Alaric Dailey

Bennington, Nebraska, United States ad1i8d@r.postjobfree.com 402-***-**** in/alaricd

SUMMARY

Highly experienced Senior Software Developer with a rich background in web application development, particularly specializing in Java and Spring/Spring Boot. As a team player and leader, I have coached development teams and offered guidance in secure API development, software architecture, and modern technologies. With a strong foundation in core Java, Spring Security, and OAuth2, I am always up for challenges and excited about helping teams elevate their code quality and system security.

EXPERIENCE

Senior Software Engineer

Sparq (Formerly Rural Sourcing) July 2022 - Present, Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Enhanced Java application that enabled business functionality between Kong and Appian. Enhanced Appian application. Provided database and PKI expertise. Ran encryption lunch and learns. Gave class on making more efficient use of browserslist.

Software Engineer ID Management

Interpublic Group (IPG) November 2020 – July 2022, Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Supported 3rd Party software, "Directory Resource Administrator". Wrote JavaScript to work around shortcomings and bugs in "Directory Resource Administrator". Re-wrote Java 5 applications into Java 17, upgrading to Java 17. Containerized the Java applications. Helped the .NET team convert their application from .NET 4.7 to .NET Core 5. Provided expertise on containers, docker, and Kubernetes to the .NET, PHP and Infrastructure teams. Deployed "Splunk universal forwarder" instances. Wrote PowerShell to automate pushing certificates to active directory within "Directory Resource Administrator".

Owner/Software Engineer

Pengdows LLC April 2006 - Present, United States

• Contracted as a software engineer to various companies like Farm Credit Services of America, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska. Using technologies like .NET, C#, Rest Services, AngularJS, React, Knockout, Java, SQL, NoSQL and Neo4J.

• Developed custom software solutions for Farm Credit Services of America and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska resulting in 30% reduction in time spent on manual administrative tasks and increased customer satisfaction by 35%. Utilized .NET, C#, Rest Services, AngularJS, React, Knockout, Java, SQL, and NoSQL technologies.

• Developed custom software solutions for Anequim using Java, NodeJS and React in AWS. Architected database solutions and holistic solutions with AWS Lambda, Docker Containers, RDS and virtual servers in Amazon EC2. Anequim’s software was an internal facing employee software with dreams of growing to be similar to PeopleSoft with a target audience of employees located in Mexico. It also had some accounting functions and an integration with third party software RentManager.

• Developed custom software solutions for Skribe using full stack Javascript/Typescript technologies, React, NextJS and NodeJS on a multi-cloud implementation between Google Cloud and AWS. Architected solutions for audio/video processing and scheduling and social interaction on the platform.

Sr Software Developer at Palo Alto

Palo Alto Networks September 2020 - November 2020, Sep 2020 - Nov 2020 · 3 mos

Added functionality to the firewall licensing rest API in Java/SpringBoot.

Worked with code pipelines and deployments in Google Cloud as needed.

Sr Software Developer

Markel Specialty September 2019 - September 2020, Omaha

Added and fixed functionality to rest services in Grails (Spring/SpringBoot using Groovy on the Java Virtual Machine). Provided JavaScript expertise. Mentored less experienced developers. Solved multi-instance/multi-threading issues with existing apps.

API Developer

Orion Advisor Services April 2019 - September 2019, Omaha, Nebraska

Optimized existing MySQL stored procedures and queries, improving performance dramatically. Converted rest calls written in JavaScript and running on Node, into C#. Helped train people on Git.

Senior Programmer Analyst

Nebraska Furniture Mart September 2018 - April 2019, Omaha, Nebraska

Fixed hundreds of thousands of CSS errors the commercial site. Brought security issues to light before they became issues. Fixed many rendering issues on the site, Added and fixed functionality on the website using .NET Core, EntityFramework,, jQuery, Angular 7, and KockoutJS.

Manager of Development

ATS Secured June 2018 - August 2018, Omaha, Nebraska

Oversaw the development team. Kept management informed. Worked with product owner to break down tickets. Mentored less experienced developers. Met with developers monthly for 1:1s.

Team Lead

ATS Secured October 2017 - June 2018, Omaha, Nebraska

• Mentored less experienced developers.

• Helped answer questions about tickets.

• Lead re-write to convert legacy code to more modern architecture.

• Formalized coding standards, improved the loose ones that existed.

• Introduced paired programming.

• Helped make sure tickets were broken down into fairly equal chunks.

• Created and fixed functionality in our Java, AngularJS, VueJS and MariaDB code base.

Software Engineer

ATS Secured August 2017 - October 2017, Greater Omaha Area

Created and fixed functionality in our Java, AngularJS, VueJS and MariaDB code base. Mentored. Improved communication between my team and the whole company.

Software Engineer

Pitney Bowes July 2016 - August 2017, Greater Omaha Area

Help with the rewrite of an internal client server application to web based application using, Angular, Semantic UI, Javascript, jQuery, Typescript, C# and Entity Framework.

Creating all thew new pages, optimizing and re-architecting slow code, fix the build.

Software Architect

Election Systems & Software January 2016 - May 2016, Greater Omaha Area

Create a reusable voting interface on a new machine. Architected the following based upon the requirement of Linux, C# REST services on Mono, NGINX, AngularJS, HTML5, TypeScript, and Grunt.

Software Engineer

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska March 2015 - December 2015, Mar 2015 - Dec 2015 · 10 mos

• Using Angular, Bootstrap, and JavaScript as well as Rest Services, C#, and EntityFramework to create a mobile friendly website for management of policies as well as a separate website for providers to view the policies.

