Software Engineer Senior

Vlad Solokha

Senior Software Engineer

Parker, CO

941-***-****

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Senior CI Automation Engineer

Data Direct Networks in Colorado Springs, CO 07/2024 — Present

- Developed and optimized CI/CD pipelines and operations for testing firmware, hardware, and software in Python

- Improved testing performance and feedback by 500% with development of automation code

- Fixed bugs in the CI pipeline and testing framework, improving operations maintainability and productivity

- Implemented streamlining emulation and hardware testing, and API and server containerization and communication

- Used and enhanced mainstream tools like git, Gerrit, Jenkins, Python, Perl, Linux, Unix, CLI tools, JIRA, mySQL, Docker, and other custom server architectures and executables Senior Software Engineer

Lumen Technologies 09/2023 — 04/2024

- Developed and standardized Python codebase of automation tools, APIs, and programs that were released to users on a national level with millions of residential and commercial customers

- Implemented, configured, automated deployment infrastructure, DevOps, CI/CD pipelines to data and network centers, saving 1000s of field hours using Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible (RHAAP), Serverless, Redis, and AI

- Created new automated solutions from legacy programs, servers, APIs, and computer systems

- Initiated code standards for projects, improving developer productivity and bug-fixes by 50%

- Optimized code to run 67% faster, improving developer experience and customer satisfaction

- Reduced costs by refactoring, standardizing, and adding tests to code, reducing technical debt Full Stack Software Developer

Visible Network Labs 10/2022 — 07/2023

- Developed web application platform that graphs, visualizes, and analyzes nodes and connections on a network map supporting thousands of users and over 100K surveyors

- Achieved 750% improvement in network map load time by optimizing functions, and API calls

- Enhanced visual network maps, tables, and graphs using industry-leading practices & accessibility standards

- Leveraged GitHub Actions for reducing deployment time of Digital Ocean testing servers and GCP CI/CD pipelines

- Developed and maintained the app using Vue, TypeScript, PHP, MySQL, Docker, GCP, GIS, ESRI, and AI Computer Science Instructor

Denver School of Science and Technology Public Schools in Denver, CO 07/2018 — 10/2022

- Developed and maintained professional enterprise and SaaS applications for clients using React, Next, Node, Python, Django, Flask, FastAPI, Express, Terraform, Postgres, SQL, Git, AWS, Cloud Formation, and AI

- Created a computer science and engineering curriculum currently used by Denver-area high schools

- Lead the creation of apps, games, and websites in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Git

- Taught over 600 students software development best practices, algorithms, data structures, communication, and collaboration skills

EDUCATION

- Masters in Education, Bachelors in Chemistry, University of South Florida in Tampa, FL CERTIFICATIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

- Russian language fluency

- Automation and software development specialization

- Open-source software contribution written in C, Lua, and Python

- Developed personal IDE with Neovim and Lua

- Developed mobile iOS applications using Xcode and Swift

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