Randy Martinez, RHCA VII

Randy Martinez has a diverse work experience spanning various companies and roles. Randy is currently working at Rumble as a Cloud Storage Architect since October 2022. Prior to that, they worked at Red Hat from 2017 to 2022, holding the positions of Principal Software Maintenance Engineer and Cloud Architect.

Before joining Red Hat, Randy was employed by Comcast Cable as an Openstack Storage Engineer III from March 2016 to February 2017, focusing on Elastic Stack (ELK), Ceph, and Openstack Swift/Cinder storage solutions. Randy also worked at CenturyLink as a Programmable Services Backbone - Openstack Engineer II from September 2015 to February 2016, specializing in RHEL Ceph storage solutions, OpenStack, and ensuring high availability of those services.

Prior to their time at Comcast Cable and CenturyLink, Randy worked at Rackspace, the Open Cloud Company, as an E&A Operations Engineer and Swift/Cinder Engineer from September 2013 to September 2015. Randy started their career at GDC4S as a Solaris/RHEL 6 Engineer from October 2011 to September 2013.

Randy's earliest work experience was with the United States Air Force, where they served as a Client Systems professional from September 2007 to September 2011.

Overall, Randy's work experience showcases their expertise in cloud storage architecture, software maintenance, OpenStack, and various storage solutions, with a strong focus on providing high-quality services and meeting customer requirements.

Randy Martinez, RHCA VII, completed their education at the University of the Incarnate Word from 2009 to 2014, earning a Bachelor's Degree in B.S.B.A. - MIS. Prior to that, from 2008 to 2011, they attended the Community College of the Air Force and obtained an Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) in Electronic Systems Technology.

In addition to their academic education, Randy Martinez has obtained multiple certifications. These include the Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Data Foundation from Red Hat, obtained in March 2022; the Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ceph Cloud Storage from Red Hat, obtained in May 2021; the Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Application Development from Red Hat, obtained in March 2021; the Red Hat Certified System Administrator in Red Hat OpenStack from Red Hat, obtained in August 2017; the Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes from Red Hat, obtained in January 2021; the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Ansible Automation from Red Hat, obtained in October 2017; the Red Hat Certified Specialist in Deployment and Systems Management from Red Hat, obtained in November 2020; the Red Hat Certified Specialist in Virtualization from Red Hat, obtained in December 2018; the Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Best Practices from Red Hat, obtained in December 2019; the Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration from Red Hat, obtained in July 2019; the Red Hat Certified Architect in Infrastructure Level VII from Red Hat, obtained in December 2018; the Red Hat Certified Engineer from Red Hat, obtained in August 2014; the Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ceph Storage Administration from Red Hat, obtained in December 2018; the Red Hat Certified Specialist in Hybrid Cloud Management from Red Hat, obtained in December 2018; the Red Hat Certified System Administrator from Red Hat, obtained in August 2014; the Certified Openstack Administrator (COA) from OpenStack, obtained in June 2017; and the CompTIA Security ce from CompTIA, obtained in July 2012.