James Adams Resume

James Adams

inklink28@gmail.com

Experienced DevOps Architect, and team lead that oversaw 3 DevOps Engineers.

Project Management, coordinated project architecture, gathered requirements and assigned tasks. Responsible for completing knowledge testing for technical interviews. Onboarding new engineers, assisting with career development, and mentoring. Facilitated teams’ PIP schedule, monitoring, and OKR analysis, planning and check ins.

16 years of Software Engineering experience. Focused on Web Application Development, ETL, Process Automation, and API development. Familiar with many development processes: DevOps, Agile, Scrum, and Test-Driven Development. Heavy focus on communication and collaboration.

I enjoy writing code, learning new skills, and problem solving.

James Adams

inklink28@gmail.com

Agile
DevOps
Scrum
TDD

CSS
HTML
JavaScript
React
Typescript

Python
Java
Typescript
PHP
JSP Struts

NPM
Python Setuptools
Webpack
Maven
Vite

Django
Node.js
Express
Apache 2
IIS

SQL Server
PostgreSQL
Oracle
MYSQL
Mongo DB

Azure
AWS
Cloudflare
Digital Ocean
Netlify

ETL
Pandas
Streamlit
Data Visualization
Tableau

Markdown
XML
yaml

CadQuery
CQ-editor
OpenSCad

Bash Shell
cmd
Powershell

Selenium
Jest
Python unittest

Azure DevOps
Jira
Salesforce

LucidChart
Draw.io
GIMP

Git
GitHub

Visual Studio Code
IntelliJ IDEA

Windows
Linux

Learner Mindset
Technical Writing

Senior Software Developer

Jaggaer May 2023 - Current

Proactive Full Stack Developer with expertise in both front-end and server-side development. Specializing in React and GUI development. Utilizing clear communication to meet team and business needs.

Key contributions include:

Updating the Spend infrastructure and enhancing its functionality.
Developing a UI panel for scheduling ePro bulk data extracts.
Creating a new build process for React-based UI components.
Designing OpenAPI endpoints for both internal and customer-facing APIs.
React specialist with experience in client-side development and integration with Dojo and Maven build systems.
Adept at researching new tools and technologies to improve development processes.
Collaborates effectively with team members and mentors junior developers.

DevOps Architect

Dairy One July 2019 - May 2023

Led IT solution development and support, following DevOps principles with Azure DevOps. Focused on maintainability and reliability, designing API endpoints, data models, and code standards. Integrated diverse technologies and maintained technical consistency across platforms, tools, and coding standards. Managed feature releases, system stability, automation, and security.

Collaborated with business leaders to define project specs and architecture. Mentored team members, overseeing onboarding and work assignments. Utilized Azure CI/CD in an Agile Scrum environment. Maintained legacy systems and defined requirements for replacements.

Specialties:

Reusable component authoring
Python automation of backend processes
Full-stack React development

Senior Software Developer

Jaggaer / BravoSolution Mar 2012 - Jun 2019

Jaggaer acquired BravoSolution in 2018. Full Stack Developer with experience mentoring associate and junior developers. Contributed to the development of the Spend Transformation Engine web application, a single-page web app built with Dojo, Java, and Oracle, using Maven as the build tool. The application enabled consultants to perform ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) operations on customer spend data, including grouping, classification, and categorization.

Application Support Tier II / Developer

National Grid / IBM Apr 2011 - Mar 2012

Worked for Global Business Services (GBS) division of IBM. I was tier II support for 17 software packages utilized by National Grid. This included troubleshooting, maintenance, and code fixes. The largest system I was supporting was National Grid's Integrated Voice Response (IVR). Which at the time handled a call volume of about 700,000 calls per month and resided on 35 servers.

IT Report Writer

Mirabito Fuel Group Sept 2009 - Aug 2010

Combined data from multiple database architectures into reports based on user defined parameters. Databases included Pams, Topps / Flexgen, PriceRight, SQL Server, and local Access Databases. Used SSRS, Access, and Sharepoint for creating and sharing reports.

Tier II Help Desk

J.P. Morgan Chase / Insight July 2009 - July 2009

Contract Job; Hired on for the Washington Mutual Conversion #2. Of which I was in charge of overseeing the conversion of 4 branches to Chase. Answered Tier 2 tickets from Chase/Wamu Branches across the Country.

