JWSCHMAN Cloud Resume Challenge

PROFILE

Certified Kubernetes Administrator transitioning from education to DevOps. Hands-on experience building production-like infrastructure using Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS services through personal projects and homelab environments. Strong background in problem-solving, troubleshooting, and team collaboration from 15 years in education.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Containers & Orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, ArgoCD
Cloud Platforms: Amazon Web Services (Lambda, DynamoDB, IAM, CloudFront, S3, Route 53, API Gateway, Certificate Manager)
Infrastructure & Automation: Terraform, Ansible, Cloud-init, GitOps, Linux (Ubuntu)
Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Node-Exporter
Development & CI/CD: Go (Golang), Git, GitHub Actions
Networking & Security: Ingress-NGINX, MetalLB, Calico CNI, Cert-Manager, External Secrets Operator, HashiCorp Vault
Storage & Databases: TrueNAS, Longhorn, NFS CSI, DynamoDB, MariaDB

PROJECTS

The Cloud Resume Challenge - Serverless Cloud-Hosted Static Website

Technologies: Terraform, AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, CloudFront, Route 53, S3, API Gateway, Certificate Manager), GitHub Actions, HTML/CSS/JavaScript
GitHub: https://github.com/jwschman/cloud-resume-challenge
Live Site: https://jwschman.link
Implemented Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments

Homelab - Self-Hosted Multi-Node Bare-Metal Kubernetes Cluster

Technologies: Kubernetes, Ubuntu Server, Cloud-init, Ansible, ArgoCD, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana, MetalLB, Ingress-NGINX, HashiCorp Vault
GitHub: https://github.com/jwschman/homelabo
Built production-like environment entirely with Infrastructure as Code, from initial node provisioning to application deployment via GitOps

TrueNAS Gotify Adapter - Go Application for Centralized Alert Management

Technologies: Go (Golang), Gin Framework, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions
GitHub: https://github.com/jwschman/truenas-gotify-adapter-golang
Developed Go port of Python script to centralize storage system alerts, demonstrating API integration and containerization skills.

CERTIFICATIONS

Linux Foundation Certified Systems Administrator (LFCS)

Issued by the Linux Foundation, October 2, 2024 (Expires October 1, 2026)

Linux Foundation Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Issued by the Linux Foundation, April 24, 2025 (Expires April 25, 2027)

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003)

Issued by HashiCorp, September 8, 2025 (Expires September 8, 2027)

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Issued by Amazon Web Services (AWS), October 24, 2024 (Expires October 24, 2027)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Office Global Support, Japan (2022-present)

Assistant Language Teacher

AtoZ Corporation, Japan (2010-2022)

Senior Assistant Language Teacher / Corporate Language Teacher

EDUCATION

B.A. in Secondary Education (2009)

Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, Indiana, United States

LANGUAGES

English: Native

Japanese: Conversational, currently preparing for Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) N2