Sam Michel Email & Phone Number

Remote

Greater Lexington Area

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Responsibilities* Define, document, and execute on strategic technical roadmap for supported systems* Refine and document SDLC workflows to streamline throughput, eliminate needless complexity, and maximize stakeholder satisfaction* Mentor other developers to increase team competency and productivity* Work with business units to identify key concerns and document requirements* Design and implement architectural improvements to increase system security, stability, performance in C# .NET based systems* Identify, prioritize, and resolve key issues with direct customer impact* Provide code reviews and approval for pull requests for test and production environmentsAccomplishments* Introduced and incorporated NuGet usage to decouple monolith systems* Defined and documented ARI Git Workflow and Production Support Hotfix Workflow to resolve common problems in our SDLC* Established Production Support team to isolate this concern from other development teams * Built new web service client to replace legacy component for old API* Localized unit tests to eliminate dependence on network resources allowing developers to more effectively update and execute existing suite of unit tests* Migrated several product modules from legacy APL-based architecture to C# .NET* Implemented continuous integration and deploy process using Stash, Bamboo, and Ansible to replace manual deploy process* Increased application security by migrating production systems to PCI-DSS compliant environment* Increased stability in legacy system by addressing recurring incidents with permanent solutions resulting in decreased call-outs to on-call developers

Tucson, Arizona Area

Responsibilities* Manage team of as many as 16 staff (developers, technical business analysts, and project managers) to coordinate on-time delivery of key feature requests, defect resolutions, and product rollouts* Set SMART annual objectives for individual team members* Perform annual and mid-year reviews to track and review progress on objectives* Determine annual bonus and compensation increases for team members* Review resumes, interview, and hire prospective employees* Draft Personal Development Plans for underperforming team member* Provide support for identifying alternate employment opportunities for team members unable to thrive in team environment* Participate in local community career fair events representing technical employment opportunities within Amadeus* Serve as team resource for design direction, code reviews, and advanced business knowledgeAccomplishments* Established end-to-end test environment with full parity to production environment* Designed, documented, and constructed MicroService based architectural improvements to replace existing system infrastructure* Planned and lead effort to migrate legacy APL systems to C# .NET environment based on SOA principles* Drafted and reviewed TDD test plans for unit, end-to-end and regression testing* Implemented system monitoring using ElasticSearch, LogStash, and Kibana (ELK)* Built internal Test Authoring Tool application in C# .NET with WPF to facilitate capture and creation of stateful test cases for building and maintaining end-to-end testing suite* Designed AA iTKTS solution and implemented security and web service components of the project* Built distributed cache solution using Redis to eliminate SQL Server database and network file I/O bottlenecks on application configuration* Replaced legacy Queue Server with new Message Bus solution using RabbitMQ* Took over security project to achieve PCI-DSS compliance for production environment

Tucson, Arizona Area

In addition to previous responsibilities:* Project design, planning and development for numerous major domestic and international airlines, travel agencies and hotel chains* Documenting process specifications, internal standards, procedures and customer implementation forms* Training and supervision of development team* Customer consultation for larger projects

Tucson, Arizona Area

In addition to previous responsibilities:* Responsible for consultation and implementation of custom projects for large domestic airlines including Alaska, American and United Airlines* Training new developers

Tucson, Arizona Area

*** Airline Automation, Inc. was sold in 2003 and renamed Amadeus Revenue Integity **** Lead programmer for flagship Flight Firming product for airline customers* Responsible for supporting existing code and implementing custom projects* Implemented and customized existing processes for new customers* Designed and implemented web portal application to interface with internal systems* Rotating, weekly off-hours 24/7 support for all systems

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

Working full time, attending school part-time, was able to apply a lot of my credits earned for Computer Engineering previously.

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