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authorCullum Smith <cullum@sacredheartsc.com>2024-07-03 12:25:01 -0400
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+title: "Cullum Smith: CV"
+heading: Cullum Smith
+subtitle: Curriculum Vitae
+description: "CV of Cullum Smith: Site Reliability Engineer in South Carolina"
+date: July 1, 2024
+---
+
+[cullum@sacredheartsc.com](mailto:cullum@sacredheartsc.com){.right}
+SRE • Trading Systems • Linux/Unix
+
+Site reliability engineer specializing in the programming, administration, and
+troubleshooting of production Linux systems within trading platforms. 9+ years
+of development and operations experience. Strong skills in Unix internals, shell
+scripting, system administration, and debugging, from userspace to the kernel.
+Experienced in C, Python, Perl, and Ocaml, as well as networking, storage, and
+infrastructure management of both bare-metal servers and virtual machines.
+Extensive knowledge of Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Solaris-based operating systems.
+Highly motivated engineer that can solve low-level systems issues in fast-paced environments.
+
+
+## Work Experience
+
+**Linux Engineer** at [REDACTED, Inc.]{.redacted} (Remote)
+[2021-present]{.right}
+
+ - Details forthcoming.
+
+**Linux Engineer** at **[Jane Street](https://www.janestreet.com/)** (New York, NY)
+[2018-2021]{.right}
+
+ - Investigated production errors and performance regressions using packet captures,
+ userspace profiling, and kernel instrumentation.
+ - Maintained Linux infrastructure and developed management tools for network
+ storage systems.
+ - Diagnosed performance bottlenecks in NFS application workflows and client/server
+ implementations.
+ - Designed and implemented automated systems for the deployment, configuration
+ management, and monitoring of Linux hosts.
+ - Wrote patches for bug fixes and performance improvements for various open source
+ applications in the GNU/Linux ecosystem.
+
+**Site Reliability Engineer** at **Thesys CAT** (Charleston, SC)
+[2017-2018]{.right}
+
+ - Designed infrastructure, networking, and operations strategies for the
+ implementation of the SEC’s Consolidated Audit Trail.
+ - Led infrastructure rollout and configuration management effort using Ansible
+ for hundreds of bare metal and cloud servers.
+ - Implemented Kerberos-based authentication system for both applications and user
+ accounts.
+ - Built an object storage solution using FreeBSD and ZFS nearing a petabyte of
+ usable space.
+ - Created automated build and packaging pipeline for in-house software repositories.
+
+**DevOps Engineer** at **Thesys Technologies** (Charleston, SC)
+[2016-2017]{.right}
+
+ - Implemented market access software in C for Tilera’s TILE64 architecture, supporting
+ over $1 billion per day of order volume.
+ - Improved the accuracy of distributed C-based client risk checks while maintaining
+ low order latency.
+ - Responsible for implementation and monitoring of a C++-based software trading
+ platform as part of trading technologies DevOps team.
+ - Coordinated network connectivity and colocation with clients and stock exchanges
+ in North America.
+ - Assessed and resolved real-time trading and connectivity issues in a high-stress
+ environment while managing relationships with customers.
+
+**Software Engineer** at **SPARC** (Charleston, SC)
+[2015-2016]{.right}
+
+ - Developed benefit management software for the Department of Veterans Affairs
+ using Java, Spring Framework, and AngularJS.
+ - Led a special performance team which identified and mitigated application
+ bottlenecks.
+ - Achieved a >10x speedup by refactoring application-layer ORM logic into more
+ efficient database queries.
+ - Created and maintained CentOS VM images for Oracle Database.
+
+**Graduate Research Assistant** at **[Clemson University](https://www.clemson.edu/)** (Clemson, SC)
+[2013-2015]{.right}
+
+ - Designed and implemented a middleware system for watershed-scale sensor networks
+ using Java and NodeJS.
+ - Maintained a middleware backend which served over 50 live ecological sensor
+ deployment sites across South Carolina.
+ - Independently developed a metadata management system for sensor network hardware,
+ which was presented at IEEE and ACM conferences.
+
+
+## Education
+
+**M.S. in Computer Science** at **[Clemson University](https://www.clemson.edu/)** (Clemson, SC)
+[2013-2015]{.right}
+
+ - Developed new data analytics and management tools for wireless sensor networks
+ in Clemson’s Dependable Systems Research Group.
+ - GPA 3.70
+
+**B.S. in Computer Science** at **[Clemson University](https://www.clemson.edu/)** (Clemson, SC)
+[2009-2013]{.right}
+
+ - Graduated magna cum laude as an undergraduate researcher in the Calhoun
+ Honors College.
+ - GPA 3.82