Lead Software Engineer @ ClearChecks

August 2020 - Current Phoenix, Arizona
  • Developed, designed and maintained ClearChecks background checks SaaS application.
  • Implemented development workflow featuring continuous integration testing and analysis.
  • Refactored legacy SaaS application code to support PHP 7.4.
  • Updated application from Laravel 5.6 to Laravel 8 and maintained regular dependency updates.
PHP Laravel Vue.js Docker

Freelance Software Developer @ Roave

September 2019 - August 2020 Remote
  • Freelance PHP software development, testing and consultation for global-scale clients.
PHP Laravel Docker

Senior Software Engineer @ Freedom Financial Network

July 2017 - September 2019 Tempe, Arizona
  • Developed, managed and maintained business-critical RESTful Laravel PHP applications and infrastructure.
  • Developed continuous integration solutions for delivering micro-service architecture hosted on Google Cloud Platform and Google Kubernetes Engine.
PHP Laravel Docker Google Cloud Platform Google Kubernetes Engine

Software Development Engineer @ IO Data Center

July 2015 - March 2017 Scottsdale, Arizona
  • Planned, designed and developed second iteration of the PHP based customer authentication and management portal built on the Laravel MVC framework.
  • Consumed Okta REST API to implement authentication and authorization and identity management within a custom-built customer web portal.
PHP Laravel HTML CSS Sass / SCSS Composer Packagist

Cloud Engineer @ IO Data Center

June 2014 - July 2015 Scottsdale, Arizona
  • Automated the continuous deployment of Arch Linux-backed, OpenStack instances via SaltStack.
  • Built Arch Linux images with Packer for PXE booting cloud servers and infrastructure.
  • Deployed Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana monitoring platform in a Docker-backed, containerized environment.
  • Deployed Consul scripts written in Python for monitoring service usage and alerting on service warnings/failure.
  • Locally built and tested cloud instances in Vagrant test environments.
OpenStack SaltStack Linux Python Docker Vagrant

Web Application Developer @ Arizona State University

April 2011 - June 2014 Phoenix, Arizona
  • Designed and developed a new iteration of the PHP based learning management system built on the CakePHP MVC framework.
  • Rearchitected a normalized MySQL database from existing fragmented database structure.
  • Designed a detailed site frontend written in HTML, CSS and jQuery/JavaScript.
PHP CakePHP Drupal CodeIgniter

Web Developer / Designer @ Southwest Medical & Rehab

March 2009 - April 2011 Phoenix, Arizona
  • Worked alongside senior developer to conceptualize, design, and deploy a custom PHP based e-commerce platform built on Zend Framework.
  • Designed and implemented multiple detailed site layouts written in HTML, CSS and jQuery/JavaScript.
  • Built out a highly available infrastructure for hosting of the e-commerce platform.
  • Increased traffic to all sites via email campaigns and search engine optimizations.
PHP HTML CSS Linux

Solution Center Technician @ PetSmart Store Support Group

February 2008 - March 2009 Phoenix, Arizona
  • Provided over-the-phone technical support to store and corporate employees.
  • Performed advanced troubleshooting on Windows based store servers, registers, and workstations.
Windows Networking
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