Experience

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  Etszone

  Jun 2012 - Aug 2014

  Software developer

  Develop and maintain enterprise-class business applications and web services, CMS and web-influence projects. About ⅓ our customers had drupal/php sites, ⅓ Ruby on Rails/SQL API-based backend technology, and Angular frontends, and ⅓ were on Magento2/php. I supported client needs for all three stacks, including writing custom and portable modules.

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  Blue bird studios

  Aug 2014 - Aug 2019

  Small business software consultant

  Independent software consulting business specializing in marketing and e-commerce for small businesses.Developed numerous web applications and provided specific software solutions to clients generating over $1M annually in sales.Responsible for gathering requirements from and quoting contracts to clients, as well as working face to face with them to ensure their requirements were met on time.

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  U.s. air force reserve

  Aug 2019 - Mar 2020

  1n4xa cyber fusion analyst active duty training (adt)

  Composite Intelligence Analyst work under NSA sponsorship. Responsible for analyzing and compiling sensitive information and presenting it to decision makers.

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  Microsoft

  Jun 2021 - Aug 2022

  Software engineer

  Hired to Microsoft’s Intelligence and AI platform / Azure Search cloud product team.Designed and implemented Kubernetes manifests for deploying Elasticsearch clusters, incorporating best practices for containerization, such as resource limits, logging health checks, and cloud telemetry. Implemented monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions for PaaS Elasticsearch deployments, integrating with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and other monitoring tools to ensure visibility and proactive incident response.Worked closely with security and compliance teams to implement robust security controls and compliance measures for PaaS Elasticsearch deployments, including encryption, access controls, and audit logging. Show less

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  Yokogawa

  Apr 2024 - Dec 2024

  Web developer

  LAMP web development supporting Yokogawa’s Laravel/Node-based CMS.Worked directly with Japan-based HQ across time zones and language differences.Due to cost-cutting measures, all team contractors were let go at the end of November.