Software Engineer Resume

Title
Software Engineer

Primary Skills
Perl, C++, Java, MySQL, Apache, Linux, Open Source

Location
Canada-AB-Calgary

Posted
Jun-02-09

Summary:
Dedicated software engineer with over twelve years experience as an architect, designer and developer of robust server applications for industrial installations in Oil & Gas, SCADA, and equity trading. Adept at quickly understanding complex problems and developing novel solutions. Experienced team leader and valuable team player; skilled communicator and group facilitator. Eight years professional experience using open source (Linux, Perl, MySQL, Apache). Currently pursuing Sun Certified Java Programmer.

Career Highlights:
Designed and developed application to perform fully automated and unattended upgrades of a fleet of 1800 remote Linux networks for drilling rigs. Used Pason's auto-aiming VSAT dish for broadband connection to a central server, eliminating the need to send field technicians out to remote locations.
Designed and developed reliable MySQL database backup/restore application using LVM snapshots.
Eight years experience using Perl and OO Perl for applications, CGI, system administration, and automation.
Five years demonstrated expertise in Linux.
Five years experience with large scale system administration.
Designed core infrastructure for new Linux product development: recursive make, automated unit testing, automated build farm, developer and release deployment.
Mentored five developers from initial hire to P.Eng. status.
Quickly demonstrated proficiency with EFA's automated trading system.
Designed and developed a steady-state hydraulic modelling application for use with liquid pipelines.

Computer Skills:
Languages: Perl and OO Perl, Regular Expressions, C,
C++, Java, Bash, SQL, HTML, XHTML, XML
Languages (Familiar with): CSS, JavaScript,
Expect, Ruby
Development tools: SVN, CVS, RCS, make, ant, GCC, UML, Perl's Test::Unit, CppUnit, Junit
Databases: MySQL, Sybase, Oracle
Tools & Technologies: kickstart, yum, RPM, LVM, iptables, TCP, UDP, VMware, nmap, wireshark
Services: Apache, BIND, dhcpd, ntpd, sshd, cfengine, OpenVPN
Operating Systems: Linux (2.4 & 2.6 kernel, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu), Windows 9x/2000/NT/XP, Open Solaris

Experience:
Software Engineering Architect, Pason Systems (January 2007 -- March 2009)
Designed inter-site communication standards using JMS and HTTPS.
Expert for Linux OS, Perl, Regular Expressions, Cfengine, and autonomics.
Performed design reviews, code reviews.
Created and chaired weekly team meeting to improve the sharing of knowledge, best practices and solutions to common problems.
Created branch management policies for parallel development, release management.
Encouraged feature-based agile releases based on user stories, emergent design, test-driven development, and refactoring.
Met weekly with other architects to share innovations, improve knowledge transfer.
Encouraged developers to continuously improve; encouraged continuous improvement of the development process.
Created high level designs for:
generic software update mechanism;
development system life cycle management (PXE network boot, kickstart provisioning, yum and cfengine for ongoing maintenance);
centralized management of distributed fleet of Linux systems on land-based drilling rigs;
802.1x network using PPP over Ethernet.
Researched and selected CentOS 5 as replacement for legacy Red Hat 7.2 installations.

Senior Software Engineer, Pason Systems (May 2001 -- January 2007)
Designed and developed: method for automated and unattended remote system upgrades over a VSAT network; method for performing unattended transformations of 8GB MySQL databases; application for mass producing Linux hard drives.
Designed core, back end software components for system backups, management of removable hard drives, and system upgrades.
Converted application deployment system from tar files to auto-generated RPMs.
Created coding standards, unit testing standards.
Key developer in conversion from DOS/QNX-based product to Linux servers with Windows 2000 clients.
Firmware programming for an Intel 8051 microcontroller in a hook load sensor.
Configured and administered new CVS server, replacing Visual Source Safe.
Provided after-hours technical support of applications on drilling rigs.

Senior Programmer Analyst, EFA Software Services Ltd. (November 2000 -- May 2001)
C development (object-oriented), unit testing, QA, and maintenance for high-performance equity trading engine.
Responsible for peer code reviews, technical documentation.
Created Perl productivity tools for developers.

Senior Systems Engineer, Neles Automation (now Telvent) (October 1999 -- November 2000)
Designed and developed real-time multithreaded Publish/Subscribe network layer in C++.
Co-engineered middleware interface for Colorado Springs Utilities.
Enhanced Chevron Pipe Line's leak detection application, to minimize false alarms.
On-site support of Colonial Pipelines' batch tracking and metering applications.
Project Leader for Marathon SCADA upgrade. Responsible for estimates, scope, and developer supervision.

Systems Engineer, Neles Automation (now Telvent) (December 1996 -- October 1999)
Designed and implemented head conversion for hydraulic profiling application.
On-time delivery of temperature and pressure correction calculations for Kenya Pipeline Company.
Successful upgrade of an 18GB Sybase database, and Y2K remediation for Chevron Pipe Line.
Co-ordinated monthly software releases of Liquid Management System applications.
Design Engineer, Engineered Air (October 1994 -- November 1996)
Designed finned-tube heat exchangers for HVAC equipment, and certified steam heating coils.
Maintained Fortran/BASIC application for design of heat-pipe-based heat exchangers.
Installed and administered Lantastic 6 network.

Education and Training:
Introduction to Requirements and Business Analysis, and User Story Workshop, Quadrus (2008)
Driving Innovation in a Lean Environment, Queen's School of Business (2008)
Large Installation System Administration (LISA) '08 -- The Linux 2.6 Kernel, RRDtool, Cacti, Nagios
LISA '07 -- Cfengine, Over the Edge System Administration, Thinking About Security
Coaching for Employee Engagement & Development, Emerge Learning (2007)
Essential Coaching Skills, Mary-Ann Owens (2007)
Red Hat Certified Engineer (2004, 2007)
SMART Management, Dr. Francis Hartman (2006)
APEGGA -- Software Development Conf. (2006)
OO Analysis and Design with UML, Quadrus (2005)
MySQL Pro Certification (2003)
Leadership for Technical Managers, University of Calgary (2000)
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba (1989-1993)

Memberships:
APEGGA -- Professional Engineer since 1997
IEEE Computer Society
USENIX/SAGE
Calgary Agile Methods User Group
Calgary Agile Project Leadership Network
Calgary Open Source Group

Certifications
Red Hat Certified Engineer, MySQL Pro Certification


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