Principal Software Architect

Modernize enterprise applications and services by upgrading front-end systems and replacing monolithic web services with containerized Spring Boot applications. Upgrade applications using Spring Boot, React, Next.js, AWS Fargate, and cloud-native service architecture to improve performance and scalability.

Develop and support RESTful web services deployed to AWS ECS/Fargate using Docker, ECR, and ECS clusters. Implement Spring Security and OAuth2 token-based authentication, and use JPA and JPQL for persistence-layer design, entity mapping, and query development.

Migrate databases from Oracle to Amazon RDS PostgreSQL with AWS Database Migration Service. Manage schema changes through Flyway and develop SQL, DDL, triggers, functions, stored procedures, and PL/pgSQL logic.

Build AWS-based CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Azure Pipelines. Use CloudWatch and AWS operational tooling to troubleshoot production issues, improve reliability, and collaborate with stakeholders and engineering teams on architecture and delivery.

Developed and enhanced a lead management platform for insurance and education-sector clients within an Agile/Scrum delivery framework.

Delivered complex customer-driven enhancements and helped transition company systems to cloud-based technologies. Improved architecture and deployment practices to accelerate feature delivery and shorten development cycles.

Guided development teams and project managers in delivering client-specific software solutions and internal technology products.

Contributed to application architecture, business-to-business integrations, and Agile delivery methodology improvements. Worked across Java-based and database-driven systems with a focus on PostgreSQL.

Led a team of 25 engineers developing a web-based user interface for secondary loan management software. Helped recover and stabilize a high-visibility project that was at risk of cancellation.

Contributed to architecture and implementation of Java-based enterprise web applications using JSF, JSP, JPA, and JPQL. Collaborated on REST-style APIs and enterprise integration architecture.

Advised senior leadership on emerging web-development trends and optimization strategies.

Developed internal software used to manage large-scale software development operations. Led a small team that delivered a critical internal system with high quality under a demanding timeline.

Used Java Server Faces, JSP, and enterprise Java web application infrastructure. Enhanced and supported internal software build and delivery processes, producing significant efficiency improvements at scale.

Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a computer emphasis.