Stephen D

Senior Software Engineer

salient global•  January 2022 - July 2023

Orchestrated team operations during a company transition, ensuring seamless alignment with strategic goals and uninterrupted workflow. Developed a user-friendly Django web front end for an audience building product, empowering non-technical users to easily generate audiences without relying on engineering support. Implemented a streamlined data ingest transformation, eliminating duplicates, improving system efficiency, and optimizing data processing.

Senior Software Engineer

ICX Media•  July 2020 - January 2022

Led a small team of Engineers to process social network-based text through NLP models, resulting in improved data analysis and insights. Worked with all aspects of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to develop and deploy data pipelines using Apache Airflow and BigQuery, resulting in streamlined data processing and analysis. Mentored and guided junior software engineer developers, fostering their growth and proficiency in coding best practices, problem-solving, and project management.

Senior Software Engineer

IronNet Cybersecurity•  January 2020 - July 2020

Working on the Analytics team that works with Data Scientists to turn their analytics into production ready code. Utilizing Spark, Scala, Kubernetes, and Docker.

Software Engineer

IronNet Cybersecurity•  August 2016 - December 2019

Successfully maintained a critical back-end micro-service ETL, ensuring seamless product functioning. Led the transformation of the Python-based micro-service into Golang, leveraging Kubernetes and various AWS services to enable cloud migration. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve bugs in IronNet's code through integration testing. Automated repetitive testing processes using Python and Selenium, resulting in increased efficiency and accuracy. Streamlined testing procedures by integrating them with CI/CD tools, enhancing the overall development process.

Software Engineer

IronNet Cybersecurity•  May 2015 - April 2016

Strategized and executed network setup, Openstack deployment, and firewall implementation for enhanced infrastructure functionality Pioneered initial product CI/CD integration using Jenkins, boosting operational efficiency and streamlining development processes Conducted comprehensive cybersecurity assessment in collaboration with a prominent Healthcare company to bolster their security measures