Patrick Trant Email & Phone Number

• Operate several workflow orchestration systems to support video processing/delivery
• Falcon: In-house Java-based application for provider video and metadata ingest
• mpx: Provides Groovy-based ingest/publish components for transcode/package/release
• SDVI: Python-based supply chain application for Cloud transcode/package/release
• Manage transcode solution migration – Linux-based Amazon Elemental to Windows and Linux variants of Ateme
• Create monitoring/alerting dashboards using Grafana with Ruby scripted data collection and posts to Graphite server for capacity estimation and day-to-day load observability

• Member of Agile team responsible for the day-to-day, 24x7x365 on-call engineering, sysadmin and operation of Comcast’s VOD ingest and delivery infrastructure
• Collaborate with various stakeholders on workflow stability and process improvement, providing input into system design and Ops specific technical/architectural requirements
• Work with other teams, both internal and external to Comcast, to drive innovative solutions, encourage knowledge growth, and collaboration
• Support/maintain VOD infrastructure via Windows/Linux OS installations, upgrades, patching, tuning, log parsing, scripting, system configs, monitoring, and alarming
• Perform application software installations, upgrades, and troubleshooting for storage, database, server, file transfer, transcoding, monitoring, and config management products
• Present and defend market ideas/concepts to peers and management, forge relationships across teams, train large groups, build ties with partner organizations and vendors

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Search Team – Automated Testing:
• Develop scripts to test various features of the Comcast query engine, e.g., filter and sort
• Create decision tables in FitNesse to execute fixtures and display test results
• Demonstrate and explain Java code to team members during weekly review sessions
• Collaborate with automation team members using GitHub to synchronize code edits
• Participate in weekly product demonstrations to prepare for upcoming feature testingExtract, Transform, and Load (ETL) Team – Manual Testing:

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Specialize in desktop and web applications accessibility testing to determine Section 508 compliance for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Utilize Job Access with Speech (JAWS) screen reader software to ensure that all application content is equally accessible to screen reader users
• Execute automated application compliance scans using WinScreamer for desktop applications and Watchfire Bobby for web applications
• Perform manual application testing, including analysis of HTML source code, and verification of issues identified with automated software
• Collaborate with team members specializing in usability, functional, load, and stress testing to identify software defects
• Attend and record minutes for weekly Test Readiness Reviews and Product Demonstrations

Newport News, VA

• To facilitate classroom instruction, tested and analyzed for proper and full functionality of:
• Freescale MC9S08QE128 microcontroller with CodeWarrior software
• PIC16f877 and PIC16f877a microcontrollers with PIC C integrated development environment
• Xilinx Spartan-3 and Spartan-3E field programmable gate arrays with ISE Design Suite

FOB2 Navy Annex - Arlington, VA

• Led research into integration of Web 2.0 technologies into daily operations, using General Services Administration (GSA) Apps.gov NOW program
• Solicited Navy MPT&E Enterprise-wide recommendations for future research efforts as part of N1 Strategic Communications initiative
• Developed Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) and compiled overview of Navy Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education Enterprise for new employee orientation

FOB2 Navy Annex - Arlington, VA

• Software Administrator for OPNAV N1 Total Records Information Management (TRIM) implementation in support of Navy-wide data records management solution.
• Spearheaded Navy and Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) Share Drive File Reduction.
• Assisted in transition of contract-Video Tele-Conference (VTC) operations to self support, including planning/execution of training and performance of technical expert duties.

FOB2 Navy Annex - Arlington, VA

• Initiated development of IT solution for use of Common Access Card (CAC) with Mac OS
• Established Government wiki page for office of the Chief Information Officer (N16)
• Provided Information Technology (IT) services

Master Of Science (M.S.), Computer Science

Certificate in Computer Games Technology

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering

Activities and Societies: Founder and Former Music Director of "Expansion" A Cappella, Founding Father and Former Internal Vice President.