Ian McAlpine
Software Engineer
Fort Mill,SC
Summary
Passionate Software Engineer with over 13 years of diverse experience in development, quality assurance and DevOps. Knowledgeable in the scrum agile framework, continuous integration & delivery, security best practices and proper documentation. An enthusiastic team player with the ability to think outside of the box to provide creative solutions.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
<p>DevOps Engineer</p> <p></p>
Bank of America
11.2019
- Design, Management and Implementation of Database structure for custom NodeJS web development software
- Implementation of CI/CD through Jenkins, Ansible Tower and Custom Scripts
- Lead and supported software deployments to UAT, QA and Production for bankofamerica.com domains
- Code Review, Ownership and Administration of Bitbucket GIT Repositories
- Development of custom Scripts and APIs through Python and NodeJS for automation, monitoring and debugging
- Leading efforts to shift from old hardware to scalable containerized environments
- Introduced SCRUM concepts to increase visibility, efficiency and effectiveness
<p>Personal Development Work</p> <p></p>
01.2009
- Creation, Deployment and Maintenance of a Web Based Storefront utilizing a LAMP Stack and integration of paypal payment processing. Sole proprietor of this storefront for 2 years selling digital goods
- Development of Third Party Software in C#, Python and LUA to work in conjunction with popular video games. These projects include collaborative open source software as well as privately distributed software
- Construction, installation and maintenance of a Debian Linux headless server to host, via docker containers, media applications as well as collaborative tools
- Creation, Deployment and Maintenance of a community website utilizing a LAMP Stack with heavy emphasis on JS. Due to unique needs this was written from the ground up and includes a robust admin panel for website control
<p>DevOps Engineer, Associate</p>
SCOR Global Life Americas
02.2017 - 03.2019
- Responsible for discovering and implementing AWS Cloud Services in order to increase efficiency of multiple agile teams
- Worked in tandem with Infrastructure, DB and Security personnel to maintain and improve the cloud based infrastructure
- Improved log access and debugging by shipping log files from dozens of unix servers to a centralized cloud resource
- Played a major role in automated deployments which decreased release life cycle from weeks to days
- Created processes to allow non-IT personnel to execute complicated IT functions reducing overhead for the business and underwriting teams
<p>Client Service Specialist</p>
SCOR Global Life Americas
10.2015 - 02.2017
- Responsible for working with operations to reinvent the external and internal reporting process
- Successfully converted the reporting process from a labor intensive Excel sheet to automated database procedures increasing quality and efficiency
<p>Quality Assurance Representative</p> <p></p>
SCOR Global Life Americas
08.2012 - 10.2015
- Responsible for guaranteeing high quality product delivery through automated and manual testing of the Velogica Software
- Developed scripts used for Regression Testing of 3,000+ Test Cases, reduced the time to process these Tests by 50%+ and increased the success rate from ~50% to nearly 100%
- Excelled in a leadership role during the 2 year effort to develop a new and innovative version of an Automated Underwriting Software
<p>Business Analyst</p> <p></p>
SCOR Global Life Americas
11.2011 - 08.2012
- Responsible for creation and delivery of reporting documents to internal and external sources
- Quickly realized the automation potential of the reporting process, utilized Visual Basic to convert this full time job to a simple weekly task
- Impressed as a QA Asset loaned to the IT Team, utilized often in this role before being promoted
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Business Finance
University of North Carolina At Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 01.2008 - 05.2011
Skills
MySQL & Oracle Databases
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Timeline
<p>DevOps Engineer</p> <p></p>
Bank of America
11.2019
<p>DevOps Engineer, Associate</p>
SCOR Global Life Americas
02.2017 - 03.2019
<p>Client Service Specialist</p>
SCOR Global Life Americas
10.2015 - 02.2017
<p>Quality Assurance Representative</p> <p></p>
SCOR Global Life Americas
08.2012 - 10.2015
<p>Business Analyst</p> <p></p>
SCOR Global Life Americas
11.2011 - 08.2012
<p>Personal Development Work</p> <p></p>
01.2009
Bachelor of Arts - Business Finance
University of North Carolina At Charlotte
01.2008 - 05.2011
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