SUMMARY

• Creative problem solver with over 25 years of Enterprise - level experience including hardware, software, programming, business and systems analysis, network and security design and analysis, database development and maintenance, system implementations, cloud including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.
• Proven ability to lead, direct, and take projects from inception to implementation to maintenance and support.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Visual Studio, all editions
• Visual Basic 6.0 and VB.NET
• Visual C++, C#.NET and C++.NET
• PowerShell, all editions
• .NET coding, all versions
• Design patterns such as MVC, Factory, Singleton, Repository, etc.
• Windows Assembly
• HTML/HTML 5
• JavaScript
• ASP and ASP.NET
• VBScript
• Transact SQL
• Pascal and Delphi
• JQuery
• Node.js
• Java

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Cloud Architect and Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the design and implementation of Enterprise class. Build out large scale Azure Active Directory, Azure DNS, Azure Active Directory Domain Service, containers, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, IaC, and other solutions.
• Implemented hybrid cloud solutions using customer AD systems and Azure AD. Built virtual networks, subnets, route tables, security groups, high availability networking, peering, HDInsights, DataBricks systems.
• Managed Enterprise level highly available and distributed database systems built using both MSSQL deployments as well as PaaS and SaaS.
• Work directly with customers to gather needs and translate into business requirements and technical designs for presentations and then utilized for implementations.

Confidential

Sr. Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing the HUD Azure infrastructure including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS. Created multiple IaaS solutions to relocate HUD resources into Azure. Created PaaS solutions to deploy on-premises applications into the Azure cloud. Redesigned multiple applications to leverage SaaS such as Kubernetes and SQL Server.
• Worked with developers to reengineer applications to work as an Azure PaaS application. Worked with building virtual networks, subnets, load balancers, SQL High Availability, scale sets, availability groups, traffic manager, devtest laps, Azure functions (serverless computing), express routes, UDRs, network peering, network security groups, endpoint security, HDInsight, Data Bricks
• Responsible for building and managing the HUD.GOV (Housing and Urban Development) in the Microsoft Azure Cloud. Fully automated the process of building development, test, staging, and production environments for HUD.GOV using Jenkins, Vault, Ansible, and other CI/CD tools. Responsible for building the LRS (Loan Review System) in the Azure cloud through automation for all environments.
• Responsible for moving HUD.GOV into the Azure cloud using full automation. Fully automated systems included building virtual machines, scalesets, load balancers, virtual networks, subnets, resource groups, storage accounts, and any other associated Azure component.
• Built core automation stack encapsulated with a RESTful API for integration with HUD, FRB, and FSA. Designed system with a content management database, IP management, multicloud support using Terraform, and full security. Built GUI for government officials to build and request resources within Azure or AWS. Wrote API using C# and .NET core, deployed to Linux servers. Deployed MSSQL 2016 to Linux for holding configuration information and inventory data built through the API. Leveraged Jenkins, Vault, Nexus, Ansible, Powershell, and other tools to support the API. Used MongoDB for storing Terraform plans.
• Built fully automated check system to ensure systems were online and operational. Built reporting tools to monitor health and usage of systems to forecast costs to HUD.

Confidential, Blacksburg, VA

Sr. Systems Engineer/Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Worked directly with Microsoft to allow Rackspace to become a reseller of Azure products branded as Rackspace.
• Created RESTful API to allow the implementation of services for all of Rackspace to leverage Azure resources as if they were those of Rackspace.
• Responsible for the migration of over seventy Rackspace customers’ infrastructure into the Azure cloud, consisting of several hundred migrations; migrations included both full Azure moves and hybrid cloud configurations. Included lift and shift as well as gradual moves to the cloud depending upon customer need and project complexities.
• Implemented cluster-wide SQL 2012 upgrades to all production nodes with no downtime.
• Read, parsed, and aided multiple software developers’ SQL statements to ensure execution plan optimization; gave multiple technical talks on proper SQL coding and how SQL processes a request and returns a data set.
• Worked with multiple software development teams to rewrite VBA and VB6 applications into new .NET equivalents, including over 100 COM+ components.
• Built new SQL 2012 R2 Clusters in a Hypervisor 2012 R2 environment with 20 nodes and SAN storage.
• Designed entire infrastructure including networking, servers, virtualization, VLANs, software licensing, and cabling. Was considered Subject Matter Expert on the PE System by all of Rackspace.
• Drove implementation of Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery to fully automate development, testing, and production environments using TeamCity, Microsoft System Center, and PowerShell.
• Implemented Infrastructure as Code to ensure that entire environments could be spun up with no intervention required by engineering or sysops; stored all code in a software repository.
• Wrote both structured and ad hoc SQL queries for implementation in systems for reporting, statistics, troubleshooting, and other needs.
• Managed DNS including GeoDNS for multiple systems.
• Worked directly with vendors and OEMs for procurement of software and licensing, hardware purchases, services, and contracts.
• Worked with multiple teams to implement SSO initiative, including cross platform sign on between Windows AD and Linux systems.

