Director of IT/Chief Architect Resume

SUMMARY

Integrated business goals, resource constraints, changes in technology, and regulatory constraints into efficient, secure, and scalable IT solutions.
Applied problem solving skills across a range of businesses, ranging from resource scarce startups to mature companies with robust IT systems.
Advanced diagnostic ability identifying system errors and quickly developing solutions Management
Member of Senior management team, leading integration of new and existing technologies into business systems and business models.
Managed a team of up to twelve software developers, Q/A analysts, project managers, and information security personnel.
Directed third party vendors including managed service providers who supported hardware and network infrastructure. Communication
Routinely delivered presentations to the management regarding state of the systems, reviews of security, financial requirements, and potential hotspots.
Taught and trained new employees to effectively utilize a variety of technologies including databases, HTML, JavaScript, and C#

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Azure, AWS, SQL Server
C#, .NET, Java, Android SDK, T - SQL, PowerShell, Azure’s & AWS’s infrastructure support mechanics, e.g. Virtual Networks, Network Security Groups, Route Tables, Load Balancers, Storage, Application Gateways, VPNs, Network Interfaces, Recovery Service Vaults, Active Directory integration, etc.
C/C++, Oracle, Linux, Windows Server, JavaScript, CSS, HTML

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Director of IT/Chief Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Architected and lead migration of high volume, HIPPA regulated data and systems from physical servers and infrastructure to Azure.
Performed a comparative analysis of Azure vs AWS mimicking our current infrastructure. AWS seemed to be the better fit for our needs at first review, but detailed analysis of our data structure and workload demonstrated that Azure was by far the best performance option
Responsible for management of SQL Servers both in physical servers and cloud implementation
Implemented various redundancy technologies, including bi-directional replication, mirroring, log shipping and failover clusters
As Azure did not provide a native SAN option, I developed one using multiple clustered servers which were accessed via SMB 3.0 over a Scale Out File Server and Storage Spaces Direct.
Developed a system of automating the collection and analysis of database metrics to constantly monitor problems before they occurred.
Lead development of Android based kiosk style application, the server API, and SQL Server. Currently deployed at nearly a thousand sites
Achieved a cost savings of $500K, and increased net revenue $425K in the first year of deployment
Taught apprentices in the IT department SQL Server material to achieve a level of competence to pass Microsoft certification exams
SQL Server DBA
Implemented replication, Windows Failover Clusters, managed security, automated backup, and disaster restory operations, real-time monitoring, resource governor, extensive tuning and remediation, replication, mirroring,
Put controls in place to prevent new problem queries entering the system, and to instantly measure their impact once live
Technologies heavily used: C#, .NET, Java, Azure, AWS, SQL Server/T-SQL, PowerShell

Senior software developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Developed a fully functional accounting module to integrate into the main collection systems of a third-party call center system.
Troubleshot and remediated system performance issues that arose due to customers frequently using underpowered hardware
Developed an analysis to a remediate a system that was currently unusable at 400 users, that would be capable of running at an estimated 1,000

Project manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Worked with CFO and CTO to define project scope, deliverables, documentation, and training
Managed a team of six developers based in Bangladesh
Lead project to deliver an automated reporting system
With a simple template, any end user could create a custom to run once or to be reusable on schedule

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