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Austin, Texas Area

Austin, Texas Area

Austin, Texas Area

Austin, Texas Area

Austin, Texas Area

● Worked with agile development team to plan and develop product sprints for a web analytics product using Java and C#.● Installed, configured and maintained Jenkins continuous integration server.● Created automated build jobs on Jenkins using maven to build, test and package the Java applications.● Created automated build jobs on Jenkins using custom Vagrant VMs with Ansible provisioning to run Python unit tests and lint code analysis. ● Created push button deployment jobs for Java and Python deployments to both QA and Production environments. ● Created automated nightly deployment jobs to deploy the Java web project to the QA and Development environments.● Implemented SonarQube code analysis server for Java web project.● Implemented Sonatype Nexus server to store snapshot and release builds for the Java web projects.● Worked with Engineering and Operations teams to design and build Apache, Tomcat and Postgres server infrastructure in the QA and Production to host the Java web project.● Worked on existing CruiseControl.net server to update and enhance automated C# build and deployment jobs.● Assisted with planning and execution of monthly C# and Java product releases.● Managed code merges and branching activities for Git and Subversion repositories used by the Java, C# and Python projects.● Administered user access and repository management for Git repositories using Gitlab server.● Created documentation for the QA and Production environments. ● Created build, deployment and installation scripts using shell.● Implemented solution to install and deploy Java Sping Boot web services jars using Java Services Wrapper.● Worked with engineering to implement simple configuration management solution for Java and Python applications using Gitlab access control while making these configuration files available to the Jenkins deployment jobs.● Created custom Jenkins plugin to detect configuration changes during the build process.

Austin, Texas Area

● Worked with release team to develop and document deployment process for the new Java ecommerce project.● Installed and configured Jenkins server to build and deploy Java custom extensions to QA environment.● Worked with release team to plan and execute manual release of current .net applications into production environments.● Administered CruiseControl.net servers to support .net builds and automated deployments to staging and QA environments.● Worked with IT to develop and documented the security and network architecture for Jenkins automated deployments to QA and staging environments.● Managed subversion merging and branching strategy for current .net applications.

Austin, Texas Area

• Planned and executed manual product deployments for both .net and ColdFusion applications in our QA and production environments.• Worked with Engineering and IT to establish configuration management policies for development, QA and production environments.• Maintained and implemented application configurations for QA and production environments.• Worked with Engineering to manage source code for .net and ColdFusion applications using Team Foundation Server.• Maintained and supported build system using msbuild on Team Foundation Server.• Worked with IT to support, maintain and implement QA and production servers.• Worked with technical support, development, and IT teams to troubleshoot and resolve production application issues.• Worked with IT to support and implement rules and configuration of Cisco firewalls.• Worked with Implementation team on new site go-lives. Providing application configuration support as well DNS changes.• Maintained and supported scripts used to configure DNS, network, hardware, and application settings in production. • Maintained and supported BigIP F5 configurations in production and QA.• Maintained and supported VMWare server instances in QA and Production .• Maintained and supported Internal, QA and Production backup scripts.• Maintained and supported SSL certificate implementation and renewals.• Completed project to upgrade the build server to improve the build time for primary .net application from 45 minute builds to 15 minute builds.• Lead project to upgrade F5 units in Production, supporting application and network switch configurations.• Received “Poke the box” award for submitting a software improvement idea that was added to our product backlog.• Selected for company quarterly “We wow everyone ALL the time” award.

• Managed application configuration of both Production and QA environments for ColdFusion, .net, and VB .net applications. • Worked on all three of the companies SAAS offerings implementing product enhancements and defects, using C# and ColdFusion.• Assisted Operations team with troubleshooting issues from an application perspective in both QA and Production environments. • Application release engineer for both QA and Production environments.• Documented setup procedures for ColdFusion development environment.• Provided MySQL Production and QA support.• Planned and implemented MySQL optimization project where I was able to measure an increase response time across several areas of the application as well as reduce the size of the database by 36%.• Worked with Database Architect to merge our two VB .net Job Search applications into a single application within a single database. After the merge was complete I continued to work with the DBA to migrate groups within the production instance of the application. I also completed a content merger between the two products.• Worked on a project were we converted a VB .net application to C#. I assisted with fixing defects as well as configuration and deployment into Production and QA environments.• Worked on a project to upgrade ColdFusion from version 7 to version 8.

• Worked on CMS/Membership Management application implementing product enhancements and defects, using ColdFusion and MySQL. • Managed deployment and configuration of CMS application in Production and QA environments.• Worked on a project to upgrade ColdFusion 5 to ColdFusion 7.• Worked on a project to upgrade MySQL from version 4 to version 5.• Played a key role in planning, testing and implementing the migration of the production ColdFusion environment from a data center in Dallas to new one in here in Austin.

• Worked on Internet banking application implementing product enhancements and defects, using Java, JSP, JSF, Tiles, and T-SQL. • Worked on content management product implementing product enhancements and defects, using Java, ColdFusion, and T-SQL. • Implemented a windows based Java application using JNI and Visual C++ to utilize windows COM objects for Windows Fax Service. • Managed application and server configurations for ColdFusion production servers running behind IIS.• Used both Microsoft Visual SourceSafe and Perforce for source control.• Worked on a project evaluating IBM WebSphere Portal server as a possible replacement for the CMS product. During this project I worked on installing, configuring, implementing content, and developing custom portlets on the WebSphere Portal platform.

• Worked on S1’s CMS product implementing product enhancements and defects, using ColdFusion, and T-SQL. • Managed configuration and schema changes for CMS product on production Microsoft SQL Server.• Maintained API integration for XML news and stock quote feeds used in the CMS application.• Managed application and server configurations for ColdFusion production servers running behind IIS.• Used Microsoft Visual Source Safe for source control.• Supported data center migration of hosted CMS application from Austin S1 office to the S1 data center in Atlanta.

• Implemented graphic designs into functional static HTML websites.• Reviewed potential site designs with graphic designer in order to advise on any potential technical or implementation related isues. • Completed implementation of customer’s site content, navigation, graphics and page layout.• Implemented any additional requested site components like JavaScript, HTML, CSS, 2D/3D animated graphics, and marketing banners.