ITT Technical Institute Sep 2008
Associate of Occupational Studies - Software Applications Programming
GPA 4.0 Valedictorian

Comptia A+ 2006

James Adams

inklink28@gmail.com

Crystal Generator App 🌐

Interactive Streamlit GUI application for making 3d printable Crystal Terrain models.

Walkway Generator App 🌐

Interactive Streamlit GUI application for making 3d printable Walkway Terrain models.

cqfantasy 📐

Parameteric castle tower I made for my kids written in python and cadquery. Has a modeled interior, multiple levels and connecting stairs.

Georgia Institute Of Technology - Generating CAD Code with Vision-Language Models for 3D Designs

For this project they had me review 200 ground truth stl'sand write cadquery implementations for all of them.

cqportal 📐

Portal and other assorted furturistic terrain written in python and cadquery.

cqspoolterrain 📐

Modular Terrain using Recycled 3d printing spools written in python and cadquery.

Spool Power Generator App 🌐

Interactive Streamlit GUI application for making 3d printable Spool Terrain models.

Obelisk Generator App 🌐

Interactive Streamlit GUI application for making 3d printable obelisk models.

cqdome 📐

Source code for a 3d Modular Dome Terrain written in python and cadquery.

App Spend UX 💰

React application for configuration and visualizing app spend data. I worked on new screens, and fixed integration issues. I also wrote the maven build integration with the Tranformation Engine.

AHDL Lab QPCR Testing 🐮

Entry page for lab technicians to submit QPC data for customer reporting and invoicing. I made the UI mockups and directed the team development of the project.

MiniForAll Website 🌐

Landing website for all of my parametric CadQuery Models. Static website that uses a custom python build script for templating the navigation and boilerplate code. Commits to the main branch triggers a netfliy website deploy.

cqindustry 📐

Modular Industrial Terrain written in python and cadquery.

Skirmish Bunker 📐

3d model created using CadQuery

Dollhouse 📐

Dollhouse I modeled and printed for my kids using Cadquery

cqterrain 📐

Library to Generate 3d models of buildings / terrain using CadQuery

cadqueryhelper 📐

Helper library for making 3d cadquery shape primitives

Instrument Data iCAP 🐮

Entry page for lab technicians to submit iCAP data to Forage LIM's system. I created the client and worked with Mike Durkee who made the backend.

Movie Search Demo

Interview project I did for a startup. Integrates a static dataset and an api to create a movie search application written in react.

Trilogy Lab Mycotoxin Samples 🐮

Sync Reported Mycotoxin samples from the Trilogy Lab rest API into Forage.

Salesforce Dhi Integration 🐮

Sync DHI Service Record information from accounting system to salesforce.

Siteground Stats 🐮

We had an issue with iNodes on a shared hosting provider - siteground. Made an automated task to once daily collect the siteground iNode count. I also made a front end to display the logged stats.

Django Instance Tracker 🐮

Utility page that shows what installed django instance we have. This tool was a starter for a Junior Dev that I proposed, and managed. Displays: Python version Code branch Last deploy date

Stargrave Crew Builder 🎲

Stargrave crew builder web app.

Dairy One Schedule 🐮

Reporting dashboard used by multiple groups within the company. used by the IT team, DevOps, Herd Management, and farm infrastructure group...

Automated Billing - Animal Health Diagnostics Lab 🐮

The AHDL lab required quick support for Blood Pregnancy testing. As part of that change the billing went from a manual process to an automated one. I oversaw the tool refactoring, design changes, and unit testing.

Dairy One Framework 🐮

React Single Page Application Framework and component library that I authored.

Transportation Maps 🐮

Django / React website created to replace the legacy transportation maps written using gwt.

Health Screen Website 🐮

Django / React website created on short notice to meet NY State mandates for the Covid 19 pandemic. Used for employees and individuals entering Dairy One facilities or going to client farms.

Process Dairy Select 🐮

Print room utility rewrite for grabbing active mrg Herds in the fromlab directory and generating the Dairy Select Reports to be distributed to customers.

Herd Status 🐮

Herd meta data gathering tools. Features: Collect Tree which gathers a snapshot of the state of Dairy One's herds and allows running quick queries.

Dairy Comp Manual Tasks 🐮

Command line applications for the Record Support Group. Sets up Dairy Comp to run various operations against a herd, and then push the results onto Dairy Ones Loop.