About
Sr. Software Engineer and creative with an emphasis on simple elegance and enterprise architecture. Applied industry experience (Education) since 2004.
I look for accountability, ask lots of questions, and pursue the strategic involvement of collaborative individuals: to innovate and create long-lasting business solutions of exemplary quality.
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Interests
- Data-driven business applications and software architecture
- Information security, penetration testing, and cryptography
- Infrastructure orchestration and automation
- Ivy Lee Method (productivity)
- Horizontal scalability and high availability
- Project lead and formal documentation
- Collaboration and camaraderie
- Contributing to open source projects
Industry Experience
| Area | Technologies |
|---|---|
| Database | ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Couchbase |
| Coding | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ C#, ASP.NET MVC, Entity Framework (Code First), Classic ASP extended with custom COM objects, Node.js, PHP, CodeIgniter, Laravel |
| UI/UX | ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, jQuery |
| HTTP | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS), Sub-Resource Integrity (SRI), Content Security Policy (CSP), SSL Configuration, HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), proxy, use of appropriate HTTP methods and status codes (REST), and request tracing |
| Web Application Security | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ OWASP Top 10, SANS SWAT Checklist, manual penetration testing, applied cryptography, systems analysis and network mapping |
| Cryptography | ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Implement procedures and best practices for applied cryptography emphasizing proper use of key derivation functions, salts, initialization vectors, message authentication codes, hashing, and key management |
| Infrastructure | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ TCP/UDP load balancing, tuning, and failover (HAProxy, NGINX). Web server configuration (IIS 7.5/10.0, Tomcat), DNS management, firewall management, virtual IP management, SSL termination, clustering, and automation (Puppet). |
| CI/CD | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Git, environment branches, pull requests, branch policies, pre-deployment approval for continuous delivery. Version control repository hosting in Bitbucket, GitHub, and Azure DevOps. |
| Supervision | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Provide mentoring, guidance, and architecture decisions. Develop and maintain standard operating procedures. Review work for compliance, security, and best practices. Coordinate changes for release. |
| Project Management | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Gather requirements, evaluate cost, conduct systems analysis, manage expectations, coordinate and direct work. |
Industry Roles (Work History)
| Timeframe | Job Title |
|---|---|
| Mar 2021 - Present | Manager, Web Services Institution of Standard Operating Procedures Implementation of Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery for .NET applications, libraries, and application environments using Azure Pipelines; Development of business-aligned progression plans and job descriptions for .NET web application developers through Senior level; Development of Team Charter. |
| Nov 2019 - Mar 2021 | Supervisor, Web Services Institution of Change Management, Project Management, and Software Development Life Cycle; Employee training, mentoring, and supervision; Initial formation of core development team; Interview panel member as Subject Matter Expert (SME). |
| Sep 2013 - Nov 2019 | Developer, Web Applications Development and deployment of infrastructure management as code using Puppet Enterprise Configuration and deployment of Single Sign-On identity provider services and connectors (CAS, SAML, OAuth) Research and migration of on-premise application clusters to new high availability environment (HAProxy); Research and migration of legacy web applications (Classic ASP) to modern technology stack (ASP.NET MVC, C#) In-house planning, development, and maintenance of College Portal, Website, internal business applications, community applications, and third-party service integrations. |
| Fall 2016 | Adjunct Faculty (Part-Time), Computer, Systems And Applications Sam's Teach Yourself ASP.NET 4 in 24 Hours (ISBN-13: 978-0672333057) augmented with more industry-relevant curriculum. |
| Fall 2015 | Adjunct Faculty (Part-Time), Computer, Systems And Applications Beginning ASP.NET in C# and VB (ISBN - 13: 978 - 1118846773) augmented with more industry-relevant curriculum. |
| Jun 2011 - Sep 2013 | Lead Developer, Web Applications Develop custom web applications using LAMP stack Develop and support integrations with ad exchange, marketing automation, content management, publishing, event and newsletter management, payment processing, and customer relationship management; Linux server management, cloud services management, and web application firewall management; Remote desktop support. |
| Aug 2008 - Aug 2010 | Web Design Teacher, Career & Technical Education Business Math; Web Design and Development; Career Preparation; Student Organization (Future Business Leaders of America). |
| 2004, 2005 - 2008 | Technology Specialist Account provisioning and management in Active Directory District website development and server rebuild; Security, networking, and content filtering; Email management and spam filtering; Desktop and printer support, imaging, and inventory. |
Training History
Testimonials
| Year | Summary of Work |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Assisted local city IT director in successfully deploying their first SAML 2.0 Identity Provider |
| 2019 | Recouped service fees (FFP) in excess of $40,000 from vendor breach of website build project contract and executed full project requirements in-house using Cascade CMS |
| 2019 | Launched new, mobile-friendly College Portal rebuilt in-house using ASP.NET MVC (C#), yielding 95% improvement to login times and application performance |
| 2018 | Replaced CAS Service Management WebApp with custom Change Management solution using Azure Repos and Azure Pipelines |
| 2017 | Successfully configured and deployed delegated Single Sign-On authentication for Office 365 applications orchestrating onload.js with first successful in-house ADFS Claims Provider supporting SAML 2.0 |
| 2017 | Succesfully configured and deployed first SAML 2.0 Identity Provider |
| 2017 | First adoption of a Software Development Life Cycle process governed by Release Management using A successful Git branching model by Vincent Driessen, and Developing and Deploying with Branches and Deplyoments Best Practices by Beanstalk Guides |
| 2017 | First adoption of Project Management using Azure DevOps for Project Managers by Cals Tutorials |
| 2016 | Self-taught implementation of FIPS-197 in Arduino C |
| 2016 | Challenge Coin received from Department of Defense for submitting valid findings during Federal Govt.'s first ever bug bounty program, Hack the Pentagon hosted by HackerOne |
| 2013 | Contributed software patch accepted by Single Sign-On software provider, Jasig/Apereo CAS, resolving lack of cluster support in cryptographic operations via CAS-1386 |
| 2005 | Orchestration of computer lab imaging, inventory management, and post-installation tasks using Altiris, DeepFreeze, Windows PE, and AutoIt |
| 2005 | Automated arrangement of desktop icons on Mac OS 9 during annual imaging using AppleScript |
| 2004 | Automated import of 1k+ student accounts from Student Information System into Active Directory using Visual Basic script |
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