Unpredictable environments, |br| extensive activities - .. rst-class:: keep Highly complex, multi-dimensional |br| (technical/financial/quality) - .. rst-class:: missing Strategic leadership, governance, |br| executive management * - Knowledge - .. rst-class:: prevalent Integrated field knowledge, |br| organisational domain - .. rst-class:: prevalent In-depth expertise, |br| authoritative advice - .. rst-class:: prevalent Broad business knowledge, |br| strategic decision support - .. rst-class:: missing Strategic foresight, |br| industry shaping * - Collaboration - .. rst-class:: missing Cross-functional teamwork, |br| shared objectives - .. rst-class:: prevalent Diverse objectives, |br| organisational relationships - .. rst-class:: prevalent Senior stakeholder leadership, |br| competing priorities - .. rst-class:: lack Strategic partnerships, |br| industry leadership * - Communication - .. rst-class:: prevalent Clear explanations, |br| mixed audiences, listening - .. rst-class:: prevalent Impactful communication, |br| consensus building - .. rst-class:: prevalent Credible influence, |br| organisational alignment - .. rst-class:: missing Authoritative persuasion, |br| industry engagement * - Improvement |br| Mindset - .. rst-class:: prevalent Team improvements, |br| procedural change - .. rst-class:: prevalent Evaluated enhancements, |br| local leadership - .. rst-class:: prevalent Organisation-wide improvement, |br| strategic alignment - .. rst-class:: keep Continuous improvement culture, |br| enterprise impact * - Creativity - .. rst-class:: prevalent Alternative approaches, |br| idea facilitation - .. rst-class:: prevalent Innovative solutions, |br| customer value - .. rst-class:: prevalent Strategic innovation, |br| new ideas at scale - .. rst-class:: missing Innovation champion, |br| strategy-driven creativity * - Decision-making - .. rst-class:: prevalent Judgement on complex |br| issues, escalation - .. rst-class:: prevalent Informed operational |br| decisions, risk awareness - .. rst-class:: prevalent Strategic judgement, financial impact - .. rst-class:: lack Critical enterprise decisions, |br| executive governance * - Digital Mindset - .. rst-class:: prevalent Tool optimisation, |br| standards awareness - .. rst-class:: prevalent Technology impact |br| assessment, practice adoption - .. rst-class:: keep Digital capability leadership, |br| governance - .. rst-class:: missing Digital transformation vision, |br| regulatory accountability * - Leadership - .. rst-class:: keep Team guidance, |br| risk awareness - .. rst-class:: prevalent Operational leadership, |br| policy execution - .. rst-class:: prevalent Organisational leadership, |br| strategy contribution - .. rst-class:: lack Strategic leadership, governance, |br| enterprise risk * - Learning & |br| Development - .. rst-class:: prevalent Rapid learning, |br| self/team development - .. rst-class:: prevalent Standards setting, |br| capability growth - .. rst-class:: prevalent Strategic capability building, |br| leadership development - .. rst-class:: lack Learning culture ownership, |br| future skills readiness * - Planning - .. rst-class:: prevalent Scheduling, monitoring, |br| quality focus - .. rst-class:: prevalent Milestones, cost/time control - .. rst-class:: keep Strategic objectives, |br| responsibility assignment - .. rst-class:: lack Enterprise planning authority * - Problem-Solving - .. rst-class:: prevalent Issue analysis, |br| option evaluation - .. rst-class:: prevalent Root cause analysis, |br| expert collaboration - .. rst-class:: keep Strategic anticipation, |br| resource allocation - .. rst-class:: missing Enterprise problem resolution, |br| systemic judgement * - Adaptability - .. rst-class:: keep Supporting change, flexibility - .. rst-class:: prevalent Leading transitions, |br| stability focus - .. rst-class:: missing Organisational change leadership - .. rst-class:: lack Cultural agility, |br| resilience embedding * - Security, Privacy |br| & Ethics - .. rst-class:: prevalent Standards application, |br| compliance awareness - .. rst-class:: prevalent Professional practices, |br| ethical culture support - .. rst-class:: keep Cultural leadership, |br| inclusion, equity - .. rst-class:: missing Strategic governance, |br| diversity leadership Evaluation Summary ------------------ The table shows that my CV and Résumé describe what I have accomplished but neglects to cover what organizational need drove me to specific tasks. .. raw:: html .. |br| raw:: html