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J. Keith Baldwin's Resume

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Keith Baldwin
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J. Keith Baldwin
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Mabank, TX (Open to Remote / DFW) | Resume PDF with direct contact information is available upon request through a LinkedIn message.
Blog: Nerdydad.me
GitHub: github.com/therealnerdydad
LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/in/jkeithbaldwin/

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
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Cloud Systems Engineer with 15+ years of total IT experience, including 11 years of dedicated service in high-volume manufacturing environments. Currently specializing in Azure Cloud Architecture and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles. Proven track record of reducing manual toil through PowerShell automation and architecting scalable deployments using Infrastructure as Code (Bicep).

CORE TECHNICAL SKILLS
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  • Cloud Infrastructure: Microsoft Azure (Compute, Storage, Networking, Entra ID (formerly Azure AD))
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Bicep, ARM Templates, GitHub Actions
  • Automation/Scripting: PowerShell
  • Reliability/SRE: Incident Management, Disaster Recovery, MTTR Optimization, SLO/SLI

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Standard Meat Company | Systems Administrator | Feb 2015 – Feb 2026

  • Availability: Engineered and maintained high-availability systems for 24/7 manufacturing operations, sustaining a 99.9% uptime record across an 11-year tenure.
  • Automation: Developed a library of PowerShell scripts to automate user lifecycle management and system patching, reducing weekly manual toil by approximately 30%.
  • Reliability: Acted as the primary lead for disaster recovery, optimizing Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR) through regular tabletop exercises and automated backup validation.
  • Security: Enforced the Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP) by auditing and restructuring Active Directory/RBAC permissions for 500+ users.

EARLY CAREER HISTORY
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Robert Half Technology | Technical Consultant (Contract) | Aug 2014 – Feb 2015 East Texas Lighthouse for the Blind | Network Administrator | Aug 2013 – May 2014 U.S. Department of Energy (ORISE) | IT Specialist (Intern) | Jun 2012 – Aug 2013

EDUCATION
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  • Colorado Technical University | MS, BS, & AS in Information Technology | 2008 - 2013
  • Trinity Valley Community College | Associate of Arts in Computer Science | 2004

CERTIFICATIONS
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  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) - September 2022
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) – In Progress

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