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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Remote, Us

Optimizes test automation for tenant verification, improving internal and customeronboarding reliability.Build tools to track feature flag removal by integrating Jira and LaunchDarkly APIs.Supports weekly software releases by participating in the release on-call rotation.Core Accomplishments:Participated in a hackathon-winning project to create a release management tool;expanded it under the CTO's direction and launched it within two sprints.Rebuilt the E2E test suite, migrating from Cypress to Playwright for enhanced efficiency.Created E2E tests for an LLM-powered document parser to ensure processing accuracy.Designed a test and release plan for a critical feature supporting user-generated workflowlogic.Pioneered consumer-driven contract testing, creating prototypes and training developerson its implementation.

Falls Church, Va, Us

Actively sourced meaningful work for new hires, helped employees overcome obstaclesto thrive, guided career advancement, and evaluated performance.Contributed to coding, documentation, and planning across diverse programrequirements.Core Accomplishments:Successfully launched two space-based software systems, with one system deliveredahead of schedule, earning a customer reward bonus.Elevated the program as the company's benchmark for AS9100 audit standardsdue to consistent and timely deliveries.Strong program performance led to a contract renewal, expanding the scope ofwork and cash flow.Completed a year-long R&D initiative on embedded machine learning systems,culminating in a demo and co-authorship of a white paper documenting our findings.Partnered with an external company to strategize corporate investment for futureprogram collaborations.The white paper was featured in an internal tech exchange, sparking interest fromteams eager to adopt the research or pursue collaborations.Finalized a six-month research initiative to modernize legacy space systems, co-authoring a white paper on Agile and DevOps methodologies for spaceapplications.Delivered internal tutorials on agile, scrum, and DevOps practices to increase teamadoption.Revitalized a program's software pipeline, leading to successful delivery and improvedcustomer satisfaction.Reduced build times from over three hours to 18 minutes by parallelizing subcomponentbuilds and testing.Replaced manual testing with automated unit and integration testing, increasingreliability.Relayed corporate survey results, training resources, and volunteer opportunitiesParticipated in corporate internship mentor programs to build the next generation ofTalent.In a mentorship capacity, assisted a hackathon team to prototype an innovative releasemanagement tool, later adopted for production, streamlining deployment processes.

Chandler, Arizona, Us

Implemented new web site features based on business requirements such as student scheduling, video integration and submission, and Restful API access using Microsoft stack technologies such as C#, Asp.net, Entity Framework and JavaScript.Created and updated SQL store procedures, views, tables as needed by the application.Performed code reviews and merges to maintain development and master branches in a GIT environment.Tracked work items using Visual Studio Team Services in an Agile environment.Collaborated on architecting new n-tiered code structure to consolidate various legacy database access layers and unorganized business logic.Assisted in transitioning team from Microsoft Forms to MVC patterns.Automated build and release systems using Microsoft Team Foundation Server to achieve continuous integration.Utilized Web Deploy to provide a means of consistent versioned deployments through all stages of deployment: Dev, QA, Beta, Staging, Blue\Green ProductionAssisted in migrating code and deployment system from on premises to Azure Cloud and Team Services.Trained team to use GIT and basic branching strategies.Utilized OWASP ZAP to attack internal builds before they reach production servers.Acted as scrum master for morning stand up meetings.Trained QA testers in the use and creation of selenium test scripts

El Segundo, California, Us

Created C# WPF interface modules to load data from a MS SQL backend and display via Crystal Reports.Developed hospital transcription interfaces utilizing MSSQL databases, WCF services and WPF frontend.Deployed an automated build system around Jenkins and GIT repositories which automatically versioned and signed applications.Migrated older projects from SVN to GIT. Retained SVN server to preserve code history.Launched structured procedures and source control practices; documented new protocols such as basic branching methodologies and release versioning.Collaborated with management to institute company protocols for cross-department communications.

Created a versioning system to more easily track bugs and features.Priced, purchased, and built servers for internal storage and customer FileMaker hosting.Initiated the setup and oversaw the maintenance of automated and offsite backup solutions where none existed previously.Created procedures to train personnel on IT infrastructure and best practices.Contacted customers and deployed FileMaker for each sale of the product.

Aliso Viejo, Us

Wrote development tools in C++ MFC that communicated with MSSQL serversMaintained build scripts written in JavaScript which interacted with Perforce and Visual Build Pro.Implemented continuous integration using CruiseControl.netWrote and designed a CLI program to collect statistical data in SQL for path finding and terrain generation to allow for better optimization of build times.Integrated Perforce code branches between versions and resolved check-in merge conflicts.