Specializing in bringing order to where order does not exist through analysis, documentation, processes, and quality control.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Jira Data Center Administrator/Confluence/Documentation
LTS
06.2023 - 11.2024
Company Overview: Veterans Administration (Contract)
Jira Administrator over the Community Care (CC) environment
Worked in conjunction with CC team members, middle management, and senior management
Performed business analysis, designed business cases, executed, and completed business cases with senior management approval and guidance
Working with the Veterans Administration technical teams, implemented Jira reporting, dashboards, permissions, and workflow schemes
Also trained team members in various Jira functionality
Participated in agile methodologies
Confluence Administrator, authored technical documentation, training videos, training documentation, project design, delivery, and tracking documentation for senior management
Confluence Administrator, authored and generated Confluence documentation targeted for the Disney environment
Included process and procedures, how to, and best practices
Also, documentation for Jira and Jira custom applications
Jira Administrator, authored, designed, and built automated time entry module along with dashboards and custom reports as per Disney parameters
Technical Writer, authored, designed, and implemented technical documents authored from audio/video capture provided by end users for various technical procedures and programs
Documents once finalized were published in Confluence along with the original audio/video files for end user consumption
Technical Writer for all technical content encompassing programming development, best practices, processes, and procedures
Additionally, in depth documentation for audit control, Services, Onboarding, Development Tools-n-Guidelines, reporting, GitLab, and documentation of technology involving artificial intelligence/data mining
Also, maintenance of Engineering Team data, Product Team data, How-To articles, and AI Project summaries
Confluence Administrator, w/Confluence training and documentation
Cleanup and redesign/organization of all Confluence content
Technical writing involved to update content to current versions of healthcare rules/regulations and corporate polices
Jira Administrator, w/Agile methodologies, reporting and training
Also managing Sprint maintenance providing dashboard reports in both Jira and Confluence
Technical documentation utilizing Confluence based in the Health Care industry
Contract
Sr. Jira Administrator / Technical Writer
Gibbs & Cox, Inc
01.2021 - 03.2021
Company Overview: Contract
Sr
Jira Administrator for the Software Development group involving agile methodology
Construction of extensive Jira workflows and customized forms that are utilized for the development of software applicable to the maritime industry
Additional responsibilities include Sr
Technical Writer for processes, procedures, CDRLs, training materials (video/written) and technical subject content
Documentation using the SharePoint environment, CBT training, electronic approval processes, and version control
Active security clearance in effect
Jira task including, but not limited to: Implementation, Lead meetings involving Jira and Agile, Training, Implementation, Training Documentation (SharePoint), Dashboard design, building and implementation, Daily Support, Agile Sprint maintenance and management, Research, implement new Jira technology, Application maintenance (Jira), Jira license procurement, Implementation of Jira DEV environment, Clean-up, redesign, and implementation of Jira production environment
Contract
Confluence / Technical Writer / Business Analyst
VMWare
11.2020 - 01.2021
Company Overview: Contract
Working as a Confluence Administrator for multiple spaces encompassing the Engineering Operations environment I was directly involved with reorganizing and writing content while interfacing with various team personnel both in the United States and in India
Implemented the organization of over 3400 pages of technical content and custom GUI interfaces
Reporting senior management I proposed, designed, and implemented various schema to improve the functionality and usability of the Engineering Operations Confluence Spaces
Worked with various Confluence tools, macros, and custom reporting software I designed and implemented custom layouts, interfaces, reports, plugins, and macros
Custom reports using Service Rocket, custom forms using Confiforms
Update, organize four separate Confluence Spaces involving over 3,500 individual pages (graphics, custom reporting as a part of the redesign effort)
Contract
Confluence / Jira Consultant / Training / Business Analyst / Technical Writer
MISO Energy
06.2020 - 11.2020
Company Overview: Contract
Serving in the Confluence / Jira Administrator & Consultant role and working with senior management at Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) advised, designed, implemented, and built a custom project management system utilizing Confluence tools and ConfiForms (custom forms with standalone database that is capable of interfacing with Jira and Tableau
Also implemented various Atlassian macros and plugins
Designed, built, documented, and performed training of personnel of the MISO custom project management application
Built and implemented a Confluence custom library system
Designed, built Jira Dashboard reports involving custom JQL scripting
Contract
Confluence & Jira Administrator / Business Analyst / Training
Wells Fargo
09.2019 - 06.2020
Company Overview: Contract
Working with internal audit I am the administrator for Confluence / Jira for both the Enterprise Patching Program and Vulnerability Management teams
