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Redmond, Washington, Us

Improved by 500% machine image success over previous system imaging system.Using .NET C# and Powershell, built Microsoft’s Identity’s (MSODS subsystem’s) imaging platform. System designed to provide high scale bare-metal machine imaging services. MSODS has approximately 10k bare-metal servers, which implement the identity service (used when users sign into any Microsoft product/service). Project used C# and Powershell to build programs and components for the imaging system. Wrote an Agent-based backend and frontend to automatically adjust numerous config settings as we rotated passwords for security. Development of tools and techniques to keep Chassis Manager devices healthy and collect real time system data; system had over 500 of these enterprise control modules (they enable remote kvm services on the 10k servers) and are critical for management of the servers. Supported work as SME of Imaging for the entire department and 2 vendor organizations. Remote admin of servers. D.R. planning.Lead and SME DRI on all Imaging for Microsoft Identity Imaging Service.Project lost funding as we migrated the last bare metal resources from Identity Service to Azure, to get better velocity in spinning up Identity in new geo regions as azure has a pre-established footprint in all DCs and can dynamically free resources if load drops significantly. The bare metal platform tooling built was akin to a “mini azure” and could spin up fully imaged machine instances in the DCs where we seeded the 10k bare metal servers that were formerly used.Updated some tools written in golang to move files to and from azure.Tools utilized: C#, PowerShell, SqlServer, kusto, windows server, Linux, OWIN Asp.net Restful interfaces, windows services, git, azure messaging queues, storage spaces, and azure vms, VM(s) based on hyper-v, modern SDLC test driven styling, ARM templates, Active Directory, containers, VSRM, ICM, Python, Java, Golang.

Providing consulting services to various companies, including AT&T, MemoryLane, PopAgency, Disney and many others. Building Java based solutions; building and architecting noSQL solutions; building and delivering ruby (and RoR) custom backends; building python based web services. Can do attitude and get it done delivery.

Worked on a tmobile project supporting full stack development on my.tmobile.com. Front end javascript, jquery, and related technologies. CQ CQ5 based java backend. Linux.Project lost funding 80% sprint teams cut and my project position lost funding

Worked on a number of projects: e.g. python based work for Microsoft to help with research project; java based banking application support; java based texting company (stealth startup) work. Also worked with databases, e.g. Oracle, t-sql/sqlserver. Build out custom devops code to provision and bootstrap nodes using Ruby and Chef to enable standing up clusters of multimode appliances. Code development in a range of technologies: bash, ruby, python and java. Deployment on VMware and ESX. Some work developing custom knife plugin to assist in the effort as well as a ruby on rails interface for end users to request an appliance to get installed into their network centers and hence more easily scale into industry (before this system the intake teams used word docs to courier sensitive information and password protected files that ops engineers would hand craft numerous workflows to setup DNS, create bridges, manually startup ESX images based on the submitted details and stand up the cluster). Developed custom network throughput/latency/access tools to use in running health checks across the organization. Also used ansible/python combinations to manage servers. Created customized vagrant images to use in the test lab and vagrant configuration files.Bootstrapped custom nodes on client sites that formed appliances; automatic standup, and monitoring of performance. Assisted in a project for the government with Saab Engineering dealing with controlling and monitoring massive camera/optics arrays. Technology: C#.Design of a RESTful java backend to do document management for document management. Using the usual java tech stack: java, spring , hibernate, tomcat.Used Golang and Erlang on a telecom project: helped manage and develop components of a custom telecom related devops requirement.Work on mytmobile.com with Java backend, full stack, front end work, jquery css3 html5 commercial web site.

Contractor Engineer/Architect (2014-2015) for client Staples.Designed SEO and infrastructure in the new rewrite of staples.com using NodeJS and Mongodb. Linux.Installed and researched technologies: brought up Kafka cluster; began installing Hadoop infrastructure for SEO management.

Redmond, Wa, Us

Contractor Engineer ( short project in 2014 to get VMC started in Restful services)Designed new Global Game Testing Network software system using C# / SqlServer. Architected and designed Restful interfaces and DB migration scripts in T-SQL to support the new restful architecture, during a small engagement to ramp the company's tech team.

* Assisted with the Architecture and Development of ATT Cloud environment component AAF (used for Enterprise Level Authorization and certain kinds of Authentication) in built in java. Goals proper Security that is not only be secure, but very fast in operation.* Architected and was point person of AAF migration to noSQL DB Cassandra from existing Oracle DB.

