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Dublin, Oh, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

Served as lead technical resource/consultant to guide and provide infrastructure solutions and technical expertise. Collaborate with application software developers on technical projects. * Oversaw migrations of on-prem to cloud migrations for enterprise apps (Confluence, Jira).* Provided maintenance and support of build agents, Bamboo, and Jira.* Served as liaison between State Auto and Liberty Mutual to analyze and facilitate on-prem to cloud GitHub migration.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Oversaw SRE team in performing IaC builds/modifications, server configurations, security management, website setup, automation, and troubleshooting. Managed team supporting 90% of company applications and strategized projects from new buildouts to maintaining legacy systems, collaborating with contractors to handle and automate repeatable tasks. Led team of 3 onsite FTEs and 7 offshore contractors.Acted as lead for WebIS team. Navigated technology landscapes, led pivotal migrations, and managed teams to elevate operational efficiency and technology infrastructure. Ensured server configurations, support, and security updates integral to company operations. Engaged in AWS cost reduction initiatives. Collaborated with AWS TAM and managed vendor relationships for GitHub and Jfrog (Artifactory).* Played key role in State Auto's Cloud migration/transformation by implementing infrastructure-as-code in DevOps fashion for State Auto's main enterprise application suite Guidewire – with State Auto becoming first approved AWS Cloud implementation of Guidewire Suite. Enabled application teams to spin up environments in minutes instead of days or weeks.* Instrumental in reducing monthly Amazon bill from $1 million to under $700,000 by employing strategies such as savings plans and server rightsizing.* Used AppDynamics, CloudWatch, Spunk, and OpsRamp to assist with monitoring and observability.* Contributed to transition of workload from FTEs to 100% contractor on WebIS team, facilitating post-merger fit of FTEs from State Auto to roles in Liberty. Trained engineers and created detailed documentation to support and take forward company systems, with team becoming fully self-sufficient and operating WebIS team without FTE intervention.* Played key role in success of Guidewire implementation, enabling rapid market deployment of vital company systems. * Assisted in shift from Windows-centric to Linux-based ecosystem, resulting in substantial cost reductions.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Engaged in team building, scheduling, interviewing, and training oversight; ensured proper documentation while steering team direction. Oversaw performance of up to 10,000 deployments monthly for internal customers (developers, QA, and environment teams). Supported hundred(s) of CI / CD pipelines for application teams.* Managed and completed buildout of SCDM team as stretch assignment following departure of several members of team. Accountable for builds and deployments in State Auto enterprise and managing source code (GitHub) and code quality tools (SonarQube). Interviewed, trained, and rotated team members, creating successful 24/5 operating team.* Managed migration of source control from SVN to GitHub, overseeing 500+ repositories for development teams.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Supported with setting up servers for Java applications and configuring web servers for internal and external websites as individual contributor within 8-member WebIS team that supported entire suite of enterprise applications while undergoing transition to Java/Gosu on Linux Tomcat and shifting from Windows IIS to predominantly Apache HTTP Server on Linux. Engaged in performance testing troubleshooting, as well as configuration fine-tuning based upon memory, CPU, and thread analysis. Addressed security issues and ensured application integrity and safety.Assisted with implementation of Guidewire portal (GPA/AMP) using Shibboleth, EmpowerID, and Sailpoint. Supported Guidewire applications on various platforms, including WebSphere and Apache Tomcat, supporting systems such as ClaimCenter, BillingCenter, PolicyCenter, and ContactManager, along with associated portals. Offered support for legacy applications associated with RTW Group on Windows Server 2008 and 2013, managing IIS configurations. * Led critical project involving migration from IBM WebSphere to Tomcat for 50 applications, eliminating $200,000 in annual costs associated with WebSphere Application Server. Coordinated with stakeholders that included build teams, developers, project managers, release team, and QA over span of multiple years. * Led configuration management group, overseeing source code and application deployments, while ensuring streamlined operations.* Worked on team that introduced infrastructure-as-code for systems, with capability for environments to be spun up or down on demand.* Executed migration of applications to Amazon Web Services (AWS), contributing to successful AWS project implementation and allowing State Auto to sell data center. * Introduced transformative technologies such as Jenkins, Tomcat, Linux, and GitHub, replacing older systems and enhancing team's efficiency.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Contracted in to assist with primary build, deployment, and source code for State Auto commercial lines application, which included encompassing source code management, branching, tagging, and architecting build and deployment pipelines.Oversaw releases from deployment standpoint, ensuring seamless and efficient rollouts. Transitioned to centralized role overseeing functions for entire enterprise suite of State Auto applications following initial project. Orchestrated successful deployments, optimized build processes, and ensured robust configuration management practices across critical applications.* Contributed to launch and deployment of BizXpress policy/quoting engine for State Auto's commercial lines. Optimized build processes and enhanced speed. Fine-tuned servers, memory allocation, and repository management, which benefited developers and end users. * Implemented source code management for BizXpress application. Devised branching and merging strategy, aligning team coding practices with objectives, specifically enabling parallel development within Waterfall framework. Developed extensive documentation (including Wiki pages) to facilitate seamless knowledge transfer within centralized team.* Oversaw and managed frequent builds concurrently for ongoing and forthcoming release developments, employing FinalBuilder for build and deployment purposes. Maintained version control of code on MS SQL, also implementing continuous build processes for bond application builds, ensuring consistency and reliability.* Played instrumental role in implementing PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter, and ContactManager/AddressBook that served as backbone of State Auto's personal and commercial lines business.

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Functioned as primary build master overseeing maintenance and development of multiple code versions, comprising 25+ distinct Java applications using ANT/MVN scripts and managing continuous integration environments within CruiseControl/Hudson frameworks. Managed of source code utilizing SVN (Subversion), facilitating frequent code merges across various applications for releases. Managed Claims Harvest repository, ensuring integrity and accessibility of stored code resources.* Managed source code utilizing CVS & SVN (Subversion), facilitating frequent code merges across various applications for releases. Managed Claims Harvest repository, ensuring integrity and accessibility of stored code resources. * Oversaw seamless movement of EAR (Enterprise Application Archive) code across diverse test environments and production, leveraging expertise in deploying EARs on WebSphere Application Server 6.1.* Led coordination and analysis of Systems Management Server (SMS) installer script changes for each release, maintaining accountability for installing CLASS updates on over 8,000 machines at least 6 times annually.

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Helped design and maintain mainframe batch COBOL programs to convert XML data into Nationwide specific AOA segments. * Created reporting tools that created web pages for policy counts using VB and SQL. * Used TSO, JCL, VM, Xpediter in daily activities to run and debug test jobs for property batch job flows.