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I'm Ryan Taylor

Systems & Automation Engineer
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Ryan Taylor

Systems & Automation Engineer

Thanks for visiting my site! I'm currently supporting and Internal Research and Design (IRAD) initiative at Raytheon designing purpose-built Linux systems.

  • From: Long Beach, CA
  • Lives In: Broomfield, CO
  • Age: 25
  • Gender: Male
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Experience

  • June-September 2025
    Systems Infrastructure Engineer
    Raytheon | James-Webb Space Telescope | Aurora, CO

    Automated multi-environment VMWare VM lifecycle using Terraform. Developed idempotent Ansible playbooks for whole-environment configuration. Integrated Terraform and Ansible into existing CI/CD pipelines for automated infrastructure updates. Worked with Git/GitLab for team collaboration and integration

  • June 2022-September 2025
    Systems Infrastructure Engineer
    Raytheon | GPS OCX 3F | Aurora, CO

    Installed/upgraded multiple instances of Jira/Confluence/BitBucket and associated databases. Improved/created workflows to add automation and enforce Agile practices. Installed new instances of IBM ELM 6/7 and associated DB2 databases Managed users’ licenses and permissions across DNG, RQM, and GC. Provided support to SA team for groups/users, backups/recovery, and troubleshooting on RHEL systems. Aided in patching RHEL systems of various versions

  • November 2019-April 2022
    Print & Marketing Services Supervisor
    Staples, Boulder, CO

    Managed all business for 6 person department grossing an average $250,000 per year. Trained new associates to deliver high quality products and services, and to develop lasting relationships with customers and businesses. Significantly increased department sales by 60% leading to consistent exceeding of weekly budget goals. Worked with associates to deliver an average 95% customer service rating across an 8 month period.

Education

  • 2018-2022
    University of Colorado Boulder
    Bachelor's of Computer Science

    Political Science Minor
    Relevant Coursework: Network Systems, Linux System Administration, Operating Systems, Database Systems, Data Structures, Software Development Tools, Intro Data Science, Intro Artificial Intelligence

  • 2014-2018
    Long Beach Polytechnic High School
    High School Diploma

    PACE Academy, 4.0 GPA

What do I do?

Systems Administration

I work directly with many different Linux systems, mainly RHEL systems on OS configuration and management. While I've never served as a dedicated Sysadmin, my roles have demanded a ton of that work.

Infrastructure Automation

I work with Terraform and Ansible to automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management. After dealing directly with systems for so many years, it's been awesome to finally get experience in automation.

Collaboration & Management

I've installed and maintained a ton of different apps for the teams I've worked on, including the full Atlassian and IBM ELM suites. During my time on GPS OCX 3F my role consisted almost exclusively of administration of these apps.

Personal Projects

I create lots of little scripts and apps for personal use on my home machines and servers. Check out my GitHub to see all my personal projects and repositories.

Linux Customization

I love to mess around with new distros, desktop environments, FOSS, etc. My daily machines are running EndeavorOS and Omarchy and I've got a dedicated server for some self-hosted apps running Debian.