Michael Parker Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas Area

Austin, Texas Area

* Provide technical leadership and mentoring for distributed team of developers, set direction for designs, code development, testing strategy, and documentation* Architect for AWS based Cisco virtual firewalls, including ports of standard firewall products and cloud-specific enhancements* Work closely with multiple Product Managers to prioritize features and set direction based on customer requirements* Architect for Virtual Automation effort to build a framework for testing Cisco virtual firewalls in Public Cloud (AWS and Azure) scenarios* Create testing pipelines utilizing Jenkins, Docker, Python, AWS EC2, AWS S3, and AWS CloudFormation Templates to automate hundreds of tests across multiple product lines

Austin, Texas Area

* Architect for on box agent/connector that provides secure communication and data sharing to the Cisco Security Services Exchange* Architect and Product Owner for VPN-based connector for Cloud Web Security (CWS)* Created mechanism for Cisco Integrated Service Routers (ISR) to tunnel web traffic via a Cloud Tunnel Relay in 15+ data centers worldwide for security scanning and policy enforcement* Product Owner for Next Generation Firewall IPS on box scanner including architecture of cloud-based rule signature testing and distribution mechanism* Created custom dashboards to show project status and defect trends* Participated in “Clean Room” activities for SourceFire acquisition to help set direction for product integration activities

* Technical leader and architect for message security group which is responsible IronPort Anti-Spam and Reputation systems* Designed and built highly available hosted applications in support of IronPort Anti-Spam* Lead the creation of 15-18 month product roadmap and drove future direction of the Message Security group* Worked very closely with groups outside of development, including QA, operations and platform development, to insure success across all aspects of the IronPort Anti-spam product* Mentored other developers and QA resources to help strengthen coding standards and other best practices in the organization

* Engineered the architecture and implementation of anti-spam solutions* Served as development lead for anti-spam engine protecting nearly 200 million inboxes* Designed and built highly available hosted applications to support anti-spam engine (rule generation/scoring/management)* Participated in anti-spam road map discussions to determine priorities and future directions* Maintained strong relationships with QA and Operations to help guide products through the development and release cycles* Mentored junior developers to help strengthen group coding standards and practices

* Collaborated in design and redesign of various subsystems for an online banking application* Worked with Product Management to gather requirements and prototypes for proposed new and updated subsystems* Created design documentation and time estimates based on customer requirements* Implemented new and updated subsystems in Object Oriented Perl and custom HTML template languages* Generated patches and worked with QA to move changes from development into production

* Managed and mentored staff of 5-6 developers producing various products to facilitate shipping solutions for the web while providing hands-on implementation as well as development support* Designed architecture for web based shipping solutions making use of Perl, Apache, mod_perl, Embperl, Oracle, Java, Tomcat, HTML, and Javascript* Facilitated scheduling and prioritization of development tasks, resource allocation, and production releases* Developed and maintained configuration management system using custom scripts and CVS* Administered Unix (Solaris and Linux) production and development environments

Austin, Texas Area

* Managed 2 direct reports as well as other resources within Deja’s application development group working on solutions for the product side of Deja* Designed and developed next generation Ratings and Review System using Perl, Apache, mod_perl, C++, and Oracle* Created General Content RPC Server to serve dynamic ad groups, based on web site targeting

Austin, Texas Area

* Directed 5 developers to enhance Deja’s advertising system (Global Track). Worked with Sales and Product Management to specify and prioritize needed features to maximize ad revenue* Enhanced and managed advertising system delivering 900+ ad impressions per second using custom Python and C++ based servers* Managed Global Track CVS repository and production releases* Created Inventory Management System in Perl to help sales department utilize all available ad space

Austin, Texas Area

* Provided Unix support and “toolsmithing” functions for Information Management and other Austin-based groups* Served as primary SGI/Irix support (hardware and software)* Maintained web server hardware and software (Apache and Stronghold on Solaris)* Acted as web consultant for web content groups and Information Management* Evaluated hardware and software solutions for future purchase

Austin, Texas Area

* Provided 3rd level support for Integrity NR (SGI Based Product) Raid System, working with Tandem Customer Support and individual customers to troubleshoot and resolve issues.* Served as liaison between Integrity NR and Information Management groups* Prepared hardware change notices for customers* Evaluated new technologies for presentation and sale to customers

Austin, Texas Area

* Served as Tandem Austin’s first webmaster helping to bring new web technology to its first serious use inside of Tandem.* Created, developed, and managed web pages and CGI scripts for Tandem Austin* Wrote custom scripts and taught classes to support engineers in both Austin and Cupertino* Created custom web schemas for Remedy Corp’s Action Request System