Brad Weems
Engineering Associate II
Fredericksburg,VA
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Engineering Associate II
Freddie Mac
McLean, United States
02.2024 - Current
- Designed, implemented, and maintained observability solutions in Dynatrace and Kibana
- Assisted in the creation of anomaly detection alerts in Dynatrace to proactively detect issues before they impacted end-users
- Managed daily system performance monitoring and troubleshooting of applications and infrastructure
- Created custom javascript workflows in Dyantrace to develop custom synthetic solutions and automate routine tasks
- Trained team members on all aspects of Dynatrace including but not limited to agents installs, creating synthetic monitors, general troubleshooting and credential management
- Delegated ServiceNow requests to team members and oversaw their successful completion
- Assisted with elastic POC for synthetics by creating http, single step and multi-step journeys in Kibana
- Utilized Dynatrace API to reduce the time and manual effort involved in updating OneAgents
Engineering Associate
Freddie Mac
McLean, United States
02.2023 - 02.2024
- Supported the setup of monitoring dashboards in Dynatrace and Kibana and worked on optimizing alerting thresholds to minimize false positives
- Created synthetic automations (HTTP, Browser, Browser Clickpath and third-party monitors) to reduce MTTD and MTTR issues for applications
- Created custom Python scripts to automate the creation of third-party synthetics (used to build over 1,000 port monitors).
- Upgraded 2016 Windows ActiveGate servers to 2022 in Dynatrace in effort to retire 2016 Windows servers
- Assisted the Elastic team with dashboard creation when key members were on leave
- Implemented custom monitoring solutions for mission-critical applications to identify performance bottlenecks and reduce the response time.
Technology Analyst
Freddie Mac
McLean, United States
02.2022 - 02.2023
- Built custom dashboards and alerting mechanisms in Dynatrace for real-time monitoring and proactive system health assessments
- Performed Dynatrace agent installs using Jenkins and BladeLogic
- Created python scripts to increase the speed of building and migrating synthetic monitors from Dynatrace to SiteScope
- Worked with automation team to automate Dynatrace OneAgent configuration commands
Sales Representative
JK Enterprise Landscape Supply LLC
Warrenton, VA
01.2017 - 12.2019
- Generate and develop new business and maintain and grow this new business.
- Educate customers about JK Enterprise product and service options.
Northern Virginia Sales Manager
Old Bust Head Brewing Company
Warrenton, VA
08.2015 - 01.2017
Business Developer
CleanOffice Inc
Chantilly, VA
04.2014 - 08.2015
Project Manager/Associate Account Manager
Valley Crest Landscape
Woodbridge, VA
05.2012 - 04.2014
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, VA 05.2001 -
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Spanish
University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, VA 05.2001 -
Skills
Javascript
Python
Kibana
Postman
ITILv4 certification
Dynatrace Certified Associate
Timeline
Engineering Associate II
Freddie Mac
02.2024 - Current
Engineering Associate
Freddie Mac
02.2023 - 02.2024
Technology Analyst
Freddie Mac
02.2022 - 02.2023
Sales Representative
JK Enterprise Landscape Supply LLC
01.2017 - 12.2019
Northern Virginia Sales Manager
Old Bust Head Brewing Company
08.2015 - 01.2017
Business Developer
CleanOffice Inc
04.2014 - 08.2015
Project Manager/Associate Account Manager
Valley Crest Landscape
05.2012 - 04.2014
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Mary Washington
05.2001 -
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Spanish
University of Mary Washington
05.2001 -