Charles Nelson Email & Phone Number

Madison, Wisconsin, Us

Hanover, Md, Us

Boise, Idaho, Us

Cupertino, California, Us

Puppet module maintenance and development of new modulesJenkins CI/CD pipelines for Apple Store App frontend (XCode) and backend (Java)MacOS and Linux build server setup and administrationDocker servers and containers for building and hosting servicesKubernetes and Helm Dev/QA environment, automation of infrastructure as codeArtifactory server deployment via docker containers, later via Helm and KubernetesManaged local copies of required Java and Node dependencies in ArtifactoryPython automation scripts migration from 2 to 3, added linting and formalized a unified coding style via pre-commit hooks and CI automationAngularJS and GoLang services dashboard maintenanceiOS app wall display maintenance

Redwood City, California, Us

Revamped a handful of old-school maven-based Jenkins jobs to build on AWS and push the results to Artifactory.

San Mateo, Ca, Us

Assisted with migrating legacy web application hosting to EC2.Configured SMARTD and monit on a fleet of legacy printservers, both OSX and Linux based.Handled a number of operations and deskside office IT tasks.

San Mateo, Ca, Us

Fixed a plethora of bugs, both in the interface and the backend.Wrote 200+ tests for the Advanced Accounting module of BriteCore.Configured Jenkins to run the entire test suite when commits were pushed to a GitHub branch, as well as on demand for specific GitHub Pull Requests.Wrote a command-line wizard to generate GitHub pull requests following a template.Implemented a thorough code review process, notably a well-documented checklist for code reviews.Led the charge in using Vagrant and Puppet as a virtual machine host of choice for Engineers.Set up company IRC server.Assisted with IT/DevOps switchover, in both software and hardware, documenting legacy processes and modernizing as necessary.Implemented a simple, parameterized, on-demand EC2 instance launcher for testing of code changes.Took over and thoroughly documented a legacy nightly printing system, also handled a number of errors and early-morning calls, as well as setting up new printservers with the legacy system.Researched and recommended a Linux platform for printservers.Automated most of the Linux printserver platform setup process.Implemented a replacement printing system in Python, using the python-requests library to communicate with a JSON API.Implemented integrations between BriteCore and a number of vendors, notably Dropbox and Reliable Reports.

Contributed to a wide selection of open source projects.Worked on my own projects to both meet needs and learn languages, methodologies or libraries.Became well-versed in the intricacies of the various open source licenses.