Spencer Lines
About Spencer Lines
Spencer Lines is a Site Reliability Engineer and System Administrator at Barracuda in Campbell, California, with a background in IT server administration and software development services at IBM.
Company
Spencer Lines is currently employed at Barracuda (NYSE: CUDA) in Campbell, California. Barracuda specializes in providing cloud-enabled security solutions, and Spencer works in two critical roles within the organization: Site Reliability Engineer and System Administrator.
Title
Spencer Lines holds the title of Site Reliability Engineer at Barracuda. In addition to this primary role, he also functions as a System Administrator, ensuring the seamless operation and reliability of the company's IT infrastructure.
Education and Expertise
Spencer Lines has a strong educational background in Computer Engineering. He earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, where he studied from 2010 to 2013. Prior to that, he completed a transfer program in Computer Engineering at West Valley College, where he studied from 2006 to 2010.
Professional Background
Before joining Barracuda, Spencer Lines gained extensive experience in various IT roles at IBM. He worked as an IT Server Administrator from 2013 to 2016, a Summer Co-Op/Intern - Technical Enablement Specialist in 2011, and on the Software Development Services - Installation Team from 2007 to 2010. He also had a summer internship at Single Point of Contact in Palo Alto, California, from 2005 to 2006.
Projects and Contributions
At Barracuda, Spencer Lines has made significant contributions, including developing and implementing automation scripts to reduce manual intervention in system maintenance tasks, migrating legacy systems to cloud-based infrastructure, and contributing to the design and deployment of a high-availability architecture for critical applications. He also mentors junior engineers and interns and has received recognition for his outstanding problem-solving skills and innovative solutions in system reliability.