Spearheaded the transformation of a global team of 8 engineers from a reactive DevOps model to a proactive Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) approach, achieving a 50% reduction ($2.6M) in cloud expenditure on the Google Cloud Platform.   Drove the design and development of an Internal Development Platform, streamlining deployment processes and enabling faster release cycles with higher quality.   Cultivated a culture of risk-taking and innovation, while eliminating toil and refining… Show more Spearheaded the transformation of a global team of 8 engineers from a reactive DevOps model to a proactive Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) approach, achieving a 50% reduction ($2.6M) in cloud expenditure on the Google Cloud Platform.   Drove the design and development of an Internal Development Platform, streamlining deployment processes and enabling faster release cycles with higher quality.   Cultivated a culture of risk-taking and innovation, while eliminating toil and refining monitoring practices to align with Service Level Objectives (SLOs).   Mentored and coached team members, fostering their professional growth and technical expertise in alignment with company objectives.Established robust hiring processes and frameworks to identify and onboard top engineering talent.Championed continuous improvement and operational maturity by promoting and enforcing best practices in software development and operations. Show less

Managed 10 total quality-focused engineers, implementing CI/CD pipelines to speed up software delivery and improve quality.Simplified automation framework and implemented a triage program that succeeded in building trust in automation results, expanding test coverage, and delivering a 1:1 bug-to-failure ratio.Developed the skills of Quality Assurance engineers to write Java, contribute to automation triage, and fix code issues found. Promoted two to Quality Engineer within a… Show more Managed 10 total quality-focused engineers, implementing CI/CD pipelines to speed up software delivery and improve quality.Simplified automation framework and implemented a triage program that succeeded in building trust in automation results, expanding test coverage, and delivering a 1:1 bug-to-failure ratio.Developed the skills of Quality Assurance engineers to write Java, contribute to automation triage, and fix code issues found. Promoted two to Quality Engineer within a year.Established actionable metrics to analyze adherence to defined engineering standards; led bi-weekly DoD reviews that reduced incident rates from 7 to 2 per month.Enhanced capabilities of QA team members in writing Java code and resolving critical software issues, leading to improved automation processes while securing two promotions for team members into Quality Engineer roles within twelve months. Show less

Built a robust Selenium framework, laying the foundation for automated testing within the organization. Expanded test stability using Saucelabs devices over a single hardware device.Pioneered a release train process to streamline the release process, ensure consistent quality, and improve product stability. This changed the release cycle from needing 30 engineers to deploy code, to only 2 after implementation.Developed and maintained comprehensive test plans, cases, and scripts to… Show more Built a robust Selenium framework, laying the foundation for automated testing within the organization. Expanded test stability using Saucelabs devices over a single hardware device.Pioneered a release train process to streamline the release process, ensure consistent quality, and improve product stability. This changed the release cycle from needing 30 engineers to deploy code, to only 2 after implementation.Developed and maintained comprehensive test plans, cases, and scripts to validate product functionality and performance.Reviewed code and provided feedback to improve code quality and maintainability. Show less

Managed a team of 7 dispersed full-stack engineers, with diverse experience levels, fostering collaboration and ensuring alignment with company objectives of innovation and operational excellence.Planned releases working closely with Product and QA teams to ensure consensus and alignment with product vision and stakeholder requirements.Partnered with Product teams to define and refine product vision, gathering requirements from stakeholders and leveraging insights to drive product… Show more Managed a team of 7 dispersed full-stack engineers, with diverse experience levels, fostering collaboration and ensuring alignment with company objectives of innovation and operational excellence.Planned releases working closely with Product and QA teams to ensure consensus and alignment with product vision and stakeholder requirements.Partnered with Product teams to define and refine product vision, gathering requirements from stakeholders and leveraging insights to drive product development and innovation.Directed user support activities and resource allocation within the team, prioritizing issue resolution and ensuring seamless user experiences, reflecting a dedication to customer satisfaction and operational excellence.Led recruitment efforts across multiple locations in the United States, overseeing the hiring process to identify and onboard top talent in alignment with team and organizational needs.Took Leadership Training courses, enhancing personal skills and expanding leadership capabilities to elevate team performance and foster organizational success. Show less

Collaborated with leadership and Product to create a new automated testing-as-a-service offering using a Java and Hibernate stack. Designed and wrote an AWS Fargate-based on-demand execution engine to securely run client code and UI automation tests leveraging a pool of 20 key resource licenses needed for UI testing.Streamlined onboarding processes by automating initial developer environment setups with Bash and Python.Implemented a Ruby-based data sanitization pipeline on… Show more Collaborated with leadership and Product to create a new automated testing-as-a-service offering using a Java and Hibernate stack. Designed and wrote an AWS Fargate-based on-demand execution engine to securely run client code and UI automation tests leveraging a pool of 20 key resource licenses needed for UI testing.Streamlined onboarding processes by automating initial developer environment setups with Bash and Python.Implemented a Ruby-based data sanitization pipeline on production data to be used in testing. Show less

Led automation testing for Lumada (Java AI/ML platform) from product inception to full HTTP coverage.Served as DevOps liaison, acquiring necessary infrastructure, managing and deploying images with SALT, and configuring CI/CD in Jenkins. Facilitated Data Science teams with Cloudera Hadoop setup for professional services engagements.

Improved automation infrastructure by leading design teams to improve usability, stability and speed of automation infrastructure deployments in Python Django.Increased testing efficiency by writing automated tests, converting manual test cases into automated ones, and participating in code reviews.Expanded automated product deployments in Hyper-V with Powershell.Owned Code release cycles on occasion including driving test plan creation and delegation.

I was responsible for understanding new features fully, to create and maintain automation tests and test environments.

Supported rapid company growth by acting as a technical bridge between Professional Services, Sales Engineering, and Engineering teams.