Experience

Xpirit | Part of Xebia

• Netherlands
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• DevOps Engineer

  • Jun 2023 - Oct 2023



Risk Focus (A Ness Company)

• Senior DevOps Engineer

  • Mar 2021 - Apr 2023

  Consulted with many clients in their mission to migrate to and effectively use Cloud Resources Learned quickly on the job to be knowledgeable in many AWS technologies Worked closely with DBAs to help manage a database migration from Sybase to Aurora Postgres Deployed Docker containers to a Kubernetes Cluster using GCP Anthos deployed on EC2 Instances Created MSK Plugin alternative to handle the capture and storage of Kafka Messages in S3 Created a container with Cruise Control… Show more Consulted with many clients in their mission to migrate to and effectively use Cloud Resources Learned quickly on the job to be knowledgeable in many AWS technologies Worked closely with DBAs to help manage a database migration from Sybase to Aurora Postgres Deployed Docker containers to a Kubernetes Cluster using GCP Anthos deployed on EC2 Instances Created MSK Plugin alternative to handle the capture and storage of Kafka Messages in S3 Created a container with Cruise Control and Prometheus packaged together to manage a Kafka Cluster Developed Lambda’s written in Python Worked with many CI/CD tools like Github actions, Gitlab Pipelines Show less



Fundation

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer / Director of DevOps

  • Mar 2018 - Jan 2021

  Greater New York City Area Supported a high volume of PPP Loans for processing by Citibank and Citizens Built CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins Supported a Microsoft Stack system - MS SQL Server, C# Web Front Built custom alarms with Nagios XI using SQL Views to identify issues with internal and external systems Debugged applications to resolve production outages Conferred with engineering team members to enhance the software and database system design Consulted with other departments on project status… Show more Supported a high volume of PPP Loans for processing by Citibank and Citizens Built CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins Supported a Microsoft Stack system - MS SQL Server, C# Web Front Built custom alarms with Nagios XI using SQL Views to identify issues with internal and external systems Debugged applications to resolve production outages Conferred with engineering team members to enhance the software and database system design Consulted with other departments on project status, proposals, and technical issues such as software system design and maintenance Created and modified customized and standard C# applications in line with software engineering best practices and standards Many colleagues sought out advice from me to help with understanding how the system functions Show less



Bloomberg

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Software Developer

  • Feb 2012 - Jan 2018

  Greater New York City Area Managed new applications and workflows to support the management of Bloomberg Enterprise Data Solutions Data Feeds and Internal Systems applications Coordinated and collaborated with external teams on company initiatives Built User Interfaces for the Bloomberg Terminal using JavaScript in RAPID Framework Coded C++ UNIX/Linux microservices and back-end scripts in Shell or Python Coded C# .NET Web Services Created complex stored procedures, functions, and triggers within Microsoft… Show more Managed new applications and workflows to support the management of Bloomberg Enterprise Data Solutions Data Feeds and Internal Systems applications Coordinated and collaborated with external teams on company initiatives Built User Interfaces for the Bloomberg Terminal using JavaScript in RAPID Framework Coded C++ UNIX/Linux microservices and back-end scripts in Shell or Python Coded C# .NET Web Services Created complex stored procedures, functions, and triggers within Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2014, Oracle, and Progress 4GL database Built MS SQL Server SSIS packages to process big data in BI Data Warehouse using Tidal Scheduler Used Scrum agile development process to deliver new system features Worked closely with the QA team to develop test plans for user stories High completion rate of stories within a sprint My strong knowledge of multiple systems led colleagues to seek out my advice Integrated microservices with IBM MQ Messenger product Managed GIT Repositories and Database Servers Sought out by internal clients to help resolve system issues Led the migration of application services running on Solaris/IBM using Legacy Progress 4GL database to Linux-based application services with Microsoft SQL Server database Provided support to internal implementation teams Show less



Citi

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• AVP, Lead Architect, Database Developer, Programmer Analyst, Production Support

  • Sep 2004 - Feb 2012

  Greater New York City Area Database development with Sybase ASE and IQ (Warehouse) Responsible for coding involving Unix Shell Scripting, Perl CGI (Web), C, JSP, and AutoSys Responsible for Database Deployments Combined many Citi global ledgers into one feed Coordinated infrastructure changes, machine rebuilds, database usage by the team, and source control code repositories Coordinates new file transfers with SFTP and Connect Direct NDM Provided user and technical documentation thru Wiki Provided… Show more Database development with Sybase ASE and IQ (Warehouse) Responsible for coding involving Unix Shell Scripting, Perl CGI (Web), C, JSP, and AutoSys Responsible for Database Deployments Combined many Citi global ledgers into one feed Coordinated infrastructure changes, machine rebuilds, database usage by the team, and source control code repositories Coordinates new file transfers with SFTP and Connect Direct NDM Provided user and technical documentation thru Wiki Provided customer support to Product Controllers and Finance Regulatory Reporting Tuned SQL queries for better performance Responsible for coding involving Unix Shell Scripting, Perl CGI (Web), C, JSP, and AutoSys Fast turnaround time for requested development work Coordinates deployments to the production environment of code, database, and GUI changes Worked closely with Product Controllers to help them with issues with the system Show less



University of Pennsylvania

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Information Technological Assistant

  • Sep 1999 - Dec 2001

  Greater Philadelphia Area ● Provided hardware and software support services for students ● Received Most Valued Information Technological Assistant Award for quality service



BNY Mellon

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Database Analyst, Intern

  • Jun 2001 - Aug 2001

  Greater New York City Area ● Streamlined Sybase SQL stored procedures to finish in 10% of the original run-time ● Managed Java Servlet Pages for Bank of New York American Deposit Receipts Department ● Developed Visual Basic scripts in Excel to verify the results of the above mentioned Sybase SQL stored procedures



Viacom

• United States
• Entertainment
• 700 & Above Employee

• Database Warehouse Manager, Intern

  • Jun 2000 - Aug 2000

  Greater New York City Area ● Developed SQL scripts for creating indexes and building tables ● Migrated data from SQL Server to Sybase using DTS ● Administered new Sybase and Essbase databases ● Documented ‘source to target’ data map, indexing plan, and table movement in order to create star schema ● Documented the Brio On Demand Server website which utilizes JavaScript and HTML ● Conducted classes to employees from the US about the many features and ways to use Brio Enterprise



Citi

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Database Developer, Intern

  • Jun 1998 - Aug 1999

  Greater New York City Area ● Maintained SQL database and performed database reporting ● Manipulated and optimized SAS and SQL coding ● Developed VB Scripts in Excel to organize reporting data