Senior Cloud & Software Architecture Leader

William R. Habermaas

Huntington, NY 631-***-**** ****@*********.** linkedin.com/in/bill-habermaas-1933309 github.com/bill-habermaas

Target Roles: Chief Software Architect Senior DevOps / Cloud Engineering Manager Director of Software Engineering

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Results-driven Software Engineering Leader with 20+ years of experience designing, building, and scaling enterprise-class software systems for Fortune 100 and startup environments. Recognized for architecting secure, high-availability solutions in cloud and on-prem ecosystems (AWS, OCI, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines). Combines deep technical expertise with hands-on leadership to deliver innovation, agile execution, and continuous improvement. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and deliver business-critical solutions on time and under budget.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Cloud & Systems Architecture

• Spearheaded modernization of a legacy Java platform to a microservices architecture with Spring Boot and Docker, improving deployment speed by 60% and reducing infrastructure costs by 30%.

• Led multi-region cloud migration for secure government OCI deployments, ensuring full compliance with FedRAMP and NIST security frameworks.

• Developed a Kubernetes Operator for auto-scaling WebLogic servers, reducing manual intervention by 75% and enhancing system resilience; showcased the solution at DockerCon.

• Built custom Spring Boot microservices to support real-time data exchange and API scalability.

• Engineered RDMU schema consolidation tooling that streamlined database integration and reduced deployment errors by 35%.

• Re-engineered TCP/IP protocols for critical flight inspection software, improving reliability and performance by 50%. DevOps & CI/CD Engineering

• Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments (Jenkins, CircleCI, Wercker), cutting release cycle times from weeks to hours.

• Designed and executed a comprehensive CI/CD SDLC framework integrating QA automation and production deployment pipelines.

• Architected a Docker-based framework for acceptance testing of Lifecycle Management components, cutting manual testing effort by 80%.

• Implemented automated Ansible configuration scripts for multi-region environment setup, reducing setup time by 40%.

• Led the design and automation of region creation using Ansible and custom scripts to support scalable OCI deployments.

Security & Compliance

• Improved security across Java backend services to meet HIPAA compliance and internal audit standards.

• Served as Security Point of Contact during a corporate acquisition, ensuring compliance with all corporate requirements.

• Oversaw maintenance and security of enterprise WebCenter and Analytics products, ensuring adherence to global security standards.

• Designed and implemented SSO services across multi-tenant database file systems. Technical Leadership & Team Management

• Mentored and directed distributed teams of 10-12+ engineers, delivering mission-critical software projects ahead of schedule.

• Directed Agile development teams, coaching developers on coding best practices and CI/CD automation.

• Led Professional Services architect teams installing and maintaining enterprise content management solutions for global clients.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: Java, GoLang, Rust, Scala, C/C++, Python, IBM Assembler Frameworks: Spring Boot, JUnit, Mockito

Cloud / DevOps: AWS, Oracle Cloud (OCI), Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, CircleCI, Wercker, Ansible Databases: Oracle, MongoDB, MySQL

Platforms: Linux, Unix, Windows, macOS

Other: Agile & Scrum Leadership, System Architecture, Security & Compliance, CI/CD Engineering PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chief Engineer Safe Health Systems Inc. — Los Angeles, CA 2020 – 2023

Consulting Member of Technical Staff Oracle Corporation — Redwood City, CA 2011 – 2020

Chief Solutions Architect FatWire Corporation — Mineola, NY 2008 – 2011

Software Consultant NXT Inc. — Ronkonkoma, NY

2006 – 2008

EARLIER CAREER SUMMARY

Director & CTO, GTV Solutions Inc. — Wayne, PA

Architected IM protocol integration and oversaw server administration and maintenance. Senior VP of Research, Softblox Inc. — Atlanta, GA Co-founded software startup; authored networking database and the SmartPad for Windows product suite. Senior VP of Research & Special Projects, Computer Associates International — Islandia, NY Co-founded an early CA research division; architected commercial software products including CA-LINK, CA-UNIVERSE, and CA-DYNAM.

Software Specialist, Standard Data Corp (VM Software Division) Developed IDOS/VS for CMS and maintained VM products. Programmer/Analyst, Emery Air Freight Corp.

Authored online information and disaster recovery utilities for logistics systems. EDUCATION

DeVry Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL — Associate Degree in Electronic Engineering Technology

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