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Allen, TX, US

Basking Ridge, NJ, US

• Architected and implemented a multi-vendor automation platform that enables workflow-based, complex automations with Python open source technologies, including Python Flask with SQLAlchemy, Netmiko, Napalm, Ansible.
• Mentored and grew the team, with a focus on uniting the operations organization around a common automation tools ecosystem based on Python. Measured results: eliminated repetitive tasks, improved consistency and.
• Automated the deployment of the platform into the Verizon Cloud Platform, the world's largest OpenStack core; currently working on adding horizontal scaling features to ensure future capacity.

Basking Ridge, NJ, US

• Architected a Test Automation Platform using Robot Framework, Python and Bash, and built test case suites for testing network appliances. Created custom library extensions for robot framework using Python. Platform is.
• Architected a KVM virtual model (cloud-in-a-box) of the Verizon next generation cloud platform for staging configuration changes and upgrades, developing automation tools, and test automation.
• Automated the virtual model creation using Python, Bash and Ansible; model includes all aspects of the data center network architecture, including spine and leaf, underlay and overlay control plane using network.

Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN

• Senior Software Architect for US R&D Innovation Center working to build a robotic process automation (RPA) software platform applying microservice, Business Process Mgmt (BPMN), and artificial intelligence technologies.
• Developed Java J2EE microservice software for Activiti / Flowable BPMN workflow execution engine (running embedded) using Eclipse IDE, REST, RAML, Jersey / JAX-RS, JSON, GSON, XML, and Tomcat Servlets.
• Architected and implemented data access layer to JanusGraph backed by Apache Cassandra cluster, including schema, data modeling, and APIs, for the automation environment’s resource reservation subsystem.
• Architected and implemented Openstack Mitaka cloud for the project: provisioned servers and network devices, installed Ubuntu with Canonical Metal as a Service (MAAS), deployed ceph-backed nova/glance/cinder/manila.
• Developed Ansible playbooks for automation of cloud mgmt tasks and daily/weekly/monthly backups of cloud entities. Implemented cloud orchestration with Heat templates, Openstack REST APIs and Java Openstack4J.
• Designed continuous integration (CI), delivery (CD) of automation software with Jenkins, GitHub Enterprise, GitLab

Plano, Texas, US

• Drove creation of the 4th generation platform to virtualize the product line; included Redhat KVM VMs on bridged networking and VLANs with Docker containers, and Redhat Anaconda Kickstart to deploy bare metal servers.
• Managed datacenter deployments with partner colocation facilities. Worked with partners to plan capacity, manage infrastructure, guarantee security, benchmark performance, execute deployments and troubleshoot issues.
• In 2011, moved company’s manufacturing and integration facility from Arrow Electronics in Phoenix to Kontron in Montreal for the 3rd generation product platform. Worked with Kontron to establish an ISO-9001 certified.
• Assumed role of procurement prime in 2009: Managed company hardware/software supply chain relationships for: Redhat, Kontron, Intel, Motorola Computing Group/Emerson Network Power, Interphase, GE Intelligent Platforms.
• Managed and controlled company transportation programs for domestic and international (import/export) shipments. Activities included working with the freight forwarder (Mainfreight) and company’s process automation to.
• Most recent hands-on technical contributions: cloud migration prototyping with Openstack (Kilo and Liberty) Ironic, OpenVswitch source code integration with Intel DPDK, automation and orchestration for Amazon AWS and.

Plano, Texas, US

• Team was responsible for integrating platform from third party and open-source components, and developing automation tools for deploying product hardware, firmware, and base software platform to the field.
• Defined software and hardware integration architecture for Ethernet and application redundancy, security hardening, auditing and compliance, fault and performance monitoring, config mgmt, maintenance and admin.
• Led team to in-house integrate 2nd generation platform based on best-of-breed components from vendors. This platform was stable and successfully deployed in 15 countries in Central and South America, 4 countries in.
• While leading team to integrate a new DSP processor board, ported Gentoo Linux to a PowerPC blade server employing a Marvell system controller, Broadcom, Conexant, and PMC Sierra components. Created cross-compiler.
• Led a team to architect and implement (Bash scripts and Java JNI) highly available storage array servers with robotic tape backup archival, which was delivered to Verizon to satisfy government contractual storage.
• Drove product certification efforts for NEBS (Verizon) and Brazil Homologation (Telefonica Vivo) to success.

Plano, Texas, US

• Led domestic and offshore development teams in India on customer requirements and high-level design strategy for the Kodiak Networks product, a Push-to-Talk or ‘walkie-talkie’ like system that integrates into wireless.
• Early in product lifecycle, adapted TMF Standards for use in managing the system. Modified standard Corba IDLs for system mgmt functional areas for use in the Element Mgmt System (EMS) and application layers..
• Worked directly with customer primes for integrating products into the customer network, defined deployment requirements, and planned roll-out implementation for my team. Customers at this time included Alltel, Orange.
• Involved in all areas of system mgmt integration employing C++, Java and standard APIs between company products and customer network: fault mgmt, alarm delivery to EMS / NOC, high availability, config mgmt (both.
• Worked with customer primes and third party consultants to assess security vulnerabilities through scans.
• Developed script based tools in Tcl/Tk and Bash shell for product deployment automation and monitoring, backup and restore, log monitoring and collection, remote access tunneling, network config, and others.

