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Developed ground system software for command and telemetry of orbital spacecraft .Took a leadership role in evaluating industry options for ground system software, advocating for a solution that met Tethers's requirements within the designated timeline and budget.Responsible for our Jenkins- and Artifactory-based CI build system. Expanded our unit testing including integrating embedded hardware into our CI testing and improved reliability of our software builds.Automated server tasks primarily using Python, Bash, and Groovy scripting.Maintained and expanded our on-site VM infrastructure, a VMWare/ESXi ecosystem, giving our software team more build and development servers as well as tools to improve development speed. Transitioned our development environment and build system to use Docker to improve reliability and significantly reduce environment-based build issues.Implemented Ansible configurations for server infrastructure, streamlining deployment processes and ensuring efficient server management as well as significantly reducing the time and effort required for creating and deploying new systems. Arranged and evaluated contracts with third-party security vendors. Led the deployment and maintenance onto on-premises systems including applying automatic patches to the Linux servers.Implemented Zabbix for monitoring critical systems, enabling real-time notifications for server outages and proactively addressing issues.Provided mentorship to interns and junior engineers, including providing a comprehensive start-to-finish internship project that developed their skills and added value to Tethers, resulting in the offer of a full-time role post-graduation.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Write and update software to match requirements for controlling Comms hardware.Primarily written in C++/Java using Visual Studio 2010/2015 and Netbeans/Eclipse. Applications were cross-platform and ran in Windows/Linux.Wrote new models for our radio simulation software used to simulate our full radio suite for software test and integration.Built and continue to maintain development lab using VMs to simulate the components in our system. This lab allows us the ability to run different versions of our software across all the programs we support and run against real hardware to help identify and troubleshoot issues.Assisted with ongoing efforts to transition our program to Agile and modern development tools (Git/JIRA).Created simulation for our labs for devices communicating over legacy bus protocol which involved using an embedded system, and communicating over memory-mapped I/O.Created extensive documentation of the code base for several components in our system used for training material.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Designed, implemented, and maintained company website using Python with the Django framework, HTML/CSS, and JavaScript using jQuery. This site is web-based software for fulfilling customer requests by integrating with third-party SOAs to complete complex business requirements. Researched and evaluated new technologies to improve cost-effectiveness and capabilities of business processes.Created automated solutions for business-critical tasks.Performed software releases and carried out regular system maintenance on cloud-based servers.Performed general troubleshooting and internal computer maintenance.

Wrote software in programming languages such as Java, Groovy, C++, C#, and T-SQL.Worked with the NetBeans 7.X and Visual Studio 2010 IDEs.Applied software development principles, methods, techniques, and life cycle management concepts to evaluate and study existing systems.Assisted with code review and testing. Helped to troubleshoot C# and C++ issues and provide solutions.Performed testing and code analysis on completed project changes. Maintained good Objected-Oriented coding practices.Made use of UML modeling principles for designing major code architecture revisions.Communicated orally and in writing to prepare and document program development and provide user support.Wrote Computer Software Change Requests (CSCRs) detailing system bugs. Analyzed CSCRs written by other developers and customers and determine system changes to be implemented.Provided customer service to assist with questions and problems using the product.Troubleshot hardware issues.

The contract I worked on was changed from a contractor to a civilian position. Please see job information above.

Wrote software in programming languages such as PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/jQuery.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Science

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