Maurice Johnson

Lead Software Engineer

The Allstate Corporation•  May 2021 - Present

• Authored & Published Project Architecture & Design, Developer IDE Setup & Configurations, Project Developer Reference Materials/Requirements, Technical HOWTo’s and Training, New Software Application Vetting, In-house WIREMOCK Framework, Adoption of Transformative Growth, DEVOPs Fundamentals, Project Build Practices as it relates to the Jenkins, Docker, & CaaS Architecture’s, as well as other Research via Team Confluence Space. The intended audience; Technical Leads, Product Owners, Systems Engineers, Developer Resources & Key Stake Holders. • Served as Technical lead, for one of two Allstate Projects that were the first adopters of Allstate’s Transformative Growth. This entailed Market Place, AppFabric, Jenkins, GiT, Groovy, Gradle, Maven, Compliance Buddy, and so much more. Many firsts were accomplished within this project, outside of Transformative Growth. One in particular was the ZOS Connect Integration to Allstate’s BatchCard Services for Application Entry (APPEntry). • Delivered the CaaS AB EIS Jenkins Orchestration Deployment Pipeline. It represents an interactive Jenkins HTML Interface cable of deploying 52 Docker Images across 12 Kubernetes Cluster Namespaces with the capability of configuring each Docker Image Tag Version Number prior deployment. • Delivered the AB WireMock Framework. A framework that mirrors the industry version of WIREMOCK. This framework is currently hosted on Allstate’s Lower Environments and is capable of providing imitating any API if configured properly within the framework’s JSON REQ/RESP Mapping Properties. The framework was built on SpringBoot Framework, JAVA, and JSON. Skills: DEVOPs Environment, SAFe Agile Methodology, CICD Paradigm, Containerized Orchestration Pattern / CaaS, SaaS, MarketPlace / APPFabric, Kubernetes /Jenkins Pipeline / Docker, BASH, SonarQube, Artifactory, GiT SCM, Eclipse IDE, Maven Build, RestFul API’s / MicroServices, JAVA, JSON, SpringBoot, POSTMan, NodeJS, Npm, Yarn, Prettier, Confluence, HashiCorp Vault, DataDog, Kibana

Software Engineer

The Allstate Corporation•  March 2019 - May 2021

• Facilitated/participated within an Agile DEVOps Environment catered towards the CICD Paradigm with continued emphasis on JAVA Server-side Development and how that applies to MicroServices, with regard to RESTFUL Architecture Design. (Daily Standups with 2 Week Sprints) • Authored Key Confluence Documents for Management & Developer Resource Consumption. • Facilitated/participated within Proof of Concept (POC)'s regarding DEVOps Environment implementing a CICD Paradigm and how it applies to Allstate Environment. • Implemented late stage new software application across business enterprise - V3 AIM/Billing Application • Performed SQL Server Database Administration. • Performed Oracle PL/SQL Database Administration. • Performed Data Modeling/Conversion/Normalization • Facilitated/participated, configured, and implemented SPLUNK Monitoring Framework. • Authored technical papers, application design, governance, and guidance within Confluence Document Repository. • Performed daily technical support responsibilities. Skills: GitHub, GitBash, Git Desktop, Gradle, Jenkins Pipeline, SonarQube, Artifactory, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, JWT, MicroServices, Proxy/Service Pattern, Domain Driven Design(DDD), Node JS, npm, Java 8, Spring Framework, SpringBoot, Swagger, APPFabric, MarketPlace, Oracle PL/SQL, SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Maven, JSON, SPLUNK, Jasper Reports, Technical Writer, Agile/Waterfall, VersionOne/JIRA, Confluence, HTML, Eclipse IDE, IntelliJ IDE

Software Engineer

Collabera•  May 2018 - March 2019

Orlando, FL • (Contract) • Performed Heads-down Desktop JavaFX/Java Application Development, from ground up, within mixed Agile/Waterfall Environment, for Government of Egypt (GoE). Skills: Java, SQL, Gradle, GIT, Agile, JSON, JavaFX, RabbitMQ, CSS, Javascript/JQuery, Confluence, HTML, IntelliJ IDE, Adobe Photoshop