92707 Colombes, FR

• Advised development teams on compliancy with various Telcordia (Bellcore), ITU, and 3GPP Standards regarding faults, redundancy, high availability, config, and performance mgmt of the Spatial Wireless Softswitch. The.
• Implemented fault mgmt features such as alarm synchronization, refresh, throttling, fault correlation, and failure monitoring of the product hardware in C++.
• Analyzed product performance and implemented optimizations in the message bus layer in C++.
• Developed tools for automation of in-service upgrade and install of the product in Tcl/Tk and Expect.
• Worked with hardware vendors to solve C++ driver and firmware related issues regarding Layer 2 Ethernet stability, power mgmt, and hardware redundancy.

• Led base platform team to develop mgmt infrastructure for embedded broadband fixed wireless system (IEEE 802.16) employing C/C++ and Wind River’s VxWorks real-time operating system. System is comprised of custom.
• Developed device managers (mgrs) with associated maintenance and alarm state machines in C++, for implementing the industry standard mgmt categories defined by ISO in FCAPS. Examples of device mgrs implemented are IEEE.
• Designed a distributed publish-and-subscribe message bus framework in C++ with VxWorks message queues used by all software components in the system for exchanging and sharing data.
• Designed a framework in C++ for scheduling and maintaining historical performance data, diagnostics, and operational measurements for use with customer SLAs (Service Level Agreements).
• Designed the system redundancy strategy for detection, isolation, recovery and treatment of faults.
• Ported GNU UNIX tools in C to VxWorks for use in development, test, and field debugging. Examples include text-processing tools like grep, tail, more, Ed (editor), and Apache web server.

• Led the architecture and development of an Element Mgmt System (EMS) for managing the Xybridge family of Softswitch products. EMS was based on Java Mgmt Extensions (JMX / JDMK) framework and RMI / CORBA and addressed.
• Designed a distributed EMS Client GUI application in Java Swing and JacOrb CORBA.
• Developed the platform architecture used by all the product nodes for storing persistent data in the central database (Oracle) and caching portions into a local in-memory database (TimesTen) on each node. This included.
• Implemented Java base libraries used in creating all product components, including libraries for object pooling and memory mgmt to control Java VM garbage collection, thread handling, timers, and logging.
• Performed Oracle and TimesTen database admin responsibilities.
• Developed product packaging structure, development Makefile environment, and performed other DevOps tasks.

CA

• Led the development of Java Swing and Visibroker CORBA client GUI interfaces to administer product EMS, subscriber provisioning and system management. Product is a Java-based distributed services system for the.
• Conducted initial design, Java development, and troubleshooting for provisioning (CORBA/IDL) and systems management (SNMP/MIB) interfaces to bring them to maturity.
• Created a collection of Java Servlet/JDBC-based tools to aid teams in integrated product test.
• Performed database admin activities for embedded Oracle database, administrated Solaris, Linux, and CVS source code repository. Participated in developing loadbuild process and performed other DevOps tasks.

CA

• Developed UNIX and Windows software automation tools for driving test case execution on switching products.
• Developed C++ GUI based client-server toolset for managing product test execution.
• Created distributed test case generation tool based on a call-modeling schema implemented in C++ with Oracle.
• Implemented a Java GUI client-server tool that performs per protocol message analysis and compliance test.
• Developed web C++ CGI and Java applications for loading and automation of the product datafill database.
• Designed various other automation tools (C++ on Windows and UNIX).

Dallas, TX, US

• Designed Paveway Project Laser Guided Bomb Test Set for military customers employing C++ and blade servers.
• Designed, developed and tested over 30,000 lines of object-oriented C++ code for the initial product release.
• Converted existing automation test software from UNIX to Microsoft Windows C++.
• Developed manufacturing test software on UNIX workstations (C++ and X-Windows Motif).
• Converted existing Fortran code from Texas Instruments platform to C++ on the UNIX platform, in order to migrate manufacturing test hardware from proprietary to standard, off-the-shelf.
• Wrote an ADM5 terminal emulator program in C++ to interface to legacy manufacturing test equipment.

Dallas, TX, US

• Created database repository of incoming inspection quality data and supply chain test data for performing historical analysis of component quality for all company production projects.
• Developed relational database reporting tools for use by the materials organization and management team.
• Developed UNIX and Solaris shell scripts to extract, transform, and load (ETL) data from various sources.
• Provided training and instructional support to teams and external material suppliers

Bachelor’S Degree, Physics

Electrical Engineering And Computer Science

Education record

Natural Sciences