Jim Palmer
DevOps Technical Lead at Raytheon- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Certified Scrum Master (inactive)
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Raytheon Certified Control Account Manager (CAM)
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Experience
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Raytheon
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United States
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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DevOps Technical Lead
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Mar 2018 - Present
Lead the diverse, highly collaborative remote team in design and development Contributions:- Guiding the direction and overall design of the automation framework- Mentoring and encouraging new engineers in Agile methodologies and good engineering practices- Developing, testing and integrating much of the system while providing oversight and guidance for the rest of the team- Recognized by the program, the business unit and the enterprise for the productivity improvements provided by our automation
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Principle Software Engineer With Honors, Radar Algorithms, Software, and Simulation Product Owner
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2017 - Present
Brought in to organize team and provide vision, focus, and technical direction to produce quality algorithms, models, and simulation that could be utilized by ~100 Engineers in assessing effectiveness of product being developed.Scope: Led 2 teams with combined size of 13 Engineers and $15M budget. Held financial Earned Value Management (EVM) accountability and responsibility, ensuring compliance with EV policies and team working at highest value activities that aligned with Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).Contributions:• Organized and prioritized backlog of work for both teams. Coordinated with 7-10 other Product Owners in direction of whole software development and integration on Missile Hardware.• Built coherent teams that understood direction of short/long term goals and inspired teams with sense of worth.• Planned program development, captured backlog in product lifecycle management tool, Rational Team Concert (RTC), for team to understand vision and enable visibility of work. Efforts provided clearer estimate of amount of work ahead to provide estimated completion date. Career mentoring and assisting functional management in individual placement and advancement.• Recognized by several team members for leadership and focus on value added work.
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Program Chief Agilest, ESSM Block 2 Program
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2016 - 2017
Recruited to help transition of program-wide (ESSM Block 2) employment of Agile product development and to align teams with prescribed Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) structure. Scope: Consultant charged with training, mentoring and coaching Product Owners and Scrum Masters for 42 teams—about 250-300 engineers.Contributions:• Taught, trained, mentored, and coached Product Owners and Scrum Masters for 42 teams in Agile principles and Scrum techniques and methodologies and mentored to execute faster with greater quality.• Organized/facilitated Program Increment Planning every 10 weeks to align whole program in direction and priorities.• Coached 4 Chief Product Owners on how to interact with Sub-Product Owners and team members.• Earned recognition and feedback from Chief Product Owners and others for re-invigorating Agile and Scrum.• Taught management and Product Owners how to build and estimate backlogs in Rational Team Concert. • Developed Python scripts to automate metric collection and analysis and provided insight to senior management of Raytheon Missile Systems on progress and estimated completion dates.• Achieved exceptional results in having backlog fully populated for whole program to first milestone providing VP and Director-level visibility to metrics and charts created and shared.
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Software Technologist, Software Engineering Center
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2015 - 2016
Brought in to help teach/guide programs in transition from waterfall development process to agile. Scope: Consultant for 8 Department Managers and ~30 programs. Collaborated with 3-7 part time Engineers to work special projects with $300K budget. Contributions:• Led several directorate projects to build and provide improved metric availability for management, programs, and teams using Rational Team Concert. • Created educational material and courses; taught programs in Scrum, Agile, Rational Team Concert, and Continuous Integration and instructed on how to execute agile development and continuous integration.• Coordinated with Department Managers to assist with program engagements and coaching in Scrum and Agile.• Mentored engineering interns and provided guidance on special projects.• Developed, maintained, and reported schedule and progress of special projects.
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Agile & Automation Consultant
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2013 - 2015
Brought on to align 4 business units around Agile and Scrum and drive company-wide standards and for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools and establish best practices on usage. Scope: Consultant across 4 business units.Contributions:• Assisted, coached, and mentored members in Agile and Scrum across all 4 business units in use of PLM tools. • Developed education/training material for RTC and Scrum.• Aligned standardized process with Agile representatives from each BU.• Evaluated and chose standard tools for Agile Program Planning and Agile Software Configuration Management.• Provided help desk-type support for programs using Agile/Scrum and RTC.
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Leadership Roles for Radar Algorithms, Models, and Simulation Teams
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2007 - 2013
• Led turnaround of SW build/release that was behind schedule, including improvements in SW development cycle to deliver release, and laid groundwork for future builds.• As Deputy IPT Lead for Performance, Algorithm, Simulation, and Software, coordinated efforts of 60 Engineers in initial development.• Identified opportunity and organized contract extension with USAF for RFI response. Earned Achievement Award for quick response.
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Senior Software Engineer II with Honors
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2004 - 2007
• Section Head, Tactical Software Lead, and Product Owner; led team to successful delivery of major releases achieving 35% reduction in software change request backlog.• Raytheon Missile Systems (Tucson, AZ) Senior Multi-Discipline Engineer I with Honors (2002-2004)• Initial designer, developer, and integrator for software product to assist with software Test Plans, requirements, and test station scenarios. BIT team Lead. Led team of Engineers in design/implement of Built in Test (BIT) software.• Raytheon Missile Systems (Tucson, AZ) Multi-Discipline Engineer II (2000- 2002) • Lead Engineer in writing proposal, negotiation, and capture of $10M contract. Lead and Major Contributor in reducing validation costs from ~$4.2M to $96k with increased testing of 138%.• Raytheon Missile Systems (Tucson, AZ) Multi-Discipline Engineer I (1998 – 2000) • Volunteered in transition major program from Texas to Tucson Integration/Validation individual contributor.
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Software Engineer
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May 1998 - May 2004
- Volunteered and assisted to transition major program from Texas to Tucson Integration/Validation individual contributor- Focus team lead over senior engineers to help understand, debug and improve functionality of tactical software- Created many scripts to optimize and increase throughput for testing, investigating and solving software issues
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Education
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1993 - 1998
University of Arizona
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering
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