Engineer Software

Keith Hupka

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Glen Burnie, MD ****1

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PROFILE:

Keith is an IT professional with 17 years of engineering experience comprised of 10 years of software engineering and 7 years of systems engineering and systems administration experience. All of this time was spent as a government contractor for large and medium sized companies, in customer facilities of various DoD elements and Intelligence organizations. These experiences have helped develop the skills necessary to address problems from hardware to OS and all the way up to developing new tools to meet customer needs in both solo and team efforts. He is a customer service oriented engineer with the integrity, work ethic, and people skills to comfortably operate in leadership positions.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY:

Unix CSH, BASH, KSH systems administration

Perl, SAS, My SQL, Python, CSH, and C programming

Oracle 9i, 10g familiarity

Apache, Jboss System Administrator.

Hardware experience with Sunblades; Sun Ultra 2, 5, 10; Enterprise 4000’s and Storage systems.

Solaris 9, Trusted Solaris 8 installation and trouble shooting.

Experience in writing Technical SOP’s and Installation Guides.

Continuing familiarization exercises for Java, JavaScript, and Python.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

Norwich University, Military College of Vermont, Northfield, Vermont

CERTIFICATION:

SQL Server 2005 Development

Learning Tree

EXPERIENCE:

Northrop Grumman 11/12 – 01/13

Software Engineer

Hired for a programming position pending the attainment of a FS polygraph. Following the NSA leaks, this became unfeasible to Northrop, resulting in my termination.

Studied Python in preparation for the programming work.

Fulcrum IT 12/07 – 09/12

System Administrator/Engineer

Maintained a network of 13 UNIX platforms.

Subject matter expert for a COTs product used to transfer data across security domains between Oracle databases.

Led problem solving efforts in collaboration with multiple teams.

Provided 24/7 support.

Developed tests required for security screening

Familiarity with JBOSS, SQL, HTML, some Java, and multiple UNIX scripting languages.

Provided familiarization training to a development team.

Point of contact for multiple government offices.

ITT/AES 06/04 – 12/07

Software Engineer

Provided software design, development, and maintenance support to a Solaris based Data Analysis Tool.

Supported Integration, Test, and Evaluation activities for a major national program.

Adapted C and CSH programs so that the files were compatible with a CM controlled environment.

Designed interfaces and prototype files for new tools to process data from a second project

Provided systems administration support for a Solaris 9 based network of Sun workstations and a 14 terabyte SAN.

Assisted in building multiple Sunblade platforms and installing Solaris 9 and other software packages.

Provided design, development, and maintenance support for over 150 automated scripts utilized to transfer, process, and archive over terabytes of data daily.

Filled in as Data Manager when the primary data manager was unavailable.

Required to collate data files and transfer them to various systems in CONUS.

Required to be familiar with CSH, C, X windows, and Perl.

TRW/Northrup Grumman 10/96 – 06/04

Test Engineer/Software Engineer

Programmed multiple Xrunner scenarios for automating test routines for an International Finger print ID system.

Provided software design, development, debugging, and maintenance support for a SIGINT data analysis tool.

Led deployments of a SIGINT Data Analysis Tool to U.S. And allied facilities around the world.

Worked closely with numerous customers in developing fixes and new tools.

Assisted in system administration tasks through a number of Solaris OS level upgrades and hardware advances of Sun products.

Drafted user and technical documentation.

Responsible for ensuring all the necessary material and security restrictions were followed.

Assisted in evaluating approximately 12000 lines of code to identify and mitigate Y2K rollover risks.

Required familiarization with multiple UNIX scripting languages, C, and X windows.

AWARDS:

Lightning Award, ITT/AES for Outstanding Support (Dec 2004)

Lightning Award, ITT/AES for Outstanding Support (Dec 2006)

Lightning Award, ITT/AES for Outstanding Support (May 2007)

Quarterly Recognition Award for Outstanding Performance (June 2009)

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