Brian Erickson

Senior Software Engineer

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Hagerman, NM 88232

801-***-****

adjvo8@r.postjobfree.com

Data-mined millions of records nightly

Managed $5 million contracts with high praise from client

Maintained 30 projects up to $5 million.

Oversaw projects from sales, design, implementation, coding, documentation, and them handoff to support.

Key Skills

Python 2.x and 3.x

Unix expert (many flavors)

SQL/MySQL/NoSQL/Oracle

PHP/Perl/ Bash/ Batchfile

EDI/XML/HL7

C/C++, C#

Json, JavaScript, Vue.js

Django, Jquery, Laravel

GIThub

RedHat/CentOs/Ubuntu,etc.

Windows/Windows Servers

Docker

VMware workstation/servers

And many more languages, operating systems and networking

Education

Western Governs University

Salt Lake City, Utah

Software Development

Experience

Jan 2008 to June 2021

Sr Software Engineer • programmer • Optum 360

Used C# and Razor Pages

Enhancements to an existing SPA built on Laravel using Vue.js

Maintained and coded software to convert a flat file fixed format to EDI 837 (I and P). Modified and built translator using C to go from Flat file to X12 for performance in processing the 200K to 500K claims per file with multiple files per night.

Configured/reconfigured OPTUM Transaction Validation Manager (OTVM) to use a cluster environment and optimized report generator.

Subject Matter Expert (SME) for OTVM and how it handles EDI files.

Interface with the client to design, implement, and write custom coding to integrate OTVM into their workflow using Python, PHP, Perl, or C to accomplish the tasks at hand.

Trained clients to use OTVM and to configure their system.

Used python to reach across the network via SSH to pull the previous days files and reprocess them on the DR site with data accuracy.

Created testing, staged, processing and backup environments to assure 24 hours availability and data accuracy using Python, PHP, Perl, or C on other UNIX flavored or Window software.

Setup, sized, and configured databases (MySQL, SQL, NoSQL, and Oracle) to receive, sort and filter millions of claims nightly.

Scripted custom coding for the databases to produce reports, run queries, and cross databases to verify nightly production processing.

Refactored software Perl to improve performance and readability and converted Perl code to Python.

Used PHP to parse 837R files to a MySQL backend.

Supported OTVM on RHEL 7.

Held monthly meeting with clients to manage on going projects and receive updates from them about future requirements.

Product review testing.

Last escalation of support issues resolved problems or worked with core development team to resolve problems.

Worked with many different EDI transactions and versions. 837 (I, P, D, R), 835, 834, 999, 997, 277, 277CA, and 820 for both 4010 and 5010.

Worked on a team that used HL7 to XML to HL7 for our HIE. (Health Information Exchange)

Previous work (2000-2008) - Several companies

Software developer

Installed SAP at customer site using MS SQL for Navigator, Pleasant Grove, UT.

Use VB.net to add in custom forms and functionality as required.

Quickly developed shipping delivery review and audit of clients’ packages for on-time delivery software for a start-up company called Atto Solutions, Salt Lake City, UT. This software was up and running within 6 weeks using FoxPro to read in shipping details from FedEx, UPS and DHL into MySQL databases.

As time went on establishing and organizing a team of developers the core software was rewritten into Python.

Used PHP as the front end for the website with MySQL as the backend.

On a side job, built csatoolbox.com, a service to connect farmers to CSA customers for produce, group produce, and delivery services. Built website, database, and report systems. Farmers and customers could review and adjust products as needed and farmers could reorganize CSA points. This was written in a PHP framework, Kohana.

Certificates

CIW Site Development Associate

CompTIA A+

EMT - Basic/Advanced

Volunteer

Hagerman Fire & EMS (Hagerman, NM) Fire Fighter/EMT

District 8 RCC (Dexter, NM) Fire Fighter/EMT

Artesia Fire Department (Artesia, NM) EMS Specialist

Transport EMT, PRN

Brian Erickson

Senior Software Engineer

adjvo8@r.postjobfree.com 801-***-****

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