Technically astute and results-driven professional with substantial multifaceted experience in system engineering and data analysis; drive and passion to perform exceptionally across DevOps environment.

Solid track record of streamlining enhanced efficiency of software development functions and coordinating successful execution of various key projects from initiation to completion. Articulate communicator; establishing strong relationships with senior management and vendors, while ensuring effective flow of information across all organizational levels. Recognized for achieving significant cost savings through prompt response and assessment of equipment and systems. Instrumental at overseeing successful deployments through utilization of AWS, Python, Linux, and MySQL, while leading configuration of network devices and directing diverse, cross-functional teams.

Areas of Expertise

Linux Administration System & Process Engineering Systems Integration
Cloud Infrastructure & Deployment Engineering Complex Problem Resolution Project Management
Advanced Tools & Techniques Team Training & Leadership Process Automation

Technical Proficiencies

AWS Resources; EC2, RDS, Kinesis, ElastiCache, S3, CloudFormation, IAM, Systems Manager | Windows | Linux (Ubuntu and Linux Mint) | Mac OS X | Python | BASH | JetBrains PyCharm | Git Source Control | CI/CD Pipeline; Packer, AWS CodePipeline and CodeBuild | Infrastructure as Code: CloudFormation, Terraform | Database Engines: MySQL, PostgreSQL | Microsoft Office Suite

Professional Experience

Senior DevOps Engineer

American Fidelity Assurance Company

Systems and Applications Manager

American Farmers and Ranchers Insurance
Lead team of engineers and analysts in research, implementation, and creation of tools and services to meet demands of company. Identify, design, and implement short- and long-term solutions without reinventing wheel and incurring unnecessary technological debt using technical and industry expertise. Collaborate with corporate leadership and project management to align team with company's requirements and priorities, while focusing on team's technical needs.
  • Automated month-end processing and saved five hours per month.
  • Transitioned public web presence from self-hosted Drupal to HubSpot.
  • Met and surpassed deadlines, while functioning with completely remote team.
  • Migrated essential insurance vendor integrations, including financial and reporting solutions and systems to premier platform solutions.
  • Developed internal online platform to aid in scheduling and tracking property inspections.
  • Directed extraction, transformation, and transfer of policy and claim administration systems to new products, including 30,000+ policies, 12,000+ claims, and 50,000+ clients.

Software Engineer

American Farmers and Ranchers Insurance
Designed and delivered middleware services to meet business requirements during the migration from a legacy mainframe policy management system to cloud-based platform. Developed procedures to properly, accurately, and securely translate and distribute financial data to/from bank partners to cloud-based policy administration systems. Demonstrated advantages of properly designed cloud presence, including automated CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and multi-account approach.
  • Held all newly generated apps to established principles by 2019 for providing businesses with more solid products and shorter lead times to deliver MVP solutions.
  • Created reporting and Business Intelligence tools to access critical business indicators.
  • Improved process of creating local development environments and cut load time from four to one hour using Docker.
  • Saved engineer time by creating automated CI/CD pipeline for new projects.

Software Engineer

Weather Decision Technologies (acquired by DTN)
Designed and maintained patented alerting engine of WDT. Collaborated with support staff to identify, analyze, and correct any API bugs for quick resolution of all customer-facing issues. Ensured prompt response of alerting engine's components, stayed stable under high demand, and provided most recent and correct information at all times.
  • Performed and completed transfer of alerting engine to AWS within six months.
  • Optimized AWS Lightning Alerting to reliably send notifications in less than five seconds.
  • Used RESTful Flask APIs in conjunction with Java and Python processing modules to serve desktop and mobile apps.
  • Transitioned alerting engine to Amazon Web Services and created one-of-a-kind framework for highly available and scalable apps by combining AWS services such as EC2, RDS, S3, and elastic load balancing.

Development Support Engineer

Weather Decision Technologies (acquired by DTN)
Supported and maintained legacy products and projects requiring urgent and specialized attention as member of development support team. Liaised with help desk and developers to comprehend and resolve problems without need for developer interaction.
  • Combined GIS and Python programming to build automatic systems for generating reports, keeping track of internal operations, and enhancing Tier I Support paperwork.
  • Analyzed legacy products to fill in documentation and monitor deficiencies.

Forensic Meteorologist

Weather Decision Technologies (acquired by DTN)
Used GIS software to create weather verification reports regarding hail, lightning, and snow verification as part of weather investigations team. Examined accessible information on storm forecasts and radar.
  • Generated scripts in Perl and Python languages to automate daily processes.
  • Saved at least two-man hours per day by automating daily manual chores with simple scripts.

Education and Certifications

Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt

Lean/Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services

University of Oklahoma

Bachelors of Science in Meteorology
Minor in Mathematics