Joshua Barton
An infrastructure automation engineer based in Waco, TX. I'm currently working as a Cisco UCS architect and DevOps team lead at Atos NAO.
Work Experience
Atos NAO (Formerly Xerox)
Principal Engineer
April 2013 – Present
Waco, TX
Atos is a global leader in digital services. I am the lead Cisco UCS architect and DevOps engineer on my team, working with both healthcare and commercial clients.
Work Experience
Parkland Hospital
Systems Engineer
December 2011 – April 2013 (1.5 years)
Dallas, TX
Parkland Hospital is one of the largest public hospital systems in the country. I helped manage and support their Cisco UCS, VMware, Windows, Linux and Citrix environments
Work Experience
Technology for Education
Systems Engineer
February 2011 – December 2011 (11 months)
Waco, TX
TFE is a technology integrator and service provider in the state of Texas. I was their primary data center systems engineer, specializing in Cisco UCS, VMware, Windows, and Linux systems
Work Experience
Parrish, Moody, and Fikes
Systems Engineer
December 2008 – February 2011 (2.25 years)
Waco, TX
PMF, acquired by BKD was an accounting firm based in Waco, TX. I supported their server and desktop environments, which included VMware, Windows, and Linux systems.
Open Source
My Projects:
- vCheck-UCS: Alan Renouf’s vCheck modified for Cisco UCS
- Ucs-Puptr: Pester for UCS PowerTool Testing and Remediation
- PowerShell-DSC: Collection of PowerShell-DSC functions
Open Source
Projects Contributed To:
- PSDeploy: A quick and dirty module to simplify PowerShell based deployments
- xPSDesiredStateConfiguration: a more recent, experimental version of the PSDesiredStateConfiguration module that ships in Windows
- PowerShell-Docs: Official Windows PowerShell documentation
Giving Back
- I started, and volunteer teaching, a local elementary school computer science club. I utilize Code.org courses and Robot Turtles to introduce 1st-3rd graders to programming concepts and challenge them to think differently.
- I volunteer at the local school as a part of the Watch D.O.G.S., a one-of-a-kind, school-based father involvement program that works to support education and safety.
Honors & Awards
- February 2015: “Going Above and Beyond” award from Senior Manager at Atos
- June 2015: “A Constant Help” award from Senior Manager at Atos
- March 2016: Bronze Accolade award for “High Level of Excellence” from Director at Atos
- June 2016: Silver Accolade award for “Incredible Dedication to Company and Customers” from Director at Atos
Skills
- PowerShell (& DSC)
- Cisco UCS
- VMware vSphere
- Windows Server
- Linux
- Jenkins
- TFS / Git
- Continuous Integration
- DevOps
- Team Training
- Communication
- Customer Service