Team Foundation Server Administration

Scott J. Willis

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Indian Head, Maryland 20640

Email: ***************@*****.***

Mobile: 240-***-****

QUALIFICATIONS

Advanced knowledge and interaction of Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2013.2 Application Life Cycle Management system (ALM) work item workflow and industry CMMI III level compliance processes including the build system and build customization requirements

Advanced knowledge and interaction of Microsoft Test Management Configuration Administration

Accomplished, seasoned Configuration Management Tools Administration professional with extensive experience in configuration management, change management, and business process analysis.

Advanced knowledge and interaction of SharePoint 2013 Site(s) Administration and Team Foundation Server components for SharePoint 2013

Advanced knowledge of the Team Foundation Server 2013 Web Access portal and available SharePoint 2013 Reporting features and administration.

Advanced knowledge of TFS application integration with SharePoint, Microsoft Project Server 2013 and Release Management Server 2013 architecture and Administration of all related components

Advanced Scripting capabilities in: PowerShell, SQL, TFS Command line

Intermediate level C# and the ability to understand and navigate code logic

Intermediate level C# Microsoft .net framework and development concepts

Experience with Windows Server administration (2008/2012)

Experience with SQL Server administration (SQL Server 2008 / 2012)

Working knowledge and interaction with SQL Server Reports Services and Analysis Services (SQL Server 2008 / 2012)

Working knowledge and interaction of IIS administration (V 6, 7, 8)

Implemented Modern Requirements Lifecycle Management

with Microsoft Office & TFS Best Practices for SmartOffice4TFS

Strong project and team management abilities demonstrated by leading cross-functional teams through various software project lifecycles, upgrades, and technical support processes.

Solid track record of making sound decisions, implementing effective problem-resolution practices, and ensuring products complied with government, industry, and company standards.

Possess top-level security clearance SCI.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Hardware: IBM, Sun, HP, Compaq (True64)

Software: SharePoint 2013, Team Foundation Server 2013/2015, AZURE portal Visio, Office 365

Operating Systems: Windows 2008 – 2012R2, Solaris, Linux

Programming

Languages: Java, C#, Visual Basic, Perl, Ant, SQL, python

Networking: LAN, WAN, POP, SMTP, VPN, ISDN, DHCP, TCP/IP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Configuration Management Lead

Krozak Information Technologies Inc., Silver Spring, MD 2012 – Present

Responsible for Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2013 collaboration platform, supporting application lifecycle management (ALM) solutions for client-server development, test integration environments.

Implementation of CMMI III agile development practices and processes, utilizing multiple Integrated Development Environments and platforms for both .NET and JAVA Development. Managing all workflow customization changes and architecture products upgrades and patches.

Setup a Continuous Integration server and MS build projects using Team Foundation Server 2013.

Creates and maintains TFS projects branches to include sources code repositories.

Train/mentor Configuration Management Team and Development staff.

Setup Load balanced TFS Servers for High availability.

Setup SSL for client connections.

Troubleshoot configurations and host patching to fix issues.

Planed and implemented disaster recovery for the end to end to setup.

Support deployment for any issues and create documentation of the setup

Provided domain support multiple SharePoint 2013 farms architectures in development, staging and production environments.

2+ experience working with SharePoint solutions (SharePoint Online)

experience with Office 365 and .NET (both C# and ASP.NET)

experience with HTML, jQuery and CSS

Ability to develop, implement, and maintain web-based application systems

Experience with Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and SharePoint Server 2010, SharePoint Server 2013.

Ability to effectively communicate (verbal and written) with stakeholders to define system requirements

Prepares and delivers regular, effective communications to ensure that SCM leadership and other SCM teams are adequately apprised of project statuses, successes, risks and issues.

Assist with application integration triage issues during development, security, IIS settings, IIS log parsing resolution.

Deliver solutions with business users and delivery resources to analyze, design, recommend, plan, develop and implement solutions to meet strategic, usability, performance, reliability, control, and security requirements.

Configuration Management Lead

DHS, Washington, DC 2011 - 2012

Software Configuration Administrator

Responsible for designing Team workflows for Jira and Greenhopper agile change management processes, supporting test and requirement management, Administration support of TortoiseSVN and Subversion version control repositories with Build automation utilizing PowerShell and Cruise Control Continuous Integration of Visual studio 2012. Managed Implementation of Manual and Automated Test Cases with Visual Studio/Team Foundation Server 2013.2 and HP Quality Center/Quick Test Professional 11.

