Jackson Peak LLC (Self-employed)

Principal Engineer

Mar 2015 - Present

• Owner and principal engineer, delivering IT consulting services and developing custom applications for various clients
• Led the design and build of SwiftID, a cloud-native RFID data collection platform, and architected microservices for a .NET-based SaaS application hosted on AWS
• Created a cryptocurrency secure node hosting service and led an offshore team to develop an RFID geofencing app, highlighting my flexibility in handling diverse technological projects- Owner and principal engineer, delivering IT consulting services and developing custom applications for various clients - Led the design and build of SwiftID, a cloud-native RFID data collection platform, and architected microservices for a .NET-based SaaS application hosted on AWS - Created a cryptocurrency secure node hosting service and led an offshore team to develop an RFID geofencing app, highlighting my flexibility in handling diverse technological projects

Enigma Technologies, Inc (Contract)

Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Sep 2022 - Dec 2023

• Led the cloud infrastructure build and deployment for a key financial sanctions screening SaaS product, enhancing Go-To-Market (GTM) transformation efforts
• Designed and maintained software release mechanisms across cloud and on-prem environments, significantly accelerating project timelines and ensuring strong security from design through deployment
• Rearchitected GitLab CI/CD, enhanced developer workflows, and implemented DevSecOps practices
• Managed the entire roadmap, ensuring that infrastructure enhancements aligned with business objectives- Led the cloud infrastructure build and deployment for a key financial sanctions screening SaaS product, enhancing Go-To-Market (GTM) transformation efforts - Designed and maintained software release mechanisms across cloud and on-prem environments, significantly accelerating project timelines and ensuring strong security from design through deployment - Rearchitected GitLab CI/CD, enhanced developer workflows, and implemented DevSecOps practices - Managed the entire roadmap, ensuring that infrastructure enhancements aligned with business objectives

PIMCO (Contract)

May 2020 - Apr 2021

• Managed and supported legacy MongoDB environments while building cloud resource management tools with Terraform
• Strategized and executed the migration of enterprise databases to public cloud platforms such as AWS DocumentDB and Aurora, overseeing the architectural strategy and implementation, which included end-of-life management for on-prem systems and enhanced enterprise application support through improved cloud capabilities- Managed and supported legacy MongoDB environments while building cloud resource management tools with Terraform - Strategized and executed the migration of enterprise databases to public cloud platforms such as AWS DocumentDB and Aurora, overseeing the architectural strategy and implementation, which included end-of-life management for on-prem systems and enhanced enterprise application support through improved cloud capabilities

EZCorp (Contract)

Senior Solutions Architect

Mar 2019 - Jan 2020

• Integrated a new business initiative alt banking app with a legacy POS and pawn loan management system, designing and implementing a node.js-based REST API
• Gathered requirements, designed solutions, and led cross-functional teams to resolve issues, which contributed to the successful rollout of the new app across US stores- Integrated a new business initiative alt banking app with a legacy POS and pawn loan management system, designing and implementing a node.js-based REST API - Gathered requirements, designed solutions, and led cross-functional teams to resolve issues, which contributed to the successful rollout of the new app across US stores

Sharada Capital Management, LLC

Senior DevOps & Data Engineer

Jul 2016 - Mar 2019

• Assumed responsibility for developing the private cloud infrastructure from offshore developers
• Designed and built out infrastructure-as-code automation stack on VMWare and LXD using Terraform, Ansible, Vagrant, TestInfra, custom Python tooling and shell scripts- Assumed responsibility for developing the private cloud infrastructure from offshore developers - Designed and built out infrastructure-as-code automation stack on VMWare and LXD using Terraform, Ansible, Vagrant, TestInfra, custom Python tooling and shell scripts

Qlinary (Contract)

Senior Data Engineer

Apr 2015 - May 2016

• Owned data modeling, designed schema, built database migrations, and wrote complex database functions to handle recipe costing and other performance sensitive functions
• Directed, managed and facilitated AWS architecture and automation
• Set-up multiple environment-specific VPCs with OpenVPN bastion host and OpsWorks stack with custom Chef recipes for web/application build, full text search, and database server instances Collaborated with backend development on Java Play Framework and Solr development and server administration as needed- Owned data modeling, designed schema, built database migrations, and wrote complex database functions to handle recipe costing and other performance sensitive functions - Directed, managed and facilitated AWS architecture and automation - Set-up multiple environment-specific VPCs with OpenVPN bastion host and OpsWorks stack with custom Chef recipes for web/application build, full text search, and database server instances Collaborated with backend development on Java Play Framework and Solr development and server administration as needed

Certain, Inc.

Senior Database Architect

Aug 2013 - Nov 2014

• Championed a migration from SQL Server to Postgres, leading the database portion
• Designed and built the schema and database code to migrate to Postgres, built parallel deployments for both platforms for releases, and constructed a cutover process to load data into Postgres.
• Worked on SQL Server data modeling and performance tuning, including intervention in Java and ColdFusion backends
• Translated ASCII to Unicode migration planning and coding, designing and developing script to automatically copy every table definition to new database, change data types, copy over data and remaining schema objects- Championed a migration from SQL Server to Postgres, leading the database portion - Designed and built the schema and database code to migrate to Postgres, built parallel deployments for both platforms for releases, and constructed a cutover process to load data into Postgres. - Worked on SQL Server data modeling and performance tuning, including intervention in Java and ColdFusion backends - Translated ASCII to Unicode migration planning and coding, designing and developing script to automatically copy every table definition to new database, change data types, copy over data and remaining schema objects

Intel Corporation

Database Architect/Senior Consultant

Sep 2011 - Jul 2013

• Led data architecture updates for major revamp of Intel excursion management system on Microsoft SQL Server, ASP/ASP.NET platform- Led data architecture updates for major revamp of Intel excursion management system on Microsoft SQL Server, ASP/ASP.NET platform

Deutsche Bank

Data Architect, Database & Reporting Manager

Sep 2010 - Aug 2011

• Oversaw 12 Direct Reports
• Provided database design and implementation guidance to technical and business analysts during project design phase
• Recommended infrastructure configuration for maximum application performance and reliability
• Performance tuned database and application bottlenecks

Intel Corporation

DBA, Modeler, System Analyst & Senior Programmer

Apr 1999 - Aug 2010

• Collaborated with network engineering to move production servers into a secure enclave DMZ network
• Migrated production server environment and data from Hillsboro, OR, to Folsom, CA, moved DR hot site
• Deployed and supported horizontally partitioned replica at Malaysia outsource partner site
• Managed data model and change control process – designed and modeled schema for complex product data management and issue tracking system containing thousands of tables and views across multiple databases
• Optimized, modeled, and approved changes submitted by other developers
• Worked extensively with multinational teams from Malaysia, the Philippines, and India – led and participated in cross-geo projects- Collaborated with network engineering to move production servers into a secure enclave DMZ network - Migrated production server environment and data from Hillsboro, OR, to Folsom, CA, moved DR hot site - Deployed and supported horizontally partitioned replica at Malaysia outsource partner site - Managed data model and change control process – designed and modeled schema for complex product data management and issue tracking system containing thousands of tables and views across multiple databases - Optimized, modeled, and approved changes submitted by other developers - Worked extensively with multinational teams from Malaysia, the Philippines, and India – led and participated in cross-geo projects

Thomas Edison State University

BSBA, Computer Information Systems

2008 - 2009

• Completed bachelor's degree in under a year while working full-time

Thomas Edison State University

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Computer Information Systems

Sep 2007 - Jun 2008

• Completed degree in 9 months while working a full time job. See my story at https://personalmba.com/hacking-higher-education-mike-stankavich/