CHRISTOPHER PERKINS

Waddell, AZ *****

ad0kwv@r.postjobfree.com

+1-623-***-****

I am skilled DevOps Engineer with years of experience in the development space with a passion for modernizing products and processes related to technical gaps in aging technology stacks. Work Experience

DevOps Engineer

Swift Transport (Phoenix) - Phoenix, AZ

October 2022 to August 2023

Main responsibility was support and administration of the on-premises installation of Gitlab instance and supporting developers with creation of pipelines, docker files and Kubernetes yaml files, also assisted developers with OpenShift administration of Pods and deployment instances. Assisted in upgrading the servers and upgrading/installing runners.

Used PowerShell extensively to produce reports and monitor GitLab projects, users, pipelines and repositories.

Produced monthly audit reports for auditors on Gitlab and user access and usage. Due to company reorganization and outsourcing my position was eliminated. DevOps Engineer

RMS Computer (contracted to Boeing) - Phoenix, AZ

February 2021 to September 2022

Main responsibility was support and administration of the on-premises installation of Azure DevOps

(server).

This entailed upgrading the servers as well as the Azure DevOps installation. Other tasks included supporting DevOps users with enhancements to their project (Kanban boards, modifying processes etc.) Adding and maintaining Build Pools and integration of tools into build agents

(Coverity,

SonarQube etc.), administering the DevOps servers. Created many adhoc reports from DevOps using API calls with PowerShell. Extensive use of PowerShell to monitor Agent Pools and automatically create additional virtual machines and agents in the Azure cloud to handle excessive overload. Responsible for upgrade of SonarQube from 7.9 to 9.4 including Administration of the system. Completed many “How to..” wiki’s ranging from fixing issues in Visual Studio, to exporting, altering and importing WIT templates and processes to ADO, for the Boeing user reference and assistance. DevOps Engineer/App Architect

BannerHealth - Phoenix, AZ

April 2018 to December 2020

Implemented Azure DevOps at Banner Health, including the migration of TFS repositories, work items, build agents from on-prem TFS server to the cloud. Enabling the adoption of a mature CI/CD Pipeline process which has resulted in improving release success rate from +-85% to +99%. Responsible for managing development and enhancements of over 90 different web applications, both public facing consumer applications and internal employee intranet to ensure coding standards and policy compliance.

Re-architected BannerHealthNetwork web site and application to utilize N-Tier architecture and deployed it to a more secure Software Defined Network environment. Created a design template standard for all future development of Banner Web systems.

Designed the logical and physical architecture for a medical education application focused on Diabetes training based on a responsive web design for mobile users. Architected a URL Shortener web site and service for internal use by Banner systems to solve security and contractual concerns with commercial products. Implemented automatic security scanning for vulnerabilities of in house developed applications using Contrast security and incorporating it into the existing DevOps process. Mentored junior developers through direct code review and troubleshooting sessions and by establishing processes and organizational standards.

Involved in assessing and implementing a proof of concept for Docker containerization with the use of Kubernetes for container management/orchestration. Review and proposed design solutions for a variety of business areas working directly with Product Owners and Business Analysts to ensure project requirements and constraints were appropriately considered.

Used PowerShell scripts to assist and automate in some daily activities. Developer/DevOps Engineer

California State Automobile Association Insurance Group - Phoenix, AZ July 2006 to April 2018

Supported system tools such as Visual Studio Team Services, GIT, SVN, Tasktop, HP Quality Center, HP Performance Center, Jenkins.

Involved as a developer writing and supporting the DMS (Demand Management System) written in C#, Entity Framework, MVVM light, assisted with the design and development of the SQL Server database, stored procedures, triggers.

Migrated over 100 SVN repositories of 3+gb to Git in Microsoft Visual Team Services. Administered HP Quality Center and HP Performance center, including adding users, customizing lists meeting the goal of 99.9% availability.

Developed and managed a web based Insurance Quoting and Lead Management System written in VB.Net and SQL 2012 interfacing with the AS400, NetPositive and the CSAA PAS system. System had a 99.9% availability.

