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St. Louis, Mo, Us

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Certifications Received:Relativity Certified Pro - RelativityAdvanced C# Programming & Concepts - University of Missouri Saint Louis-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Converted several Microsoft Access forms across the network into 1 single C# .NET 4.8 Windows Form with tab navigation, security based on the windows user logged in, all with a SQL backend, enhancing the functionality using VBA. This turned into a heavily used internal application that has been built out to generate over 20 reports for accounting, IT, management and now has over 20 separate forms to handle different functions the firm used to do manually, or less efficiently. This has saved the firm substantial amounts of man hours.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Used C# to create custom Relativity Applications to automate regular tasks our users handle saving the firm time and enhancing productivity.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Handle day to day operations of 70+ servers (Physical & Virtual, Windows 2008 and up, Linux (CentOS)) and 200+ TB of data across all systems. This included on-prem SQL servers, Exchange servers, Domain Controllers, Document Management servers, Relativity e-Discovery servers, and more.

Greater St. Louis Area

Working across multiple teams, projects, roles, and technologies as part of the ‘Flex Force’ program (internal contractors), ensuring a well-rounded, engaged, full stack engineer. All teams required the knowledge of GIT, REST APIs, Jenkins, Maven, and Sonar.• Work Intake Tool: Starting as a user of the application, used PL/SQL knowledge to automate several manual Excel reports via Open-Source program Pentaho, saving users over 1,000-man hours / year. Maintained & Enhanced an estimate intake and processing application using PL/SQL, Java & JavaScript knowledge. Optimized SQL jobs to run faster, allowing us to automatically pull data more often for users. Added data integrity checks that were manually done by users, providing a better experience. Updated headers, general styling, and buttons to provide a better visual experience. Eventually growing to the lead developer and SME of the application.• The Opportunity Marketplace: During the 6 months on this team, self-taught AngularJS, Karma & Jest frontend testing frameworks, Java Persistence API, jUnit & Mockito Java testing frameworks, and utilized MySQL knowledge. Enhanced sort and filter capabilities, reducing resources needed to load objects, providing a faster load time for users. Refactored several sections of duplicate code into reusable components.• Fleet: Focused on re-writing a C# application used to house all activity related to an AT&T vehicle to be an Angular 9 web application utilizing 12 backend microservices using Kubernetes, Docker, Java & an existing SQL database. Inability to alter the existing database and data structure provided constraints for the team and how the application would be re-written. Self-taught Angular & TypeScript and used existing knowledge to recommend improvements from the existing application, create new pages & shared components, all utilizing Angular Forms, RXJS library for state management, and Jest for unit testing.

Greater St. Louis Area

TDP-ET is an 18 month program and stands for "Technology Development Program - Emerging Technologies" where AT&T trains recent college graduates to be a well rounded, flexible worker working on real projects all around AT&T and the world with AGILE teams. During this time I cycle through the roles of Scrum Master, Product Owner Delegate, and Software Engineer. In the end, Software Engineer was still the role for me

Greater St. Louis Area

Manage multiple (30+) projects for the first 2 phases of Virtual Network Function on-boarding and platform feature enhancements to AT&T's private cloud. This includes working with engineers to estimate the project, keeping open contact with those requesting the project for status updates, answering any questions, and directing to appropriate personnel when necessary. I bring the projects to approval boards, and oversee the creation of solution documentation. Each project is unique in its own way and always offers a new learning experience.

Manage a server farm of 45+ physical and virtual Windows servers with 100+ TB of data using Dell Compellent. Provide second level user support when needed.Key Projects: • Relativity: Provisioned physical and virtual hardware for a new e-discovery system implementation. Install all necessary software; provide ongoing user and back-end support. Document support tickets, issues, and minimize system downtime during periodic upgrades.• PC Imaging & WSUS: In my spare time I provisioned a new server to handle client PC imaging reducing the time to prepare a client PC by 99%. Set up WSUS to control windows updates and minimize broken updates installed to sustain client uptime.• SQL optimization: An outside firm did a multipoint check on our Relativity SQL environment. I was tasked with researching and resolving the issues found in the check.• Project Management: I have led multiple system upgrades and implementations, working with other vendors as well as employees at the firm.• New Printers Deployment: Lead the replacement of our 5 Multi-function printers with new ones and minimize user disruption with printing. I lead a team with our new printer vendor to plan which printers to take and when while switching out the printers assigned to computers via group policy. I later implemented new printing software to our print server and clients via group policy as well.

Glen Carbon, Il

Run the in-store photo lab and provide customer service.Key Projects: • Manage Photo Lab: Run and manage the photo lab and its team members as efficiently as possible. This included allocating tasks to others and providing exceptional customer service.• Machine Cleaning: Establish a refined and robust cleaning routine to ensure equipment maintained maximum service up-time.