Sam Burke
About Sam Burke
Sam Burke is a Site Reliability Engineer at Barracuda and a DevOps Engineer at APiJET, with extensive experience in server administration, network configuration, and mentoring NOC team members.
Professional Positions
Sam Burke serves as a Site Reliability Engineer at Barracuda in Campbell, CA. Additionally, he works as a DevOps Engineer at APiJET in the Greater Seattle Area. His previous roles include working as a Junior Systems Engineer and Technical Support Engineer at Zetta.net - Cloud Backup & DR from 2013 to 2015 in Sunnyvale, CA.
Education
Sam Burke studied Pre-Hospital Care at Savannah Technical College from 2007 to 2008. Prior to that, he spent a year at the College of Charleston from 2006 to 2007. His educational background includes a focus on pre-hospital care.
Technical Skills
Sam Burke has extensive experience in server administration, proficient in managing common Linux distributions such as Gentoo, Ubuntu, and CentOS. He is skilled in switch administration and configuration, with expertise in VLANs, static & dynamic routing, and subnetting. His expertise extends to configuration management tools like Puppet, Salt, and Cobbler to ensure consistent configuration deployments across large infrastructures.
Network Infrastructure Management
Sam Burke maintains comprehensive documentation of network infrastructure configurations and asset tracking using tools like Device42. He develops and refines processes through detailed documentation, including run books and wiki guides to streamline operations.
Mentorship and Problem-Solving
In his roles, Sam Burke mentors and trains less experienced NOC team members, contributing to their professional growth and development. He participates in an on-call rotation to monitor and address service level problems and alerts, utilizing monitoring tools like Nagios, Sensu, and New Relic dashboards. Sam is adept at addressing complex, non-routine issues such as legacy system and service failures, showcasing his problem-solving skills.