Rodney Durr

Experience

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  Government Micro Resources Inc

  Nov 1997 - Sept 1999

  Software Developer

  Lotus Notes, C++, LSX, Visual Basic 6At U.S. Department of State, built a web content management system and client-server applications for U.S. Embassies worldwide and librarians at headquarters. Developed C++ DLLs to augment Lotus Notes applications.

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  CAS Severn, Inc

  Oct 1999 - Feb 2002

  Software Developer

  Lotus Domino, Lotus Notes, C++, LSX, Visual Basic 6, Oracle, XML, JavaScriptAt U.S. Department of State, designed and developed web browser and client-server applications. Supervised 2 junior developers. Reported development progress regularly to senior management, client representatives and stakeholders. Played key role in implementing Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model (SEI CMM) software development methodology. Installed and administered 5 Lotus Domino servers in a DMZ firewall topology. Developed C++ DLLs to augment Lotus Notes applications. Show less

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  Total Computer Solutions, Inc.

  Feb 2002 - Jul 2012

  Project Manager

  Oracle, Dojo Toolkit, JavaScript, Ajax, Lotus Domino, Lotus Notes, C++, LSX, Visual Basic 6, XML, CSS, .NET, SOAP, Java, Microsoft ExchangeAt U.S. Department of State, managed full life cycle of several software development projects. Defined requirements, conceptualized, developed, tested, documented, and enhanced. Supervised junior developer. Liaised with vendors, business partners, and stakeholders to gather requirements and formulate recommendations for vendor COTS selections. Reported on project progress to upper management. Authored and updated detailed, complex technical documentation.▪ Participated in the implementation of CMM Level 2 for the application development shop.▪ Participated in FISMA Certification & Accreditation efforts since 2003, when U.S. Department of State started grappling with FISMA. Responded to vulnerability assessments on my servers with appropriate hardening.▪ Leveraged Dojo Toolkit to enhance performance and scalability of State Department’s Foreign Media Reaction Workflow System for navigational animation.▪ Overhauled Microsoft Word 2003 Template custom application that enabled publishing to content management system (CMS) via XML and SOAP; designed, developed, documented and deployed several releases, accommodating Russian, Arabic, Persian, and Chinese.▪ Cultivated a reputation with end-users for listening carefully and responding in their own terminology▪ Built a ETL interface using Java Apache Axis XML parser between web content management system and Lotus Domino▪ Used Java to pull email via POP3 protocol from Microsoft Exchange into Domino▪ Migrated data from Lotus Domino to Oracle.▪ Designed Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 application to pull metadata from Microsoft Exchange directory▪ Earned Microsoft .NET 2.0 certification Show less

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  Sevatec, Inc.

  Aug 2012 - Jun 2013

  Security Analyst

  At U.S. Department of State, worked as security analyst to support the Information System Security Officer (ISSO) to fulfill the Certification & Accreditation process on 2 major systems. Interpreted and applied the 320 security controls in NIST Publication 800-53 R3, pertaining to information assurance for federal government agencies. Performed in-depth interviews with software developer and server administrator subject-matter experts to elicit information for identifying security practices within 16 subsystems, including Red Hat Linux servers, Windows Servers, WebGUI, MySQL, WordPress, WebTrends, Jenkins continuous integration, Git-Enterprise, Redis, Google Search Appliance, Salesforce.com, and cloud-based PaaS. Wrote the System Security Plan, Privacy Impact Assessment, Contingency Plan and disaster recovery procedures, program policies, Security Control Assessment Plan, Risk Assessments, and POAMs for 2 major OMB-300 systems. Reported security deficiencies to program managers. In addition to identifying 97 deficiencies (management, operational, and technical), I analyzed the processes and technologies deeply enough to recommend specific remedies for every deficiency. Show less

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  Total Computer Solutions Inc

  Jul 2013 - Sept 2013

  Analyst

  Researched cloud SaaS and PaaS options; updated the intranet applications.

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  CRGT Inc.

  Sept 2013 - Aug 2015

  Lotus Domino Developer

  Replacing Microsoft ASP application with IBM Xpages 8.5 incarnation, plus jQuery plugins and Excel reports via Apache POI

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  MossCape Inc

  Aug 2015 - Jul 2016

  IBM Xpages Developer

  Enhancing legacy Lotus Domino applications with best practices and Xpages, improving the exception handling, integrating with Microsoft SQL Server, asking "why" several times per week, and re-characterizing the requirements.

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  Spalding Consulting, Inc.

  Aug 2016 - Jun 2017

  Java Developer

  Java Server Faces 2.3, PrimeFaces 5, Spring, Hibernate, Oracle, Ajax, Junit, Agile, Scrum, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins

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  Kreative Technologies, LLC

  Dec 2017 - now

  Analyze requirements for modernization of legacy DHA systems. Manage teams of developers and infrastructure engineers dealing with OpenText Content Server and OpenText AppWorks platforms. Evaluated a few Business Process Management platforms.

  • Project Manager

    Sept 2018 - now

  • Software Developer

    Dec 2017 - Sept 2018