Steven Prather
Principal Systems Design/Architecture Engineer at Octo- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Octo, an IBM Company
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Principal Systems Design/Architecture Engineer
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Sep 2020 - Present
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DXC Technology
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Principal Solution Architect
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Apr 2019 - Jul 2020
Oversee software architecture for a mission critical price and cost estimation application for the global sales organization. The tool enables the sales teams to coordinate solution development, cost estimation, bid pricing and automate comprehensive financial reports for deal review. My team converted a large monolith application to microservice architecture utilizing Kubernetes and Amazon EKS infrastructure. The project integrates with other systems through file transfer, APIs and ETL… Show more Oversee software architecture for a mission critical price and cost estimation application for the global sales organization. The tool enables the sales teams to coordinate solution development, cost estimation, bid pricing and automate comprehensive financial reports for deal review. My team converted a large monolith application to microservice architecture utilizing Kubernetes and Amazon EKS infrastructure. The project integrates with other systems through file transfer, APIs and ETL processes. Other responsibilities include designing end-to-end data pipeline, BI reports and prototyping Apache Spark for deal post-mortem and cross-deal analysis. Technologies used include .NET Core, Kubernetes, Angular, Rabbit MQ, Redis, MongoDB, AWS, Jenkins, Gitlab, SQL Server, Spark, Python Research/evaluate architecture decisions Create prototypes of functional requirements Validate development estimates Ensure a performant and scalable deployment to the end-users Show less
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Software Engineer
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Sep 2013 - Apr 2019
Designed and developed applications for analysis/rating of investment vehicles, automating report generation and publishing to client portal. Technologies used include JEE, Spring, SQL Server, GWT, Node.js, JavaScript, Angular, Active MQ, C#, Azure and MongoDB, Jenkins, Bitbucket. Designed and developed applications and managed bug fixes Coordinated with users for requirements and testing Integrated third-party platforms using FTP, APIs and database access Developed… Show more Designed and developed applications for analysis/rating of investment vehicles, automating report generation and publishing to client portal. Technologies used include JEE, Spring, SQL Server, GWT, Node.js, JavaScript, Angular, Active MQ, C#, Azure and MongoDB, Jenkins, Bitbucket. Designed and developed applications and managed bug fixes Coordinated with users for requirements and testing Integrated third-party platforms using FTP, APIs and database access Developed Microsoft Office plugins for integration with tools Automated rating process and document creation Modernized and enhanced client portal Show less
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Programmer/Architect
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Oct 2002 - Aug 2013
Developed a suite of applications for cost estimation, calculation, pricing and analysis of outsourcing client deals. Technologies used include Java and Eclipse RCP Platform. Lead developer/architect of two applications and contributor to others Collaborated with customers to determine requirements and develop release plans Mentored and managed junior developers and the support team Managed ongoing improvements Developed cost calculation engine Developed… Show more Developed a suite of applications for cost estimation, calculation, pricing and analysis of outsourcing client deals. Technologies used include Java and Eclipse RCP Platform. Lead developer/architect of two applications and contributor to others Collaborated with customers to determine requirements and develop release plans Mentored and managed junior developers and the support team Managed ongoing improvements Developed cost calculation engine Developed financial reports for deal analysis Developed dynamic formula-based rule evaluator for enforcing limitations on user authority Show less
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Education
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University of South Florida
BS, Chemical Engineering