JOE SARABIA

Chico, CA | m: 818.264.9986 | e: joseph.sarabia@gmail.com | w: linkedin.com/in/joe-sarabia

SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS
Skilled practitioner of DevOps and Agile Methodologies. History of successfully
leading teams across multiple disciplines to transition to or adopt agile development Product ownership from inception to
techniques resulting in quicker times to market. $100 million annual revenue

Ardent and relentless advocate for customer success. History of building cross- Pioneered global customer
departmental consensus to close deals, align products to customer needs, and success programs
achieve improved customer outcomes. Production application update cycle
times reduced from 24 hours to 5
Passionate and driven technology leader. 8+ years of experience leading teams and
minutes using CI/CD
15+ years of experience in progressive roles at industry leading organizations.
Hands-on experience at scale
Accomplished Cloud Architect with depth and breadth of experience across designing and operating deployments
various cloud platforms and technologies. 7+ years experience successfully leading of 15,000 instances
the adoption of cloud platforms at Fortune 500 and Global 2000 organizations. Led 50% team growth in 90 days
Recognized 5 times for top
performance in thought leadership
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
and driving customer success
Director, Solutions Engineering 2017-present
LIATRIO | Chico, CA SKILLS
Bootstrapped and leading a new line of business to create cloud-based solutions
which expand existing Enterprise DevOps transformation services. Leads a team of 10 Virtualization: Docker, VMware
DevOps and Platform Engineers. Public Cloud Platforms: AWS, GCP
Lead services strategy and development for all cloud solutions and managed Software Release (CI/CD) Tools:
service offerings. Git, Jenkins, Packer
Coach and lead team on execution of Agile methodologies; lead the cultivation of Infrastructure as Code:
a continuous improvement culture through transparent communication and high Terraform, CloudFormation
collaboration. Programming Languages:
Python, Java, PHP
Global Partner Solutions Architect 2016-2017 Agile and Lean Development:
Technical Architect 2015-2016 SCRUM, Kanban
AMAZON WEB SERVICES | Seattle, WA (Remote) Development & Collaboration:
JIRA, Rally Software, Confluence
Owned technical relationship with Accenture for DevOps as part of the Accenture AWS
Business Group, focusing on developing strategies for enterprise adoption of Database Systems:
emerging application architectures and DevOps practices. Part of global group of
Relational: MySQL, Microsoft SQL
subject matter experts within AWS on containers and surrounding ecosystem.
NoSQL: AWS DynamoDB,
GCP Datastore
Led architecture team of architects and engineers; led adoption of DevOps
practices within the team.
EDUCATION
Drove continuous improvement of product releases by leveraging automation and
refining processes across multiple product portfolios; designed and implemented a
CSU, MONTEREY BAY
continuous integration/continuous deployment pipeline that reduced delivery of
Bachelor of Science,
releases from 24 hours to 5 minutes.
Computer Science
Designed, deployed, and continuously improved 240 application environments Concentration: Software Engineering
used for the global delivery of hands on labs which generated $25mm in annual GPA: 4.00
revenue; managed global lab delivery platform. (In Progress Anticipated May 2018)

Staff Solutions Architect, Global Technology Solutions 2013-2015 MOORPARK COLLEGE

Senior Consultant, Global Technology Solutions 2010-2013 Associate of Science,
VMWARE | Palo Alto, CA (Remote) Computer Science, with Honors
GPA: 4.00
Responsible for pre-sales and post-sales activities for cloud solutions and software-
defined datacenters for high profile, strategic and named accounts in the Fortune Associate of Science,
500; Global Product Owner for Cloud Automation services and related collateral.
Computer Network Systems
Engineering , with Honors
Collaborated closely with product management and R&D teams to ensure GPA: 4.00
alignment of product roadmaps and capabilities with customer requirements.
Proposed and pioneered early customer success programs for emerging products.
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Chico, CA | m: 818.264.9986 | e: joseph.sarabia@gmail.com | w: linkedin.com/in/joe-sarabia

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (CONT.) CERTIFICATIONS

Senior Systems Engineer 2009-2010
ZUMASYS | Irvine, CA AMAZON WEB SERVICES

Senior member of technical pre-sales and delivery team with emphasis on design and AWS Certified Solutions Architect
deployment of storage, virtualization, and business continuity solutions for customers - Associate
across North America leveraging VMware, Cisco and NetApp products.
Member of team responsible for deployment and management of our public cloud VMWARE
service offering; expanded environment by 50%, implemented standardized build VCAP4-DCA #94
processes, updated design to increase security for multi-tenancy. VCAP4-DCD, VCAP5-DCD #9
VCP 3, 4, 5
Senior Systems Engineer 2008-2009
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA | Santa Barbara, CA
SCRUM ALLIANCE
Architected and led implementation of a multi-tenanted private cloud platform to Certified ScrumMaster
provide shared services to county departments using VMware technologies; co-lead Certified Scrum Product Owner
for a team of engineers; managed a multi-site 5000 user environment.
Worked with VMware to bootstrap Santa Barbara VMware Users Group; VMUG ITIL
Leader.
ITILv3 Foundation
Director, Information Technology 2007-2008
Manager, Network Systems and Security 2003-2007 MICROSOFT
INPUT 1 | Woodland Hills, CA MCSE NT 4.0, 2000, 2003
Successfully implemented projects, ushered in new era, shift to virtualization and MCSA 2003
cloud based data recovery techniques which repositioned the information technology
department as a business enabler within the organization; managed technology CISCO: CCNA
infrastructure for the organization; led IT Operations and technical support teams.
NETAPP: NCDA
Provided strategic direction to ensure alignment of the organizations use of
technology and its business objectives and requirements.
CITRIX: CCA
Assessed operational procedures and identified technical solutions that increased
operational efficiency.
AWARDS
Ensured high level of excellence through process standardization and statistical
reporting; developed policies for technical operations and information security;
reduced internal support calls by 50%. AMAZON WEB SERVICES
Excellence in Innovation
Leveraged VMware and NetApp products to cut annual CapEx by 38% and reduce
Sales Kickoff 2016
disaster recovery SLAs from 3 days to 4 hours.
Developed and maintained Business Continuity plan; conducted regular testing;
VMWARE
identified and implemented enhancements to Business Continuity systems.
Together We Win Award
Conducted lifecycle management for technology infrastructure and internal (Collaboration)
business applications; performed project management for technology related Global Services 2014 Q2
initiatives.
Managed contracts and relationships with vendors and conducted negotiations for Pel Award
information technology related purchases; prepared annual budget. (Teamwork)
Global Customer Operations 2013 Q3

Internal Customer Impact Award

(Customer Success)
Global Technology Solutions 2013 Q3

Drive Award
(Thought Leadership)
Global Technology Solutions 2013 Q2