SKILLS & INTERESTS:

Programming: Shell Scripting (bash), SED, AWK, CSS, JavaScript, R

Operating Systems: Windows, Linux (RedHat, Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo ), BSD, Mac OS X, Solaris

Server Administration: Chef, Puppet, Vagrant, Salt, Ansible

Database Administration: MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, HBase

Web Server Administration: Apache, Tomcat, WebLogic 10g/11g, IIS, GlassFish, JBOSS

Directory Server/LDAP: SunOne Directory Server 5.2, Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7.0/11g

Misc. knowledge: SNMP, LDAP, Cisco IOS, TCP/IP, SSL, TLS, JSON, YAML, HAML, SASS, LESS

Misc. knowledge: AJAX, SOAP, XML, XQuery, WSDL

Big Data Knowledge: Hadoop, Pig, Hive, Sqoop, HDFS

Cloud Computing Stack Knowledge: Google Compute Engine, Amazon Web Services, Heroku, CloudFoundry

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Architect

Washington, DC

• 2014 CSC Award for Technical Excellence - AppWorks Agile ALM and DevOps tools
• Selected as a 2012 Presidential Innovation Fellow Finalist; selected as an 2012 HHS Innovation Fellow Finalist
• Architected an EPA Office of Research and Development effort to use linked-data and W3C semantic web approaches to link hydrologic and economic models using DropWizard, Ruby on Rails, AngularJS, XQuery, and both SQL and NoSQL solutions
• Built both front and backend web services components for a CSC Financials application using AngularJS, NodeJS, and MariaDB.
• Won a competitive internal grant to research the improvement of patient outcomes through the application of integrative genomics techniques to electronic health records (EHR). Wrote the final software using machine learning techniques atop MongoDB, HBase, R, Python, and Java and was capable of identifying Parkinsons and Alzheimers from raw DNA and Microarray data.
• Helped to architect US-VISIT disaster recovery procedures for two large US Government biometric and biographic systems (IDENT and ADIS)
• Project manager for a team testing and repairing a data center migration of US-VISIT IDENT and ADIS infrastructure to a NASA facility in Stennis, MS
• Coordinated first review stage of a standby data center for US-VISIT’s first successful graceful failover activity
• Managed releases and deployments for US-VISIT IDENT and ADIS infrastructure, databases, software, and network changes

Confidential

Systems Administrator

Columbia, MD

• Managed all clustered Oracle WebLogic Application Servers in secure development, integration, test, and production environments for three applications (Industrial Security Facilities Database (ISFD), Defense Central Index of Investigations (DCII), and the Improved Investigative Records Repository ( i IRR))
• Deployed both JVM and SSH based node managers
• Tuned JVM to meet system requirements
• Administered JMS infrastructure
• Integrated external LDAP into WebLogic
• Used WLST to automate administration tasks
• Designed, tested, and deployed disaster recovery tools for all applications
• Built WebLogic both in Windows and Solaris environments
• Responsible for the rollout and administration of Oracle’s (Sun’s) Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7.0 (DSEE)
• Deployed active-active multi-master configuration for LDAP
• Designed and deployed backup and disaster recovery tools
• Designed and deployed CoS templates to automated LDAP administration
• Utilized F5 BIG-IP to allow for hardware load balancing
• Administered SunOne Directory Server 5.2 throughout all environments
• Responsible for dealing with IAVAs, SRRs, STIGs, and vulnerability remediation using eEye Retina scanning
• Deployed DoD PKI including deploying DoD-issued certificates for LDAPS and HTTPS, using FIPS 140-2 ciphers
• Extensively used: openssl, keytool, and associated TLS/SSL tools
• Helped administer Solaris 10 across Sun Fire V210s, V280s, V480s, T5210s, T5220s, and M4000s