Software Engineer

Apex Systems•  October 2017 - April 2018

Orlando, FL • (Contract) • Client side to Server side Web Application Development and Support catering towards following technologies: o Eclipse, HTML, Javascript, JQuery, JSP, Java, XML, Gradle and Maven Builds, JDBC, MQ, Oracle SQL Server, SVN, WAS Server, WAS Admin Console, and JIRA. • Service Center Support through Action Request (AR) and Problem Tracking Request (PTR) facilitation by working within Sustainment Department and those within field. o Daily Customer Contact in order to Burn Down Backlog • Participation and Facilitation of Proof of Concept (POC) Projects whose scope encompassed Automated Java 8.0 Project Builds in conjunction with third party software's. Skills: Java, SQL, Jenkins Pipeline, Maven, XML, JSON, GIT, Technical Writer, Agile, Gradle, JIRA, SVN, Javascript/JQuery, Confluence, HTML, JSP, Eclipse IDE, WebSphere

Software Engineer

One Main Financial •  January 2017 - September 2017

Evansville, Indiana • (Contract) • Server side Web Application Development and Support catering towards, Eclipse, Java, Web Services, Jersey, Jackson, Hibernate, Spring Framework, ANT and Maven Builds, JDBC, MQ, DB2, SQL Server, SVN, Aldon, eSignature, Mobius, REST, SOAP, SOAP UI, XML, JSON. JYTHON, WAS Server, WAS Admin Console, JIRA, and Service Now. Skills: Java, Oracle PL/SQL, SQL, Jenkins Pipeline, Maven, XML, REST API, Spring, SVN, Technical Writer, Agile, JIRA, Hibernate 3.0, Confluence, Eclipse IDE, J2EE, SOAP UI / SOAP, db2, WebSphere, Jersey / Jackson

Software Engineer

Heritage Interactive Services LLC •  April 2015 - August 2016

Indianapolis, IN (contract) • Provided necessary heads-down client-side to server-side web application development for new functionality enhancements and or defect\bug fixes. Beyond these primary responsibilities facilitated best practices, standardization's, conventions, consumption of new technologies, and implementations regarding Open Source GeoMapping Technology, Leaflet, and OpenStreetMaps, in addition to JSON, AJAX and others. • Heritage Interactive Services IT Department administers data centric web application for vendor and client consumption. This application's focus is heavily responsible for batch processing monthly, quarterly, and yearly financials catered towards this nation's green alternatives by data mining. For example, Heritage assists customers in achieving zero landfill via known recycling methodologies by analyzing company's invoice data. This level of application support predominately revolved around vetted SDLC Methodologies, presently known industry. Some examples might be automated testing strategies, regression testing, backwards compatibility, automated build processes, adherence to source code repositories, automated deployment processes, environment synchronicity across DEV, TEST, and PROD Environments, deployed application code versus its associative source, architecture design, application and database normalization, and Usability Metrics. Skills: Java, Oracle PL/SQL, SQL, XML, JSON, Waterfall, Hibernate 3.0, CSS, Javascript/JQuery, HTML, Eclipse IDE, Leaflet, OpenStreetMaps, WebSphere

Project Manager

Capita Technologies•  December 2013 - April 2015

Indianapolis, IN • Understand and execute Capita Technologies Request for Proposal (RFP) Contract. • Understand, execute, and provide working examples for Subcontractor Statements of Work (SOW). • Gather, analyze, assess, facilitate, and deliver within Capita Technologies Project Business processes and controls by successfully executing Project Management Plan (WBS) on time and on budget. • Assess and successfully allocate team resources, their tasks, and deliverables against Project Management Plan (WBS). • Engage both team resources as well as Project Manager, to ensure resource task efficiency, accuracy, and successful completion on or before milestone deliverable dates. • Facilitate, participate, and deliver live deliverable templates as well as contextually and successfully compose such project milestone deliverables to completion. • Organize, facilitate, and participate within weekly and bi-weekly project status meetings. • Organize, facilitate, and participate within daily on-site and off-site knowledge sharing sessions. • Deliver weekly and bi-weekly project status reports pertaining to following context: Executive Summary, Timeliness, Deliverables, Target Dates of Completion and % of Completion, Issues, Risks and Plan of Action for Risks, as well as any other information that will convey true “health” of project. • Encourage and aspire to all facets of communication, if only to maintain fluid project dynamics, fluid milestone delivery, and meet milestone expectations and time-lines. • Motivate and encourage project team resources, to enforce team dynamics and allocated task responsibilities. • Build and enforce open door policies for project progress, success, risks, and mitigation. • Provide necessary on-site and or off-site Capita Case Suite of Products cross-training; whether it be application demonstrations for sales, marketing, and or product cross-training. Skills: Oracle PL/SQL, SQL, Jenkins Pipeline, Maven, XML, JSON, Technical Writer, Agile, Eclipse IDE, Microsoft Project, Adobe Photoshop

