resume.json

resume.json

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  "basics": {
    "name": "David West",
    "label": "Platform Engineer",
    "image": "https://gravatar.com/userimage/6625569/fc0491adf60a81634fc58869ce5edb7f.jpeg?size=256",
    "summary": "I am an Infrastructure Automation Specialist that designs and implements systems to reduce lead time, alleviate bottlenecks, and improve cybersecurity posture for organizations.",
    "email": "dbwest@skiff.com",
    "phone": "(614) 684-8938",
    "location": {
      "address": "37 Orchard Ln",
      "postalCode": "43214",
      "region": "OH",
      "city": "Columbus",
      "countryCode": "US"
    },
    "profiles": [
      {
        "username": "dbwest",
        "url": "https://linkedin.com/in/dbwest",
        "network": "linkedin"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://github.com/dbwest",
        "username": "dbwest",
        "network": "github"
      }
    ]
  },
  "skills": [
    {
      "keywords": [
        "Go",
        "REST",
        "Node.js"
      ],
      "name": "Backend"
    },
    {
      "keywords": [
        "Python",
        "Ruby",
        "Groovy",
        "Bash",
        "Powershell"
      ],
      "name": "Scripting"
    },
    {
      "keywords": [
        "Kubernetes",
        "Docker",
        "Terraform",
        "Azure",
        "GCP"
      ],
      "name": "Devops"
    }
  ],
  "awards": [
    {
      "title": "Golden Key Honors Society"
    },
    {
      "title": "Phi Beta Kappa"
    }
  ],
  "work": [
    {
      "name": "Grange Insurance",
      "position": "Lead Platform Engineer",
      "pinned": true,
      "summary": "As Lead Platform Engineer at Grange Insurance, I led development for a high-performing release team, harnessing the power of automation to handle more than 100 change records, resolve 800+ incidents, implement 250+ user stories, and construct over 9,000 software builds since 2021.",
      "location": "Columbus, OH",
      "startDate": "2021-03-01",
      "endDate": "2023-07-01",
      "highlights": [
        "Implemented Jenkins pipelines using Groovy and Job DSL.",
        "Added vulnerability scans, and code quality measurement to pipelines.",
        "Automated software BOM updates for enhanced security posture.",
        "Automated cleanups for Git branches and Artifactory.",
        "Migrated enterprise repos from TFS to Git with custom Powershell."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Grange Insurance",
      "position": "Enterprise Architecture Board Member",
      "summary": "As an Enterprise Architecture Board Member at Grange Insurance, I spearheaded the design of innovative distributed systems, focusing on amplifying throughput within the domains of Test Engineering and Platform Engineering.",
      "startDate": "2023-07-01",
      "endDate": "2017-03-01",
      "highlights": [
        "Analyzed software architecture.",
        "Ensured adherence to best practices.",
        "Optimized system design for distributed applications."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Grange Insurance",
      "position": "Senior Infrastructure Engineer",
      "summary": "As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Grange Insurance, I used my Kubernetes experience to administer their Elastic Stack Deployment, created custom middleware, and Dockerized applications.",
      "startDate": "2021-03-01",
      "endDate": "2019-03-01",
      "highlights": [
        "Dockerized Applications.",
        "Created custom middleware with REST, Go, Groovy, Powershell, and Bash Scripting.",
        "Administered ECK, Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Grange Insurance",
      "position": "Software Engineering Task Force Member",
      "summary": "At Grange I joined the Software Engineering Task Force, a team that worked across the enterprise to disseminate best practices",
      "startDate": "2017-03-01",
      "endDate": "2019-03-01",
      "highlights": [
        "Implemented static code analysis enterprise-wide with Sonarqube",
        "Led efforts to promote SCRUM, Agile, DevOps Practices and Continuous Testing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Grange Insurance",
      "position": "Architect – Test Engineering",
      "summary": "As the Architect of Test Engineering at Grange, I revamped their test farm using Kubernetes and RabbitMQ",
      "startDate": "2019-03-01",
      "endDate": "2017-03-01",
      "highlights": [
        "Overhauled the test farm to a new system, now using Kubernetes",
        "Introduced Functional Tests into Deployment Pipelines",
        "Applied Splunk and ELK to Functional Test triage processes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Grange Insurance",
      "position": "Test Engineer",
      "summary": "I started as a Test Engineer at Grange, as part of a team with a great engineering culture and our own custom-crafted tools.",
      "startDate": "2017-03-01",
      "endDate": "2014-03-01",
      "location": "Columbus, OH",
      "highlights": [
        "Authored REST API and Acceptance tests with Ruby.",
        "Engaged in full-stack development of test tools using Powershell, Bash, RabbitMQ, Ruby on Rails and Javascript."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pillar Technology",
      "position": "Test Engineer",
      "summary": "I started in contracting with a couple of contracts with Pillar Technology at Alliance Data and NetJets",
      "endDate": "2014-07-01",
      "startDate": "2013-06-01",
      "highlights": [
        "Automated checks for billing systems.",
        "Introduced mobile automation tests for iPhones and Android devices using Appium and Ruby scripting."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "interests": [
    {
      "name": "Blockchain"
    }, 
    {
      "name": "Bouldering"
    }
  ],
  "education": [
    {
      "endDate": "2011-06-01",
      "startDate": "2008-09-12",
      "area": "Social Work",
      "studyType": "Master of Social Work",
      "institution": "The Ohio State University"
    },
    {
      "endDate": "2005-12-01",
      "startDate": "2001-09-01",
      "area": "Psychology",
      "studyType": "Bachelor of Arts",
      "institution": "University of Colorado at Boulder"
    },
    {
      "endDate": "2000-01-01",
      "startDate": "1998-09-01",
      "area": "Electrical Engineering (incomplete)",
      "studyType": "",
      "institution": "The Cooper Union"
    }
  ]
}