Helga S.

About Helga S.

I want to design egress and ingress network routes for gateways, set security group rules, and configure load balancers. I want to work with teams to transition from manual builds to automated builds to implement DevOps. I want to sensibly architect Bamboo agents and servers to handle load.Adaptable, creative, and able to learn on the job. Leverages technical expertise on software setup to provide outstanding user support and resolve critical operational needs. Expertise includes system design, configuration management, scripting, testing, and implementation. Loves all forms of conversion / migration projects.Service oriented and ensures accountability. High conscientiousness quotient with great problem solving skills. Mastered several soft skills including communication, negotiation, self-awareness, and teamwork. Incorporating everyone’s ideas improves teamwork and output. Provides exceptional customer service.Open Policy Agent (OPA) works to validate policy compliance of cloud infrastructure. Most hacks are due to software misconfigurations and OPA helps prevent the deployment of resource misconfigurations. I want to use OPA to prevent this.Top 5 strengths from CliftonStrengths assessment 2.0: 1 Maximizer - Focus on strengths to stimulate personal and group excellence2 Relator - Enjoy close relationships3 Activator - Turn thoughts into action4 Learner - Great desire to learn and continuously improve 5 Achiever - Lots of stamina and a hard worker; great satisfaction from being busy and productiveTECHNICAL SKILLSOperating Systems: Microsoft Windows, OS X, RHELDatabases: AWS RDS, OracleSoftware: Atlassian Suite · Bamboo · Bitbucket · Confluence · Jira · AWS Console · AWS CloudFormation · Amazon CloudWatch · Amazon EC2 · Chef · Gitlab · Maven · Nexus · Smartsheet · Zabbix · Microsoft Office Suite · Notepad++ · Oracle SQL Developer · PuTTY · PuTTY Keygen · Selenium IDE · SharePointServices: AWS EC2, AWS Management Console, RESTful Web Services, Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, Amazon VPCSecurity: AWS IAM, SSHLanguages: CSS, HTML, Java, JEE, JSON, JSP, shell scripting, SQL, XML, XSL, YAML Web Servers: Apache Tomcat, WildflyDesign: draw.io, Microsoft PowerPointData Transfer: scp, sftpTools: KeePassX, MavenCERTIFICATESAWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate 12/14/2018AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate 05/31/2017

Experience

1. Build & Release Engineer, Sr

   ECMC Group

   Mar 2022 — Present

   Assists in the design and implementation of automated build and deployment solutions for a variety of custom applications and release management of various SaaS applications. Advances and defines best practices for automation.• Creates branches, de-conflicts and merges code, builds, and deploys applications across progressive non Production environments and ultimately Production. Assists with non-Production landscape design and management. • Atlassian Suite and Smartsheet system administration including designing and executing system level policies and configuration, project level workflows, and connections between systems (Bamboo, Bitbucket, Confluence, and Jira).• Coordinates production releases ensuring deployment readiness, organizes the deployment plan, generates and disseminates the release notes to a variety of technical and business partners.• Establish controls, maintain release-related documentation necessary to support FISMA and SOC audits, and provide audit support as needed.• Supports compliance ensuring appropriate testing, separation of duties, and change controls are observed.• Adheres to established practices for release management of various applications, enforces controls, and ensures documentation is updated as processes and controls evolve.• Collaborates with other disciplines such as the architecture, business, compliance, database, development, security, and systems engineering teams on issues like release quality and readiness, maintenance load, process improvement, or toolset. This includes the ability to tailor written and verbal communication appropriate to the stakeholder, as well as, managing meetings or working sessions.• Researches issues, solutions, new technologies in support of normal duties and process improvement.• Software development lifecycle (agile, hybrid, waterfall) and project management methodology experience.

Education

• Nelson Mandela University

  B.S., Computer Science and Mathematics

  1987 — 1989

• Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University

  M.B.A., Information Systems Management with Distinction

  2003 — 2005

• Alexander Road High

  High School

  1982 — 1986