Software Engineer

Guilford Group •  July 2012 - September 2013

Carmel, Indiana (contract) • Vetted and introduced new client-base opportunities via multiple forms of communication, networking, and social platforms. • Responsible and accountable for coordinated management of multiple related projects directed toward strategic business and other organizational objectives. • Responsible for Project Statement of Work and Contract creation. • Facilitated and participated in weekly service\project progress meetings. • Responsible for Weekly Project Status Report creation. Such entails current projects, future opportunities, department budget analysis, and client project issues. • Team mentoring, knowledge sharing, delegation and or mitigation of appropriate technical resources. • Java J2EE Web Application Development with regards to JSP, JSF, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, against Oracle DB, all while residing on Apache Tomcat Servers. Such heads-down development entails new web application functionality enhancements to defect\bug patches. • The Guilford Group Intermodal Automotive department administers 24/7 CSX Operations via following platforms; Third Party Applications: Vintelligent, VinLink, and ShipCSX, TSIS & JIRA: Internal Applications: Classic Automotive Acknowledgement Processing System (AAPS) and New AAPs. Skills: Java, Oracle PL/SQL, SQL, XML, SVN, Technical Writer, Waterfall, CSS, Javascript/JQuery, HTML, JSP, Eclipse IDE, J2EE, JSF / Java Server Faces, Microsoft Project, WebSphere

Senior Software Engineer

Bostech Corporation •  September 2011 - February 2012

Indianapolis, IN (Contract) • Provided necessary heads-down client-side to server-side web application development for new functionality enhancements and or defect\bug fixes. Beyond these primary responsibilities facilitated best practices, standardization's, conventions, consumption of new technologies, and implementations regarding RIA Umbrella, GWT, and Open Source Technologies. • Jasper Reports \ iReports ~ Facilitated and implemented Proof of Concept, regarding Jasper Reports and NOSql Mongo Database. Such reporting strategy leveraged Mongo's unique Scalability via Jasper designated Java Customized Data Sources and Collection Bean Strategies. Such customized Data Injection was only comparable means of accomplishing proof of concept in timely fashion, given Non-Relational Database. Injection of such reporting mechanism was intended as Birt Replacement and devised to retrieve and present Personal Healthcare Information (PHI) associated to specific lab analytics, at runtime. All reporting templates were highly customized, per client request, and varied in layout, header and footer depictions, as well as data flow from right to left or left to right, within table or grid construct. • Engaged in Agile Environment with focus on Two Week Iterations, Daily 9:00 am Stand-Ups in conjunction with 12:00pm and 5:00pm notification updates, and continuous Integration life-cycle. Skills: Java, Oracle PL/SQL, SQL, Mongo, XML, Jasper Reports, Agile, Hibernate 3.0, HTML, Eclipse IDE, GWT AJAX, AWS

Software Engineer

Purdue University•  November 2008 - September 2011

West Lafayette, IN • Engaged in Full Stack SDLC consuming GWT Framework, GWT Ext Libraries, in conjunction with key Open Source Technologies. Such client-side to server-side web application development entailed facilitating best practices, standardization's, conventions, consumption of new technologies, and implementations regarding RIA Umbrella, GWT, and Open Source Technologies. • Overall, newly converted web application provided university level Space Management and Administration via CRUD Methodology, Auditing-Logging, Jasper Reporting, Change Request, Change Logging, Notification, User Authentication and Authorization Work-flows, for Professional, Academic Staff, and Student Client Consumption. • Jasper Reports \ iReports ~ Facilitated and implemented Jasper Reporting Workflow regarding Oracle Relational Database. Leveraging current university data enabled presentation of spacial allocations at Department, Campus, and University Level, for internal and external government requirements. Such also provided full database record views for administrative purposes. All reporting templates were mostly depicted in landscape format whose construct was grid or table based and provided appropriate header and footer depictions. • Engaged in Agile Environment with focus on One Month Iterations, Monthly 8:30 am Stand-Ups in conjunction with continuous notification updates, and Integration life-cycle. Skills: Java, Oracle PL/SQL, SQL, XML, Jasper Reports, Waterfall, Hibernate 3.0, CSS, Javascript/JQuery, HTML, Eclipse IDE, GWT AJAX, Adobe Photoshop

