I’m a stubborn programmer obsessed with learning about technology and software development and increasing my skill set. I believe in doing the best job that I can on every project. I think that the developer should put in the amount of work necessary to make any interface great, whether it’s a web service or a consumer or enterprise UI. I’m also a firm believer in unit testing where necessary, and keeping documentation and reference material up-to-date.

I knew that I wanted to work with computers when I took an introductory “computer literacy” course in junior high school and experienced the Commodore 64 for the first time.

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Experience

• Architect VPC environments
• Manage Kubernetes clusters in multiple environments to run SaaS platform as well as supporting software development activities, including builds, tests, deployment, and promotion
• Create automation and integration for monitoring, logging, analysis, and continuous integration/delivery
• Create self-service tools for developers and business users
• Implement security best practices
• Conduct audits, penetration testing

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• Built out new virtual environments using OpenStack to support media asset generation and rendering, using custom scripts and Terraform
• Configured servers using Puppet Enterprise and Ansible
• Created and maintained Docker images for installed software, utilizing both public and internal Docker registries
• Built monitoring and metrics-gathering infrastructure using Sensu, Redis, RabbitMQ, Graphite, Grafana
• Built log collection infrastructure using Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana, with Filebeat and Journalbeat collectors
• Created custom monitoring scripts and components to handle service dependencies and self-healing/self- remediation
• Setup and used Jenkins jobs for software build and deployment to OpenShift clusters

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• Started an independent Mac and iOS software company
• Proelia: a table-top RPG encounter tracker for macOS
• Horology: an iOS date/time calculator
• Yawp: a fun, Viking-themed iOS client for the former social networking service App.net
• Counsellor: a iOS app that provides search functionality for Dungeons and Dragons games
• Initiative!: an iOS app for tracking RPG encounter sessions for table-top role-playing games
• HaTTiP: a Mac HTTP/REST API client with Javascript extensibility

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• Part of a small team responsible for designing and developing a service platform to support social games based on DreamWorks Animation movies
• Designed and developed microservices implementing: security, identity management, commerce, content, messaging, and integration with vendor services such as Apple Push Notifications and In-app Purchasing
• Wrote unit and integration tests
• Participated in code reviews and pair-programming
• Created an iOS SDK used by client applications of this service platform
• Wrote and reviewed design documentation
• Wrote client documentation

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• My primary responsibilities were working on application integration components and web-based applications
• Our primary web application is a resource management system for allocating artist and other creative personnel during movie production
• Designed a V2 of the resource management application, including a new UI and updated frameworks
• Migrated from Ant to Maven for application build and project management
• Added unit tests
• Documented and performed integration and functionality testing
• Created SOAP web services to integrate with Oracle E-Business Suite HR data
• Created REST APIs for Oracle EBS
• Designed and implemented integration components for internal company LDAP and personnel databases
• Implemented BPEL processes for integration with Oracle EBS

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• Created internal tools and integration components to tie business applications together
• Worked on customizations for our internal systems
• Customized our internal Configuration Management Database, a system called Service-Now. I dealt primarily with extending the system and writing business rules to govern the system
• Primary architect and developer for our internal vehicle publishing system that powered the Edmunds.com website, using Oracle BPEL and Enterprise Service Bus

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• Managed external-facing MediaPlatform™ servers
• Administered platform build processes and source code management systems
• Designed media appliance for MediaPlatform™
• Managed internal IT resources

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• Managed the Tier 2 Technical Support team, who were responsible for application and operating system administration for our shared and dedicated hosting servers
• Managed the Domain Name System servers and IP address allocation system for the company

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Education

• El Toro High School, Diploma, Computer Science
• Self-taught, computer science concepts, programming, and administration

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Skills

Programming Languages: Python, Shell, Swift, Objective-C, Java

Technology: Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services, OpenShift Container Platform, OpenStack, Git, Zabbix, Grafana, Kibana, Rancher

Concepts: Infrastructure as Code, Monitoring, Cloud computing, Software Development Lifecycle, Source code management, Agile methodologies, Container orchestration, Self-healing systems, Capacity planning, RESTful web services, API design

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References

Available on request