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Dayton, Ohio, Us

- Wrote Ansible playbooks for AWS deployments leveraging EC2, ECS, SQS, RDS, VPC, IAM, Cloudwatch, and Lambda technologies- Guided Cloud Migration efforts for CAT1 DoD software program- Developed and Maintained Microsoft Power Applications handling user account requests, approval, and tracking- Automated operations for Highly Available, Distributed application in AWS across multiple accounts and user requirements- Managed production instance of Appian, including monitoring, troubleshooting, optimization, and deployments

Broomfield, Co, Us

- Developed installation and operation scripts using Ansible to deploy and manage an airgapped Kubernetes deployment for mission applications- Built and maintained Gitlab pipelines and runners. Analyzed choke points in build/test pipeline to reduce completion time 3x- Developed java and python applications to operate via Docker containers in a k3s cluster

North Reading, Ma, Us

Military Fellow working in a Software Development position in Amazon Robotics' Hardware Test Engineering Automation Team. - Built CloudFormation stacks in AWS Typescript CDK - created a secure-by-default, version controlled stack of cloud resources supporting multiple services- Developed serverless REST API with API Gateway and python Lambda functions to retrieve and manipulate test data from an Aurora MySQL database- Built front-end interface for API using React

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Led developmental engineering efforts for $2B Financial ERP system, executing $73B in transactions annually. Guided transition from Waterfall to Scaled Agile Framework utilizing the Atlassian toolsuite. Coordinated work as Product Owner in charge of Developer/DBA team to reduce Technical Debt. - Prioritized and Managed activities for 8-member development team as Product Owner. - Architected and executed highly-available digital signature infrastructure to replace legacy system - Collaborated with Functional Requirements Managers, Development team, Government Test team, and Operations for cradle-to-grave delivery - Gov. Liaison for transition from Waterfall to Scaled Agile Framework. Converted 200-member program office to Scaled Agile Framework over 2 year period - Primary administrator for 500-user instances of Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket. Designed workflow improvements, developed data visualizations, and wrote custom improvements via ScriptRunner - Evaluated contracts as Gov. Technical Lead - awarded >$200M in Agile Software Development andInfrastructure contracts - Onboarded and mentored new Engineering personnel

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Completed 18-month In-Residence Master’s Program at the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, OH. Culminated in two publications and thesis on Vehicular Cybersecurity. - Awarded MS in Computer Engineering, with a focus in Cybersecurity - Thesis: “Preserving Privacy in Automotive Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems” - Built Proof-of-Concept TPMS spoofing device using GnuRadio, Software Defined Radios, and MATLAB - Simulated traffic data collection techniques, using Python and Matlab to reconstruct routes - Victor in competitive Capture-The-Flag event. Led team of 12 to secure home network and penetrate neutral targets

Boise, Idaho, Us

Accelerated reporting on large datasets resulting from semiconductor simulations using Python. - Automated reporting on data sets too large for traditional spreadsheet software - Translated customer requirements into modular application settings for personalized reporting - Built Python program for data analysis. Generated output using LaTex for professional visuals

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Engineer aiding in the development of new technology in the field of X-Ray spectrography and nano-scale technology. - Modeled custom brackets in Solidworks for the development of prototype machines - Operated FDM 3D printers to construct components - Reverse-engineered relay controllers for use in prototype machines

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Engineering team member in electrical Transmission Operations Center - Built automated data analysis in VBA to determine alert thresholds for operators - Audited Relay schematics to ensure up-to-date inventory

Master'S Degree, Computer Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Engineering