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Knoxville, Tn, Us

Knoxville, Tn, Us

• Lead a team of cloud and automation engineers to support enterprise-wide cloud initiatives on Azure and AWS.• Architect a unified data platform using Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Machine Learning and Azure Kubernetes Service to be leveraged for data analytics on streaming sensor data from PMUs (Phasor Measurement Units).• Design a cost-effective data strategy leveraging cloud storage in Azure for long-term storage of high-resolution data from various IEDs (Intelligent Electronic Devices).• Serve as the lead solutions architect on enterprise portal platform initiative to streamline the technology stack used for building internal and external portal experiences across the enterprise.• Establish standards for identity management to provide secure access to cloud-based and on-premises applications using Azure Active Directory and Azure Multi-Factor Authentication.• Serve on multiple core teams to lead the charge of migrating on-premises applications to the cloud (Office 365, Dynamics 365 and Azure).• Lead the design and deployment of Azure Kubernetes Service to enable migration of on-premises applications to the cloud with minimal modifications to the applications.• Lead the effort of transitioning from custom application development to purpose-built business and analytics applications on Microsoft Power Platform – Power BI, Power Apps and Power Automate.• Serve as a technical adviser on the intranet redesign project leveraging open source technologies like Drupal, MySQL, Redis and Varnish built to scale by leveraging Azure cloud services.• Lead the design and deployment of Azure App Service for securely hosting cloud-native and hybrid web applications and mobile back-end APIs.• Architect the setup of Azure environment with secure access to corporate resources enabling immediate access to a wide range of Azure cloud services.

Knoxville, Tn, Us

• Manage a team of software engineers to develop and support core tools and platforms used across various software development teams.• Develop and implement software development standards on mobile development, web services, application security, application user interface and application monitoring.• Oversee the development and implementation of Asset Information Repository, a Master Data Management and Data Virtualization system that can be used to seamlessly access data across disjointed systems throughout the enterprise without building extensive data warehouses.• Oversee the rollout K2 blackpearl, a Workflow and Business Process Automation tool that enables the enterprise to automate business processes by combining data across multiple systems to gain efficiencies in business processes and identify bottlenecks.• Oversee the rollout of eDNA, a data historian system for real-time sensor data, to consolidate over 35 installations of an in-house developed data historian (DatAWare) across the generation fleet to a centralized enterprise-wide installation of eDNA with secure access to data on web and mobile devices anywhere.

Knoxville, Tn, Us

• Manage a team of software engineers in the development of Demand Response Management System used by Transmission and Power Trading organizations to manage load during extreme weather conditions by utilizing a variety of demand response products designed to curtail load. • Incorporate demand response products from two legacy systems into the new Demand Response Management System and realize O&M cost savings from the retirement of legacy systems. • Recipient of Salute to Excellence award in the technology innovation category for the development of Demand Response Management System.

Knoxville, Tn, Us

• Design and develop a framework using WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) for rapidly authoring web services secured using a common security layer.• Rewrite TVA’s proprietary data historian, DatAWare, in .NET to gain 2x performance and efficiency improvement.• Design and develop a Windows service architecture that allows for remote interaction with Windows services from command-line or Windows applications using TCP/UDP based inter-process communication.• Design and develop a communications framework in VB.NET 2.0 that allows for TCP, UDP, Serial and File based communication in an abstract manner used by various real-time systems.• Design and develop a security framework used to secure websites, web services, Windows services and Windows applications though an easy to use .NET-based API.• Design and develop web-based dashboard using Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 technology to display data from SCADA system in real-time using TCP communication.• Deploy and configure Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2008 in a multi-server environment for use by the management and development teams for Project Management, Source Code Control and Build Automation.• Design and develop a highly customizable and scalable Audio/Video Switching Application in VB.NET 2.0 to control a wide range of remote-controlled electronic devices and facilitate switching of audio/video signals between electronic devices.• Design and develop a Notification System using MS SQL Server 2005 Notification Services and ASP.NET 2.0 used by various applications for delivering notifications of events to the subscribers.• Support SCADA/EMS team with the development and maintenance of a various tools used to perform updates to the real-time SCADA system located on a secure network from the corporate network.

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

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Computer Science