Chris Simon Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Insurance Company [NOVEMBER 2021 - MARCH 2022]Enabled AWS Account Migrations• Built out AWS infrastructure (ALB, ASG, ECS, Lambda, CloudFront) and IAM resources using Terraform in Jenkins CICD pipelines• Validated AWS account migration for various applicationsPharmaceutical Company [MARCH 2022 - JULY 2022]Establish Cloud Foundations, including Security and Infrastructure Capabilities• Determined AWS Security services in accordance with Security stakeholders and AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar• Created CICD pipeline for provisioning AWS services using GitLab CICD and Terraform• Created custom AWS accounts with AWS Control Tower Account Factory for TerraformTelecommunications Company [AUGUST 2022 - DECEMBER 2022]Multi-Region Application for High Availability and Disaster Recovery• Researched and provided options for regional failure detection• Implemented CloudFormation custom resource using AWS Lambda and Python to enable global DocDB Cluster• Built and Deployed services in secondary region with CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and CodePipelineHospitality Company [DECEMBER 2022 - ]Digital Transformation• Resolved EKS IPv4 exhaustion issue across AWS organization and created reusable Terraform module to apply solution efficiently across accounts. Solution allows developers to deploy microservices without running out of IPs.• Created or substantially contributed to Terraform modules for AWS Lambda, EventBridge, DocumentDB, Aurora, Elasticache Redis, and EKS, enabling reusability and efficiency for DevSecOps Engineers.• Advised on, and implemented code signing for AWS Lambda.• Enabled microservice deployment by helping to drive the deployment and configuration of a Kubernetes Ingress Controller.• Supported EKS Cluster operations• Advised on multi-region failover for DocumentDB and Aurora to assist with Disaster Recovery.

Design, implement, and maintain cloud solutions to support business critical performance test engineering efforts.• Designed architecture and developed full-stack application on AWS for load generator management, and achieved potential cost savings of over $200k annually.• Designed architecture and implemented vendor platform on AWS to support performance test engineering across the enterprise.• Managed operations and support for vendor platform and full-stack application in AWS.• Developed and maintain Jenkins pipelines for vendor platform operations.

Bedminster, Nj

Supported load/performance tests that ensure the performance readiness of business critical channels.Role included:• Load test support (scripting, running test, and analysis in LoadRunner)• Manage all data for critical tests• Manage test results and produce dashboards

Ashburn, Va

Software developer on a team supporting a knowledge management tool used by the enterprise. • Enhanced application experience by contributing to monthly releases• Provided cross team testing for team members code• Provided support for knowledge management tool, addressing functionality issues and application-specific inquiries.• Worked closely with business to ensure high priority support items were addressed in a timely manner.

Warren, Nj

• Served as primary support for Application Lifecycle Management across approximately 30 applications in Wireless IT.• Automated ALM auditing process using C#.• Facilitated weekly project review team meetings. • Restructured Sharepoint for all ALM related data.• Created standard project rename process for ALM projects across Wireless IT.

Bedminster, Nj

The Funnel Management team provided a means by which IT resources were allocated towards business initiatives. Role included:• Provided several different reports on projects’ progress during the planning and alignment process and the Systems development lifecycle on weekly and biweekly schedules.• Managed IT project updates spanning multiple applications on a weekly basis.• Contributed as resource for Clarity PPM during system transition.• Supported current and evolving Funnel Management processes in Clarity PPM.• Automated processes with VBA to enhance efficiency.• Created SAP Dashboard tool to increase productivity on alignment meetings.