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Dezerel Graham

Software Engineer
San Antonio,TX

Summary

Software Engineer with 8 years of experience working in the financial services and insurance industry. Skilled in Java, Kafka, REST, Spring Boot, Event-Driven Architecture and Agile Methodologies. Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science from Prairie View A&M University and a Master of Science (M.S) in Computer Science at The University of Texas at San Antonio.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Software Engineer

Liberty Mutual
Portsmouth, NH
10.2022 - Current
  • Trained and mentored junior engineers, teaching skills in Java, Kafka, Event Driven Architecture, Agile Methodologies and working to improve overall team performance.
  • Led software development initiative as subject matter expert and primary point-of-contact for Kafka and Microservices Design.
  • Led design sessions and implementation of new system to replace classic IBM Websphere applications.
  • Facilitated monthly Software Engineer book club with multiple teams in order to improve code quality and support continued learning.

Software Engineer

USAA
San Antonio, United States
07.2016 - 10.2022
  • REST API and Kafka developer for 7 years
  • Developed REST APIs using Spring Boot framework to process and distribute millions of customer records to the entire company
  • Designed and developed recon Spring Batch jobs that ensured the accuracy of over 200 million customer records
  • Designed and developed Kafka applications to ingest and stream customer data
  • Lead an agile team of 6 team members on several projects ensuring goals and deliverables were met during each sprint
  • Introduced agile methodologies and development best practices to team to enhance product development.
  • Developed Splunk queries and dashboards to monitor application performance and availability
  • Deployed and managed applications utilizing Docker and Openshift.

Patient Administrator

United States Army
03.2007 - 04.2013

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

The University of Texas At San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
09.2020 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Prairie View A & M University
Prairie View, TX
09.2013 - 05.2016

Certification

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Certification

Affiliations

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated

Alpha Pi Zeta Chapter

Chair of the Technology Committee

Timeline

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Certification

01-2024

Senior Software Engineer

Liberty Mutual
10.2022 - Current

Master of Science - Computer Science

The University of Texas At San Antonio
09.2020 - Current

Software Engineer

USAA
07.2016 - 10.2022

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Prairie View A & M University
09.2013 - 05.2016

Patient Administrator

United States Army
03.2007 - 04.2013
Dezerel GrahamSoftware Engineer