SUMMARY:

• Seeking a contract virtual Ruby on Rails Developer/DevOps/Python position. Over 15+years of experience programming and 8+ years with Ruby on Rails.
• Profoundly experienced with most Ruby on Rails frameworks and gems. Strong experience with virtualized environments using AWS, Docker, Chef and Vagrant.
• Worked with bash, powershell and ruby scripting. Strong Object oriented development experience in Javascript, Ruby and Python. Authorized to work in the US for any employer.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Proficient in: Ruby on Rails, Python

Familiar in: Perl, Clojure, GoLang

Tools: Puppet, Mcollective, Chef, SaltStack, Ansible, Docker

Linux Flavors: Ubuntu, CentOS, RedHat

Scripting: Ruby, Python, Perl, Bash, Powershell

AWS: SD3, Cloudfront, EC2

Frameworks/Gems: Sinatra, Capistrano, Prawn, Cucumber,RVM. Jasmine, Resque, Capybara, RSpec, etc

Test Coverage: Rspec, Cucumber, Jazmine

Cloud and Virtualization: AWS, New Relic, Vagrant, VMWare, Heroku, Nagios

Containerization: Docker Containers

Databases/storage: MongoDB,memcached,RedisMySQL,PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL ServerSearch Lucene, Sorl, Elastic Search

JS Frameworks: Backbone.js, Ember.js, Node.js, jQuery, ExtJS, AngularJS, Knockout

Front - End: HTML, HTML5, CSS, Coffeescript, HAML

Source Control: Github, Bitbucket, CVS, Eclipse, SVN

Integration: XML, SOAP, REST, JSON, Biztalk

Markup: Coffeescript, HAML, SASS, LESS

Reporting Tools: Crystal Reports, BIRT, Cognos

Web Servers: IIS, Apache, Nginx

Hosting: AWS, Rackspace, Heroku, Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu, Red Hat)

Design: Photoshop, Balsamiq, Dreamweaver

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Full Stack Ruby on Rails Developer

Confidential, Lake Forest, CA

Responsibilities:

• Works with team to determine requirements for the "Broad Based Capabilities Tool" (BBC).
• Designs, performs full - stack development of the BBC.
• Works with team to determine security needs for the Ruby-on- Rails applications.
• Works with other engineers to help determine customer software infrastructure needs, capabilities and changes.
• Attends various customer meetings with different agencies such as DOD, NIH, and HHS.
• Works with other engineers to determine Single-Sign- On (SSO) solutions for various Ruby-on- Rails applications.
• Carries out various other technical and non-technical tasks related to full-stack software development.

Lead Ruby Web Developer

Confidential, Rockville, MD

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed ShortStack framework (request/response caching system)
• Led team of 12 automation engineers on over-site team for Confidential healthcare project. Re-architected automation framework.
• Determined and implemented standards, best practices; performed code reviews, assigned tasks, and trained de- velopers.

Senior Ruby on Rails Software Developer / Scrum Master

Confidential, Fairfax, VA

Responsibilities:

• Created a data generation tool capable of pulling data from Wikipedia, parsing it into Trusted Data Format (TFD) and loading it into MongoDB for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The data was pulled into an ingestion pipeline for use by other applications.
• Developed a tool to manage all of the Defense Intelligence Agency's conferencing needs.
• Developed a REST social media application capable of converting various document formats into PDF. The tool was used for fulfilling Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.

Senior Software Developer

Confidential, Sterling, VA

Responsibilities:

• Designed and build Python Django web based nutrition application to handle counselor needs for managing clients
• Supported Department of Defense maintenance contract for the Defense Travel System (DTS) project
• Worked to support various projects for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Senior Software Developer

Confidential, Chantilly, VA

Responsibilities:

• Design develop and build web application (portal) to interface with LDAP and various RDBM's systems in sup- port of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
• Redesign and build C application into Java
• Designed, developed and built a prototype for a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) capable of completing various under water tasks

Senior Software Developer

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Responsibilities:

• Determine requirements, design, develop and test web application and cryptography API in support of the Joint In- telligence Virtual Architecture for the Defense Intelligence Agency
• Proposal writing in support of Boeing for the initial award of the Rail Head contract awarded by the National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC)
• Design and develop various financial web applications in support of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
• (FINCEN)

Software Engineer

Confidential, Vienna, VA

Responsibilities:

• Determine requirements, design, develop and test web applications in support of the National Reconnaissance Of- fice (NRO)
• Create custom installation packages for commercial of the shelf products (COTS)
• Create necessary scripts (Visual Basic, Shell, Batch) for proper installation of products
• Troubleshoot Windows registry, operating system and security issues that occur during installation of products

Lead Systems Engineer/Administrator

Confidential, Newington, VA

Responsibilities:

• Proposal writing in support of budget
• Managed six figure budget for software and hardware needs
• Rebuild entire network, replace all hardware and software (100+ nodes)
• Manage RAID servers
• Manage backup systems
• Manage financial servers for accounting department
• Fulfill helpdesk tasks
• Interview perspective employees

Systems Engineer

Confidential, Newington,VA

Responsibilities:

• Supported National Imaging and Mapping Association (NIMA - NGA)
• Administer an advanced network containing various computerized components, configure specialized hardware components, work with team members to troubleshoot hardware/software anomalies and contingencies