SAMUEL ABIODUN
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Industry Role: Software Engineer
Labor Category: Sr I Computer Scientist/Systems Analyst Security Clearance Level: Active DOT Secret Security Clearance Relevant Years of Experience: 25 Years
SUMMARY
A dedicated and self-motivating software engineering professional with extensive experience in design, planning, development, testing, and deployment of various client/server and distributed enterprise software solutions. Additional capabilities include IPTV, broadband video streaming, Video on Demand applications delivery to end users’ set-top boxes, and hand-held devices. Demonstrates broad experience and thorough understanding of software development life cycles. Possess the ability to timely analyze, test, proactively monitor video devices, and resolve ad hoc customers video applications issues. Skilled at learning cutting- edge technologies concepts quickly as a proven team leader, and adept at meeting aggressive projects’ timelines. EDUCATION
Degree Field of Study College Dates
Bachelor of Science Computer Science and
Information Systems
Stockton University 08/2000
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM®)
Scrum Alliance Cert ID 1814772
Issued July 2023
Certified Blockchain Expert
Blockchain Council Cert ID
78858783 Issued July 2023
Sun Microsystems’ Java Certified
Programmer Mar 2004
CompTIA Network+ May 2002
SKILLS/TRAINING
• Cloud Computing: Amazon Web Services (EC2, ELB, S3, Route 53) end-to-end microservices applications provisioning.
• Programming Languages/Tools: Solidity, C/C++, Java, Python, Perl 5, SOAP, SQL, CSS, JSON, XML, Shell scripting (sh, bash).
• Hardware: Intel, AMD x86_32, x86_64 based architecture, VMS, and Sun SPARC.
• Databases: Relational databases (Oracle, Informix, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, and SQLAlchemy), NoSQL MongoDB.
• DevOps Tools: Chef, Jenkins, Ansible, VMWare ESXi, Oracle VM Virtual Box, Vagrant, Docker, Git (GitLab, BitBucket, GitHub).
• Web Framework/Tools: Django, Flask, Maven, Node.js, XHTML, Nginx, Apache (Apache2, Tomcat, Spring Boot).
• Operating Systems: UNIX (HP-UX, AIX, Solaris, FreeBSD), RedHat Rocky Linux, Ubuntu Linux, MS Windows, OS X, Cisco IOS.
• Networking Topologies, Monitoring, and Internet Protocols: Ethernet, TCP/IP, UDP, IPX/SPX, SNA, LAN/MAN/WAN, ISDN, DSL, NAS, IGMP, SNMP, Nagios, Graphite, TFTP, Citrix, DNS, DHCP, HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, IP Multicast, IP Telephony, NIS+ Client, Splunk, and F5 Networks BIG IP Virtual Load Balancer (vF5). Page 2 of 4
• Cable Technologies/Protocols: DSM-CC, Aloha UDP, VOD, IPTV, ISA, QAM, QPSK, RTSP, LSCP, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, IP Video, Windows Media Streaming, SDV, HFC Network, IPG, iGuide, OCAP/Tru2Way, SCTE 30/35, 130, CableLabs Specifications, Telecommunications, IPTV, ABR and OTT Video Delivery Technologies. End-to-End video provisioning across cross-platform clients. ARRIS Vertasent Switched Digital Video, ARRIS BEQ, GXB Mobile Cisco GQAM, MQAM, RF Gateway and NetCrypt. ARRIS edge devices, APEX 1500/3000, Harmonic NSG (9000, Pro). Video Conditional Access - ARRIS DAC and Cisco DNCS/EC. Cable domain billing systems (CSG, ICOMS), Ericsson Content Management Systems (CMS), Tektronix, Inneoquest video monitoring tools.
EXPERIENCE
Safety Net Solutions,
Inc. Salem NH
Software Engineer Nov 2023 - Nov 2024
• Provided Second Level Engineering (SLE) support for the Federal NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions) FNS Web applications of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
• Managed the FNS eleven (11) clustered Web applications in a mixed WebSphere Application Servers environment.
• Performed end-to-end system integration of COTS software and Open-source technologies – Apache, Ansible, PostgreSQL server, ELK stack, Virtual F5 load balancer, and Kubernetes for the FNS software delivery.
• Authored system test plan for NAIMES F5 Technical Refresh, test cases, and test procedures of ad hoc execution of System Request Modification (SRM) of the NOTAM software artifacts.
Broadband Solutions Group,
Oldsmar, FL
Principal Engineer Jun 2023 – Nov 2023
• Led a team of five software developers’ execution of the company’s tokenization of 5G backhaul telecommunications infrastructure for deployment on Private and Hybrid Blockchain platforms.
• Executed design and development of Blockchain powered applications via analysis of system requirements, and deployment of business use cases.
• Directed the company Blockchain projects and dynamically responded to the changing best practices of Non-Fungible Token (NFT) ecosystem.
Broadband Solutions Group,
Oldsmar, FL
Senior Software Engineer Jan 2019 – May 2023
• Led and supervised designs, developments, and deployments of 5G telecommunications’ backend infrastructure.
• Peer reviewed a team of five software developers’ source codes for C++ 11 standards and compliance.
• Migrated various on-premises data and content management systems of company’s assets to Google Private Cloud.