Technology Associate

Westport, CT

• Responsible for deploying ITIL and MOF tools to improve the core technology team
• Designed and built technology infrastructure associated with the deployment and use of a company-wide media system utilizing iPods, Windows Media Services, MSSQL, 802.11n wireless infrastructure, standalone media kiosks, and an objective-c application
• Successfully rolled out an upgrade to Microsoft Dynamics to manage billions of dollars in confidential corporate finances for Bridgewater’s internal finance team
• Responsible for working with Tibco Enterprise Message Service (EMS) to transition corporate technology to a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Developed and upgraded a system for enhanced asset health through functional system monitoring using HP’s SiteScope and custom monitoring tools.
• Resolved problems associated with internal HR systems using AJAX, JavaScript, and ASP.net

Information Systems Advisor

• Redeveloped mission critical data systems related to finance, travel, and human resources
• Used: Java, ColdFusion, PHP, MySQL, Apache, IIS, SOAP, AJAX, GWT, CakePHP
• Built system for tracking ongoing activities for over $1 billion in Iraq reconstruction funds
• Used: PHP, MySQL, Apache, CakePHP
• Architected technical framework for Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) database on DoS ClassNet
• Assisted with complex data-intensive audit requirements and audit policy development
• Implemented Synchronized Predeployment and Operational Tracker (SPOT), molding USAID internal business rules and infrastructure with closed DoD & Booz Allen Hamilton system
• Deployed HSPD-12 infrastructure in Baghdad to enable the use of DoD CACs
• Integrated all USAID partners into SPOT, including associated subcontractors
• Involved in high level discussions about SPOT usage at USAID and DoS with DoD

Confidential

Web Services Developer

Arlington, VA

• Lead developer of the internal USAID portal
• Lead developer of the USAID/Iraq portal
• Lead developer for USAID DCHA - In Case of Emergency system
• Received an agency-wide superior group award for this work
• Developed new USAID OTI site
• Heavily involved in Linux (Debian & Ubuntu) systems administration
• For all systems, u sed: Drupal, SMF, Horde, PHP, SQL, Perl, Shell Scripting, AJAX

Systems Engineer

Suffolk, VA

• Designed and administered Fedora Core 4 & 5 server loads
• Maintained Solaris 9/10 on sparc server architecture for digital library project
• Sun Fire and Sun Enterprise servers including SF T2000, SF440, SF280R, E12K, E20K, E6500.
• Helped configure and administer SAN for use with digital library project
• Designed, deployed, and administered Windows loads for desktop and server environments
• Handeled the development and deployment of WebLogic and Citrix Metaframe
• Managed Quantum tape-backup infrastructure for Windows, Linux, and Solaris servers
• Maintained suite of DL380s and several specific HP Server Systems
• Update of Booz Allen Hamiliton JMSEL Project (.NET)
• Installed hardware raid on sun servers using RM6 software
• Created customized cloned images on a variety servers using Norton Ghost
• LDAP Synching tool creation and modification (Perl, Shell Scripting, C++)
• Worked with eEye Retina Network Security Scanner for security hardening
• Configured and installed:
• DNS using bind on Solaris, Linux, and Windows
• Apache 1 & 2  on Solaris, Linux, and Windows
• RDBMS (MySQL) on Solaris, Linux, and Windows
• RAID 0, 1, and 0+1

Systems Administrator

Norfolk, VA

• System administration and troubleshooting on Sun, IBM and HP hardware
• Administered Sun Solaris, Linux Servers
• Maintained hardware, software and network installations
• Integrated LDAP, SNMP, PHP, SQL, Perl, Bash, and Oracle DBMS
• Created scalable web interface for management of Cisco infrastructure
• Installation and configuration of various subsystems like Disk, Ethernet, Cisco Routers
• Configured Sun Storage systems like Unipack, Multipack, SSA, D1000, A1000, A500, A5100, A5200, Storage T3
• Configured UNIX based Sun workgroup Servers including Ultra 1/2/5/10/30/60/80 , Sun Blade 100/1000/2000
• Configured and installed bind and apache

Research Assistant

Langley, VA

• Worked on the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) project
• Designed application to track, in real time, the position of LDEF in the sky (C++)
• Created API for access to data using Perl

Engineering Intern

Norfolk, VA

Responsibilities:

• Helped engineering team deploy new fiber in the Hampton Roads region
• Selected out of competitive internship process