Jesse Butryn

Author and maintain bmctools, a vendor-agnostic BMC automation library (Redfish/IPMI) that replaced spaghetti, per-vendor logic previously duplicated across multiple NetBox plugins and the API backend for Dell, Supermicro, and ASUS — with growing support for Aivres, Cisco, Gigabyte, and HPE.

Deploy bmctools as a short-lived Kubernetes job, invoked on demand across 29 regions, integrating it directly into the enrollment and provisioning stack to drive power control, BIOS configuration, one-time boot, and firmware updates as part of automated server bringup.

Own and maintain a highly customized NetBox deployment serving as the system of record for bare metal infrastructure, and build pre-deployment validation tooling for boot order, MAC address correctness, and hardware inventory integrity to catch misconfigurations before they cause provisioning failures.

Partner with platform and provisioning teams to improve reliability and repeatability of physical server lifecycles from enrollment through production.

Built a StackStorm-orchestrated firmware automation pipeline that detects firmware drift across the fleet, automatically reserves affected hardware, applies updates, runs validation, and releases servers back to the available pool — replacing an entirely manual process and eliminating a major source of human error.

Built switch enrollment automation that cut new switch onboarding from roughly an hour of manual work to seconds.

Designed a modular hardware troubleshooting framework of composable Python test cases, runnable ad hoc or automatically per device type, giving on-call engineers a consistent way to triage hardware faults down to a specific component — built on a core Python package I authored and maintained as the team's interface to internal tooling and REST APIs.

Oversaw onboarding and lifecycle management of roughly 20,000 physical servers across the fleet.

Served as final tier of escalation for troubleshooting Equinix bare metal cloud services and infrastructure; mentored team members on automation practices and troubleshooting methodology.

Managed and maintained over 7,000 physical UNIX servers across 5 regions as remote hands/data center operations support, ensuring highly available, resilient infrastructure.

Developed custom automation tooling to streamline repetitive day-to-day operational tasks.

Instrumental in establishing the cloud operations center, authoring SOPs and knowledge base articles, and building a structured new-hire training roadmap to accelerate onboarding.

Racked, cabled, and maintained EMC SAN and Dell NAS storage systems and Cisco routing/switching infrastructure hands-on in the data center.

Led security patch management for thousands of Linux and Windows servers via automated workflows, ensuring compliance and minimal downtime.

Planned and executed a Cisco PIX-to-ASA firewall migration with a seamless cutover, and conducted firewall ACL reviews that eliminated redundant policies.

Deployed and configured Solarwinds NCM to automate network device backups and provide real-time alerts for configuration changes.

Led IT operations for numerous exercises, overseeing infrastructure planning, maintenance, and the coordination of multiple teams, with daily reporting to senior leadership.

Served as platoon sergeant, managing and mentoring 20-35 Marines, ensuring operational readiness and fostering leadership development.

Physically built and tore down complex network infrastructure — BGP/OSPF WAN links, EIGRP LAN topologies, Fortigate firewalls, Cisco VoIP — across numerous large-scale field exercises, often under time pressure and austere conditions.

Designed and implemented custom hardware solutions to enhance unit mobility and readiness, optimizing mission-critical capabilities.

Conducted regular technology training sessions for both my unit and other units within the division, enhancing technical proficiency and cross-unit collaboration.