Kevin G. Austin
**** ****** ****** ***** ***********, MN 55409 612-***-**** *******@******.***
Job Target
Senior Software Engineer position
Summary
In-depth experience in complete software development life-cycle including design,
development, debugging, and documentation.
Proven ability to mentor other developers.
Commended for meeting demanding deadlines.
Well versed in user support, including both in-person and telephone support.
Software and Systems Experience
Operating Systems - AIX, Linux, MS-Windows
Languages - Perl, SQL, C, JavaScript, PHP, and numerous command and scripting languages
Markup Languages - XHTML, CSS, HTML, and troff
Database Systems - Oracle, MySQL, Sybase, Informix, MS SQL Server, Unify, and R:Base
Source Code Control - PVCS, RCS, and SCCS
Service Management - Tivoli Service Desk and Peregrine ServiceCenter
Other Technologies - CGI, DCE, EDI, FTP, SFTP, PGP, SSH, ETL, and network and Unix system
administrationExperience
Entegee Engineering Technical Group New Hope, MN Sr. IS Programmer/Analyst2011 to 2012
Boston Scientific - Designed, developed, tested, and documented comprehensive file
transfer script in Perl using Archive::Tar, Archive::Zip, Compress:Zlib, File::Copy,
IO::Socket::INET, IPC::Open3, MIME::Base64, MIME::QuotedPrint, Net::FTP, Net::POP3, and
Net::SMTP Perl modules and gpg, expect, scp, and sftp programs on a Sun Solaris 8 system.
Digital River, Inc. Eden Prairie, MN Senior Software Engineer2007 to 2010
Developed and maintained over two hundred reports and ETL scripts written in shell, Perl,
and SQL using Oracle and MySql on SunOS.
Ported internet click and sales tracking system from a CGI Perl script to PHP.
Digital River, Inc. Eden Prairie, MN Senior Marketing Operations Analyst2006 to 2007
Developed and maintained over two hundred reports and ETL scripts written in shell, Perl,
and SQL using Oracle and MySql on Linux and SunOS.
Developed processes necessary to load balance commerce related web services between
multiple servers.
Ported over two hundred scripts from three legacy servers to new environment
Digital River, Inc. Eden Prairie, MN Independent Contractor2005
NCT to BlueHornet bulk data feed. Used MySQL, Perl (LWP::UserAgent, HTTP::Request), and
BlueHornet web API to develop bulk data feed from Digital River's Name Capture Technology
database to BlueHornet database.
Cookie Tracking Migration. Used Google Adwords interface and Search Redirect Creator to
move multiple ad campaigns to cookie tracking.
Search Redirect Creator. Developed web based URL redirect configuration file editor using
Perl, CGI.pm, HTML, and JavaScript.
Talent Software Services, Inc. St. Louis Park, MN Consultant2003 to 2005Carlson Companies, Inc. - Control M Migration Project. Developed, tested, and debugged
data transfer routines written in Perl using PGP, SFTP, Net::FTP, DBI, DBD::ODBC, and MS
SQL Server.
Dahl Consulting, Inc. St. Paul, MN Senior Programmer Analyst - Consultant2002 to 2003Educational Credit Management Corporation - CAM Claims Project. Developed EDI routines in
C and Informix SQL on AIX.
Educational Credit Management Corporation - New Boost Project. Developed programs in Perl
to convert legacy data and load it into an Oracle database.
UnitedHealth Group Edina, MN Senior Applications Developer1996 to 2001
Technical Lead - Small Group Internet Application. Maintained CGI based three-tier web
application using Sapphire Web, C, HTML, and JavaScript on AIX.
Technical Lead - SAM to APT data conversion project. Converted data from legacy R:Base
application to Sybase using SQL and Perl.
Assisted in development and maintenance of APT, a three-tier application, using
Powerbuilder, C, and Sybase SQL on MS-Windows, MS-Windows NT, and AIX.
Volunteer or Other Experience
Member, Board of Directors, Minnesota Science Fiction Society
Past Co-Chair, Minicon science fiction convention
Past President, Minnesota Science Fiction Society
Webmaster, Gordon Dickson Memorial Fund
Education
Mankato State University Mankato, MN BS in Mathematics with a Physics minor