Technical Lead of an AWS Gov Cloud deployment supporting the USMC modernization efforts.

Lead Systems Engineer for multiple government cloud projects, on-prem and commercial cloud. This focused on improving day-to-day operations and potential R&D effortsProvided DevOps subject matter expertise to multiple projects, and Systems Engineering development.

* Lead DevOps integration team utilizing automation tools and spearheading efforts to maximizeresources and reduce technical debt using Docker. Deploy mission critical micro servicesproviding API access to enterprise data with high data throughput.* Increased implementation of Continuous Integration pipeline using Jenkins server to produceintermediate and final deliverables throughout the development process.* Migrated software delivery process from extensive manual instructions to stream-lined RPMinstallation.* Advocated adoption of configuration management tools such as Puppet and Chef in allenvironments.* Implement Java microservices using Spring and In-Memory Caching.* Integrate COTS and custom software components (MongoDB, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ,Hazelcast, NodeJS and Java).* Support deployments to multiple local environments (dev, test, uat, pre-production).* Respond to security findings in both codebase and COTS configurations.

Focusing on Development Operations and software integration activities. * Automated Builds with Bamboo* Management of Atlassian Development stack* Implementation of Automated Unit Testing * Implemented migration between private cloud infrastructures.

Provided technical direction for small team of Developers and System Administrators to producean isolated DevOps environment for multi-million dollar Department of Defense project.Managed the day-to-day Continuous Integration and Deployment of 50+ person project usingAtlasssian Bamboo and Puppet. Functioned as independent evaluator of deliverable quality andproduced software components to enforce customer quality standards. Utilized software such as Atlassian software, Openfire, Zimbra, Nexus, Sonar, Puppet and Hyperic to provide collaboration and monitoring of all environments.

Functioned as Java Developer and Systems Engineer for Federal Law Enforcement project.Produced high level system documentation and architecture of enterprise information systems.Apply software methodology to the production of industry-standard architecture products.Worked in a collaborative team environment with other departments,contractors and customers.

Developed semantic web technologies for a large-scale knowledge management system.Performed trade studies of technologies for research and development efforts.Research and Development software development activities focused on:* UAV control research* Video recording, playback, and metadata extraction* Knowledge Management/Information Fusion* Semantic Web technology* Natural Language Processing

Participated in the Walt Disney World College Program as an Operations Cast member inTomorrowland of the Magic Kingdom. At the completion of program, continued as on-campusrecruiter for the North Florida area.