• Creating rest services in C#

• Implementing change tracking at the database level

• The team is responsible for creating the policy website used to create the policies, and for validating policies and pre-authorizations. My work included, but not limited to.

• Creating the code quick search for look up or codes.

• Creating the policy page on the external site.

• Update of EntityFramework objects and repository layer

• Creating the drug search portion of the pre-authorization page.

Software Engineer

Tigerpaw Software February 2015 - March 2015, Greater Omaha Area

Brought security errors to light. Trained developers on JavaScript. Fixed security bugs in code.

Software Engineer

Farm Credit Services of America August 2013 - January 2015, Aug 2013 - Jan 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos

Worked in a kanban environment, Fixed bugs and added functionality to a variety of internal business applications using knockoutjs, C#, SQL Server.

Software Engineer

Election Systems & Software June 2012 - July 2013, Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Taught a group of programmers C#. Created coding standards, including use of source code control. Fixed many bugs in existing ASP (VBScript) application. Created an ad-hoc reporting tool for small group of users in C# and ASP.NET.

Software Engineer

Jebro Inc August 2010 - May 2012, Sioux City, Iowa, United States

Converting their inhouse Microsoft Access VBA application to C# Webforms app, then again to AngularJS application

Software Engineer

Fiserv April 2010 - September 2010, Greater Omaha Area

Added and fixed functionality to SOAP webservices written in C++ using Tuxedo on Solaris. Built a debug environment that the developers could used locally. Helped with code reviews. Championed use of parameterized SQL.

Software Engineer

PayPal May 2008 - October 2009, May 2008 - Oct 2009 · 1 yr 6 mos

Optimized SQL Queries. Wrote new database for task assignment workflow.. Added and fixed functionality in C# app that CSRs work in to handle support tickets. Created engine to keep track of users tasks and prevent app from asking for more work when a break was due, or day was over, using C#, SQL Server. Fixed database connectivity issues with Java app that couldn't connect to 2 versions of the TimesTen database. Created database abstraction layer that worked to work around provider issues, as well as close resources, this fixed many issues in existing code

Chief Application Architect

Ananda October 2005 - September 2008, Greater Omaha Area

Supervised a group of programmers.

Created and enforced coding standards.

Designed and chose technological solutions to meet requirements.

Made sure programmers were trained in required technologies.

Performed code reviews.

Created windows services and web applications in C# and VB.NET .

Software Engineer

C&A Industries February 2008 - May 2008, Feb 2008 - May 2008 · 4 mos

Wrote and fixed functionality in client server application and web app that was used for recruiting agencies owned by C&A.

Software Engineer

Ananda Consulting, Inc. July 2003 - October 2005, Jul 2003 - Oct 2005 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Coding in VB.NET, C# and VB6.

Training of fellow employees.

Handled all Network, SQL Server and hardware administration.

Software Engineer

Achala Creative Solutions March 2001 - July 2003, Omaha Nebraska

Maintenance of several VB 6 programs.

Coding new applications in VB.NET and C#

Training of employees in technologies

All Network and DB administration

EDUCATION

UNIX Network Administration, Computer Programming, Electronics Technician

Gateway Electronics Institute/Gateway College (school closed) • Omaha Nebraska • 1994

CERTIFICATIONS

Proofpoint Certified Security Awareness Specialist 2023

Proofpoint • 2023

TryHackMe Top 5%

TryHackMe.com • 2023

[JSE-40-01] JSE – Certified Entry-Level JavaScript Programmer

JavaScript Institute • 2022

CompTIA Project+ Certification

CompTIA • 2022

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

ISC2 • 2021

CompTIA CySA+ ce Certification

CompTIA • 2021

CompTIA Infrastructure Security Expert – CSIE Stackable Certification

CompTIA • 2021

CompTIA Network Security Professional – CNSP Stackable Certification

CompTIA • 2021

CompTIA Security Analytics Expert – CSAE Stackable Certification

CompTIA • 2021

CompTIA Security Analytics Professional – CSAP Stackable Certification

CompTIA • 2021

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Amazon Web Services (AWS) • 2021

CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner ce Certification

CompTIA • 2021

CompTIA Network Vulnerability Assessment Professional – CNVP Stackable Certification

CompTIA • 2021

CompTIA PenTest+ ce Certification

CompTIA • 2021

CompTIA Cloud+ ce Certification

CompTIA • 2021

CompTIA Secure Cloud Professional – CSCP Stackable Certification

CompTIA • 2021

CompTIA Security+ ce Certification

CompTIA • 2021

Certified Blockchain Expert™

Blockchain Council • 2020

Extra Class Volunteer Examiner

ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio • 2020

ITIL Foundation Level

PeopleCert • 2019

Amateur Extra

Federal Communications Commission • 2019

INVOLVEMENT

ISACA

Mar 2021 - Mar 2022

ARRL, The national association for Amateur Radio

Extra Class Volunteer Examiner • April 2020 - Present

Shriners International

Volunteer • December 2016 - Present

Therapy Dogs, Inc.

Therapy Dog Handler/Owner • January 2011 - January 2012

SKILLS

Industry Knowledge: OOP, Agile Methodologies, SDLC, Integration, Software Project Management, Cloud Computing, Project Management, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Training, TypeScript, Networking, Gulp.js, npm, PKI, CISSP

Tools & Technologies: React.js, JavaScript, C#, Spring Framework, Microsoft SQL Server, VB.NET, .NET, Java, Databases, SQL, C++, XML, Unix, Linux, AngularJS, .NET Framework, ASP.NET MVC, RESTful WebServices, Webpack

Languages: English (Native), German (A1)

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