SUMMARY:

• Profile A dedicated professional with 18+ years of experience in information technology and software development. Specializes in web application development and government contracting. Now seeking to contribute experience, skills and expertise to a highly dedicated team of develop­ers.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Full Stack Ruby on Rails Developer

Confidential, Rockville, MD

• Full Stack Development of the international “Broad Based Communication” application for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) utilized by by the Department of Defense, Health and Human Services and The National Institute of Health with their international partners.
• 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, Chantilly, VA

• Lead team of 4 individuals while designing and developing an enterprise web application for the Food and Drug Administration.
• Design and develop ShortStack framework (request/response caching system)
• Lead team of 12 automation engineers on over-site team for the Veteran Affairs healthcare project (VistaCore - EHMP). Re-architect automation framework.
• Determine and implement standards, best practices, perform code reviews, assign tasks, and train developers.

Senior Ruby on Rails Software Developer / Scrum Master

Confidential, Sterling, VA

• 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, Fairfax, VA

• 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, Vienna, VA

• Design develop and build web application (portal) to interface with LDAP and various RDBM’s systems in support 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

• Determine requirements, design, develop and test web application and cryptography API in support of the Joint Intelligence 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, Chantilly, VA

• Determine requirements, design, develop and test web applications in support of the Na­tional Reconnaissance Office (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

• 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

• 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

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Ruby , Ruby on Rails , CoffeeScript, ActiveRecord, Git, JSON, Various Ruby Gems, Java, Struts, Tapestry, HTML, XML, Hibernate, SQL, JSP, RDBMS, MongoDB, REST, Sublime, Agile, Linux, Unix, Mac, Windows, Pbasic, Zbasic, C, Cryptography, robotics, microcontroller programming and Stock Options Trading.