Software Development Developer

Brian Beezhold

**** ********** ** *.*., Caledonia, Michigan • 616-***-**** • *********@*****.*** •

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I am an accomplished IT professional with a diverse background and over 20 years of experience in infrastructure design, systems architecture, and software development. I’m more of a generalist, but my specialty would be problem- solving using any available resources. I love getting to the root cause of the problem and designing solutions with ultimate flexibility. I have a history of tackling tough, new problems independently and in collaboration with others. I have a deep understanding of what it takes to make systems perform well and how to engineer solutions to fail gracefully instead of catastrophically. I am a self-driven learner, passionate about getting things done the right way and providing the best solution possible.

Being responsible for the availability, performance and security of both primary and backup data centers for a large enterprise, I have played a pivotal role in designing and implementing new infrastructure components, resulting in an automated, highly available, configuration management-based virtualized infrastructure and a modern containerized platform for scalable web-based applications. I have successfully migrated critical company operations to a modern microservice architecture, as well as to cloud infrastructure, enhancing operational efficiency and scalability. Transitioning towards software development, I started using Python to create new tools, utilized Jenkins to automate developer integration and deployment workflows and finally, acquiring proficiency in Java & Spring Boot to develop and deploy new systems aimed at enhancing and replacing core business functionality. I lead a group meeting daily, collaborating with and mentoring other developers to implement solutions and ensure alignment between system capabilities and business requirements. As a software developer, I typically follow the Clean Architecture pattern, to develop supportable and scalable systems.

SKILLS

Algorithms, Automation, CI/CD, Cloud Computing, Data Center Design, Data Modeling, DevOps, Enterprise Integration, Enterprise Networking, Highly Available Systems, Legacy Systems Modernization, Microservices, Object Oriented Programming, Restful API's, Systems Architecture

WORK EXPERIENCE

Auto-Wares Group of Companies

Principal Software Developer • 08/2022 - 05/2024

Led the overarching modernization and migration project aimed at transitioning away from a legacy system developed in-house during the late 1970s.

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Designed and developed a logistical shipping and tracking system to model a complex delivery network consisting of 285 individual delivery and transfer truck schedules, significantly enhancing the existing solution by improving accuracy, flexibility, tracking capabilities, and management efficiency.

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Designed and developed the system to manage the state of transactional documents and establish various inter- transactional relationships, consolidating multiple systems into one, providing a unified platform for managing transactional data.

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Designed and developed an AI constraint-based fulfillment engine to optimize customer order fulfillment across diverse scenarios, eliminating configuration overhead, enhancing flexibility, and optimizing operations, the system significantly improved order processing efficiency, scalability and customer satisfaction.

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• Implemented integration project to utilize 3rd Party fulfillment resulting in $7M/year savings. Information Technology Operations Manager • 03/2016 - 08/2022 Application Environment Architect • 12/2013 - 03/2016 Network Engineer • 12/2009 - 12/2013

Linux System Administrator • 05/2004 - 12/2009

WBNG-TV

Systems Administrator • 01/2003 - 01/2004

NyPenn Computer Corp

Network Administrator • 01/2002 - 01/2003

ENSCO Inc

Systems Analyst • 01/2000 - 08/2001

EDUCATION

Certified Networking and Technical Support Specialist Ridley Lowell Business and Technical Institute • Binghamton, NY • 01/1999 - 11/1999 Union Endicott High School • Endicott, NY • 08/1994 - 06/1997 Graduated with a Regents Diploma

Environment - Linux, Docker, Java, Spring Boot, Apache Camel, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, GeoJSON, QueryDSL, JGraphT, Drools, OptaPlanner, RabbitMQ, ElasticSearch, Git

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Successfully modernized critical infrastructure components, enabling the transition from legacy systems to modern, scalable platforms.

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Transitioned towards software development, acquiring proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, and Apache Camel to develop and deploy new systems aimed at enhancing and replacing previous functionality.

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Developed and implemented Continuous integration & Continuous Delivery pipelines to streamline the development cycle.

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Environment - Linux, Docker, Python, Flask, Java, Jenkins, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, QueryDSL, MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra, PostGIS, GeoJSON, JGraphT, RabbitMQ, ElasticSearch, Kibana, Logstash, HAProxy, nginx, Git, Amazon AWS

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Established a microservice architecture for internal development projects, streamlining development processes and increasing productivity.

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• Established configuration management, automation, provisioning and orchestration of all critical systems. Environment - Apache Mesos, Linux, Docker, Consul, Marathon, Puppet, SaltStack, RabbitMQ, MongoDB, Cassandra, ElasticSearch, Kibana, Logstash, HAProxy, nginx, Git, Amazon AWS

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Replaced entire corporate network, with a new dynamically routed network based on Cisco Hierarchical Campus, Data Center and ISP network design best practices.

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• Designed and implemented 180 retail store Cisco DMVPN network.

• Designed and implemented Corporate/Warehouse Cisco wireless network.

• Implemented fully redundant power & cooling for 24/7 Data Center Operations

• Environment - Linux, Cisco 6500, 7200, 4400, 9124, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, DMVPN, HAProxy, NetFlow Virtualized and administered around 100 Linux and UNIX servers, including AIX Warehouse environment, Oracle Database servers.

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Made recommendations for and implemented EMC/Cisco SAN environment, including real-time data replication for Disaster Recovery using EMC RecoverPoint.

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• Established redundant DNS/LDAP/Radius/Virtualization/Email and load balanced web infrastructure.

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