Within my responsibilities I constructed training materials, design / build workflow, reporting and construct the interface between Confluence and Jira
Build Jira Dashboard reporting along with Jira JQL custom reporting displayed in both the Jira and the Confluence environments
Contract
Confluence Administrator / Business Analyst / Technical Writer
Anthem Health Services
Birmingham, Al
04.2018 - 06.2019
Company Overview: Contract
Confluence administrator for the Agile CoE team
Advisor / trainer for Confluence
Wrote, designed, built, and populated Confluence Agile content
Additionally, generated policy and procedures for the Anthem Agile environment
Reviewed, edited, updated over 430 pages of Confluence content
ConfiForms, Confluence Mobile Plugin, Confluence Source Editor, Flow Board for Confluence
HTML Elements for Confluence, Page Approval for Confluence, Refined Toolkit for Confluence
Confluence administrator for the DevOps CoE team
Advisor / trainer for Confluence
Reviewed, designed, built, and populated Confluence content (over 250 pages)
Developed content standards and training, also policy procedures for the Development Operations environment
Additionally, on boarding of new contractors
Attended and participated in multiple Agile design conferences in Norfolk Virginia
Participated in on boarding process of other contractors, training in Atlanta Georgia
Worked with Anthem team members in multiple states / time zones in gathering, centralizing, and ultimately promoting information to the Anthem user base
Conversion of content from Documentum to Confluence
Confluence Administrator for the Global Assembly Line Control (GALC) for the Alabama, Ohio, Indiana, Canada, and Mexico technical groups
Interface Confluence documentation (Change Control process) with the JIRA ticket system
Technical Writer for the GALC system, responsible for current management of technical data, end-user publications and manuals, archiving of data and data distribution
Reporting to senior management responsible for initiation, design, implementation, and conclusion of assigned projects
Assigned and completed over 120 individual task / projects
Interface with staff members in Alabama, Ohio, Indiana, Canada, and Mexico
Administrator Confluence / JIRA
Design New Spaces
Maintenance of Spaces / Content
Research / Insertion of Macros / Multi-Media
Technical / Procedure / End User Documentation in Confluence in MS Word, MS Excel, Acrobat and Confluence content
Conversion of content from SharePoint to Confluence
Contract
Business Analyst / Sr. Technical Writer / Quality Assurance
DST Solutions
12.2013 - 11.2016
Analyze various businesses processes and propose new technology methodologies to assist in meeting production goals and reduction of cost goals
Create and document internal business processes and procedures utilized for the Temenos Innovation Group within Confluence
Design, convert multiple department’s technical information for the Confluence environment
Additionally trained users in basic Confluence
Quality Assurance for various Innovation Group software packages created for both internal use and for customer use
Document both technical and end user aspects of the T24 banking system utilizing MS Word and MadCap Flare
Trained new technical writer in basics of technical publications, corporate document library, MadCap Flare usage and corporate publication processes
Analyze, test, and document the primary quality assurance effort for the Americanization of the T24 system
Transfer of material from SharePoint to the Confluence environment
Sr. Technical Writer / Business Analyst / Quality Assurance
SunGard
07.2011 - 12.2013
Write, maintain documentation and quality assurance for SunGard MACESS and FormWorks medical software products
SunGard is a leading provider of enterprise content management and business process management Solutions for the health insurance industry
Lead / assist a team in Bangalore India in areas of project assignments, document review, publishing and serve in the role as a business analyst stateside
As user and technical manuals are updated, I perform Quality Assurance functions, generating error tracking tickets utilizing Test Tract software
Quality Assurance Coordinator – Mobile Banking
Regions Bank
10.2009 - 01.2011
Lead a team of 10 QA Testers encompassing over 900 test scripts through six rounds of testing
Worked with both the Regions management team and Mobile Banking vendor in resolving quality assurance issues
Review testing, quality control, generated testing matrixes for compliance with requirements ensuring that quality assurance standards and regulatory requirements are met
Maintain current and accurate records of all relevant communications, audits, corrective action plans
Authored quality assurance standards / procedures
Design / generate daily reports pertinent to the quality assurance life cycle
Work with Application Delivery management in the design, testing, quality assurance, defect tracking and documentation of the Microsoft Team Foundation Services (TFS) application
Serve as a liaison between developers, management, and user representative(s)
My primary role is to acquire an understanding of the end unit business needs in relation to the Synergy application and identify / document / quality control Synergy as it moves from design to production release
I regularly update / track / apprise management of progress through the Team Foundation Server (TFS) system
Generate testing methodologies, execute “Black Box” testing and “White Box” testing for both Synergy and TFS
Participated in the design, generation of end user documentation for the Synergy software environment
Sr. Business Analyst / Sr. Product Quality Control Manager (ISeDeposit) – Project Analyst
Open Solutions Incorporated
Birmingham, Alabama
05.2007 - 05.2009
Company Overview: Birmingham Alabama
At Open Solutions Inc
