Claude M. Schrader

Devops Engineer with geospatial experience

Skills

Software: Adobe Illustrator, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Server, ENVI, Leaflet, Mapbox, Microsoft Office, QGIS
Programming Languages: HTML, JavaScript, Shell Scripting, Python, R, SQL
Database Technologies: MySQL/MariaDB, MongoDB, Oracle, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Redis

Education

May 2019
Professional Science Master’s in GIS, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 2004
Bachelor of Science in Information Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Experience

Azavea, Philadelphia, PA (https://www.azavea.com/)
Acquired by Element 84 in February 2023
Devops Engineer, November 2021 - May 2023
* Provision and manage resources in Amazon Web Services using Terraform and Ansible
* Configure docker images using docker-compose for deployment in AWS ECS (Fargate and EC2)
* Optimize performance of hosted web applications using AWS Cloudfront, Elastic Load Balancers, and autoscaling rules
* Upgrade Terraform environments from 0.11.11 to current
* Develop bugfixes and performance enhancements for Django and other python-based backend services
* Provision and manage CI/CD workflows on Jenkins and Github Actions

American Aerospace Technologies, Inc, Conshohocken, PA (https://americanaerospace.com)
GIS Database Developer, August 2019 - October 2021
* Managed development, training, and optimization of our machine learning based threat detection system
* Performed installation, testing, and troubleshooting for docker images containing our machine learning pipeline
* Architected an automated workflow to publish raster and vector data to ArcGIS Server from an in-flight payload
* Created a roadmap and specifications for proprietary geoprocessing and visualization software
* Performed installation, testing, and created documentation for all software developed in-house
* Automated GIS and business workflows with python, shell, and batch scripts
* Queried, and optimized image databases running PostGIS/PostgreSQL
* Created geospatial analyses using ArcGIS Pro and QGIS to support business and sales objectives
* Planned and executed the integration of IT environments from two subsidiary companies across four locations

Temple University Remote Sensing and Sustainability Lab, Philadelphia, PA (http://rsensus.org)
Graduate Research Assistant, November 2018 - May 2019
* Researched the implementation of deep learning technologies for Remote Sensing Data
* Created a convolutional neural network for classification of satellite images using Keras and Tensorflow in Python
* Downloaded and organized satellite and LIDAR raster imagery of the Peruvian Amazon from multiple sources
* Used ArcMap, ENVI, and QGIS to evaluate the quality, clarity, and cloud cover of potential images
* Used ENVI and R to preprocess and stack images, consolidating multiple bands of satellite data into one raster image
* Normalized, masked clouds, and mosaicked multiple images using R, ENVI, and Machine Learning Tools

The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA (http://wistar.org)
Linux System Administrator, October 2015 - January 2018
* Consolidated legacy virtualization environments into VMware vSphere 6.5 with vSAN
* Installed and managed Oracle 12c for a scientific application
* Managed a 6 node EMC Isilon consisting of over 700TB of storage
* Migrated an HPC Cluster from Rocks Cluster Distribution/CentOS 6.5 to Bright Cluster Manager/CentOS 7
* Modernized an HPC Cluster scheduling environment, replacing Sun Grid Engine with Slurm Workload Manager
* Managed redundant Sonicwall firewalls, HP switches, and a Pulse Secure VPN
* Decommissioned a legacy Openstack cluster and migrated services to VMware

Telvue Corporation, Mount Laurel, NJ (https://telvue.com)
Devops Engineer, July 2013 - October 2015
* Designed and managed a high-availability data center network
* Researched and implemented a 3 node EMC Isilon for fast access to HD video
* Managed a Linux KVM infrastructure of 60 Virtual Machines across 4 hypervisors
* Migrated Virtual Machines into an oVirt install running on a 4 node HP Bladesystem
* Supported a diverse Multicast IPTV network including equipment from Harmonic, Elemental, and Wowza
* Provisioned and managed HLS, RTMP, and Silverlight streams with Akamai

Hit the Sticks, LLC, Devon, PA (http://www.htssoft.com)
Systems Engineer, March 2012 - May 2013
* Designed and built a high-availability game server network using Ubuntu and Tiny Core Linux
(http://devblog.htssoft.com/search/label/linux)
* Built a virtualized development game server network, accessible only by VPN
* Managed network devices including a Vyatta Router, Cisco Pix, and various switches
* Installed and managed a centralized Redis datastore

University of Pennsylvania Center for Functional Neuroimaging, Philadelphia, PA (https://cfn.upenn.edu)
System Administrator, February 2010 - March 2012
* Managed a 128 CPU cluster running Rocks Cluster Distribution and Sun Grid Engine
* Migrated an 80 CPU cluster from Fedora to Ubuntu with custom post-install scripts
* Maintained web services, email, mailing lists, NIS+ on Centos 5 based servers
* Migrated our Virtual Machine Infrastructure from Xen to KVM

Parx Casino and Racetrack, Bensalem, PA (https://www.parxcasino.com)
System Administrator, July 2008 - January 2010
* Maximized uptime of critical casino and racetrack systems in a 24x7 environment
* Deployed updates and assisted with performance tuning on a high availability realtime online wagering system
* Performed user management, backup, and other systems administration tasks on a pair of redundant IBM AS/400 systems

ITT Technical Institute, King of Prussia, PA
Instructor, Summer 2008
* Instructor for one section of IT250, Linux Operating System

DCANet, Wilmington, DE (https://dca.net)
Network Engineer, October 2004 - July 2008
* Migrated a large Philadelphia nonprofit’s email, DNS, mailing lists, RADIUS, and websites from Solaris to CentOS 5
* Installed network monitoring software including Nagios, MRTG, and Cacti
* Implemented a companywide Jabber server on CentOS using ejabberd

Organizations and Volunteer Experience

Board of Directors, Arcadia Commons (https://www.arcadiacommons.org)