Senior Software Engineer

CHRISTOPHER E. BACA

Senior So(ware Engineer

Queens, NY 516-***-**** ***********@*****.***

LinkedIn: hDps://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisebaca/ GitHub: hDps://github.com/cbaca01 Results-driven Senior SoOware Engineer & DevOps Specialist with experUse in cloud compuUng, CI/CD pipelines, automaUon, and infrastructure as code (IaC). Extensive experience designing scalable systems, opUmizing deployment processes, and implemenUng containerized applicaUons. Adept in AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, Jenkins, Python, and Git, with a passion for streamlining DevOps workflows to enhance operaUonal efficiency.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior So3ware Engineer Nextonic Solu=ons Remote October 2023 – Feb 2025

• Led a team of 7 developers in our N3C Enclave migraUon project, which integrated CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployment while transiUoning legacy JSP projects to Angular, TypeScript, & Python (from Django to FastAPI) to the cloud.

• Assisted in implemenUng Argo CD, ensuring seamless infrastructure automaUon.

• Led the development of an API validaUon system, reducing processing Ume by 80%.

• Managed the validaUon and automated upload of NCATS datasets to the ODP-Socrata and ODP-NCATS portals, cuhng the upload Ume by 90% through the implementaUon of an automated validaUon process using Argo and SharePoint.

• Migrated D3 Charts from an outdated JSP-based website to the new Open Data Portal for consolidaUon.

• OpUmized database connecUvity with Dockerized environments and automaUng deployment workflows, reducing the manual workload by 80%.

• Directed the conversion of certain back-end components from Java to Python, as well as integrated them to our front-end using GraphQL with Angular and TypeScript which helped reduce page load Umes by 50% by eliminaUng the need for mulUple API calls.

• Mentored a development team of 4 to achieve a 40% increase in team producUvity and project success. Lead So3ware Engineer Analy=c Partners New York, NY September 2022 – July 2023

• Directed the back-end development of the GPSE analyUcs plakorm using Python, MySQL, and MongoDB.

• Assisted in automaUng the deployment pipeline with Jenkins and HashiCorp to enable CI/CD, reducing deployment failures to the cloud by 60%.

• Implemented data extracUon automaUon using Pandas, cuhng manual efforts by 50%.

• OpUmized backend process for our GPSE analyUcs plakorm, improving response Ume by 30%.

• Integrated Pendo analyUcs for user engagement tracking, enabling data-driven decisions. Associate Tech Lead HealthStream Remote August 2014 – September 2022

• Developed our Conflicts of Interest API in Python & PostgreSQL, serving 4,000+ acUve users.

• Assisted in front-end development of our Conflicts of Interest applicaUon using React.

• Assisted in implemenUng and managing our AWS-based SSO authenUcaUon using Jenkins, improving security and reducing setup Ume by 90%.

• Developed automated MySQL stored procedure extracUon, eliminaUng DBA dependencies.

• Automated QA deployment pipelines using Shell ScripUng before moving it over to Azure DevOps using AWS and Terraform, reducing manual deployment efforts by 80%.

• Developed and modified exisUng unit tests for our Conflicts of Interest API using the Nose2 tesUng plugin, decreasing the Ume to test items by 40%

Developer nextSource New York, NY February 2012 – August 2014

• Developed key features for user surveys and internal tools using PHP, JavaScript, and Oracle.

• Wrote and improved SQL stored procedures and database tables in collaboraUon with our database team using Oracle, eliminaUng redundancies and streamlined internal system features.

• Maintained and supported our Actuate reports server generaUng reports on our plakorm using Java, saving report generaUon Ume by 40%.

Developer Ace Innova=ve New York, NY July 2011 – February 2012

• Built a hardware leasing module using PHP, JQuery, and Postgres, streamlining business processes.

• OpUmized SQL queries, improving system performance by 60%. Developer Global Liberty Insurance Company of NY Plainview, NY May 2007 – July 2011

• Developed Claims module using PHP, JQuery, and SQL Server, reducing licensing costs significantly.

• Developed and automated financial reporUng tools for Claims using PDFLib and SQL Server, reducing tracking errors by 30%.

EDUCATION

New York Ins=tute of Technology Old Westbury, NY Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science Graduated 2006 SKILL MATRIX TECHNICAL SKILLS

• DevOps & CI/CD: Jenkins, Docker, Azure DevOps.

• Cloud Pla]orms: AWS, Azure

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, CloudFormaUon

• Programming: Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, Java (Basic), PHP

• Frameworks: Flask, React, Angular, Django, FastAPI, Laravel

• Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, Data Lakes

• Automa=on: CI/CD Pipelines, ETL Pipelines, Shell ScripUng

• Version Control: Git, SVN

CERTIFICATIONS

• AWS Cer=fied Cloud Prac=oner - CLF-CO2 January 2025 LANGUAGES

• English: Fluent

• Spanish: Fluent

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