Benjamin Armstrong Email & Phone Number

Bentonville, Ar, Us

Bentonville, Ar, Us

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Solutions Architect / Cloud Consultant - Advising development teams for cloud platform adoption, focusing on containerized deployments on Walmart Cloud Native Platform, which is built on Kubernetes.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Solutions Architect / Cloud Consultant - Advising development teams for cloud platform adoption, including IaaS and PaaS solutions. Specializing in containerized deployments for internal container platform built on Kubernetes.Java Core Developer - Enhanced core Java libraries utilized across the organization. Built an automated release pipeline using CI/CD tools and Kubernetes to provide consistent testing process for monthly release cycle, replacing the manual process. Helped define cloud-native strategy and align Java roadmap. Early adopter of internal container platform.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Consultant for private cloud platform adoption. Provided fundamental cloud training for hundreds of developers. Advised development teams on options for migrating workloads from on-premise VMs, exploring open source alternatives, and providing recommendations for automated CI/CD workflows.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Tech lead for major redesign and enhancement projects in pricing systems. Championed the adoption of open-source alternatives to existing platforms, including the introduction of Cassandra and Tomcat to the organization, helping to reduce software TCO. Explored private cloud platform as potential solution for automated deployments.Consultant for multiple 3rd-party migration efforts, managing the contractor onboarding, setting expectations for code quality, and conducting code reviews.Advocated adoption of Agile methodologies as a certified ScrumMaster, seeking alignment with business partners to encourage a shift from project-centric planning to a product-centric approach with a prioritized product backlog. Adopted a quarterly release cycle, which allowed projects to deliver features early instead of waiting for the end of the project. Enhanced CI processes with static code analysis. Our team was ranked best in the division for code re-use.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Joined efforts to design and implement a new web-based global pricing application, providing expertise around integration or replacement options for legacy systems. Applied service oriented architecture principles to develop web services for code reuse and decoupling of business logic. Became subject matter expert for the new application, assisted in migration to new source code repositories, and was appointed as gatekeeper for merging code changes on behalf of other projects.Advocated adoption of Agile software development methodologies and Test Driven Development within the organization, helping to prove the advantages of using continuous integration with automated testing.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Responsible for leading and coordinating operation support efforts for corporate pricing systems. Encouraged adoption of Software Development Lifecycle process for estimation and scheduling of tasks. Provided support for a major Unix server and database upgrade process involving more than 60 applications.Identified root cause for a cross-database data purge issue and helped to restore data consistency. Designed and deployed a new purge process involving multiple stored procedures and data file transfers. Identified further opportunities in existing cross-platform data flow and reduced execution time by more than 50%.Recognized by peers and leadership for outstanding contributions - given the "Strive for Excellence" award for 2007.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Operational support for business-critical pricing systems, involving a wide range of technologies.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us