John Barr Email & Phone Number

Albuquerque, NM, US

Sunnyvale, CA, US

SRE on the Growth Team. Responsible for the stability and maintenance of guest frontends (non-LinkedIn member experience). Helped support the workflows and systems that ensured timely notification delivery between users through various channels (messaging, text, email, etc.). Also supported LI's vast infrastructure by developing a CLI application that.

Albuquerque, NM, US

• Perform complex design, maintenance, enhancement, testing, implementation and support of Lab informative software products.
• Create scripts in bash/python for automating redundant tasks and to aide with obtaining system state of health during testing phase.
• Implement Ansible for configuration management, deployment and provisioning.
• Built out Eggplant workflow integrated with Jenkins to perform various tasks during deployment.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously with high degree of customer satisfaction.
• Develop and maintain documentation in Knowledge base for structured and unstructured business product/services information.

Albuquerque, NM, US

• Researched and automated approaches for System Administrator’s tasks.
• Learned Python and created automation scripts for transferring/modifying data.
• Developed a cloud architecture migration strategy for the department’s legacy tools.
• Worked with consultants and vendors to configure new features or enhancements on COTS tools.
• Provided troubleshooting and domain knowledge support for tier 3 tickets and higher.
• Migrated 15 servers from VMWare infrastructure to the company’s “Sandia” developed cloud infrastructure.

Albuquerque, NM, US

• Implemented various database and server-side enhancements, modifications, and corrections to our COTS and in-house applications which resulted in enhanced end user experiences.
• Served as a technical lead role in the first Primavera P6 upgrade to take place in more than 5 years.
• Helped plan the database server infrastructure needed to perform a database migration (2TB) from SQL to Oracle and performed the tasks and activities associated, resulting in better functionality for the end users and.
• Performed system analysis, individually and collaboratively, to deliver effective and efficient solutions to end user business processes.
• Applied best software engineering practices, such as SDL and Agile methodology to assess impact, develop quality testing procedures, and deliver exceptional results.
• Responsible for creating procedural documentation; developing, upgrading, and maintaining tools such as Primavera P6, EcoSys EPC, MAR, and Active Risk Manager.

Albuquerque, NM, US

• Worked alongside a team of professionals responsible for overseeing training, payroll, and medical benefits for the entire laboratory.
• Situated in a customer-orientated position where I used my skills to turn ideas into applied tools.
• Created a medical application that is in current use by the Albuquerque and Livermore Medical Labs.
• Developed a renewal access form for the Human Resources website.
• Responded to service issues and requests in a timely manner.

Albuquerque, NM, US

My role as a Student Intern within the Mission Communications organization was to provide support for other organizations. My tasks included: constructing websites, building presentation templates, and completing metadata file for various Sandia intranet sites. I also provided assistance in helping maintain the Training and Technology Display Area our.