Rational Tools Administrator

DOJ, Arlington, Virginia 2009 – 2011

Rational Tools Administrator

Deployed existing Rational products, including ClearCase, ClearQuest, RequisitePro, Test Manager, Test Agent, SoDA for Word, Rational Software Modeler and the web variants of several of these applications. On-call for any Team Foundation Server and Rational-related problems, at any time to expedite problem resolutions in a timely manner.

Maintained the Rational technical environment, training and mentoring of users, and supporting application development throughout the development life cycle,

Evaluating and recommending the timing of new software releases and upgrades, documenting timelines, and assessing the applicability of new functionality

Assigned task of implementing the development and test architecture effort in support of .NET development utilizing Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010, Visual Studio Ultimate 2010, and Microsoft Test Manager along with SharePoint 2010 was accomplished as a prototype, including data conversion.

Configured Team Foundation Server for user access and with group security permissions • Implemented and maintained process guidance flows • Created and maintained Team Foundation Server projects branches to including sources code repositories, and Reporting Server capabilities • Ensuring SDLC process policies are enforce within Team Foundation Server • Created and maintained Team Foundation Server reports to be used for tracking resource utilization and capacity, defects and enhancements, product backlogs.

Performed Change Management system upgrades, backups and restores,

Coordinated Systems Information compliance with the project configuration management triage processes and procedures.

Established and maintain build and deployment procedures; automated scripts, triggers, and utilities

OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, Washington, D.C. 2008 – 2009

Rational Tools Administrator

Responsible for defining and implementing activities related to the configuration management of software development. This included scheduling, executing, and documenting software build processes. Includes compiling software with standard software development tools, packaging builds for release, ensuring appropriate project documentation is available for each new build or release, and supporting a continuous integration environment. Provided Proof of Concept for Build Forge and Rational Jazz platform technologies: Rational Requirements Composer, Rational Quality Manner and Rational Team Concert. Provided supervision and support for a variety of enterprise organizational teams including project management, business architects, business designers, business process analysts, requirements administrators, and systems analysts with Rational Team Concert (RTC) and Rational Build Forge.

Facilitated training workshops on Rational Tools usage models and integrations and implement Rational Tools user guides.

Contributed to configuration management team involved in tracking utilizing Rational Functional Tester, Rational Performance Test and Test Manager, unit testing, regression testing and deploying application software updates. Leveraged Rational Quality Manager (RQM) as a gateway to overall quality assurance activities.

Primary Projects:

oProject Management: Implemented enterprise change control management processes Utilizing ClearQuest Web defining company, policies, and standards.

oAssisted with definition and implementation of extensive RTC customizations

oSupported migration of ClearQuest change requests and ClearCase code

RAYTHEON, Falls Church, Virginia 2004 – 2008

Configuration Management Analyst

Developed scripts and automation tools used to build, integrate, and deploy software releases to various platforms

Sets up and maintained system and application environments; Implement custom solutions for software repository and application lifecycle management tools.

Gathered Configure Management (CM) requirements and developed a CM Plan for assigned projects. Generally, these projects are large in scope or complexity. Coordinates the review, approval and communication updates of CM deliverables.

Maintains version control repository of configuration items for projects and manages key information such as build and release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists.

Reports to project management and Enterprise Change management on the progress of the Configuration Management effort including the status of project software builds, deployments, and environments.

Provided effort for ongoing support and maintenance of existing tools and applications

Led configuration management for Windows and UNIX operating systems, supported peripheral interfaces and setup, and installed patches and updates.

Administered and provided support for Rational ClearCase and ClearQuest multi-site and mixed-platform environment consisting of Windows, Solaris, and Linux.

Collaborated with configuration control boards during change management work item reviews.

Installed, administered, and tuned application servers, Web servers, and middleware.

Developed change management process documentation.

Created, implemented, tested, and troubleshot, baseline strategies

UNIX System Administrator/Configuration Management Administrator

FANNIE MAE, Washington, DC2000 2004

Unix System Administrator/Configuration Management Administrator

Served as account manager for TRU64 and Sun Solaris OS Systems and lead configuration manager and trainer for Fannie Mae Data Warehouse.

Administered ClearQuest, ClearCase, Rational UCM integration, e-mail notification, and data import and export.

Managed Windows and UNIX system architecture and inspected network traffic using Check Point Firewall monitor.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Quick Test Professional 11.0

ALPI, Bethesda, Maryland 2012

Team Foundation Server 2010 Administration

Tech Sherpas, Atlanta, Georgia 2011

ClearCase and ClearQuest Administration

Rational University, Washington, DC, 2008

Tru64 UNIX System Administrator

Mind IQ, McLean, Virginia, 2001

Associate of Arts in Computer and Electronic Technology

ECPI College of Technology, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1998

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