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Olathe, Kansas, Us

- Designed processes to allow software developers and quality analysts to reduce friction in day to day activities and deployment processes.- Built full Continuous-Integration & Continous-Deployment pipelines-- Jenkins, GitHub, Maven, Gradle, npm, electron, Angular, Helm, Helmfile- Various Highly Available cluster management and configuration including the following:-- ActiveMQ, Hazelcast, Ignite-- Deployed and maintained multiple DC/OS clusters-- Amazon EKS kubernetes setup, configuration, monitoring-- Dockerized existing applications and performed multistage builds-- Deployed and tuned Apache Tomee JavaEE clusters-- Designed REST APIs using OpenAPI and implemented via Dropwizard Framework-- Created sites using the Spring Boot framework- Used Terraform to build out re-usable AWS infrastructure modules enabling rapid changes while reducing drift and manual intervention- Packer to build AMI images- Managed servers using Puppet- Ngxinx, Lighttpd configuration and management- ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) installation, configuration and management- Jira and Confluence updates, migration and maintenance- Implemented test coverage and code analysis to ensure delivery of high quality software to clients- Working with clients to design integration components and facilitate import and export of data- Implemented multiple customer SSO integrations from inception to production roll-out

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

- Performed upgrades and clean installs of Atlassian’s tool suite (Confluence, JIRA, Fisheye, Bamboo, Crowd)- Developed plugins for Atlassian tools to integrate external systems following best practices- Implemented continuous integration and continuous deployment solutions- Customized source code in both Confluence and JIRA to address specific organizational needsAdministered Sharepoint 2013 environment- Developed custom Sharepoint web-parts to help streamline invoice processing- Worked with internal clients to gather requirements for customized configurations in JIRA and Confluence- Assisted in running internal user groups to help develop future templates and use cases for various tools- Diagnosed and addressed performance problems resulting from higher usage and quick growth- Performed day to day support including handling user management requests and diagnosing errors- Scheduled, developed and lead user training and demonstrations- Developed various scripts to help automate manual tasks- Generated custom reports requiring direct database access- Modified existing databases to handle changing database models

Mississauga, On, Ca

- Performed functional, regression, and upgrade testing for new releases- Tested software agents on Android, iOS and Windows Mobile devices- Created, tracked and managed issues using Team Foundation Server- Developed custom reports combining information from MySQL, Excel and TFS- Managed in-house developed ASP.NET based asset management system- Integrated web sites with existing Active Directory infrastructure leveraging Windows Single Sign-On - Designed and implemented team status dashboards using SQL Server Reporting Services, HTML & Javascript

Waterloo, Ontario, Ca

- Planned, designed and built new plug-ins for the Atlassian Confluence wiki engine- Interfaced with Apache Struts framework to create an AJAX based web app- Combined HTML5 canvas features along with JavaScript to create clickable interfaces- Built website using Django Python web framework

Waterloo, Ontario, Ca

- Implemented new features into product which involved analysing requirements, discussions with product owners and ensuring adequate test coverage- Diagnosed and corrected bugs as reported by software testing team- Participated in a Scrum development environment- Used Java to develop software for both server and handheld development- Involved in design discussions for modifying and adding functionality

Waterloo, Ontario, Ca

- Helped create and manage new projects testing out new technologies and hardware- Troubleshot difficult problems and implemented solutions with a staggered timeline- Provided front line support for users with the intent of minimizing down-time- Configured, deployed and repaired desktop and servers class computers