Stephen Ely

Senior Software Engineer

github.com/reallyely

Skills

Front End UI Development: TypeScript, NodeJS, SPAs, SASS, Polymer, AngularJS, (P)React
Backend Microservices: SpringBoot Java, REST, Postgresql, OAuth 2.0
AWS Cloud: STS, EKS, Secrets Manager, ECR
12 Factor Apps: Git, GitHub, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, Skaffold
Layered Testing: Storybook, Playwright, Jest, Mocha, JUnit
Security & Observability: Splunk, SignalFX, FullStory, ESLint, Whitesource, Rapid7, SonarQube
CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Artifactory, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD

Experience

Senior Software Engineer

2019 - Present : GE Digital - Roanoke, VA

Led a team in delivering a central Micro Frontend gateway application used by distributed feature teams for session management, server-side UI Composition and multi-tenancy
Improved availability from ~ 97% to > 99.8% over 8 months by increasing testing and deployment cadence, containerizing the application and adding observability and alerts
Delivered quality UI by collaborating with UX Designers, Product Owners and feature teams for quality, accessible, delightful UI
Streamlined app delivery by implementing GitOps CI/CD and reducing the number of environments-increased delivery rate from once per year to every two weeks
Containerized microservices stack to enable faster, more reliable delivery and scaling in k8s
Improved security by collaborating with Cyber Security teams, introducing Static and Dynamic code analysis, linters and quality gates to reduce critical security vulnerabilities
Raised organizational standards by participating in the Security Guild, Agile Guild, and Ombuds program by evangelizing practices to improve quality, consistency and respect in the workplace

UI Software Engineer

2017 - 2019: GE Digital - Roanoke, VA

Lead a global team of 8 in adopting a third party service into our cloud based microservice framework for advanced dashboarding and data aggregation
Created UI Components and widgets for use in a dynamic dashboarding Web Application

Software Engineer I

2015 - 2017 : Public Consulting Group - Blacksburg, VA

Contributed UX while on the UI Design Board for developing the next iteration of the app's UI
Developed user interfaces using raw HTML, CSS, JS, XML and Perl for server side composition

Network Infrastructure Technician - SharePoint Developer

2008 - 2014 : 167th Air National Guard - Martinsburg, WV

Education

Bachelor of Science: Information Technology

2015 : American Military University - Charlestown, WV

Relational Database Concepts • Web Development • LAN Technologies • Information Security • Project Management • HTML • CSS • JavaScript • Java • Adobe Flash

Network Infrastructure Systems

2008 : Keesler Air Force base - Biloxi, MS

Top Graduate • Cisco Switches & Routers • Multiplexers & ATMs • Linux Red Hat • Windows Server

Graphic Design

2003 : James Rumsey Technical School - Hedgesville, WV

Adobe Photoshop • Adobe Illustrator • Blender • Traditional Media • Product Design • Interface Design

Military Service

National Guard : Air Force - E6

2005 - Present : 167th Airlift Wing - Martinsburg, WV

2013 : Awarded Air Force Achievement medal for contributions to an efficient, customer focused NCC
2012 : Awarded top award in a wing inspection for the proactive migration of paper-based practices to the web
2008 : Top Graduate from Network Infrastructure Systems technical school
Active Secret Clearance