Jorge L. Suarez Jr.

Miami,Fl Cell:305-***-**** ac0ygg@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/in/jorgesuarezjr Page 1 of 2 Objective

Utilize my software engineering and problem-solving skills in the machine learning, computer vision, or financial industry to analyze data, create products, increase organizational efficiency through automation, and improve profitability through related cost savings and better-informed decision making. Summary of Qualifcations & Skills

Software/DevOps Engineer with 10+ years of combined hardware/software/networking experience working at several leading companies in the IT and finance industries; providing development support in over a dozen IBM System X projects and supporting Deutsche Bank's large, global ultra-low latency (ULL) trading network. Extensive experience in software design, development, and testing with the ability to translate complex technical ideas into concise and easy-to-understand terms.

Problem Solver:

Linux DevOps server configuration, maintenance, and debug of Deutsche Bank's ULL trading network consisting of hundreds of servers and networking devices, testing and troubleshooting both unicast and multicast data flows.

IBM Linux / UNIX debug engineer with 7+ years of experience solving development and customer issues, supplying software oriented project management activities to complete on-time market delivery of BladeCenter, System X, and Flex servers on dozens of projects.

Supporting IBM Legal as one of four technical reviewers for cross-brand open source licensing and 3rd party resell opportunities; implementing license processor which reduced processing time of data by over 95%.

Motivated self-starter with an aptitude for quickly learning new tasks:

Maintenance and Development of code written in Bash, PHP, Perl, C/C++, Python as part of a single integrated environment and administration of multiple Atlassian development tools used by hundreds of developers.

Specializing in the 3 major Linux-based (RHEL, SLES, and VMware) operating systems in the System X portfolio, requiring constant self-directed research and training.

Proactively seeking assignments from management and offering unsolicited support to other team members in their roles during low-volume workload periods.

BSCpE Summa Cum Laude in 3 years, MSECE in 3 semesters, MSPM in 15 months (overlapping MSECE).

Self-taught C++ and 3-D game programming in middle school.

Spoken Languages: English, Spanish

Programming Languages & Technical skills:

1 – Dabbled 2 – Code Maintenance 3 – Development Experience 4 - Extensive Experience 5 – Expert

BASH (4+) / AWK (3)

C (3-) / C++ (STL) (3+)

Python (3) / Perl (2)

Apache (2+) / PHP (2+)

AngularJS (3-) / NodeJS (3-)

Mac OS X (4) / UNIX (4+)

VMware ESXi 4.x,5.x (3)

Neo4j (3) / SQL (2+) / Sqlite (3)

Redhat (4+) / SUSE Linux (4+)

Javascript (3-)

Unicast / Multicast / NTP [4]

Serial / Packet captures [3+]

iSCSI / FC Setup & Configuration [3]

TCP/UDP / nmap / tcpdump [4]

JIRA / Confluence / SVN / Git [3-]

Employment

Deutsche Bank – Cary, NC May 2014–Present

Technical Specialist (Renaissance-Man) – Applied Engineering Team / Infrastructure / DevOps

Development and Production Support of ULL global network consisting of 400+ co-located (COLO) servers in dozens of countries and exchanges; troubleshooting multicast/unicast network outages, ordering and preparing new servers by coordinating activities with sys-admins, deploying application libraries and tools, and administering accounts.

Debugging, submitting, and testing of firewall connectivity requests between servers in CORE/COLO networks.

Maintaining and assigning new IPs as needed, ensuring proper interface configuration and subnetting. Compiling requested versions of packages: Git/Subversion, Python w/ mod_wsgi, Perl, Apache w/ PHP, sqlite,etc.

Developing and maintaining network test framework for verification of weekend changes; verification of multicast and unicast routes, NAT IPs, network interfaces, server routing tables; 90% reduction of test suite running time by parallelizing original serial execution design. (Python/Bash/Sqlite/Perl/Apache/C)

Prototyping/developing data-flow verification tools to profile and verify network steady state. (Python/Angular/Node)

Developing, maintaining, and supporting FINRA Rule 4590 NTP reporting framework (Python/Bash/Neo4j/SQL).

Administration of Atlassian Developer Tools for multiple teams, 100+ developers: JIRA, Fisheye/Crucible

Administration, maintenance, and back-up of SVN repos hosting dozens of projects and hundreds of developers. Jorge L. Suarez Jr.

Cell: 305-***-**** ac0ygg@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/jorgesuarezjr Page 2 of 2 Employment (Continued)

IBM – Raleigh, NC March 2006–April 2014

Software Engineer – Network Operating System (NOS) Team

Debugging and tech support during server development on RHEL / SUSE Linux and VMware ESXi, ensuring options and devices are supported on day one of general availability; scripting, verifying reported defects, and generating system level debug information for 3rd party HW Vendor hand-off; feature verification for partner companies. (C/Python/Bash)

Compiling Linux kernel with different driver and hardware features to trace kernel panic issues and verify fixes; creating new initrd to verify boot time support for required devices. (C/Bash)

Providing project management support for the hardware development team by tracking deadlines, reporting on 3rd party driver availability and matching emerging technologies with schedules on 8+ BladeCenter/Flex systems, 9 major OS versions, and numerous networking and storage options.

Project Managing Linux Driver Packaging Tool Kit (LDPK) development for use by all partner vendors (Perl).

Scripting tests and OS installs (Bash) and developing an open source license processor (Python).

Reviewing hardware/software lists for technical accuracy and signing-off prior to publication on IBM ServerProven. University of Miami – Coral Gables, FL August 2004–December 2005 Teaching Assistant/Lecturer

Administering lab for Digital Design Lab, Structured Digital Design, and Digital System Design and Testability.

Lecturing EEN 316 (VHDL programming), project portion of EEN 454 (design and programming of FPGA devices).

Preparing audit information for ABET accreditation committee. Fermilab (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory) – Batavia, IL Summer 2004 Internship Software Engineer

Sourcing and implementation of test framework and database connectivity framework for ROOT. (C++) University of Miami – Coral Gables, FL Academic Year 2003–2004 Assistant Webmaster

Maintaining University site using Vignette Storyserver/TCL and SQL. Updating faculty interface for interacting with course catalog; Production support for end users and content creators. Microsoft – Seattle, WA Summer 2003 Internship

Software Test Engineer – Microsoft Visio Team

Design and implementation of graphical statistics reporting tool for test project managers, resulting in a report-generating time savings of over 80% when compared to commonly used Excel macros. (Visual C#)

Visio 11 Active-X for visual presentation of data, providing real-world automation testing during product development. Education

Colorado Technical University Online 3.95/4.0 GPA

MS in Project Management (2005–2006) – certificates in Business Management, Change Management, and Project Management. University of Miami – Coral Gables, FL 3.78/4.0 GPA MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2004–2005) – in 3 semesters while lecturing two undergraduate classes and commencing MSPM online degree program (5 month overlap). University of Miami – Coral Gables, FL 3.94/4.0 GPA BS in Computer Engineering (2001–2004) – Summa Cum Laude (thesis required) in 3 years, achieving President’s list 4 of 6 semesters and Provost’s and Dean's list in every semester. Affliations/ Activities

Personal:

Big Brothers Big Sisters (2010–2014)

Single-engine aircraft (Private Certificate)

Golf/Tennis

Reading, Current Events/Technology

Baseball

Weightlifting

Blackjack/Forex

Programming

Academic/Professional:

Gates Millennium Scholar

Florida Academic Scholar

ΗΚΝ, ΥΠΕ, ΤβΠ engineering societies

VMware Certified Professional

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