Devised tools and processes that improved the development experience.● Led a small team which advocated for DevOps principles and provided advice andguidance on best practices for software developers.● Developed a custom Redhat based OS, secured and configured specifically to run ongovernment networks.● Oversaw build systems and designed a custom C/C++ build tool that allowed easyautowiring of many dependent source projects and/or binaries.● Migrated a large Ant build to Maven, which decreased build times by 50%.● Created custom software in Java, Go, and Python.● Built and supported an OpenStack private cloud, running core development services suchas an Atlassian stack and kubernetes cluster.

Managed and improved the infrastructure of an in-house developed online document and video submission portal for multiple websites including ehow.com, livestrong.com and cracked.com.● Advocated and performed the migration of key services to a cloud infrastructure to support cost savings.● Developed an EC2 lifecycle management tool that minimized costs by scheduling the shutdown and startup of unused instances.● Migrated and trained developers on using a continuous integration code review platform that increased productivity and decreased broken builds.● Boosted team morale by introducing a weekly leaderboard of enhancements and bug fixes.● Decreased full production backup times by 25%, ensuring that reportable data was available every morning.

Oversaw design of network and architectural infrastructure for new EPS, EBT, e-ChildCare and eWIC products. Provided performance enhancements. Managed high-visibility infrastructure projects. ● Collaborated to architect monitoring solutions that would provide a tenfold detection of outages for a highly available transaction processing environment. Implemented 3rd party and custom solutions for the complex environment. Recommended solutions to provide continuous improvement.● Introduced a tool that would allow for 80% less downtime in the case of disaster recovery. Promoted the tool for use during the migration to a new DR environment. Facilitated simple execution which required little expertise to run, saving engineers hours of overtime work.● Oversaw a project that would provide on-time file delivery by streamlining the movement of over a thousand files. Planned and launched project deliverables ahead of schedule. Integrated with current monitoring solutions to allow being proactive for Operating Level Agreements.

Implemented new systems and stabilized production application environments for EBT contracts. Designed tools to minimize outages and provide minimal downtime.● Proactively saved the business over $1 million dollars in SLA penalties. Designed a tool that could validate the generation of thousands of daily financial reports. Reduced the need for additional staff that would manually perform the validation. ● Migrated largest state government's food stamp card from a well known financial institution to use our company branded card. Served as the onsite product knowledge expert to convert three other state programs. Minimized downtime and provided a smooth transition.● Provided proof of concept software vulnerability assessments to prevent websites and custom software from being hacked maliciously. Contacted clients, on an ad hoc basis, for permission to assess their implementations. Found multiple issues and notified clients of proposed solutions.● Saved my functional team over $10,000 worth of man-hours per year by innovating a tool to automate tasks, thereby, providing more time to work on higher priority items. The tool was later transitioned for use as a highly available reporting system utilized for financial reconciliation.● Supervised a team of five highly experienced individuals and transitioned knowledge to the team.

Supported EBT contracts as a technical lead. Deployed scheduled releases and took ownership of technical calls during outages.● Provided 24x7 on-call support as a top tier engineer for the largest EBT card processor. Demonstrated calmness and professionalism while working on high priority issues in a high stress environment. Decreased turnaround time for RCAs.● Delivered over a 98% success rate for deploying builds. Deployed more than 200 successful builds to a live production environment. Restored service quicker than all other engineers.● Developed two production reports using Jasper and Oracle that are utilized to detect fraud for the payment card industry (PCI), saving the company over $100,000 per year. ● Diagnosed issues with pre-production systems that other teams could not. Specified improvements to unify product lines. Uncovered design issues and improved them to provide easier support.