Conrad Palka

Software Engineer

Sarasota County Property Appraiser•  March 2021 - May 2024•  Sarasota, FL

Designed, developed, tested, installed, maintained, and supported all internal business and vendor applications: public sites, intranet sites, and other applications used to manage the input, display, search, and applications for maintenance of large sets of records. Technologies used: C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, XAML, MS SQL, SSMS, JavaScript, jQuery, Entity framework and ADO.NET, Crystal Reports, Aumentum customCAMA mass appraisal software, Jira for issue management and new feature requests, TortoiseSVN for source version control, Google charts, OneNote.

System Integrator

Aventa Systems, LLC•  November 2010 - November 2021

o Designed and integrated systems related to surveillance, computer networks, and security. o Was responsible for the configuration management database on a NYCTA project. Have working knowledge of SQL and relational databases: MS Access, SQL Server, MySQL, and Postgres. o Installed software applications and operating systems: Windows Server/Linux. Configured RAID. Used Python scripts to control server shut down custom procedures. o Designed and implemented a traffic light control application to safely manage vehicular traffic on an army base shooting range. The client/server application used VB.NET, serial communications, JavaScript, Json, AJAX, HTML, CSS, GIFs, Google Maps API, and Leaflet JavaScript library. Used REST APIs to download still images from a camera and to update vehicle GPS coordinates and status. o Used WordPress to build company website. o Hands-on networking experience: configuration and deployment of network devices, physical cabling, SFPs, VLANs, Ethernet, switching, static and dynamic routing, Port Aggregation, DNS, DHCP, SSH, HTTP, IP Subnetting, STP, HSRP, VPN, ACL, MACSec, QoS, NTP, SNMP, multicasting (PIM), TCP/IP and other common network protocols, firmware upgrades, Wireshark. o Used MS Visio to create network diagrams. o Interacted with contractors and government to reach project milestones. o Excellent track record of successfully completed projects.

Senior Software Engineer

accenture•  June 2008 - October 2010

Wrote Java code and designed UI forms on a project to develop an automated workflow and data management system for New York City government agencies. Implemented bug fixes and added performance improvements as part of ongoing maintenance. Used SVN for source control.