Luke Penney
St Johns,Canada
Summary
Results Driven IT/Cyber Security Professional and AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner with fundamental knowledge of IT Solutions, Software Design, Cloud architecture , and Cyber Security. Seeking to utilize broad educational background with excellent analytical, technical, and programming skills to thrive in the IT and Cyber Security Space. Strong interpersonal skills and fluid independent worker. Confident working in fast based environments and delivering excellent IT and Cyber Security Solutions at a large scale.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
IT Coordinator
2025 Canada Games
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
01.2014 - Current
- Planned and executed the deployment of Games Time technology needs (laptops, radios, printers, and cell phones) for 22 sports venues. Imaged over 400+ Computers and Installed 12 Cisco Meraki Networks at Sporting Venues.
- Conducted risk assessments and implemented resilient and redundant cybersecurity solutions for games-time networks, as well as pre-games operations.
- Implemented LAN configurations on the Cisco Meraki Cloud to provide a highly available, scalable, and redundant IT solution to handle Canada Games Operations across all serviced venues.
- Led a volunteer committee consisting of 19 members for over a year to ensure the effective execution of IT solutions plans.
- Worked closely with the Broadcast Technical Director to provide proper IT infrastructure to ensure seamless broadcast coverage of 20 different sports.
- Liaised with venue owners, city officials, third-party contractors/vendors to upgrade existing IT infrastructure to meet the Canada Games requirements.
- Worked with dozens of functional areas to provide them with an IT Solution to properly execute their duties.
- Responsible for procuring all of the games IT needs through the use of Service Contracts, RFP's, and RFQ's
- Managed the VoIP phone system for Games Time Operations.ns.
DevOps Volunteer
Visual and analytics Computing Lab
St. John's, Newfoundland And Labrador
09.2023 - 01.2024
- Volunteer DevOps engineer for the Visual and Analytics Computing Lab at the Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Creating a build server for continuous integration and continuous deployment for the labs light field simulator project
- Created a Jenkins build server using docker and virtual box virtual machines
- Allowed for CI/CD support for bitbucket repository
Education
AWS CERTIFIED CLOUD PRACTITIONER -
Amazon web services
01.2026
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - COMPUTER SCIENCE
Memorial University of NL
St Johns08-2023
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA -
St. James Regional High
Port aux Basques01.2019
Skills
- Python Programming
- Java/JavaScript Programming
- Cisco Meraki
- IT infrastructure
- Cybersecurity measures
- IT best practices
- Project Management
- SQL/NoSQL
- Amazon Web Services
Websites
Timeline
DevOps Volunteer
Visual and analytics Computing Lab
09.2023 - 01.2024
IT Coordinator
2025 Canada Games
01.2014 - Current
AWS CERTIFIED CLOUD PRACTITIONER -
Amazon web services
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - COMPUTER SCIENCE
Memorial University of NL
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA -
St. James Regional High
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