Developer

ALEXANDER SCHIEPPATI

*** ******* ******, *******, *** York 716-***-**** *******@*****.***

General Profile: I have been recently laid off from a newspaper publishing company: I am currently looking to jump back into another junior developer position as soon as possible. I have the following skillset:

Operating Systems: Windows XP, MacOS, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2, CentOS Server, Debian Server Applications: Xilinx, Eclipse, Microsoft Visual Studio, AcdSee Canvas, ArcGIS, MS Word, MS PowerPoint

Database Systems: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, MySQL Programming Languages: JAVA, C++, MIPS, C, Verilog, PHP, Javascript (with JQuery and CSS), bash scripting, Visual Basic (via ArcGIS)

Version Control: SVN

Work Experience:

Our-Hometown, Inc. (Feb 2015 – Aug 2015):

Hired as a developer for an online newspaper publishing company. My workload consisted of the following:

Developing PHP back-end code in tandem with custom Drupal 6 modules and local databases

Collaborating with other engineers using frequent commits with SVN

Writing and maintaining node.js code for AWS Lambda and S3 services: I was tasked to improve the company’s PDF to Thumbnail conversion process using AWS Lambda.

Adding functionality to the company’s own administrative (LAMP) website, such as efficiency checks for employees, email notifications, etc.

Troubleshooting problems involving the PDF specification: diagnosed and solved conversion anomalies with Ghostscript

Aiding production staff as they needed it - was “on-call” every day of the week

Colocrossing (Dec 2013-Feb 2015):

Worked as a technician and junior system administrator for a web hosting company. Various responsibilities included:

Building 1U and 2U servers for deployment.

Answering and forwarding tickets from clientele.

Manning the datacenter as a network technician: upgrading/downgrading servers, troubleshooting Layer 1 issues, running Cat5e and fiber cables, consoling systems and cabinet switches when necessary.

Performing remote installs via IPMI and PXE as a service: Windows, Ubuntu, ESXi, CentOS, Debian.

Setting up RAID 0,1,1+0 configurations and LVMs.

Aiding clientele with system administrative support: editing network files, firewalls, repairing damaged file systems.

Training new technicians

Assisting in the development of in-house software (PHP)s Panamerican Consultants, Inc. (2000-2011)

Panamerican is a cultural resources management firm specializing in archaeology, architectural history, maritime archaeology and preservation planning. My responsibilities included:

Various archaeological field investigations throughout New York State, New Jersey and Virginia.

Production of stratigraphic/soil profiles, historic map overlays and rock art images using Canvas, a raster/vector image processing and illustration suite.

Production of shovel testing, soil deposition, and trenching maps using aerial photography in ArcGIS for technical reports.

Archival, library and internet research.

In general, projects included wind farms, electrical and gas transmission lines, flood control and highway projects, water and sewer line construction, commercial developments and federal, state and local projects (e.g., Erie Canal Harbor project in Buffalo). Education:

2015 Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

SUNY at Buffalo

2005 Bachelor of Arts, English Literature

SUNY at Buffalo

2000 Canisius High School, Buffalo, NY

References:

Available upon request.

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