Josh Kessler Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

•Led development of Next Day Rate workflow in Product Automation Tool (PAT), decreasing delivery time of new insurance rates from 30 days to 1, by automating communication with internal services and implementing role-based permissions •Designed and implemented cloud service to activate customer discounts based on smart home device telemetry, and updated Java/Spring Boot data broker between AWS and on-prem SQL database•Consolidated multiple internal business functions into PAT, allowing users to upload Excel files, generate SQL from Excel files, and notify stakeholders of changes via email and Confluence updates•Reduced development effort to validate insurance premiums by moving from SAS/SQL-based calculation system to cloud-based application using Python, Fargate, Lambda, S3, Postgres, Docker, Flask, Pandas, and Datadog for monitoring. Parsed Excel files containing instructions for calculating rates, stored values in Postgres, and determined calculation logic at runtime •Increased business adoption of PAT by listening to users’ feedback and implementing new features and bug fixes using Python, Flask, React, Redux, Celery, Docker, Postgres, and AWS.•Sped up average time for file upload workflow in PAT by refactoring front-end and API code to avoid sending and manipulating files twice in case user navigated backwards in UI

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

•Enhanced and refactored Data Center Engineering Dashboard, a Django application, including pointing to a different API as a data source, adding ability to import a CSV containing networking device data, and converting scripts to Django management commands•Set up application monitoring for AppViewX, a Python-based low-code automation platform, using Telegraf, Grafana, and Alerta •Automated load balancer creation and deletion requests via workflows in AppViewX•Wrote framework to make global configuration changes, such as syslog monitors and security certificates, in Python

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

•Spent three months working full-time with a different team to be exposed to new technologies and a different part of the business•Coded infrastructure to migrate a piece of Xtvapi, middleware for Xfinity Stream, to its own Java microservice, using Concourse, Terraform, Ansible, Spring Boot, and AWS•Wrote unit tests and functional tests for Spring Boot placeholder application using Mockito and Python, respectively •Researched and compared AWS technologies to use in microservices architecture, including Lambda and EC2

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

•Upgraded LB Config Viewer, a Ruby/Padrino web app, to support A10 Networks REST API in addition to older SOAP API; implemented ACL via MySQL to allow minor updates to load balancers•Prototyped Rails app to automate managing global server load balancers, supporting devices from vendors F5 and A10•Added functionality to Flask app to validate IP addresses are within Comcast IP space• Scripted process to remove sensitive information from network device config files then push them to Github for change tracking

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

•TA'd for two masters level classes, CIT 590: Programming Languages & Techniques, and CIS 559: Programming & Problem Solving, where I led weekly recitations, graded assignments, helped students debug Python and Java programs, and moderated class discussion boards

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

•Using Angular.js with server-side Java, added functionality to Ace Console, a tool suite that manages content and users

•Mapped records across databases, suggested changes to matching algorithm, processed stakeholders’ data quality requests•Drafted policies for the customer on-boarding process and for Zendesk, our customer request tracking tool•Co-chaired Events Committee for Rovi’s Radnor office, administering annual budget of more than $80,000

•Acquired television programming and input schedules into proprietary database •Established and maintained good working relationships with source contacts throughout the Americas•Participated on Communications Committee, Scheduling Committee, and Employee Satisfaction Committee

Master'S Degree, Computer And Information Sciences, General

Bachelor'S Degree, International Relations; Spanish