Abraham Durrant
Solutions Architect
Plover,WI
Summary
Atlassian Accredited hands-on Solution Architect with extensive experience developing and supporting mission critical applications. Purpose-driven professional active in engaging, training and mentoring others.
Overview
3
3
Certifications
6
6
years of post-secondary education
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Solutions Architect
Clearvision
Remote
07.2018 - Current
- Assess and configure Atlassian applications (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Crowd), including setup, upgrade, migration, merge, and administration in Cloud, Server and Data Center.
- Full ownership of each engagement from pre-sales through project completion.
- Lead development of architecture for current business solutions and future business needs.
- Advanced installation, use of AWS services (EC2, S3 & RDS)
- Established many baseline documents
- Work with external customers ensuring technology solution aligns with their business strategy.
- Authored development guidelines to expedite application design efforts through ready-made frameworks.
Sr Scrum Master
Brooksource
Appleton, WI
06.2017 - 06.2018
- Lead integration team to stand-up a brand-new system for Thrivent Independent.
- Champion of agile adoption in a corporate environment accustomed to waterfall methodology.
- Assist Product Owners/Business analysts to create and prioritize the product backlog – allow for clarity of direction.
- Implementation and administration of Atlassian toolset (Jira/Confluence.
IT Business Architect
New Resources Consulting/Delta Dental of WI
07.2016 - 06.2017
- Supporting disciplined software development approaches: continuous integration, refactoring practices, peer reviews, early QA and sustainable pace as standard.
- Documenting, in detail, the design and implementation of Salesforce from a legacy system.
- Translation of business needs to user stories for a development team of more than 10.
- Working with executive level management to elicit requirements and provide development direction Professional (Non-Consulting.
Scrum Master/Business Analyst
Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection
09.2014 - 07.2016
- Responsible for the planning, coordination and issue resolution for 3 cross-functional development teams.
- Provide operational and consultative support in the utilization of lean management methodologies, tools and principles.
- Served as the Lead Scrum Master.
- Credited with assembling and grooming the highest performing teams across the entire program.
Senior Business Requirements Analyst
Wausau Financial Systems
11.2013 - 09.2014
- Working directly with customers to ascertain their specific requirements for upgrades, add-on modules, features and betas.
- Direct interaction with external customers to collect and assess system requirements.
- Utilize gathered requirements, internal process and product knowledge to draft Customer Requirements Document (CRD) and Statement of Work (SOW).
IT Business Analyst
Sentry Insurance
12.2007 - 11.2013
- Key involvement for implementation of Guidewire PolicyCenter.
- Maintain advanced knowledge of products, practices, systems and processes within the PolicyCenter Development area.
- Instrumental in establishing consistent, technical proficiencies and effective workflows.
Software Developer
Skyward
01.2006 - 12.2007
- Development of Financial software for K-12 Schools using Progress 4GL.
- In charge of the development of ecommerce Requisitions and the Work Request System.
- Effectively integrated the ecommerce requisition system into the offerings of the Skyward Software.
Education
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Tiffin University
Tiffin, OH 09.2007 - 05.2010
Bachelor of Science - Web & Digital Media Development
University Of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI 09.2001 - 05.2005
Skills
Improving processes
Monitoring milestones
Technical architecture
Customer Relations
Technical assistance
Architecture improvements
Software Architecture
Solution prototypes
Mentoring and training
Software Analysis
Project requirements analysis
Work Availability
monday
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sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Certification
ACP-100: Atlassian Certified in Jira Administration
Quote
If you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, it’s too large
Jeff Bezos
Timeline
ACP-100: Atlassian Certified in Jira Administration
10-2020
ACP-600: Atlassian Certified in Jira Project Management
08-2020
Solutions Architect
Clearvision
07.2018 - Current
Sr Scrum Master
Brooksource
06.2017 - 06.2018
IT Business Architect
New Resources Consulting/Delta Dental of WI
07.2016 - 06.2017
Scrum Master/Business Analyst
Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection
09.2014 - 07.2016
Professional Scrum Master - Scrum.org
02-2014
Senior Business Requirements Analyst
Wausau Financial Systems
11.2013 - 09.2014
IT Business Analyst
Sentry Insurance
12.2007 - 11.2013
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Tiffin University
09.2007 - 05.2010
Software Developer
Skyward
01.2006 - 12.2007
Bachelor of Science - Web & Digital Media Development
University Of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
09.2001 - 05.2005