Jess Cannata

Jess Cannata has extensive experience in the field of Site Reliability Engineering. They currently hold the position of Director of Site Reliability Engineering at Ivanti, where they manage a global team and oversee the reliability, scalability, and security of the company's production systems. Prior to this role, Jess was a Senior Manager of Site Reliability Engineering at Ivanti, where they facilitated the transition from physical hardware to Docker containers in Amazon Web Services' Managed Kubernetes Service.

Before joining Ivanti, Jess worked as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at MobileIron and as a Senior HPC Systems Engineer at R Systems. They also have experience as a HPC Systems Engineer at the Army Research Laboratory, where they managed HPC clusters and led the development of a dynamic resource allocation system. Additionally, Jess served as the High Performance Computing Manager and Administrator at Georgetown University, where they were responsible for the day-to-day operations of the university's Computational Core Facility and taught courses on HPC administration.

Earlier in their career, Jess worked as a System Administrator at American Pioneer Financial Services, where they primarily focused on Linux systems administration.

Jess Cannata obtained a BA degree in International Studies from Brigham Young University between 1994 and 1999. Later, they pursued further education and completed an MA degree in Security Studies from Georgetown University between 2002 and 2004. In terms of additional certifications, Jess obtained the Linux+ certification in October 2011. Jess also obtained the Security+ 2008 certification, which was granted by Comptia, although the specific month and year of obtaining this certification are not provided.