SUMMARY:

An accomplished and innovative information technology professional with broadly diverse expertise in computer operations, hardware/software, systems analysis, testing, programming, development, implementations, installations, troubleshooting and technical support. Collaborates with internal and external parties to ensure compatibility of programs with existing systems. With a solid commitment to excellence, facilitates the long - term success and profitability of an organization.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Intel X86 / X86-64
• Sun Sparc workstations and servers
• Macintosh
• HP
• Windows NT 3.5 - 10
• Windows 3.1x - 9x
• Windows NT 3.5-2003 Server
• IBM OS/2 3/4 Server/Workstation
• Linux (CentOS,Mint)
• Sun OS / Solaris (UNIX)
• HP-UX
• OSX

• Java 1.1-8
• JSP / Servlets / EJB
• Borland Delphi 1 - 5
• SQL
• XML / XSL-FO
• C / C++
• Perl
• Python
• JSON
• Oracle Database Server 7-11g
• IBM DB2 5 Workgroup Server
• MySQL
• WebSphere / Weblogic
• JBoss / Glassfish
• Tomcat
• Struts
• JSF / RichFaces / PrimeFaces
• Apache Web Server
• Hibernate
• HTML / Javascript / CSS jQuery
• Shell scripting
• Cygwin
• ClearCase / Subversion

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Updated and maintained in-house health record system, developed in Java and JSP.
• Developed various sites, utilities and integration pieces for internal use.
• Modernized several projects to use Maven for building, Subversion for version control and various other best practices.
• Provided support to 10000+ doctors and other employees for a number of sites and applications across many locations.
• Installed and configured Nagios to monitor departmental applications and servers.
• Maintained and administered Moodle including annual training for all employees, contractors and volunteers.
• Patched and maintained dozens of CentOS and Windows servers to improve security report and decrease vulnerability.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Freelance Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Interfaced with Confidential and 3PC Media to refine requirements.
• Designed numerous pages for complex web application.
• Developed work flows and page navigation.
• Rewrote build process in Maven 2.
• Implemented pages in JSP, JSF, and RichFaces, running on GlassFish on a BSD server with a MySQL backend.
• Styled application according to Confidential 's design standards.
• Tested application thoroughly to ensure quality and usability.

Confidential, West Newton, Pennsylvania

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Implemented a C#.Net webapp from a customer specification document using Visual Studio 2008.
• Modified the customer's SQL Server 2008 database in SQL and T-SQL using Toad to meet their data needs for this application.
• Tested the application to ensure bug-free operation.

Confidential, Cheswick, Pennsylvania

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and updated modules to enhanced existing products to fulfill customer specifications.
• Coded software releases using J2EE, Struts, LifeRay portal, Oracle and UNIX shell scripts.
• Administered WebLogic 11 running on Solaris 10 with an Oracle 11 database to facilitate development and testing.
• Tested installers, code, and enhancements to ensure quality products.
• Technical liaison to Verizon, major customer account.
• Led project integrating existing product with the CA SiteMinder single sign-on solution.
• Updated documentation to reflect changes and updates included in software release.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Wrote design documents based on information gathered from bug reports and feature requests.
• Developed and tested features in Eclipse for flagship J2EE/Struts application running on BEA Weblogic using Oracle 10G backend.
• Administered and monitored speech recognition servers running Dragon Naturally Speaking and Lexicore AutoFormatter on Windows Server 2003 as several proprietary Java applications running on Red Hat Linux.
• Updated voice profiles and tweaked formatter profiles to improve quality of voice recognition based on feedback of various medical transcriptionists.
• Suggested and implemented coding improvements, including adding good comments to code as well as storing source code and scripts in Microsoft Visual SourceSafe.
• Added thorough error handing, enabling program to respond appropriately to problems and log problem thoroughly.
• Discovered elusive network misconfiguration, leading to the reclamation of over 30% productivity.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Contributed to development of requirements of numerous new features for flagship J2EE WebLogic application.
• Wrote test plans from various design documents.
• Synthesized automated tests based on test descriptions using JUnit, Selenium and XFire.
• Helped execute batteries of system, regression, and acceptance tests.
• Crafted detailed descriptions of bugs found during testing, including follow up and fix verification.
• Created various scripts for Linux and Windows to support service integration.
• Developed numerous SQL and shell scripts to support various types of testing.
• Tested and verified Linux/Oracle installations leveraging VMWare to simulate various hardware configurations.
• Ran batteries of performance tests on variety of platforms and configurations, compiling benchmarks and tweaking to enhance performance numbers.
• Supported software installations on Linux and Oracle, including Oracle RAC.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed detailed design specifications to contribute to development, testing and project wrap-up.
• Extended functional areas of company’s TotalClient SalesPage application to fulfill user requirements.
• Modified screen designs to enable increased intuitiveness to use and time-saving.
• Wrote as well as extended tables, stored procedures, views and queries in Oracle 9i to support data representation needs.
• Tested and debugged new requirement development to ensure smoothness of turnover.
• Collaborated extensively with SalesPage to maintain cohesiveness of design strategy and minimize implementation time.
• Extended, maintained and supported batch transaction system, written in shell script on HP-UX with Oracle 9i backend.
• Provided 24x7 support for critical applications.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with product management in gathering and refining lists of requirement for releases.
• Contributed to development of time and work estimates.
• Completed high- and low-level design work.
• Developed unit test plans according to specifications and requirements of project.
• Researched software packages to aid implementation of modules and screens.
• Coded back-end components in Java 2, running on Tomcat.
• Used JSP and Servlets with Struts and JavaScript to create automated pages from static HTML examples.
• Oversaw unit testing and contributed to regression as well as system testing of software.
• Administered network of small office with 12 users, six servers, VPN, as well as outward-facing web server in DMZ.
• Purchased hardware and software to support office, including research and recommendations to support purchasing decisions.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Collaborated with project management in gathering and refining lists of requirements for projects.
• Designed, integrated and retrofitted solutions to existing web-based software systems.
• Contributed to development of time and work estimates.
• Developed unit test plans according to specification and requirements of project.
• Coded software applications and modules in Java 1.1/2 as well as Delphi 4/5.
• Completed unit testing and contributed to quality assurance in regression as well as system testing of software.