PeopleSoft Application Developer

Norwood Promotional Products •  August 2007 - August 2008

• Provided ERP, CRM, and FSCM Module service and application customization development; whether it be vanilla and or internal customized applications or workflows. • Produced and Transitioned Business Partner Functional Specifications to Technical Specifications in preparation of New and Customized Workflows. Forecast Design, Development, Testing, and Implementation Timelines with regards to Overall Project Timelines. • Mocked Up, Designed, Developed, and Tested New Order Clarification Workflow. Incorporated Third Party Software Interfaces to Kewill and Kofax, Standard and Custom Note(s), SQR Reporting, Customer and Company Archival Status tracking via CRM to FSCM EIP, and general delivered SQR Report customizations. • Devised, Documented, and Published PeopleSoft Application Versions 8.80 to 9.00 Order Management (OM) Business Data Migration Requirements. Skills: Oracle PL/SQL, SQL, XML, Waterfall, HTML, Peoplesoft

Systems Analyst

State Farm Insurance•  June 2001 - June 2007

Bloomington, Illinois • 06/2001 - 06/2007 Role: PeopleSoft Architecture & Application Developer (July 2006 - June 2007) Description: • Provided service and application development to all PeopleSoft ERP Applications whether it be vanilla and or internal customized applications; HRMS, FIN, GL, T&E, EPRO, AE, BEN, AP, MSS, and or Recruiting. • Devised and implemented alternate means of automated processing via HOST BATCH utilizing IBM COBOL and OS390 MVS JCL languages, HOST Xpediter Test, in conjunction with PeopleSoft Application Engine Methodology. • Prototyped and Developed Re-usable PeopleSoft People Code FUNLIB's; in particular, Messaging Class inheriting newly released PeopleSoft Multichannel Communications Mailer\Messaging Class per Application Version 8.8. With such development, Mocked Up REN Server Network HTTP and HTTPS Protocol Configurations to present company business partners efficient means of Multichannel Communication Messaging via Message Collaboration Database, WIN Message, Mailer Class, or other alternative means. • Determined present and future department direction in regards to Oracle\PeopleSoft sun setting; 2012. Primary focus entailed company & department consumption of future alternate ERP Technological replacements, such as; Oracle's Fusion Suite of Products versus SAP's. Role: Web Sphere J2EE Application Developer (October 2004 - July 2006) Description: • Developed, Tested, and Implemented Web Sphere J2EE Email Integration Service Framework Component, Version 1.2 for Enterprise Wide Developer consumption. • Established Standardization and Conventions for Email Integration Service Component via Published Intranet Usage and Guidance Documentation. • Integrated Third-Party Software, PEGA Systems -- Rules Engine, into viable Thin Web Sphere Client Application for Life Company Business Partners. Role: Microsoft VB & .NET Application Developer (November 2002 - October 2004) Description: • Primary Focus entailed Implementation\Migration Workflow Support and Application Development, regarding Electronic Claims System (ECS) Application Phases 1 through 5. • Developed, Documented, and Standardized Cross-Platform and Multiple-Platform ECS Issuance Scripts and Migration Workflows. • Developed, Documented, and Standardized System\Network Administrative Daily and Weekly Application Migration Service Request Procedures. Role: COBOL & Assembly Application Developer (June 2001 - November 2002) Description: • Focused upon the Application Development and Service, of the Life Company Annual, Quarterly, and Monthly Audit and Reporting Legacy Transactional Work-flows, per Function Specifications, in accordance with US Government and State Taxation, Actuarial\Mortality, and Waiver of Premium Disability Rate Mandates. Skills: Java, Oracle PL/SQL, SQL, XML, SVN, Technical Writer, Waterfall, CSS, Javascript/JQuery, HTML, JSP, Eclipse IDE, J2EE, db2, Cobol, Assembly, JCL, REX / CLIST, CICS, WebSphere