Installed and designed workflows for the Change Management team in IBM Maximo. Developed and maintained the Service Request System using ASP.net, VB.net and SQL Server. Initially supported the CSAA Travel systems using ASP.net, VB.net, C# and SQL. Transferred internally to the Corporate systems dept, to make better use of my analysis and development skills. Senior Developer

Minisoft.com - Phoenix, AZ

May 2005 to July 2006

Supported the intranet system written in ASP Java and VB6.0. Developed a document scanning and indexing application written using Windows forms, C# and SQL Server. Worked on Collection based software using C# and SQL Server. Involved in the conversion of the VB6 system into a C# and ASP.Net based system. Performed data conversions/mapping of customer data from their databases to the Minisoft database using SQL Server databases. Senior Developer

FindWhat.com - Fort Myers, FL

April 2004 to May 2005

An internet advertising (pay per click) based search engine company. Developed Private Labels (partner) systems, including ThomasB2B and Yellow Pages Group of Canada, spawned from the original FW system. Exceeded the required 98% availability. Developer

Management Technology America - Phoenix, AZ

January 2003 to December 2003

Involved in the development of a Purchase Order, Rental Order, Equipment/Asset tracking, Billing/Invoicing and Inventory management system. Prior knowledge of stock control systems from Persetel (SA) being leveraged. This system was developed using n tier architecture in ASP, VB, SQL, XML, VBScript and JavaScript.

Consultant/Developer

Spherion Technology - Phoenix, AZ

October 2002 to December 2002

Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community.

Converted the Lease Management and Land Ownership databases from Access97 format to SQL Server 2000 tables, converted the Access97 user interfaces to connect to the SQL database. Consultant/Developer

Spherion Technology - Phoenix, AZ

July 2002 to October 2002

Intel Corporation.

Developed an equipment tracking system for the manufacturing plants. Responsibilities included writing the stored procedures, functions and triggers in SQL as well as developing the ASP web pages. Consultant/Developer

Spherion Technology - Phoenix, AZ

January 2001 to July 2002

Arizona Department of Education.

Developed the Child Nutrition Program used by all the schools in Arizona to claim meals fed to children for federal reimbursement using JAD sessions to analyze school requirements. Performed the technical lead duties responsible for the design and development of the Internet based system using ASP, XML, XSLT and COM+ objects developed in VB6.0 and accessing a SQL 2000 database. Developer

Intel Corporation - Phoenix, AZ

January 2000 to December 2000

Rewrote the Expense Form Tracking and Reimbursement system using VB6, Active Report Writer and SQL 7.0, and employing n Tier architecture.

Analyzed, designed and developed the “Preferred Supplier Day” tracking system, using VB 6.0 and Access 2000.

Developed an intranet based Preferred Hotel and Airline information system using ASP, VbScript, VB 6.0, JavaScript and a SQL 7.0 database.

Maintained the Knowledge Management system, a Travel and Relocation Management system, as well as a Solution Repository system all Intranet based systems. Developer

SRP - Phoenix, AZ

January 1999 to December 1999

Developed an intranet based customer choice account setup, tracking and billing information system. Developed utilizing, IIS 4.0, ASP, VB 6.0, VbScript, MTS and querying DB2 and Sql 6.5 databases. Responsibilities also included, requirements gathering, analysis, design, and coding of the system. Involved in composing the Technical Design Document and the Help Manual. Education

Associate's degree in Air Traffic Control

CAA Salisbury - Harare

August 1979 to March 1980

Skills

• GIT

• POWER DESIGNER DATA ARCHITECT

• DOCKER

• JAVASCRIPT

• VISUAL STUDIO TEAM SERVICES

• C#

• JENKINS

• DB2

• TASKTOP

• XML

• BOOTSTRAP

• HP PERFORMANCE CENTER

• ASP.NET

• SUBVERSION (SVN)

• KANBAN

• AZURE OTHER:

• MS ACCESS

• SERVICENOW

• ADO

• EXPERIENCE WITH:

• ASP

• POWERSHELL

• ERWIN

• ENTITY FRAMEWORK

• ER STUDIO

• AZURE

• OPENSHIFT

• AZURE DEVOPS

• VB6.0

• ORACLE. SONARQUBE ADMINISTRATION

• JQUERY

• SUBGIT

• VB.NET

• KUBERNETES

• MS SQL SERVER

• CONTRAST SECURITY SCANNING

• HP QUALITY CENTER

• IIS

• SCRUM

• MVVM

• Agile

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