Rob Tompkins

Champion | Principal Engineer | VP Open Source | Ex-NASA | Ex-CapitalOne | Ex-AWS | Ex-US Paddling Team | Outdoor Adventure Sports leader

Role
Staff Cloud Application Architect at Vertical Relevance
Location
Richmond, VA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Rob Tompkins

A seasoned Principal Software Engineer and Cloud Architect with deep expertise in building secure, scalable distributed systems across AWS, Azure, and GCP. With over 15 years of experience spanning application development, DevOps, and cloud security, Rob has led transformations in financial services, healthcare, and government, including impactful contributions to NASA and Apache Software Foundation projects. He excels at bridging engineering leadership with hands-on architecture, driving innovation in security, reliability, and high-performance cloud infrastructure.

Experience

  1. Staff Cloud Application Architect

    Vertical Relevance

    Apr 2024 — Present

    Designed and implemented a suite of microservices for the ISO 20022 payment protocols, enhancing transaction efficiency. • Contributed to the development of a real-time payments engine, central to FIS\'s business model, interfacing with TCH and FedNow. • Established best practices that improved software quality and streamlined engineering processes across the team.

Education

  • University of South Carolina

    MS

    2007 — 2009

  • Virginia Tech

    BS

    2002 — 2007

  • St. Christopher's School

    High School Diploma

    1988 — 2002

Skills

  • Service-Oriented Architecture (Soa)
  • Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
  • Sdlc
  • Enterprise Architecture
  • Business Analysis
  • Javascript
  • Jersey Framework
  • Computational Mathematics
  • C/C++
  • Java
  • Apache Ivy
  • Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
  • Sql
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Jboss
  • Linux
  • Discrete Mathematics
  • Mathematical Logic
  • Java Enterprise Edition
  • Continuous Delivery
  • Hudson
  • Spring Framework
  • Apache Ant
  • Amazon Web Services (Aws)
  • Software Development
  • Python
  • Html5
  • Ibm Websphere
  • Maven
  • Oracle Weblogic
  • Scrum
  • Spring
  • Nexus
  • Software Project Management
  • Integration
  • Css3
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Jenkins

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