(OSI), I served as a Senior Business Analyst and over time, I assumed the responsibilities of Senior Quality Control Analyst
In the quality control roll, I was responsible for the software development life cycle of the ISeDeposit Check Image product
This encompassed design (working with senior development staff,) enhancements (working with level 3 support staff and customers,) joined with defect control / resolution
Sr
Quality Administrator / System Administrator and design analyst / support for ISeDeposit (Check Image Software) utilizing white box, black box and use case testing
Full regression testing utilizing previously run test and / or verifying if previously repaired issues have re-emerged
Document software applications upgrade paths and create System Administrator manuals
Generate system test plans, modify existing system test plans
Replicate technical environments (server level) like the customer in order to replicate and troubleshoot customer technical issues
Birmingham Alabama
System Administrator / Business Analyst / Quality Control / Technical Writer / Process Management
Compass Bank
03.1999 - 12.2006
Company Overview: Currently BBVA
I started with Compass Bank by successfully executing all quality control, testing & certifying all software applications in the IT environment for Y2K
Following the Y2K event, I participated in the startup of the Compass Bank Intranet, and then moved to assume the responsibilities for maintaining, generating all technical processes / IT Standards encompassing Programming, Mainframe and Customer Support along with assisting with the startup of the Documentation Department
After which I assumed the role of System Administrator / Business Analyst / Quality Control for the Small Business Loan group utilizing the Appro Loan application
Information Technology Employee of the Month, June 2003, Loan Center Business Systems Employee of the Month, December 2004, and August 2005
Responsible for testing, quality control and certification of over 70 different technical / network applications for Y2K
Generate SQL Queries, execute SQL Trace, backup, restore and update SQL database as needed
Develop / Quality Control Intranet web pages utilizing Dream Weaver, RoboHelp, MS Publisher, and HTML
Appro Loan Center Image Business system, Senior Quality Control / Senior Business Analyst / System Administrator
Design, training, process management and implementation of the Appro Loan Image System
Write; automate and execute custom Crystal Reports (over 200) against multiple SQL databases
Develop, write, and generate online manuals utilizing RoboHelp, MS Word, Visio, Photoshop and Adobe Acrobat
Project Manager, System Administrator, for the Compass Bank Technology Standards Manual
Currently BBVA
Education
Advanced Data Farming / Crystal Reports / LCB Internet Systems -
Appro Business Management Systems
11.2023
Living Disaster Recovery Planning Strategy (LDRPS) Training -
Strohl Disaster Recovery Management
08.2023
Administrative Disaster Recovery Planning Strategy (ADRPS) Training -
Strohl Disaster Recovery Management
08.2023
Business -
University of Alabama Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
Human Resource Management / Legal Responsibilities -
Executrain
Microsoft 2275 – Managing & Maintaining a Windows Server / Microsoft 2072 – Administering a SQL Server / Microsoft 2276 – Implementing a Windows Server / Microsoft 2277 – Implementing, Managing & Maintaining Server / Microsoft 2073 – Programming a SQL Server Database / Microsoft Certified Ethical Hacker -
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Skills
Operations management
Facility maintenance
Resource optimization
User access control
Policy writing
Executive support
Worksamples
Available upon request
References
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Careermilestones
Over twenty-five years hands on experience in the role of Technical Writer, Business Analyst, Quality Assurance, System Administrator and Training.
Maintain records / workflow-history for in-house Business Development and external audits.
Accomplished Technical Writer providing both clear and concise documentation for technical and non-technical users.
Hands on experience in the role of both Jira and Confluence administration.
Competent in the use of JQL (Jira Query Language), ConfiForms and numerous Atlassian add-ons for both Confluence and Jira.
Achievementsummary
Productive and experienced in both the short-term and long-term contract environment.
Confluence-Jira/Business Analyst / Technical Writer / Training Documentation / Process Design
Business Analyst / Sr. Technical Writer / Quality Assurance
DST Solutions
12.2013 - 11.2016
Sr. Technical Writer / Business Analyst / Quality Assurance
SunGard
07.2011 - 12.2013
Quality Assurance Coordinator – Mobile Banking
Regions Bank
10.2009 - 01.2011
Sr. Business Analyst / Sr. Product Quality Control Manager (ISeDeposit) – Project Analyst
Open Solutions Incorporated
05.2007 - 05.2009
System Administrator / Business Analyst / Quality Control / Technical Writer / Process Management
Compass Bank
03.1999 - 12.2006
Advanced Data Farming / Crystal Reports / LCB Internet Systems -
Appro Business Management Systems
Living Disaster Recovery Planning Strategy (LDRPS) Training -
Strohl Disaster Recovery Management
Administrative Disaster Recovery Planning Strategy (ADRPS) Training -
Strohl Disaster Recovery Management
Business -
University of Alabama Birmingham
Human Resource Management / Legal Responsibilities -
Executrain
Microsoft 2275 – Managing & Maintaining a Windows Server / Microsoft 2072 – Administering a SQL Server / Microsoft 2276 – Implementing a Windows Server / Microsoft 2277 – Implementing, Managing & Maintaining Server / Microsoft 2073 – Programming a SQL Server Database / Microsoft Certified Ethical Hacker -
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