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Krista Nittmann

Krista Nittmann

Marrero,LA

Summary

Java/Cloud Engineer with experience in developing backend APIs in an AGILE development environment. Motivated by a passion for using code to enhance people’s lives and businesses. Regarded as hard-working, reliable, and an engaged team player with a commitment to continuous improvement and learning. Adapt easily to new technologies and learn quickly.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
4
4
Languages

Work History

Software Engineer Junior

TekBasic/USAA (Contractor)
09.2021 - Current
  • Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC): Led full SDLC using Agile Methodology, collaborating in daily Scrum meetings to ensure effective communication and issue resolution.
  • API-First Application Development: Spearheaded creation of scalable API-First application in Spring Boot, optimizing data transformation processes and reducing processing time.
  • AWS Infrastructure Management: Created AWS resources using Terraform in Visual Studio Code, ensuring efficient and scalable infrastructure deployment.
  • AWS Lambda Development: Contributed to AWS Lambda development in GoLang, enhancing functionality and optimizing serverless architecture for improved performance.
  • Security Implementation: Implemented robust security authentication measures, including Spring Security, oAuth 2.0, and AWS IAM, ensuring user confidentiality and preventing unauthorized access.
  • Proactive Security Measures: Proactively identified and addressed security vulnerabilities, resulting in no security incidents through rigorous code analysis and security measures.
  • Build and Deployment Automation: Implemented Gradle build tools, automating creation and deployment of jar files, increasing deployment efficiency.
  • Application Design and Deployment: Designed, developed, and deployed applications using IntelliJ and Visual Studio Code, incorporating innovative solutions to enhance overall system performance.
  • Version Control and Repository Management: Played key role in version control using GIT and GitLab, implementing best practices, resolving conflicts, and optimizing repository structure for streamlined collaboration.
  • Test Driven Development (TDD): Executed comprehensive TDD, utilizing JUnit and Mockito for Unit testing, Postman for Integration testing, and Taurus for Performance testing. Identified and addressed critical issues, ensuring high-quality deliverables.
  • Continuous Integration Customization: Customized GitLab Continuous Integration with tools such as Scoop, xRay, Postman Functional Testing, Taurus, and Artifactory. Improved CI/CD pipeline, resulting in up to 50% reduction in deployment time.
  • Monitoring and Troubleshooting: Monitored and troubleshot application functionality using Kibana, Layer 7 and Gloo Gateway Logs in Splunk, and AWS CloudWatch in both Pre-Production and Production environments. Proactively identified and resolved issues, minimizing downtime.
  • Project Design and Solution Development: Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions, surpassing business expectations.
  • Code Development and Stability: Developed scalable and maintainable code, reducing post-deployment issues through implementation of coding best practices.
  • Efficient Code Development: Developed reusable components, reducing development effort on subsequent projects and contributing to overall project efficiency.
  • Code Quality Enhancement: Conducted thorough code reviews, leading to reduction in post-release defects and enhancing code quality across all projects.
  • Guidance and Mentoring: Provided guidance and mentoring to less-experienced staff members, contributing to their professional development. Mentored less experienced team members, leading to improvement in their coding proficiency and problem-solving skills.

Staff Nurse

Ochsner
08.2016 - 02.2017
  • Quality Care Delivery: Delivered exceptional quality care, leading to improvement in patient satisfaction and reduction in readmission rates for diverse populations.
  • Efficient Time Management: Demonstrated excellent time management skills by overseeing concurrent projects, resulting in increase in overall task completion.
  • Patient and Family Rapport: Established and maintained strong rapport with patients and families, contributing to improvement in overall satisfaction during challenging times.
  • Patient Advocacy and Treatment Strategies: Advocated for patients under care, utilizing first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise. Implemented prescribed treatment strategies, resulting in overall patient outcomes.
  • Care Plan Evaluation: Regularly evaluated effectiveness of care plans, achieving improvement in patient adherence to treatment plans through data-driven adjustments.
  • Critical Thinking in Medical Situations: Applied strong critical thinking skills to assess complex medical situations. Successfully navigated life-threatening emergencies, resulting in positive patient outcomes and recognition from medical team.

Charge Nurse

West Jefferson Medical Center
01.2007 - 07.2016
  • Supervision and Task Management: Supervised and managed daily scheduling, tasking, and administration. Implemented efficient scheduling practices, resulting in reduction in scheduling errors and improved overall task management.
  • Professional Development and Knowledge Application: Actively participated in professional development opportunities, staying current on nursing best practices. Applied newly acquired knowledge, resulting in improvement in daily practice efficiency.
  • New Nurse Training: Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols. Achieved increase in successful implementation of care standards among newly trained nurses.
  • Monitoring and Intervention: Monitored nursing care, patient assessment processes, and treatment implementations leading to timely intervention and improvement in patient outcomes.
  • Documentation and Continuity of Care: Documented information in patients' electronic medical record, relaying critical information to clinicians and care providers. Facilitated continuity of care, resulting in reduction in communication errors and improved patient outcomes.
  • Patient Comfort and Satisfaction: Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries, enhancing healing and eliminating non-compliance problems, resulting in improvement in patient satisfaction scores.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering

Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
12.2020

Associate of Science - Nursing

Charity School of Nursing
New Orleans, LA
12.2009

Skills

  • Java, GoLang, JavaScript, React
  • Spring/Spring Boot
  • Node JS
  • MySQL
  • HTML - CSS
  • Visual Studio Code - IntelliJ IDEA - Eclipse - Xcode
  • JIRA
  • Git - GitLab - GitHub
  • Gradle - Maven
  • AWS: EC2, IAM, SQS, EC, S3, Lambdas, CloudWatch
  • Terraform
  • Salesforce - CRM Software
  • RESTful Web Services, API Development
  • Code reviews
  • Agile, Scrum
  • Software Development Tools: JIRA, Confluence
  • CI/CD

Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

RemoteHybrid

Important To Me

Company CultureHealthcare benefits401k matchWork from home option

Interests

Nature

Entomology

Gaming

Sci-fi/Fantasy

Timeline

Software Engineer Junior

TekBasic/USAA (Contractor)
09.2021 - Current

Staff Nurse

Ochsner
08.2016 - 02.2017

Charge Nurse

West Jefferson Medical Center
01.2007 - 07.2016

Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering

Arizona State University

Associate of Science - Nursing

Charity School of Nursing

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