Austin Community College

Software Engineer at Kasasa

Binary Defense is a leader in Managed Detection and Response offerings for Small and Medium Businesses. As the Manager, Software Engineering for our Vision Team, I have the privilege of leading a group of 10 engineers in building a roadmap to enable scaling our MDR services and reduce costs for our existing offering.

BINARY DEFENSE SYSTEMS LLC

Manager, Software Engineering

Skills: Python (Programming Language) · Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) · Engineering Management · Team Leadership · Linux · Cython · Workload Prioritization · Mac · Windows · Leadership

Lead Software Engineer

Skills: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) · Workload Prioritization · Leadership

Senior Software Engineer

Skills: Go (Programming Language) · Kubernetes · gRPC · Google Cloud Platform (GCP) · Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) · PostgreSQL · Workload Prioritization · Leadership

Bestow Life Insurance

Laid groundwork for REST APIs being developed in Python using Flask
Led effort to build the first Docker containers for the marketing automation team
Led effort to move away from AWS Data Pipeline, favoring Celery, which moved many unpredictable variable daily costs into a static cost pool using already allocated resources
Initiated move to distributed workflow using Celery to improve throughput and simplify container maintenance
Built gateway, including OAuth 1.0 client layer, which enabled development of web UI for admin tasks
Led effort to enable Go as a fully supported technology stack across the company

Kasasa

Software Engineer

Enabled control of Java management application through Python APIs for use in building tests across the org
Designed testing strategy across multiple teams using the Robot Framework to facilitate improved reliability of tests
Lead team of four product developers in sprint cycles as Scrum Master
Automated deployment and execution reducing lead time of running tests on demand from 30 minutes to 20 seconds

Trend Micro

Sr SDET

Architect performance tests using Python and Locust framework allowing for fast verification of key performance metrics before release
Build upon Python and Selenium based regression testing framework for use during deployment cycles to verify quality
Worked with developers to design strategies to enable automated testing on ReactJS based frameworks through consistent tagging of resources

HotSchedules

Quality Assurance Engineer

Created numerous deploy scripts in Python, Javascript, and Bash which enabled quick replication of client environments for troubleshooting purposes
Set up OAuth server for long term use in troubleshooting issues related authentication

Senior Professional: System Engineer

Coordinated production releases of SaaS platform with IT and Operations teams to ensure short outages
Maintained servers used in QA and UAT tiers ensuring availability at all times
Built BASH scripts which supported daily build and deploy activities across multiple systems
Engineered Python script to replace Automated ANT build tasks used for executing tests making automation approachable

LibreDigital

Quality Assurance I

Perform black box tests in a Waterfall environment to ensure the quality of products being released
Web based
Backend software
Perform load tests and other automated tests using Jmeter
Have familiarity with SQL queries
Use FTP in Filezilla to collect file output from testing
Create and execute test plans using a spreadsheet format
Research and PoC SmarteLoad, Jmeter, Soap UI, Selenium, Push-to-Test, and WebLoad's ability to be used in environment for Load Testing

Harte-Hanks, Inc.

Troubleshooting Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7,  and Mac OSX systems for any hardware, software, or ISP related issues. Issues could pertain to drivers, .NET Framework, C++ libraries, Java Runtime Environment, corrupted files, and cache. Spent four months testing Charles Schwab's newest trading platform for issues that could affect the use of the software.

Charles Schwab

Technical Support Representative

Troubleshooting client systems for all issues pertaining to the FedEx Software and Website over the  phone and using Goto Assist software. Resolution included remote assistance to edit registry keys, repairing the .NET Framework, Java Runtime Environment, and C++ libraries. Received an award from a FedEx Executive for exemplary customer service and troubleshooting skills.

Peter Rauhut