Matthew F. H.
About Matthew F. H.
Matthew F. H. is a DevOps Engineer at The New York Times, where he has worked since 2019. He has extensive experience in systems engineering and infrastructure development, having previously held positions at companies such as SoundCloud, Pandora, and Gemini.com.
Work at The New York Times
Matthew F. H. has served as a DevOps Engineer at The New York Times since 2019. In this role, he has contributed to the infrastructure team by developing infrastructure as code at scale. He has also collaborated on the design, planning, architecture, and security hardening of the Red Hat Ansible Tower environment for enterprise use. His work has included enhancing monitoring capabilities by migrating application checks from Pingdom to Datadog. Additionally, he has focused on improving the security posture of the organization by advocating for the implementation of a 'zero trust' internal network model.
Previous Experience in Tech Roles
Prior to his current position, Matthew F. H. held various roles in technology. He worked at SoundCloud as a Systems Engineer II for seven months in 2017, following a nine-month tenure as a Systems Administrator at the same company. He also served as a Senior Technical Lead at Pandora from 2015 to 2016 and as a Systems Administrator at Pandora from 2013 to 2015. His experience includes working as a Site Reliability Engineer at Gemini.com from 2017 to 2019 and as an Infrastructure Support Engineer at ZocDoc from 2012 to 2013.
Education and Expertise
Matthew F. H. studied at the City University of New York-Hunter College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Performance. His education spanned from 2001 to 2008. While his academic background is in music, he has developed significant expertise in DevOps and systems engineering through his professional experiences in various technology roles.
Technical Contributions and Initiatives
Throughout his career, Matthew F. H. has made notable technical contributions. He built out a Red Hat Ansible Tower clustered environment to automate OS patching across different environments, including Windows, Linux, and Network Switches. He implemented signed SSH certificate-backed connections on Ansible Tower using Hashicorp Vault as the Certificate Authority. Additionally, he worked closely with security and compliance teams to ensure the implementation and enforcement of PCI compliance policies.