• Mentored junior to mid-level C/C++ software engineers. Arris Professional Services
(Charter Communications),
Greenwood Village, CO
Deployment Engineer (VDC-
SDV Implementation)
Sep 2018 – Nov 2018
• Member of ARRIS contractors’ team tasked with deployment of DOCSIS 3.1 Vertasent Switched Digital Video (SDV) solution across Charter Communications digital video market footprint.
● Performed systems wide swapping out of Video Edge Devices (Harmonic NSG 9000) and replaced with ARRIS Video Edge Devices (APEX 1500/3000). Activities included assurance of video streams had correct source and multicast (MC) addresses and addressed real time issues.
● Provided hands-on deployment of Vertasent triplet servers (SVOM, SVM, and ERM) and ensured proper alignment of newly deployed SDV and linear video channels to coexist and worked seamlessly with existing video delivery infrastructure.
● Performed SDV systems cut over, worked with video markets’ specific EIA channels move, and provisioned Video on Demand (VOD) and Active Video Network (AVN) channel maps during maintenance windows (MW). Page 3 of 4
● Actively managed MW with ad hoc resolutions of customers facing SDV issues such as “Black Screen”, “One Moment Please”, and commonly occurring SDV error codes (e.g. S0800, S0500, S0012) that could be displayed on customers set top boxes.
● Troubleshoot SDV delivery from the Vertasent SDV tuning triplet (SVM, ERM, and Edge QAM) and timely resolved customers’ SDV related video outages.
● Extensive daily use of Unix/Linux commands and system tools (e.g. awk, sed, grep, egrep, vim, cat, pipe, ssh), ad hoc scripts for troubleshooting and resolution of real-time SDV customer facing issues. Arris Professional Services
(Charter Communications)
Broomfield, CO
Video Systems Engineer (VSC-
Systems)
Jan 2018 – Sep 2018
● Provided real-time troubleshooting and resolutions support of customers impacting digital video applications in break-fix environment.
● Triaged reported head-ends’ incident report ticketing (Remedy) and directly worked with appropriate stakeholders to timely resolve customers digital video, high speed data, and digital voice issues.
● Resolved customers inability to view linear video, switched digital video, video on demand, and other video applications in customers premises.
Allure Trading Systems LLC,
Millville, NJ
Trading Systems Developer Apr 2013 – Dec 2017
● Designed and developed real time rule-based algorithms software primarily in EasyLanguage (proprietary programming language of TradeStation Securities, Inc.), C++, and Python on Linux used for real time trading of the financial market’s instruments (equities, futures, and commodities).
● Designed proprietary portfolio risk management solutions, and hedging algorithms for active investors trading the financial markets.
● Developed and maintained software infrastructure use for high-frequency trading of equities, futures, and index options.
● Managed a team of five software developers tasked with porting the company’s proprietary software written in C/C++ to q/kdb+
Comcast Cable
Communications, Mount
Laurel, NJ
Engineer 3, Video Network
Engineering
Dec 2010 – Apr 2013
• Held responsibility for driving and working closely with video-monitoring vendors to implement Federal Communications Commission (FCC) video regulatory compliance related to enriching customers’ experience with closed-captioning, descriptive video, and CALM Act.
● Defined requirements and standards for video-monitoring infrastructures to ensure video quality exceeded end-users’ expectations.
● Acted as lead quality assurance tester of proof-of-concept PoC of the video-monitoring innovations that enabled proactive 24/7 monitoring of video products quality and availability.
● Performed ongoing troubleshooting and resolutions of customers’ video-application issues.
● Migrated Legacy NetApp Storage Attached Network appliances to Linux Red Hat 7 virtual servers.
● Actively managed replacement of phased-out of Isilon (NAS) video storage devices in Comcast footprint. Activity saved the company $500,000 in vendors’ service contracts settlement between December 2011 and February 2013. Comcast Cable
Communications, Philadelphia,
PA
Video On Demand Engineer II Dec 2004 – Apr 2010
• Served as Lead Engineer for VOD errors mitigation in Motorola and Cisco environments. Acted as a proactive member of the Video on Demand back-office team supporting delivery of reliable video products.
● Led ongoing Video on Demand back-office technical requirements definitions, designs, and developments, planning, monitoring, testing, and troubleshooting of Video applications deployed over hybrid fiber cable networks.
● Led the testing team of separable security cable cards that enabled the company to meet the FCC’s all-digital mandate of July 2007.
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Apptis Inc, Galloway, NJ Software Specialist May 2002 – Aug 2004
• Designed and developed various order fulfilment intranet applications utilizing Java, EJB, XML technologies on BEA WebLogic 7.0 platform.
● Developed GUI applications on Solaris UNIX System V with X-Motif, QT/Tcl, Java Swing, and Widget Toolkits.
● Provided first-level support and on-site installations of the Federal Aviation Administration (STARS) hardware and software systems.
Abacus Analytics LLC,
Philadelphia, PA
Software Developer Nov 2001 – Jan 2002
• Designed and developed service-based architecture to support scheduling functions based on a tool used to capture details of codeshare agreement between cable subscribers and regional cable companies, specifically (Suburban Cable).
• Deployed tool enabled local cable providers to dynamically respond to changes in company subscribers' agreement terms. Dimensions International, Inc,
Reston, VA
Programmer Analyst Jul 1999 – Oct 2001
• Provided support for Traffic Situation Display (TSD) software of Enhanced Traffic Management System (ETMS) of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
• Troubleshooting and resolution of software-related issues associated with user interface via debugging and modifications of existing C/C++ source codes on HP-UX (Workbench) platform.