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Columbus, Oh, Us

Monett, Missouri, Us

New York, Ny, Us

● Provided subject matter expert (SME) oversight on a systems integration project, drastically improving speed and quality of software delivery, as well as team morale on a struggling project.● Assumed a leadership role to facilitate negotiations with stakeholders, collaborating closely with fellow engineers to meticulously refine and implement required changes.● Actively contributed to production support efforts, addressing website, service, database, and reporting issues promptly to uphold system stability and reliability.

New York, Ny, Us

● Lead engineer in the transformation of a monolithic legacy trading platform into RESTful APIs in a state-of-the-art microservice architecture utilizing C#/.NET 6, Docker, Azure, and Kubernetes. This resulted in accelerated feature development and more flexible deployments.● Designed and implemented optimized SQL Server databases for each microservice, resulting in enhanced performance and scalability.● Introduced an n-tier VSIX microservice template, reducing development time by 3 months for the entire team.● Orchestrated the migration to Azure Key Vaults, reinforcing data security measures.● Engineered a robust API Gateway with YARP, integrating Single Sign-On (SSO) and a comprehensive audit trail.● Demonstrated technical leadership by creating monitoring dashboards in Grafana with Prometheus metrics, enabling proactive issue identification.● Collaborated closely with the Director of Engineering, playing a pivotal role in project scoping, defining team direction, making strategic architectural decisions, and fostering effective team communication.● Led cross-team business requirement sessions, translating requirements into actionable technical tickets, and creating detailed architecture diagrams, proofs of concept, and design documents.● Designed and implemented a developer web portal, enhancing API access, documentation, swagger access, monitoring, and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) management to elevate the overall developer experience.● Played a key role in the successful restructuring of web applications, services, and over 300 SQL tables, SQL reports, and data for compatibility with the acquiring company’s GMI back-office system.● Mentored junior developers through code reviews and onboarding processes, contributing to the growth and proficiency of the team.● Deployed multiple production applications, actively participating in an on-call support rotation.● Established Azure CI/CD pipelines, contributing to a more agile development environment.

Dublin, Oh, Us

● Migrated .NET Framework 4.x applications to .NET Core 2.1, aligning with the client’s cloud migration initiative and ensuring continued scalability and efficiency.● Implemented comprehensive end-to-end automated testing for new and existing applications, significantly improving development processes and supporting major transformations of core business functions.

● Maintained existing infrastructure and implemented new features in 5 websites (responsible for customer sign ups, account administration, white labeling, and platform configuration) as well as tools, windows services, web services, SQL databases for a financial services company using C# in .NET Framework, Razor, CSS, and JavaScript.● Migrated a QA environment to Azure including creating VMs, configuring networking/security, and creating build and deployment CI/CD pipelines. Transitioned the databases for the QA environment to Delphix eliminating backup transfers, reducing deployment time of the environment, and improving developer and QA experience significantly.

● Developer on an in-room entertainment platform for the hospitality industry.● Integrated an API providing internet access and management for hotel guests.● Worked on the client interface using AngularJS to interact with RESTful services.● Actively participated in scrum, an agile development framework.● Authored bug and improvement stories in Jira.● Wrote unit tests, performed regression testing, and assisted QA in testing at the end of each cycle.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

I assisted veterans in transitioning from the role of military service members to students by ensuring they were connected with the resources needed to succeed at The Ohio State University. I maintained regular contact with a group of veterans during their first semester at The Ohio State University to help smooth their transition.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

● Collaborated within diverse teams throughout multiple positions in the U.S. Army, showcasing adaptability and a strong sense of teamwork in challenging and dynamic environments.● Led an infantry fire team of four soldiers in ground combat operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom VII.● Operated as a heavy construction equipment repairer in Operation Iraqi Freedom III.● Achieved recognition as a Commandant’s List graduate in the Army Warrior Leader Course.● Sole Distinguished Honor Graduate in the Engineer Equipment Repairer Course, showcasing exceptional commitment to disciplined training, surpassing all peers.● Army Airborne Course graduate, embodying resilience and excellence in conquering challenges and upholding proud traditions.● Held Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance.● Recipient of multiple awards including 2x Army Commendation Medal and 2x Army Achievement Medal.