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Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Helped design and implement next generation cloud platform to provide rapid deployment of AWS infrastructure and Kubernetes applications.Led incident management, remediation, and documentation for our cloud platform services. Served as subject matter expert for maintenance and operational health of backend infrastructure for cloud platform.Automated load test environment scaling to minimize costs. Analyzed and provided feedback to optimize production performance.Modularized infrastructure code to create multiple instances of application infrastructure and reduce deployment times.Decoupled complex CI/CD pipelines to reduce deployment times and provide team autonomy.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Responsible for build and delivery of customer infrastructure for a tightly integrated, on premise managed service.Designed and developed software to automate installation and configuration of the product to bare metal and virtualized environments. This enabled our team to rapidly test a heavily customized configuration and consistently deliver on time.Implemented software solutions and procedures to automate aspects of the server infrastructure lifecycle such as inventory gathering, firmware updates, BMC configuration, and cleansing.Built and managed virtualized environments for team members to test configuration changes, upgrades, and new releases.

Implemented Puppet modules to automate deployment of workflow applications. Reduced deployment process from hours to minutes. Minimized manual configuration to increase reliability across environments.Designed release management process to support frequent updates for multiple pipelined releases.Constructed and refactored many automated ETL workflows that manage document composition and delivery. Implemented product level functionality and complex client specific features.Served as architect for workflow design. Provided direction for features that required integration across multiple development teams.Developed library of Perl modules and scripts to reduce code duplication. Established reusable workflow design patterns to enable faster development times for new clients.Created packaging system that abstracts environmental data to support rapid deployment to multiple environments.Migrated repositories to Subversion. Established branch and tag conventions.

Supported the operation of custom ETL workflows in a 24x7 environment.Provided root cause analysis for processing issues.Developed code and workflow processes to remediate issues.Developed scripts and documented procedures to proactively monitor daily operations.Provided custom reports on processing activity. Developed utilities to parse logs and visualize workflow processing.Designed and implemented workflow modifications for resource intensive processes to meet client SLAs.Staged and tested new client workflow applications in a pre-production environment.

Developed an online registration system based on PHP and MySQL for a national dance festival.Developed JavaScript user interface widgets in a prototype website for CNN.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Configured blog based on the Drupal CMS to facilitate open discussion between company director and employees.Developed web application based on PHP and Oracle for communications department to share news stories about company projects.

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Configured and maintained Java based software distribution and inventory collection application for 1500 company workstations.Developed C++ and Java programs to correct workstation configuration errors.Configured and maintained intranet site based on the Drupal CMS to provide document storage and facilitate department communication.Maintained PHP and MySQL web applications on ajc.com for custom photo upload contests and travel deals.

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Designed and maintained highly available Linux file clusters to provide reliable network file services for production critical applications.Developed Perl and bash scripts to perform application level monitoring, control availability of cluster services, and notify administrators of failures.Developed C programs to poll network file services and ethernet interfaces for availability.Improved data collection capabilities of Palm Pilot application and its reporting tool for subscription tracking.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Developed threaded C and C++ programs on Windows and Linux to test gigabit ethernet throughput on a local network.Helped document networking code for a distributed C++ simulation.Maintained web, email, file, and ssh services for a small network of Windows and Linux servers.