Manager, Software Engineering

BRAD ALLEN

Allen, Texas ***** 972-***-**** adhup4@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn

TEAM MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE ENGINEERING APPLICATION SECURITY CUSTOMER SUCCESS Software Engineering Manager with more than 20 years of experience leading the development of secure enterprise applications and infrastructures that enhance technical and operational performance. Professional strengths include leading business-critical software development projects while also delivering expert hands-on development, configuration, testing, and deployment of software products and services. Directs the development and implementation of systems according to application and infrastructure security standards. Validates enterprise architectures to ensure strong security postures and risk management capabilities. Career history includes representing Raytheon’s corporate business to advise on high-level application security issues. Experienced in leading the development and implementation of software in alignment with SOX compliance requirements. Currently seeking roles as a software development manager.

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

• Wrote the Scrum of Scrums operations playbook for a $50 million software product, defining Agile development practices throughout a software development organization comprised of hundreds of personnel.

• Directed the first vulnerability assessment audit (VAPT) at Straviso and mentored the development team on secure coding practices, resulting in a hardened software product, as well as defining a repeatable, VAPT- compliant development process.

• Received multiple awards for driving high-value improvements to solution development and delivery initiatives, including the Raytheon CIO Excellence in Information Technology Award and the Raytheon Excellence in Technology Award.

• Improved the development quality of software products and services by augmenting SDLC processes, including implementing pull requests as a required step in development.

• Pioneered strategies for corporate mobile application development standards, driving new focuses in best practices for mobile application development.

• Championed and then led the first Agile project at Raytheon, proving operational cost savings throughout all phases of an $11 million solution development and delivery project; saved the company millions by establishing process, time, and accuracy improvements for newly developed operations processes. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

STRAVISO, Frisco, TX - Director of Solution Delivery (2020 - Present) Lead cross-functional technology and operations groups throughout the development of new infrastructure and software solutions. Support strategic engagements with major customer accounts to develop customized IT platforms, grow product and service offerings, and ensure that new solutions align with customers’ unique technical and operational requirements.

• Work with customers throughout all phases of solution delivery lifecycles, ensuring comprehensive customer care, training, and technical support throughout high-value solution development and delivery initiatives.

• Govern solution development functions, including writing design proposals, creating prototypes, developing project plans, coordinating resources, and ensuring that all new platforms aligned with complex business needs.

• Develop secure solutions using appropriate hardware, virtual environments, enterprise applications, and cloud, hybrid, and on-premises architectures, specializing in the delivery of highly secure SaaS technologies.

• Communicate product options and educate customers in product selection and design, simplifying complex processes to quickly deliver services.

• Coordinate the implementation of testing environments to validate software functionality and security prior to deployment in production environments.

• Explore options for implementing DevOps practices within a development pipeline currently managed with Agile and Kanban methodologies.

• Leverage Jira and Cipher tools to manage sprint releases and maintain project release schedules. BRAD ALLEN PAGE TWO

STRAVISO, Frisco, TX - Platform Manager (2019 - 2020) Managed full development and support lifecycles for the OmniDesk platform, leading a team of developers, testers, and quality analyst throughout all system design, implementation, and administration initiatives. Utilized strong knowledge and skills in commercially licensed proprietary software built on Angular, .NET Core (C#), PHP, and mySQL in Azure and Kubernetes environments.

• Led the platform team throughout all SAFe Agile PI Planning events, and also mentored team members on how to practice secure coding throughout the entire software development lifecycle.

• Provided technical oversight during all projects, including leading design reviews, providing technical direction on software, standards, and coding reviews, and overall strategic direction of development initiatives. HUNTER TECHNICAL, Plano, TX CLIENT: Ramquest - Software Management Consultant (2019 - 2019) Directed the work of multidisciplinary software development and quality analyst teams responsible for creating and supporting financial management software.

• Leveraged Agile and DevOps methodologies to efficiently coordinate and complete development lifecycles.

• Decreased code review times by implementing pull requests, which also helped to improve software quality. RAYTHEON, Plano, TX - Principal Applications Technologist (2013 - 2019) Fulfilled the role of Principal Lead and Technical Lead in charge of multiple enterprise application development projects. Implemented and supported multiple enterprise applications under the Finance, HR, and Legal portfolio, as well as participating on distributed Agile scrum teams to build software based on Microsoft technologies.

• Oversaw project lifecycle management, including architecture validation, developing cost estimates, defining requirements, and directing the design, development, testing, and implementation of enterprise projects.

• Created and implemented scalable full-stack software based on user stories, developing new solutions in a continuous integration environment.

RAYTHEON, Garland, TX - Applications Development Manager (2011 - 2013) Led Enterprise Application Development and Configuration Management teams throughout all portfolio programs to create and implement new systems.

• Directed the development of project architectures, cost estimates, requirements and design, development, testing, and implementation of enterprise projects.

• Advised senior management on project statuses to provide strong operational insights into technology development efforts.

RAYTHEON, Garland, TX - Senior Applications Technologist (2004 - 2011) RED RIVER SYSTEMS, Dallas, TX CLIENT: Raytheon - Senior Software Developer (2003 - 2004) COMPUWARE CORPORATION, Dallas, TX CLIENT: Verizon - Senior Applications Developer (2000 - 2003) EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Systems - DEVRY UNIVERSITY Six Sigma Certified Specialist

GIAC/SANS - Certified Web Application Security specialist Pega Systems - Certified Systems Architect (CSA)

Raytheon Front Line Leader Certification

Previously Certified Scrum Master (CSM) - Currently pursuing recertification TECHNICAL & PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE

DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE: Agile Scrum, Application Development, CI/CD, Code Reviews, Data Modeling, Database Design, Hiring/Firing, Project Management, Requirements Analysis, Software Architecture, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Engineering, Software Security, Solution Architecture, Systems Analysis, Unit Testing, Vulnerability Scanning, Team/People Management, Waterfall TECHNICAL SKILLS: .NET Core, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, VB.NET, BitBucket, Bootstrap, C#, Confluence, Entity Framework, Git, GitHub, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Jira, jQuery, JSON, SQL Server, MVC, MySQL, Oracle, PL/SQL, Rally, REST, SOLID, SQL, SSIS, TFS, T-SQL, Unit Testing, Visual Basic, Visual Studio, Web API Web Services, XML

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