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Ashlyn Mays

Upper Marlboro

Summary

Dedicated Site Reliability Engineer with 10 years of progressive IT experience spanning cloud infrastructure, system administration, and technical support. Proven expertise in maintaining high-availability environments using Oracle Cloud and Microsoft Azure. Skilled in incident response, proactive monitoring, and continuous service improvement across enterprise-level systems.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Site Reliability Engineer

Softworld
04.2023 - Current
  • Resolve customer issues through advanced Linux command line troubleshooting
  • Analyze system logs to identify and mitigate critical infrastructure problems within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
  • Manage end-to-end deployment of applications, policy creation, cloud storage maintenance, and service reliability monitoring
  • Implement data-driven service optimizations based on comprehensive metric analysis
  • Enhance software functionality through systematic debugging and targeted code improvements

Achievement: Reduced average incident resolution time by 35% through implementation of automated diagnostic tools

Site Reliability Engineer

Accenture Federal Services
12.2022 - 04.2023
  • Maintained exceptional SLA adherence in 24x7 operational environment through prompt incident response
  • Preserved high system/platform availability by diagnosing, mitigating, and appropriately escalating issues within Microsoft Azure
  • Led documentation of system outages and coordinated resolution through structured change management processes
  • Optimized performance of Azure Virtual Machines through proactive management
  • Served as primary support contact for critical customer issues, driving platform improvements and stability

Achievement: Maintained service uptime for key customer applications

System Administrator

Department of Defense
05.2020 - 12.2022
  • Delivered rapid resolution of customer/user issues with consistent attention to priority and timeline requirements
  • Executed monthly system deployments including Nessus, Splunk, Windows 10, and critical security patches
  • Collaborated with Information System Security Officers to ensure compliance with federal security standards through comprehensive audits
  • Utilized ServiceNow to efficiently track, manage, and update support tickets

Achievement: Successfully implemented security protocols that passed 100% of compliance audits

Help Desk Technician

Department of Defense
03.2016 - 05.2020
  • Maintained comprehensive ticket management through ServiceNow, ensuring accurate documentation and timely resolution
  • Utilized Remote Desktop Protocol to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues
  • Performed comprehensive system setups including operating systems, software, antivirus, patches, and peripherals
  • Provided regular status updates to management regarding ticket progress and resolution metrics

Achievement: Recognized as 'Top Support Specialist' for resolving 20% more tickets than team average

Education

BA - Cybersecurity Technologies

University of Maryland Global Campus
College Park, MD
12.2025

Associate of Arts - Cyber Security

Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold, MD
05.2020

Skills

  • ServiceNow
  • McAfee Virus Protection
  • Tenable Nessus
  • Kubernetes
  • JIRA
  • Confluence
  • Linux
  • Monitoring
  • Configuration

Certification

  • CompTIA Security+
  • OCI Cloud Foundations


Timeline

Site Reliability Engineer

Softworld
04.2023 - Current

Site Reliability Engineer

Accenture Federal Services
12.2022 - 04.2023

System Administrator

Department of Defense
05.2020 - 12.2022

Help Desk Technician

Department of Defense
03.2016 - 05.2020

BA - Cybersecurity Technologies

University of Maryland Global Campus

Associate of Arts - Cyber Security

Anne Arundel Community College
Ashlyn Mays