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Hartford, Ct, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

• Design & implement CI/CD procedures for data engineering and data science services• Create pipelines to ingest data from various sources into our data warehouse• Utilize streaming infrastructure to provide operational data to multiple services• Develop & execute on an overall strategy to securely leverage Snowflake as our data warehouse• Work alongside software engineers to develop microservices for event‑driven architecture• Mentor other engineers on database design best practices

New York, Ny, Us

• Assist data scientists with data needs for retention analysis• Create custom python packages to assist other teams with data engineering• Teach other data engineers software engineering best practices• Leverage APIs to automate data transformation processes• Implement pipelines to transform data from different sources for analysis• Identify datasets that can be brought into Snowflake environment• Create documentation on data transformation processes

New York, Ny, Us

• Automate common data transformations tasks• Refactor legacy code to conform to modern software engineering best practices• Create documentation to teach software engineering best practices• Define documentation best practices• Work with business partners and vendors to create new data ecosystems

• Manage log ingest from over 350 endpoints• Analyze over 2.5 TB of logging data to predict potential security vulnerabilities• Design custom ETL pipelines for Elasticsearch• Design and implement backup and redundancy strategy for Elasticsearch• Maintain Microsoft SQL environment across the company• Automate reports on environment with Powershell• Deploy packages for application installs and updates• Administrator over Windows environment (Windows Servers 2012 r2, 2016, & 2016 Core)• Implement Veeam best practices for server and database backups• Work with Nessus reports to remediate vulnerabilities, including deploying additional patches and software upgrades• Act as Database Administrator over SQL 2012 & 2016 servers• Maintain and develop Active Directory structure and Group Policy objects• Assist in designing Disaster Recovery solutions for high‑priority applications• Develop Powershell scripts as needed to assist with automating environment

Augusta, Ga, Us

Member of the Server Services department. • Manage 800+ Windows servers in the environment• Co-managed VMWare environment with our Unix team. • Oversaw the approval of patches that are deployed to Windows servers and schedule them accordingly with approval of Information Systems department• Initiated ongoing effort to automate daily tasks through Powershell, Python, and batch files• Assisted in the planning and development of a Disaster Recovery environment for critical healthcare applications• Assisted with the uplifting of aged technology at an acquired facility. Tasks consisted of running new cable, installing new switches, and configuring new servers. • Implemented a new patching environment to reduce downtime of clinical applications• Configured and deployed Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012 R2, and 2016 in compliance with application requirements• Oversaw the deployment and administration of Solarwinds Orion environment for daily system-wide monitoring and diagnosis• Automated routine tasks through PowerShell• Acted as project manager for internal projects that involve coordinating with other departments across the enterprise• Designed and implemented solutions in compliance with requirements presented by system analysts• Published new applications through a Citrix 7.15 provisioned environment• Served as consultant to other departments when a new application is being considered for deployment• Created detailed Visio documentation to reflect current environment

Milledgeville, Ga, Us

• Researched the extraction and characterization of Lycopene under Dr. Cossey's supervision• Extracted, compiled, and formulated the appropriate research data for several national presentations• Responsible for planning and executing a research strategy to accomplish a specific goal

Master'S Degree, Data Analytics

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemistry