Robert Merkin Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, Us

Technologies applied – Java (Spring boot), Azure, AWS, Python, Postgres, Kubernetes (v1.08 – 1.25), Docker, Azure DevOps, Neo4j, MongoDb, Minio Gateway, TinkerPop3* Architecture and DevOps lead for cloud native enterprise application.* Worked with IT Security to help set up BKR AWS and Azure development subscriptions to enforce security requirements* Harden Azure development subscriptions using Azure Policies, VM Extensions, custom Azure Functions, etc * Assisted in design reviews and proposal for cloud native analytics data lake and data ingestion pipeline* Implemented CI/CD for enterprise applications using terraform, argocd, GitHub actions, etc

Independent software consultant providing services to build, maintain, and architect cloud solutions for customers in the oil and gas industry.Technologies applied – Java (Spring boot, Vertx), Azure (VNET, VM, DB for Postgres), AWS (VPC, EC2, S3, EBS, ELB, RDS), Cloud Foundry, Dataiku, Python, Postgres, Kubernetes (v1.08 – 1.11), Cassandra, ElasticSearch, RabbitMq, Docker, Jenkins, Neo4j, MongoDb, Minio, TinkerPop3, Jira, Confluence• Worked as a contractor for a major oil and gas service company building cloud software solutions for data analytics• Enhanced, designed, implemented and maintained data pipelines to ingest and enrich data at scale• Architected and implemented applications to be deployable using containers• Installed, maintained, configured and supported Kubernetes clusters to deploy implemented applications and required services (e. g. Minio, Postgres for on premise deployments)• Architected and implemented real time data analytic pipeline to process industry standard data formats• Architected and implemented data lake repository index using an industry standard data format as a data model and a graph database

Houston, Tx, Us

Implemented new features, maintained legacy applications and supported specialized pharmacies all around the world running PCCA software.Technologies applied – C#, WCF, WPF, WinForms, MS-SQL, Firebird, TeamCity, Axosoft, Git, NUnit, Azure (Service Bus, Storage Tables), REST, Entity Framework, WiX, Installshield• Developed new features, maintained and supported industry leading compounding pharmacy commercial software• Designed and implemented online ordering plugin for desktop application• Built a windows service using SOA to consolidate legacy utilities and integrate with legacy applications• Used Azure Service Bus to integrate legacy pharmaceutical software server with mobile prescription refill application • Created installers and continuous integration configurations using TeamCity

Software consultant for major oil and gas services company assisting in the commercialization of desktop application.Technologies applied – C#, WCF, WPF, WinForms, MS-SQL, Team Foundation Server, TeamCity, Jira, Git, MSTest• Requirements analysis, design, and implementation for import and export of 3D models from competitor’s software• Avoided costly project delays by identifying and implementing solutions to critical issues • Implemented features based on customer feedback to commercialize a 3D CAD product • Automated builds and installers, improving turnaround time by an order of magnitude, allowing product to be deployable and maintainable• Established software best practices and championed Scrum methodologies• Improved product quality through automated unit testing and database patching• Worked as an onsite consultant for a large oil and gas service company• Increased stability and performance by reducing memory footprint• Worked on building open source software accelerators for the oil and gas industry

Dublin, Ie

Designed, implemented, and maintained software applications for the oil and gas industry to help optimize production.Technologies applied – C#, C, C++, C++/CLI, COM, DCOM, WCF, WPF, Entity Framework, MS-SQL, Oracle, REST, Xamarin (iOS), FinalBuilder, Perforce, TeamCity, Jira, DevExpress, Infragistics, Telerik, WinDbg, Nunit, MSTest• Supported globally deployed commercial large scale software products• Developed minor and major feature enhancements to existing products in various states of the software development life-cycle• Maintained, configured and administered build servers and issue tracking systems• Gathered requirements, designed, implemented and tested backend server for engineering calculation engine for large scale enterprise applications• Contributed in a small team to create a mobile application for iOS devices using Xamarin

Dublin, Ie

Supported customers all around the world using Weatherford software by implementing patches. Technologies applied – C#, C, C++, C++/CLI, COM, DCOM, ActiveX, VB.Net, Javascript, XML, HTML, WCF, WPF, MS-SQL, Oracle, Perforce, WinDbg, Cygwin• Supported globally deployed large scale commercial software products• Reproduced customer reported issues and performed root cause analysis• Debugged, developed, tested and deployed thousands of software patches while following company procedures and contractual service-level agreements• Worked as a contractor for many customers to develop applications and scripts to integrate Weatherford products with databases and third party products• Deployed software and configured servers as well as performed end user training on site• Deployed and configured LOWIS and CygNet servers • Diagnosed and repaired communication issues between software and remote hardware• Trained new hires and server administrators on how to configure, customize and troubleshoot the products