Confidential, Charleston, WV

Sr. Developer/Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Migrated the Nexsure application completed to the Azure cloud; implemented express routes to allow interaction with on-premises equipment; system consisted of over two hundred servers
• Lead multiple teams of 67 developers refactoring source code, documenting source code, database design and management, and new code features, and production support.
• Development team of 67 was spread across all four US time zones as well as India.
• Oversaw database administrators, developers, networking, quality assurance and other teams both on shore and off shore.
• Built multiple SSIS packages for secure transferring and transformation of production data between systems including
• Nexsure transactions to Oracle OV3 enterprise account management system.
• Nexsure insurance policy information to Cybersure customer-facing web portal.
• Ad hoc database reporting using SSIS to move/transform data to staging databases and again to a warehouse.
• Designed multiple clustered SQL 2005/2008R2 systems including the underlying database schemas.
• Implemented database replication from production cluster to replication cluster for purposes of real time reporting.
• Led team which wrote custom reporting application utilizing SSRS and SQL replication.
• Performed regular code reviews.
• Implemented MS TFS for source control, defect tracking, SDLC management.
• Wrote both structured and ad hoc SQL queries for implementation in systems for reporting, statistics, troubleshooting, and other needs.
• Managed DNS including GeoDNS for multiple systems.
• Worked directly with vendors and OEMs for procurement of software and licensing, hardware purchases, services, and contracts.

Confidential

Vice President, Information Technology

Responsibilities:

• Lead development team for creation of Confidential .com and internal administration website, coded using VB.NET and C#.NET for ASP.NET, version 3.5. Utilized business objects, data objects, and provider classes, implemented MVC pattern with view classes and repositories.
• Migrated entire system to the Rackspace cloud; began the migration to Azure as it was becoming available in 2009. Worked directly with Microsoft to begin the migrations, which required some reengineering of our systems.
• Managed off shore development, database and networking/support resources.
• Built content management system to allow creation of content by designers and the placement of content dynamically on the public website.
• Wrote software language, codenamed “MIMIC”, to allow programmatic access to content and content entities (such as menus, graphics, banners, etc) using simple syntax and logic; supported the ability to declare/use variables and gain access to website-specific properties as system-defined variables.
• Wrote numerous stored procedures using SQL 2000 and later SQL 2005 to abstract insert, updates, and deletes of data away from the website and administrative site code.
• Performed business analysis with key stakeholders in projects to gather requirements, design systems, and gain approval to ensure projects would meet expectations.
• Implemented agile development methodologies to ensure minimal bugs and quick, short releases, allowing the business to move forward.
• Managed outsourced servers for company’s primary source of revenue, the Confidential website; servers consisted of server farm of 24 IIS servers connected with Cisco load balancers, central SQL 2005 cluster with multiple subscribers with updates, private mail servers, and other servers as needed such as DNS, Active Directory, Exchange 2003, DHCP, etc.
• Implemented secure SSIS data transformations/mappings to send secure company gathered information to various State agencies, in compliance with federal and state rules/regulations, to allow members to participate in programs such as purchasing electronics from our website and having the funds taken from their paychecks on a regular interval.
• Designed company’s database schema and architecture, oversaw creation of clusters and implementation of schema.
• Performed regular code reviews.
• Implemented MS TFS.
• Company’s user base consisted of over 2 million users within twelve states
• Responsible for spearheading and leading team development for company’s website, including project management, virtual teams, functional analysis, database analysis/design, and other facets of software development
• Managed internal network consisting of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Small Business and Standard editions, Exchange 2003, and internal SonicWall firewalls
• Responsible for delegating work, managing internal and external IT staff (totaling 23 employees), maintaining project status and schedule; reported directly to CEO of company
• Wrote both structured and ad hoc SQL queries for implementation in systems for reporting, statistics, troubleshooting, and other needs.
• Managed DNS including GeoDNS for multiple systems.
• Worked directly with vendors and OEMs for procurement of software and licensing, hardware purchases, services, and contracts.