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Woodbury, Mn, Us

• Utilized GitHub Actions to modernize build and deployment workflows, improving efficiency, lowering costs, and increasing platform scalability and reliability.• Enhanced observability by implementing improved monitoring practices in Dynatrace and optimizing alerting workflows in OpsGenie, driving operational stability and campaign success.• Strengthened organizational security through Dependabot-enabled automated dependency tracking, decommissioning legacy repositories, and enhancing oversight of compliance and risks.• Expanded team capabilities by hiring diverse talent across key roles, integrating new skill sets, and nurturing emerging talent to contribute to strategic initiatives.• Used creative communication techniques to engage teams, drive adoption of critical initiatives, and foster a culture of humor and innovation in operational practices.• Promoted industry best practices in DevOps and architecture by driving tool standardization, aligning processes, and fostering organizational maturity.

Woodbury, Mn, Us

• Built and managed a team of Platform Engineers to deliver build/deploy pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and reliability solutions for development partners.• Oversaw administration and optimization of the organization’s GitHub platform to ensure secure and efficient collaboration.• Spearheaded the adoption of GitHub Actions across the department, developing reusable workflows to streamline CI/CD processes.• Collaborated with the Senior Cloud Architect to lead the successful migration of international websites from on-premises infrastructure to Azure, improving scalability and reliability.

Woodbury, Mn, Us

• Spearheaded migration initiatives, including transitioning on-prem NuGet repositories to GitHub Packages and applications to Azure, improving scalability and operational efficiency.• Standardized build and deploy processes by creating pipelines in TeamCity and Octopus Deploy, adhering to the "build once, deploy anywhere" principle.• Administered critical tools such as TeamCity (450+ projects, 1,300+ build configurations) and Octopus Deploy, supporting 50+ engineers across multiple teams.• Developed Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions with Terraform and Ansible to provision and configure Azure resources, including App Services, KeyVaults, Function Apps, and more.• Implemented Azure Testing in Production proof-of-concept and configured New Relic Application Performance Monitoring to enhance testing and monitoring capabilities.• Automated operational tasks, including managing IIS logs and archiving blobs in AWS S3 with Lambda functions, to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

• Served as a Certified ScrumMaster, facilitating Agile practices and supporting a high-performing scrum team.• Optimized cloud infrastructure spending by leading cost reduction initiatives to maximize budget efficiency.• Implemented Visual Studio Team System’s Release Management and Build capabilities to streamline application deployment and build processes.• Led the adoption of AWS Elastic Beanstalk to deploy and scale applications, enhancing reliability and performance.• Developed AWS Lambda functions to automate video transcoding and deployment processes.• Managed source control systems (Git and TFS) using Visual Studio Team Services, ensuring secure and efficient version control.• Designed release and environment strategies to support consistent and reliable application deployment.• Directed Quality Engineering efforts by creating an automated framework for web UI and API testing.• Implemented gated check-in processes for .NET code using Microsoft’s Team Foundation Build to ensure code quality and compliance.• Built a continuous integration pipeline to deploy static front-end content to Amazon S3, streamlining deployment workflows.

Toronto, On, Ca

• Led the development of internal tools for test execution and results gathering using C#, ASP.NET MVC5, Entity Framework, ASP.NET Web API, jQuery, jQuery DataTables, Twitter Bootstrap, Simple Injector, NSubstitute• Managed the testing strategy for a team of over 30 engineers• Designed and executed a test solution to verify that inadvertent styling and text changes weren’t made during the internationalization of our flagship product• Led a class teaching basic OOP concepts • Led the redesign of multiple large test suites to provide greater reuse and clarity in the test code, one suite saw an 80% reduction in code and continued to maintain adequate test coverage• Was awarded a Silver level "Aiming for Excellence" award for project collaboration• Developed applications to aid in reporting of test results using C#, XSLT, JQuery, and JQuery Data Tables• Taught team members and other employees the benefits of using good design in their test code, such as the Page Object approach with Selenium WebDriver• Managed the execution of automated tests for multiple projects

Toronto, On, Ca

• Developed an application using VMWare Lab Manager API’s to create and deploy configurations so that tests can use a clean system when testing• Developed tests using Microsoft’s Coded UI framework

Toronto, On, Ca

• Actively managed the development, execution, maintenance, and analysis of over 30,000 daily tests• Engineered tests in a variety of languages and tools, specializing in .NET tests using Microsoft's Unit Testing framework for REST endpoint testing and for driving UI tests with Selenium RC• Created automated smoke tests to validate the successful build and deploy of our ASP.NET MVC application• Developed a mechanism for gathering consistent results for regression tests and designed a method to capture more than one result from a given test• Guided a group of college interns in developing internal tools for our team using technologies such as ASP.NET MVC3• Managed VMWare virtual machines used in regression testing• Taught less technical team members the value of using object -oriented practices like inheritance, polymorphism, and abstraction• Developed software testing libraries that were used across our testing organization and other testing organizations in the company• Partnered with software development teams, business analysts, and project managers to ensure testing needs are being met and business requirements are clear for development and testing needs• Participated in Iteration Planning sessions, Daily Stand -Up meetings, and Team Retrospectives• Proactively worked to identify and clarify requirements and resolve issues• Was awarded a Gold level "Aiming for Excellence" award for project collaboration

Toronto, On, Ca

• Was awarded a Gold level "Aiming for Excellence" award for technical innovation• Developed testing functions in Compuware TestPartner to be used by a ScriptTech TMX framework• Produced in-house applications to reduce the time it took for manual testers to verify results

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, Us

• Managed every aspect of our product's automated testing; including writing scripts, updating test bases, running the tests, and analyzing results• Prototyped the next version of our product's API's• Developed web-based utilities to manage code bugs and to view internal documents housed on our mainframe• Coded fixes and improvements to our product• Ran software applications from customers to analyze performance issues• Analyzed results of testing to make recommendations on improvements• Produced in-house programs for team members

Us

• Maintained a database of approximately 150,000 insurance subscribers• Generated custom reports for other members of Account Management Teams• Communicated file application errors to customers• Assisted clients and vendors in problem solving• Earned various merit awards for customer service and teamwork• Organized and taught a training session for fellow employees on Microsoft Office tools available for analysts