Mikel Smith
About Mikel Smith
Mikel Smith is a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at MAXIMUS with extensive experience in storage technologies and IT infrastructure management.
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Mikel Smith is a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer currently working at MAXIMUS.
Current Role at MAXIMUS
Since 2020, Mikel Smith has been serving as a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at MAXIMUS in the Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area.
Past Experience in IT Infrastructure
Mikel Smith has an extensive background in IT infrastructure, having previously held positions at various companies. He worked as a Storage Engineer at Apex Systems for 10 months, a Storage Team Lead at IBM for 7 years, and a Director of Technology at YourClassroom.Com for another 7 years.
Additional Professional Experience
Before his current role, Mikel also served in several other capacities: VP of Operations at Smotis, Inc (3 years), Senior Storage Architect at Darwin Partners (7 months), and Senior Unix/Storage System Administrator at Mentor Graphics (5 years). Early in his career, he worked as a System Administrator at The Regence Group and Wang Government Services, and as a Computer Programmer in the United States Air Force.
Technical Expertise
Mikel Smith specializes in SAN and NAS storage technologies, vital for managing large-scale data environments. He is proficient in using Nagios for IT infrastructure monitoring and employs Kanban methodology for improving workflow efficiency. Additionally, he is skilled in scripting with PERL and Python, useful for automating tasks and enhancing system administration.
Education
Mikel Smith completed his high school education at Roseburg High School, attending from 1989 to 1992.