Paul T. Jobson Loudoun County, Virginia | pjobson@gmail.com +1 409-241-3666 |
ISO: Generalist Role - coding | research | mentorships | documentation | planning
Working In: Angular11 | Cypress | JavaScript | Node.js | TypeScript
Platforms: Linux (RHE, Debian, Ubuntu) | AWS EC2 | Docker
Leadership: Cross-Training | Mentorship | Process Documentation | Project Management
The Cyrenaics Foundation Sterling, VA / Remote / On-Site
Managing Partner / Generalist (June 2019 - Present)
- Create strategy and document process for conversion to a purely volunteer BOD membership role.
- Provide managerial IT support for micro 501(c)(3) including: website creation and deployment, form creation for various initiatives, creation of process documentation, sourcing designers/developers/etc, physical hardware setup, CI/CD process documentation, creation of forms and such integrated with the G-Suite ecosystem, and other aspects of the business.
- Develop and implement strategic plans to achieve our goals and objectives, in collaboration with the Board of Directors.
- Build and maintain relationships with donors, volunteers, community partners, and other supporters to advance our mission and secure the resources necessary to sustain our programs and services.
- Lead and motivate a team of both staff and volunteers to deliver high-quality programs and services, and foster a culture of teamwork, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, and best practices in the non-profit sector, and maintain effective internal controls and risk management processes.
DGS/ST Engineering Remote DC Metro Area
Contract Software/Test Engineer (March 2021 - August 2022)
- Worked in the Radio Frequency (RF) spectrum space including: FRS, LMR, 4G, 5G, DVB-S/DVB-S2/DVB-S2X, short wave, etc.
- Led the migration process from Protractor to Cypress for a large-scale web application, resulting in a 40% reduction in test execution time and improved test stability.
- Analysis and documentation of the existing Protractor test suite, identified potential challenges and opportunities for improvement during the migration.
- Developed a comprehensive migration plan, including timeline, milestones, and risk assessment, ensuring a smooth transition from Protractor to Cypress.
- Conducted extensive testing to validate the migrated test suite, ensuring that all test cases were successfully executed and produced accurate results.
- Provided training and guidance to an internship team on utilizing the Cypress framework effectively, enabling them to create and maintain automated tests independently.
- Created process and documentation for: integrating Cypress into the existing CI, migrating test scripts, running Cypress via WSL2 (https://1tn.org/qxgwk), SOP for development best practices, and requirements for deployment of release notes.
- Managed SCRUM master responsibilities for a department's interns including: training, pair programming, time management, Jira ticket management, analysis of back-log issues, creation of new issues and tasks, liaison support between interns and management.
- Improved organization of daily scrum meetings, reducing time from approximately 1-2 hours to 15 minutes per meeting. This netted a savings of approximately $250K in wasted engineering time per year. This was accomplished mainly through an ELMO initiative to reduce lengthy A/B conversations.
- Created an experiment, test, and process for utilizing large size AWS EC2 Linux instances in multi-user configurations rather than single medium EC2 instances per engineer, as a cost saving mechanism.
- Angular 9/10 with Material and D3 for development of RF spectrum analyzation platform, providing spectrum analysis, LMR (Land Mobile Radio) Demodulation, alerting, and mapping using the Mapbox API.
- Worked closely with UX/UI designers to implement responsive and accessible user interfaces that provide seamless user experiences.
Patrocinium Systems Herndon, VA
Contract Full Stack Engineer (August 2020 - November 2020)
- Deployed, maintained, and optimized applications on AWS platform (EC2, S3, Lambda) and Kubernetes deployment tools.
- Developed simple user experiences for interactions in crisis situations.
- Utilized microservice architecture and design and working with message bus architecture using Kafka.
Gravy Analytics / Venntel Sterling, VA
Angular Web Application Developer (March 2018 - September 2020)
- Full lifecycle development of mapping portal software using AngularJS and Google Maps followed by Angular 5/6/7 and MapBox.
- Collaborate with Product Managers to gather requirements and create user stories for their government side clients.
- Defined and developed useful features for customers such as: MGRS to Lat/Long conversion, batch inputs, map measurement tools, IP address lookup, weight based sorting, etc.
- General security audit testing between Angular application and middleware tier resulting in creation and closure of various serious permissions issues.
- Assisted in development of middleware tier utilizing MongoDB, Express, and Node.js, interfacing with a Java AP deployed into EC2 linux instances.
- Work directly with Scrum Master in creating best practices for CI/CD: development, deployment, gitlab management, and code review practices.
Contracting Remote DC Metro Area
Software Engineer (September 2016 - November 2017)
- Consulted for a small government contractor and telecommunications companies in Reston. Created RESTful TypeScript API interfaces for SIP telephone trunking to provide VoIP services.
- Condé Nast / The New Yorker - Full stack development in React and Node.js for redevelopment of The New Yorker. Development of various components and pages for The New Yorker post re-launch. Development of tools for legacy system integration.
Folio Investing McLean, VA
Senior Programmer (December 2014 – August 2016)
- Created and migrated applications from JSTL pages on Java/Spring to a SPA using AngularJS and a Java API. Institutional Trade Center: Development of institutional (B2B) mutual fund trade center. Items for Attention: Document center for customers to review items and alerts pertaining to their account. Private Placements: Developed a trading center for investment opportunities for small businesses. Development of Node.JS modules in MEAN stack environment utilizing TypeScript.
Time Warner Cable Herndon, VA
Senior Engineer - Software & Operations (April 2008 – February 2014)
- Development of Time Warner Cable's search properties: RoadRunner Search, DNS Redirect, and RoadRunner Toolbar. Initially utilizing Perl and PHP, XML/XSTL, on Apache/Solaris, later completely redeveloping both applications to Single Page Applications (SPA) utilizing jQuery and jQote2 templating on Centos Linux.
- Search log analysis with Splunk using Node.js with MongoDB as a caching tier for decentralizing individual search queries to generalized regions based for customer privacy purposes.
- Development of the RoadRunner Video site utilizing JavaScript and a third party XML API.
RTCRM, Inc. Washington, DC
Senior Web Developer (February 2007 – April 2008)
- Full lifecycle development of the corporate CMS portal for client and internal project management. Responsible for updates and redevelopment of the RTCRM public site. General client web development primarily for pharmaceutical companies mainly using HTML and JavaScript.
AOL Dulles, VA
Program Manager / Interactive Media Developer (September 2003 – March 2006)
- Responsible for Enhanced Search Widget management with local and offshore teams. Developed search widgets with AJAX and pre-AJAX technologies as well as AOL proprietary technology. Lead technical developer for DMOZ/ODP, transitioned work from AOL Search to the DMOZ editor community. Developed a web tool for dynamically caching and thumbnailing images.
Contracting DC Metro Area
Web Programming Contractor (January 1998 – January 2007)
- Contracted for various companies in the DC Metro Area including: Sprint/NEXTEL, Verisign, Freddie Mac, Broadwing, The Global Tele-Exchange, SAIC, Investigative Group International, and Boeing.
- Responsible for creating prototypes and development of client web pages.
- Maintenance and deployments of client sites and applications.
- Internal tool development such as: intranets, extranets, deployments, logging, etc.
Volunteering DC Metro Area
MetroArea Health
- General web technologist support for a women's clinic including: web site CMS setup, DNS hosting and setup, web hosting, and any other general technical issues.
Open Source Code, Technical Writing, and Tutorials
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