Contractor Engineer (2013-2013 : Getlinea went out of business)Getlinea was initially a well funded startup that does private, secure photo-sharing. Push currently is getting automatic computational algorithms to auto frame, select, present photos. Built a custom ROR (ruby on rails) backend and custom C++ processors to do image analysis and the above mentioned algorithms. MongoDB backend.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Contract Engineer (over holidays 2012-2013 for a critical 3 week pre deployment phase)* I was bought in to help implement and deliver a java based system called eShowroom to Toyota. My mission, in 3 weeks was to help get the company to a First and Ten, to borrow football terms!* Earned accolades from everyone associated with the project from the CTO , to PM, to Project Architects, & contract agency. Helped re-implement and fix major parts of REST Java backend.

Consulting Project/ Consulting Engineer (2012-2012) for 3m project• Helped launch the initial java based REST API(s) for Memory Lane. Conceptualized current needs; Championed solutions addressing Memory Lane specific needs; maintaining standard REST rules and best practices. Designed and built RESTful API(s) using java. Used Spring, ActiveMQ and other java technologies. Researched and deployed COTS toolsets.

Rockville, Md, Us

Designed and enhanced intelligence research tool. Tool is used to empower Intelligence Analysis. Funding issues caused project that I was to staff to be halted. Designed DB schemas and algorithms in Ruby. System is based on RoR (Ruby on Rails) and used various COTS tool sets.

Gov funding / award for specific work was dropped and project cancelled.FEDITC: Worked on proposals and gave guidance on how to deploy and use SOA for AirForce modernization. Gave guidance on how to approach development and testing effortsDesigned and enhanced custom intelligence system DIAC analysts; system stored intel reports and was a work flow for processing / monitoring them. Java/Struts/Tomact/hibernate/spring/ and extensive Javascript. Gov funding/ award was downsized and project area was not funded.

Principal Engineer (2009-2010) SECURITY CLEARANCE TS/SCIDesigned and enhanced cyber intrusion systems to automatically detect malware and attack vectors to protect DOD/Air Force network assets. Utilized C++, python, and Jquery to give cross browser support in the management UI. Designed DB schemas for above systems. Used PKI technology in setting up ability of others to access resources.Gov bridge funding/ award wasn’t granted to ENDEAVORSYSTEMS SO PROJECT ENDED.

Senior Engineer/Oracle DBA (2005-2008)Enhanced DOD/DCPDS Appraisal system for DOD. Developed custom enhancements in Java for E-business suite HR and brainstormed / implemented leading ideas for the next generation system. Developed Advanced Java application framework for Payroll/Personnel module and other HR related functionality. Wrote Adobe Flex interfaces to DOE management applications. Javascript.Developed security tools for Lockheed Martin; developed a boot level integrity checking tool to protect installed Oracle assets. Involved firmware level programming and customization. Verified performance objectives and metrics; framework development workflows redesign for client's enterprise class web services application; HTTP / SSL protocol support; proxy issues; database indexing, partitioning, clustering, and SQL tuning techniques. Platform and application tuning improving current business processes and translating into functional and technical requirements. Developed custom code in C# .NET 3.0 to manage systems and mine information.Maintenance of HR Information Systems; upgrades, enhancements, and implementations.Managed the Department of Energy's I-Manage (STARS) “Standard Accounting and Reporting System”: Oracle Applications 11.5.10 Federal Financials DBA Support; Develop/Design/Administer-ed Application Interfaces; Application User Access/Setup Support; Oracle Critical Patch Updates & Security Management; Oracle Applications 11i Patch management; & Configuration Management.Enterprise architecture, requirements gathering, system architecture. Improved current business processes / translating into functional and technical requirements. ETL job definition/support.

Recommended new methodologies. Developed tools to rapidly test Tegic products and APIs.Significant product validation efficiencies were gained; management audits showed the system capable of decreasing validation project cycle times by 66%. Created Mgmt Portal.Conceived of, architected, and built an easy-to-use system to rapidly exercise/test various Tegic/T9 products. System kernel written using C++ and Python. End users write Scriptlets (a superset of Python) which are easy to maintain and read. Scriptlets are interpreted by the system in virtual environments to rapidly experiment, test, or validate Tegic/T9 products.Architected a reporting framework; summary reports generated directly into Excel for management reporting; and detailed data values from the Scriptlet tests stored into a regression database. Comparison reports were automatically run against the DB for regression testing. Database driven product test environment. Benchmarked TEGIC products. Wrote SCN performance tools, allowing subtle performance issues to be investigated and fixed.

Ms, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering