SUMMARY:

Industrious and seasoned Java - centric software developer adept at creating business value through Agile facilitation and the continuous delivery of highly-available, quality-focused architectures.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Java: JDK 2-8, J2EE/JEE, JPA, JDBC, Web Services (REST, SOAP), Spring Frameworks, JMS, Servlets, EJB

Methodologies: Lean, Scrum, Continuous Integration/Delivery, Test-Driven Development, Extreme Programming

Quality: JUnit, Mockito, Hamcrest, DBUnit, SoapUI, JMeter, Spock, easyb, QTP, Selenium

Web/App Servers: Tomcat, JBoss, Axis, WebLogic, AWS, Linux, Tibco, WebSphere

Databases: Oracle, Hibernate, Liquibase, SQL Server, MongoDB, DataStage, Informix

Infrastructure: Git, Maven, Atlassian, TeamCity/Jenkins, New Relic, Splunk, Lucene

UI: MV* frameworks, JSP, JSF, Confidential /Actionscript, GWT, JavaScript, Swing, JSON

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Software Development Engineer, Baltimore, MD

Responsibilities:

• Developed real-time Kafka Streams (KStreams, Java 8) processor topology prototypes to extend and eventually replace an Elasticsearch batch pipeline powering the flagship cybersecurity product, Confidential User and Entity Behavior Analytics).
• Streamlined development cycles by leveraging Dropwizard and Docker Compose to bring up server components. Using the OpenTracing.io framework, gathered metrics to guide creation of a simple local cache to dramatically reduce chatter between the server and Node.JS client layers, also improving page load times.
• After serving on the frontlines of production support and fielding repetitive incomplete requests from professional services, spent time off-hours to develop the first revisions of a ChatOps Slackbot which, when installed in the support channel, served as the first line of contact and enforced enquiring parties to be truly ready for developer intervention.

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Freelance Consultant, Grants Pass, OR

Responsibilities:

• Extended the Text5Friends grassroots crowdsourcing application by leveraging the MySMS RESTful API and Spring Boot, replacing dated PHP service layer and adding integration with Facebook's Login API ( Confidential ).
• Fixed price contract completed early, including instruction and artifacts to optionally deploy in AMI (AWS) format for on-demand scaling.
• Provided Agile project management services to Confidential and Oxygen Eventworks, also installing modern open-source development pipeline (Git, Maven, Jenkins) and mentoring colleagues on Extreme Programming techniques.

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Senior Software Engineer, Portland, OR

Responsibilities:

• Augmented Lean manufacturing systems supporting the steel industry.
• Presented project plans for new order and inventory management features, and drove development after securing stakeholder buy-in.
• Most development using Java 6-7, J2EE (Servlets/JSP, Tomcat), Mockito, JDBC, C#/C, SQL Server, and SSRS.
• Enhanced monitoring capabilities for operations and decision support applications, providing stakeholders with real-time insights into production quality and comparative plant metrics. Instrumented new Level 2 Automation features (VBScript, WinForms) when Human-Machine Interface Level 2 Automation team lacked bandwidth.
• Performance-tuned many hotspots of existing codebase (i.e. Java connection/object pooling) and was key in assuring the seamless execution of major upgrades (Tomcat, Informix) by exhaustively preparing codebases and users.

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Senior Software Engineer, Portland, OR

Responsibilities:

• Optimized workflows of the Continuous Delivery process by creating custom Gradle ( Confidential ) build plugins to interface with ServiceNow, Jira, and Jenkins via RESTful services, automating traditionally manual activities.
• Provided 24/7 DevOps support (Splunk, New Relic) during service events.
• Helped transition the Confidential mobility platform (transaction rate on-par with Visa) from coarse-grained web services to AWS-based microservices using the Netflix OSS framework. Refactored AWS EdgeRouter application components to support improved authentication patterns and dynamic credential configuration via Amazon S3.

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Software Development Consultant, Denver, CO

Responsibilities:

• Created and maintained new RESTful services for Charter Communications, leveraging Hibernate 3, Java 7, JSON, Confidential, and Asgard/AWS. Introduced Spock, Mockito, Hamcrest, and Cucumber for new unit test standards, establishing archetypal approach to ensure quality when adding features or converting to microservices.
• Provided .NET (C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, SQL Server) and data processing expertise to the Confidential during a time of extreme urgency and knowledge drain; successfully completed all end-of-year reporting and application updates for the Confidential Career and Technical Act application early and under budget.
• Developed middle-tier enhancements for Great West Financial's retirement applications, including new caching strategies based on Coherence and EHCache, and extended proprietary and open source frameworks ranging from high-load document and report generation to parallel ELT operations (Spring Batch, Datastage, Jasper).

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Technical Lead, Software Engineering Manager, Broomfield, CO

Responsibilities:

• Grew and facilitated metrics-driven, Lean (Scrumban) process that limited work-in-process, deeply integrated product management and QA activities, practiced Extreme Programming, and achieved CMMI Level 3 certification.
• Engineered event-based business rules processor and custom indexing/searching components using Lucene and Hibernate.
• Developed RESTful and SOAP web services using Java, XML, Spring IoC/MVC/Batch, Oracle, and Tomcat.
• Created Ajax-powered rich clients with Confidential (ActionScript), JavaScript, PureMVC, and custom MVVM framework.
• Directly involved with technology decisions, building initial infrastructure and consistently delivering marketable features to production; evaluated enabling technologies such as EHCache, BigMemory ( Confidential ) and a private healthcare cloud; assisted other teams in implementing Scrum with bi-weekly cadence.
• Bridged gaps between data center, services, and enterprise architect personnel to bring applications to 99% uptime, and expedited customer onboarding by creating loader framework with simplified Domain Specific Language (empowering nontechnical personnel) and new client configuration portal with Confidential on Grails w/ MongoDB.

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Senior SOA Architect, Denver, CO

Responsibilities:

• Assisted the Architecture Board in assembling a unified SOA Reference Architecture including blueprints for scalable, highly available architectures with clustered deployments of WebLogic Server, Portal, Integration, and AquaLogic Service Bus ( Confidential ) and Data Services Platform ( Confidential ).
• Formulated and presented application prototypes to educate and mentor the Entitlements team in leveraging best practices via the evolving Reference Architecture.

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Senior SOA Software Engineer contract, Denver, CO

Responsibilities:

• Core consultant on the Silver Bullet and Next Generation platform teams, providing strategic Web Services, J2EE/EJB, TIBCO Rendezvous ESB, and Spring expertise on a large-scale, network convergence portal.
• Coordinated with supporting Confidential staff to manage cases and CritSit calls, and exercise new features in WebLogic Server products.

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Senior Software Engineer, Longmont, CO

Responsibilities:

• Oversaw creation of next generation Reports and Scheduling components in the core product - i911 Information Manager, utilized by all major telecom carriers in the U.S. for management of critical 9-1-1 data.
• Published architectural reviews of new and existing projects, and professional services prototype results to technical and managerial audiences; led sales engineering conference calls with customers such as Verizon and SBC.

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Consultant, Chantilly, VA

Responsibilities:

• Selected by Confidential Test Development Managers, due to test score, to be one of four primary contributors in the overhaul of their J2EE aptitude tests (“Master Level” certified, transcript #2549064).