Aaron Gilliland

Experience

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  US Marine Corps

  Oct 2002 - Oct 2010

  Heavy Equipment Mechanic

  1341 Heavy Equipment Mechanic

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  CSG Systems

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  System Operator

  System backups, application and network monitoring.

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  Union Pacific Railroad

  Jul 2008 - Aug 2009

  GIS Specialist (Contractor)

  Compilation and production of mass spatial data for real estate analysis. Spatial data Quality Control and Analysis in support of a company-wide liability reduction effort through advanced MS Access, Python based ArcScripting, Google Earth, and ArcInfo platforms.

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  Northrop Grumman

  Aug 2009 - Jul 2018

  Designed and lead the implementation of several efforts to include Space Battle Management Command and Control data architectures. These technologies ranged from Semantic Stores, Graph Stores, RDBMS, and BigData NoSQL solutions at the highest degrees of classification. Developed concepts and proposals carrying them into development and implementation. System development and integration of a Cyber Network Operations database for military intelligence applications. Advanced common framework design and implementation of a big table architecture. Program technical leader for various efforts focused on technical integration in areas ranging from Satellite Tracking to Complex Cyber driven platforms. Collection of complex weather data into geographic information system framework. Server/Client architecture focused on Open Geospatial Consortium implementations of SOA. Administrated Systems, Applications, Hardware, Operating Systems, and Databases. Developed several applications on the server side but primarily client side mapping APIs.

  • Principal Architect

    Feb 2017 - Jul 2018

  • Software Engineer

    Mar 2012 - Feb 2017

  • System Analyst

    Aug 2009 - Mar 2012
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  Aviture

  Jul 2018 - Apr 2022

  Senior Solutions Engineer

  • Designed and implemented containerized Mission Summary editor used for modern signals intelligence reporting at 55th Wing. This tool used Codemirror for typeahead and validation improving the reporting experience by reducing the time to generate the report, while increasing their quality. • Implemented automated installation approach to legacy applications for Air Force Lifecycle Management Center supporting USSTRATCOM. This framework provides a path to repeat installations in a generic manner in both native Linux Package installers and Docker containers. • Supported 20th Intelligence Squadron’s Soaring Buffalo Spark Cell in software development efforts. Primarily mentoring new developers and training on Software Development Life Cycle best practices. Containerized Battle Impact Assessment tool in preparation for deployment in Kessel Run. • Lead an effort to modernize visual displays for Senior Leaders at USSTRATCOM. Common Data Visualization reduces visual complexity and provides context to the Senior Leader while providing High Fidelity when needed. Lead workshops and discussions with White House Military Office Strategic Initiatives leadership. Show less

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  Samaritan's Purse

  Apr 2022 - now

  Sr DevOps Engineer

  I currently perform Cloud and Systems Engineering tasks for a Globally recognized non-profit ministry. CI/CD, QA, DevOps, Deployments etc.