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Santa Barbara, Ca, Us

Mclean, Va, Us

Senior development role on rapid prototype for proposal effort using multiple Amazon AWS features and tools including S3, standing up and configuring EC2 AMIs, cross-region replication, multiple VPC / subnets, and served as an administrator for granting all IAM roles and accesses. Technical director for proof-of-concept applying Netflix Simian Army to isolated AWS infrastructure.Performed data ingest using web scraping with Python and Spark Streaming to perform natural language processing (NLP) on data, providing valuable analytics and visualizing the results with an ElasticSearch, Logstash, Kibana (ELK) stack.Provided maintenance and operational support for production Ozone Widget Framework system including repairing and improving federated queries, adding functionality for RSS feeds with individual refresh intervals, writing wrappers for query results that did not fit the common data model, and adding support for multiple child layers using OpenLayers. Received a Performance and Team award for dedication and impact on the rapid prototype effort.

Mclean, Va, Us

Provided provisioning support for multiple Amazon AWS PaaS using Ansible, OpenShift, Docker, and Kubernetes.Provisioned VirtualBox local VMs using Vagrant, Ansible, Docker, and Docker-Compose.Solution architect for microserviced infrastructure and third party container integration using Docker and Ansible.Built and maintained large baseline of Docker Images, established internal Docker Registries for multiple environments, automated deployment of Apache ActiveMQ Artemis with queue and topic registration for JMS, and established other infrastructure related services including HAProxy for routing, Rsyslog for centralized logging, an internal CA server for certificate and PKI authentication, and worked with Keycloak for user auth-n and auth-z.

Mclean, Va, Us

Set up Continuous Integration using Jenkins with a Git repository, installed and configured Tomcat, MongoDB, Neo4j, and Hadoop instances in both a Windows (Shell) and Unix (BASH) environment, and wrote build scripts using Shell. Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) specialist including data modeling, data mapping, and data migration from various formats including XML, JSON-LD, and CSV to Java objects for both database storage and cached use.Parsed ontological (Web 3.0) JSON-LD files using Apache Jena and SPARQL to create an RDF data store that could be put into a data structure that the program could use.Wrote command line utility for importing large datasets in either CSV or XML formats.Increased performance of servlet that parsed XML files as soon as the file was placed in a watched folder.Tech lead for several capabilities including a feature redesign for use within Cesium, led design and implementation of ontological/Web 3.0 functionality, as well as led a DR work-off team.Developed various capabilities within Cesium including a panel that allowed a user to select from a list of features on the map to immediately view.

Mclean, Va, Us

Software development using Agile methodology.Java, JavaScript, AngularJS, Hibernate, HTML, XML and other programming languages applied in a development setting.Input regarding development ideas and ways to accomplish proposed plans.Developed features from User Interfaces to service stacks (three tiered architecture using RESTful and Soap services, Javax and Hibernate persistence frameworks). Received a High Five award for determination and effort in developing key capabilities.

Washington, Dc, Us

Cyber attack analysis focusing on CNO, CNA, and related CND. Worked on identifying cyber threats and actor identification.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Managed 10+ employees, conducted operational audits and ensured compliance regulation using multiple systems, evaluated current implementations of various tools to determine how they can be better utilized to improve banking center performance in key focus areas, technology troubleshooting for the center, equipment replacement and minor installation.Monitored day-to-day operations and analytics, consistently looking to improve processes by leveraging various existing tools and systems. Provided feedback regarding types of tools available as well as its functionality, making recommendations to improve each tool’s effectiveness and applicability to banking center processes. Using these tools provided the ability to analyze sales, operational, staffing, and compliance numbers, in turn leading to improvements in banking center performance based on the evaluations. Determined solutions for any issues that may arise by employing key features from multiple different systems and tailoring the solution to fit the needs of either a customer or the banking center itself. Worked closely with clients and associates from other departments, including technology and systems teams, to ensure the solution was met in a timely and satisfactory manner. Provided education and best practices to both customers and employees based on the solution, system, and process.Trained new associates in all systems for the banking center, educating them on how each system works, what the intended functionality is, and how each plays a part in the overall operations of the banking center on a daily basis.

Flagstaff, Us

Data entry – required to type 60+ wpm with knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook.Sample ordering – specified drug tests to be completed for probation, parole, and convicted offenders.

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Data entry, logistics, handled student loan consolidation paperwork. Began as a student loan processor, but was moved into IT based on previous skill set when company downsized.Equipment replacement, troubleshooting, limited programming, UNIX, and Linux experience. Focused on imaging hard drives to replicate data, software installation, hardware replacement, and technical troubleshooting for employees throughout the company.Minimal security vulnerability assessments using port scanners, tcpdump, and basic ping/telnet/dig/traceroute/whois/netstat in Linux.