Professionally -
Booz Allen Hamilton, DevOps Engineer
September 2023 - Present
Mastercard, Software Engineer - Contractor
July 2021 - September 2023
The majority of my work involved creating and maintaining automations, CI/CD processes, and supporting application deployments and infrastructure. I built several automations designed to assist developers in
My other non-engineering work, notably internships and IT work through college are listed in detail on my resume here
On the Side -
This website
My background is not web development. I am not a react or typescript wizard, but I think it’s important for every developer to understand how the web works. Building and hosting my own website is a great way to get a feel for the infrastructure of the internet.
Why Hugo?
Hugo means I don’t need to do frontend development, and can just focus on projects I enjoy, and link them here. Hugo is also written in Go, which I am learning now.
Advent Of Code
What’s this?
My job does not require much object oriented programming, and I’d like to get back to that in my free time. I learn best through hands on work, and Advent of Code allows me to work through interesting challenges to grow my skillset. I plan to work through all the challenges, and then go back through and add tests in order to get familiar with testing in Go.
Why Go?
Go is fun, and modern. Kubernetes and Docker both are built on Go, so I think it’s worth diving into what makes some of the most robust and popular DevOps platforms run.
Cable Company Support Chatbot: Capstone Project
Completed May 2020
During my senior year of college, our team created an AI chatbot for a fictional cable company to answer and maintain a basic online support system using Google’s Dialogflow for text recognition utilizing Google calendar API to create scheduling functionality. The chatbot uses firebase to log technician appointment information and customer service reports created by users.
Education:
From The University of South Carolina:
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems
- Minor in Business Information Management