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Integrated and wrote policy enforcement with Open Policy Agent into existing CD pipelines to ensure Kubernetes resources being deployed met vertical standards.Built microservice performance testing image, pipeline, metrics reporting, and dashboard from scratch.Automated tracing and metrics collection across multiple different microservices in different frameworks.Migrated several different microservices to Helm chart deployments.Performed peer code reviews offering constructive feedback to improve code quality, functionality, and learning for peers.Designed and led development on an automated live application tracker for dozens of applications across hundreds of environments to reduce manual documentation and give support team more accurate info.Implemented Chaos Engineering service to accelerate application maturity in Cloud Native environment.

Created and managed all environments of a new project's entire infrastructure via Terraform.Constructed CICD Pipelines in both Jenkins and Azure DevOps for Node, Maven, and Terraform projects.Troubleshooted Kubernetes and Docker/Container Registry related problems across multiple teams.Established and maintained the team’s microsite which dramatically improved the amount of documentationavailable as well as the accessibility of it.Developed a GitHub scanner to identify Log4j vulnerabilities across the enterprise’s GitHub.Automated several different reports about resources on the Azure Cloud across dozens of subscriptions.Led Machine Learning POC developments including data gathering, model development, and deployment.

Marietta, Georgia, United States

Built an Openshift Cloud Platform 4.x cluster to run Watson Assistant, Watson Discovery, API Connect, IBM Blockchain Platform, Portworx, Rook-Ceph, and various other web or middleware services.Automated application deployments using custom created Helm chartsArchitected cluster size, storage requirements, load balancing, etc.Created Technical Architecture Diagram for Openshift cluster and all applications running on itPresented all architecture diagrams to architecture review board and leadership for approvalDeveloped two operators for Chaos Engineering and SRE activities in our IBM Cloud Private and Openshift clusters

Marietta, Georgia, United States

Developed an automated mobile build process for mobile apps using ReactJS frontend, Java Springboot middleware, and Oracle DB.Collaborated with security teams to enforce standards across mobile teams during the build and deployment process.Lowered ramp-up time for other mobile developers by creating Starter Apps for React Native and Native Android.Deployed front end and middleware to Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) and Kubernetes.Created CICD pipeline for fast deployments to all of our environments

Marietta, Georgia, United States

Owned API Management Platform responsible for 20-30 million hits per day with peaks of over 40 millionCommunicated with all business partners about maintenance, upgrades, migrations, onboardings, etc.Designed roadmap for needed features, migrations, and upgrades.Served as designated spokesperson to product vendorPlanned features and their releases based on customer needs

Athens, Georgia, United States

Developed a classroom information websiteInforms technicians and teachers what kind of equipment is available by default in each roomGenerates each web page dynamically with PHP by retrieving the data from the SQL databaseModeled a SQL database to store the data

Athens, Georgia, United States

Designed a replacement for the game boardCreated a modular app using Ionic to make it easily portable to iOS, Android, and other mobile systemsUsed Node.js and AngularJS along with other web languages to create the app