Christopher Smith
Verified Expert in Engineering
Spring Cloud Developer
Christopher is an expert JVM developer with solid experience building with Spring, Groovy, and the JVM ecosystem in general. He has managed the full software lifecycle from requirements to deployment, along with systems administration and networking (CCDP/CCNP). He is a proactive guy who's looking for projects that involve back-end engineering, infrastructure questions, networking, orchestration, and harder functional programming.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Git, Spring Tool Suite (STS), Eclipse, Spring, Java, JVM, Linux
The most amazing...
...machine I've worked on is the PHENIX detector at the RHIC heavy-ion collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Work Experience
Consulting Technologist
Sphere Systems
- Guided the client through implementation of the behavior-driven development methodology, improving delivery reliability and product owner satisfaction.
- Implemented a continuous delivery pipeline integrating client's ticket management, development workflow, and deployment for faster and more reliable delivery with less time and attention required from developers and product owners.
- Modernized and extended a currency trading platform.
Chief Technology Officer
ArtSquare
- Designed and managed the implementation of a cloud-first web application for artists.
- Built and managed the software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, story planning, continuous integration, and cloud deployment.
- Mentored junior developers and helped non-technical people understand the development process.
- Developed and maintained a full-stack Selenium test suite for the application using a spec-first BDD process.
- Contributed to open-source Java libraries that were used by GitHub and the Central Repository.
Consulting Technologist
Sphere Systems
- Provided integrated consulting services to medium-sized businesses.
- Designed the architecture for a safety-critical SCADA system.
- Helped organizations roll out IPv6 deployment across IPv4 WAN infrastructure.
- Advised on the interactions between networking choices and software communications models and made recommendations on protocol design.
- Created custom VM appliances and network configurations to solve challenging network situations such as poor or slow satellite connections, remote work sites, and changing fleet configurations.
Physics Research Assistant
Abilene Christian University
- Wrote control interfaces for power and temperature management for electronics on the PHENIX high-energy physics experiment.
- Wrote monitoring and analysis software for environmental sensors at PHENIX.
- Set up a thin-client network and servers for training at ACU.
- Upgraded control hardware and layout for power electronics at PHENIX.
- Worked with the ROOT data-analysis package to process data from the PHENIX experiment.
Experience
ArtSquare (Startup)
Base58 Codec
https://github.com/chrylis/base58-codecBlitline Java SDK
https://github.com/chrylis/blitline-java-clientSkillset
Languages
Java, JavaScript, HTML, Groovy, Ruby, HTML5, C++, Perl, C, XML, SQL, ECMAScript (ES6)
Frameworks
Spring, Spring Boot, Spock, JUnit, GEB, Spring MVC, Jasmine, Apache Spark, Spring Security, Mockito, Spring Integration, Hibernate, Bootstrap, JPA, Selenium
Libraries/APIs
REST APIs, JSR 310, ImageMagick, jQuery
Paradigms
API Architecture, Object-oriented Design (OOD), Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Continuous Deployment, Continuous Integration (CI), Behavior-driven Development (BDD), REST, Agile, Continuous Delivery (CD), Test-driven Development (TDD), Functional Programming, Aspect-oriented Programming, Promise
Platforms
Linux, Arch Linux, Unix, JVM, Eclipse, Azure, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Bluemix, Apache Kafka, Arduino, AVR (8-bit MCU), MacOS, Solaris
Other
Code Architecture, Back-end, SaaS, Technical Leadership, QA Automation, Network Protocols, Routing, Networks, Cisco, IEEE 802.11, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), SCADA, Data Architecture, Project Lifecycle, Networking, IPv4, IPv6, WAN, Network Design, Cisco Switches, Mbed, Cloud Foundry, Spring Cloud, Undertow
Tools
Apache Maven, Spring Tool Suite (STS), Groovy Grails Tool Suite, Eclipse IDE, RabbitMQ, Git, Jenkins, Karma, Babel
Storage
JSON, Redis, MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Spring Data
Industry Expertise
Telecommunications
Education
Certification in Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Cisco Systems - n/a
Certification in Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)
Cisco Systems - n/a
Incomplete Ph.D. in Computer Science
Texas Tech University - Abilene, TX, USA
Bachelor of Science in Physics
Abilene Christian University - Abilene, TX, USA
Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science
Abilene Christian University - Abilene, TX, USA
Certifications
Cisco Certified Network Professional Routing and Switching
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Cisco Certified Network Professional Enterprise
Cisco Systems, Inc.
LPIC-1
Linux Professional Institute, Inc.
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