SUMMARY:

Imaginative, self - motivated individual who has innovative solutions to problems seeks a position that will use his breadth and depth of experience in your software development efforts.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• C# (.Net) programming
• SQL Database Programming
• SQL Server Reporting Services Report Authoring
• XML Processing
• Agile/SCRUM Methodologies
• System Center Operations Manager
• C++

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SCOM Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed management pack to improve SCOM Agent health monitoring.
• Created management pack status and statistics reports using SQL Server Reporting Services.
• Customize SQL monitoring - limit monitoring to servers managed by the DBA group.
• Routed alerts to ticketing system using the Alert Update Connector and System Center Orchestrator.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created custom modules using managed code (C#) and Windows Powershell.
• Created Windows Services using C# and the .Net Framework.
• Developed System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) monitoring for Windows features and MSIT developed services used to authorize access to Confidential network resources, e.g. Active Directory, Certificate Services, Forefront Identity Manager, Azure RMS Connector, utilizing Visual Studio with the System Center Visual Studio Authoring Environment.
• Improved SCOM availability by creating tools using C#, .Net Framework and the SCOM SDK to monitor the SCOM Infrastructure servers.
• Created custom dashboards and reports using SQL Server Reporting Service using the SCOM databases and other databases as data sources.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created tools and procedures to monitor SCOM management group server and agent health using C# and the .Net Framework.
• Management Pack Development and support for the SharePoint Online service of Office 365.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Confidential Storage Integrator for Windows product.
• Created test tools using C#, .Net Framework, Xml and RESTful Web Services.
• SCOM Management Pack Development
• Developed data source modules using JScript to access Web Service.
• Developed class definitions, monitor types, monitors, rules and reports.
• Powershell Documentation tools
• Enhanced and expanded an internal tool to build Help files from simple xml utilizing C#.
• Integrated with a commonly used Powershell Help Editor. Added Confidential specific features using C# and WPF.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created, modified and tested Management Packs as required.
• Developed tools to monitor management group health utilizing C#, .Net Framework, Powershell, Xml and SQL Server.
• Assisted operations technicians with SCOM issues and management pack deployments.
• Project team member for restructure of SCOM architecture.
• Deployed SCOM updates.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed specifications for and did initial management pack creation for Confidential Digital Rights Management.
• Created a tool using C# and the .Net Framework to quickly create basic management packs that met customer standards.
• Project team member for a SCOM installation project for a large travel services company.
• Created several basic management packs for application monitoring.
• Created management packs to monitor Java servers (Apache Tomcat).

Confidential

Software Design Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created a successful proof-of-concept application to generate System Center Operations Manager management packs for applications from a simple application model. Modified the proof of concept based upon user input and created an application that is deployed internally for creating management packs. Utilized C#, Xml, .Net Framework and SCOM SDK.
• User input is gathered via an Excel workbook.
• User specifications are translated into an application management model Xml document.
• SCOM Management Packs are generate from the model.
• The process is highly customizable through Xml configuration files.
• Investigated use of Confidential ’s StreamInsight complex event processing application in the operations management problem space.
• Investigated use of System Center Operations Manager for monitoring and managing Windows Azure hosted services. Modified the management pack generator tool to accommodate Azure hosted services.

Confidential

Operations Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed and published the Dogfood test plan.
• Created a Dogfood dashboard web application to show current deployment status.
• Developed deployment procedures. Deployed product builds as appropriate.
• Developed System Center Operations Manager Management Packs to monitor and manage the test execution infrastructure.
• Developed and maintained tools for testing System Center Operations Manager 2007, Confidential Operations Manager 2005 and Application Center 2000.
• Developed a system for the scheduling and execution of test (and other) jobs. Utilized Asp.Net applications and Web Services, C++ and C# applications and Windows Services, MSMQ Message Queuing and SQL databases. Some functions utilized Active Directory.
• Maintained and enhanced the system for recording and reporting of test results. Utilized web services, SQL databases and SQL Reporting Services.
• Developed and maintained reporting tools for test results.
• Customized and deployed a tool to analyze test results for duplicate failures and automatically file bugs for new failures.
• Investigated and evaluated tools for in corporation into the test infrastructure.
• Evangelized the “loosely coupled” architectural approach allowing incremental enhancement of test execution and reporting infrastructure.
• Developed Confidential Operations Manager 2005 Management Packs to monitor and manage the test execution infrastructure.
• Provide mentoring, support and assistance to others on the SCOM test team. Recognized as a resource by others on the team.
• Designed and coded a multi-machine batch job scheduling system for Windows NT used to execute tests of the Application Center 2000 product. Utilized C++, Confidential Foundation Classes, Active Template Library, SQL Server, Internet Information Server Active Server Pages, Windows Sockets and COM components.
• Designed and coded several utilities to support Application Center 2000 testing.