Decisive, action-oriented and result-focused professional with 15+ years of experience in the software development industry. Excellent in managing multiple projects with short/aggressive timelines and a proven technical background.
Senior Tools Developer @ Created database tools for DBAs and non DBAs alike.
Created internal web-based system=-status monitors and dashboards.
Performed bug fixes on the main production.
In charge of the cloud storage code, management, migration and tools.
In charge of the the tools and process for migrating data between data centers and partitions.
Built automated functional tests to monitor the health of the main product and various sub products in multiple environments.
Executed emergency troubleshooting and bug fixes during production failures.
Performaed security audits and developed secure versions of existing tools From December 2012 to Present (3 years 1 month) San Francisco Bay AreaTools/Automation Engineer @ Design and Build tools (UI, Workflows, and Data Models) for Capacity Planning and Hardware Allocation.
Build dashboards and Visualizations of Performance, Hardware Utilization and it’s Trends.
Mentor projects for building other tools and dashboards.
Technical Interviewing and Hiring (for additional tools developers, and other positions where technical skill is a must). From June 2011 to July 2012 (1 year 2 months) San Francisco Bay AreaTools/Automation Engineer @ Over the course of 8 years built a number of tools and automation in a number of areas within the company. Among some of these are:
A replica of the eBay frontend in perl.
A schema versioning and deployment system for Paypals databases.
Monitoring scripts for both Paypal and eBay production systems.
A system for applying schema and data changes to 1000s of machines, including custom SQL modification and interpolation. From August 2003 to June 2011 (7 years 11 months) Web/Database Developer, Systems Administrator @ A custom scalable system for continuously archiving Internet news sites. (Persistent Web Crawler)
Systems for data mining these archives, including heuristics for evaluation and modeling.
Database design for Web applications and large volume data stores.
Dynamic Web content and multiple Web services using MySQL, SOAP, Perl, Mason, mod_perl and other technologies.
Installation and administration of Solaris 8 and redhat linux hosts, as well as NetworkAppliance and database servers. (Colo work) From August 2002 to June 2003 (11 months) Database Administrator/Developer @ Installation and administration of database systems running Sybase Adaptive Server (Database) under Solaris for production systems, data warehouses, and development systems.
Development of SQL stored procedures for B2B transactions with partners' and clients' automated systems as well as Perl scripts for periodic communication of updated data exports and site content to said partners.
Development and management of back-end mass email marketing campaigns with tens of thousands of users at any time, including automated opt-in scheme, and basic demographic targeting.
Development and management of Web log analysis system, including design of database schema and scripts for regularly importing Web server log data and SQL procedures for gathering requested statistics for use in trends analysis and customer focusing. From June 1999 to March 2001 (1 year 10 months) Programmer/Analyst, Intranet Applications Developer @ Contracted to Edward Jones, for intranet application development.
Design and development of Intranet applications in Perl and Java for use in Edwards Jones' multi-campus Intranet (JonesNet).
Extensive Q&A of Intranet site designs and user interfaces hands-on with employees and clients to ensure optimal information architecture design without compromising ease of use for non-technical users.
Coordination of future UI guidelines for new applications developed for JonesNet.
One on one interaction with financial analysts to build specifications for Intranet design and future technological directions of JonesNet. From September 1998 to March 1999 (7 months) Web Application Developer/Systems Administrator @ For development of SponsorLink website.
Design and development of an online investment database containing financial histories for investment analysts. Project incorporated C/C++, scripting and MySQL for the back-end systems and Web servers to drive content delivery.
Worked directly with financial managers developing systems for analyzing historical financial data.
Design and development of Web Sites representing Money Managers and their investment strategies.
Administration of multiple production Web Sites on a variety of unix systems.
Unix and Windows NT system administration and network administration at several sites. From September 1996 to September 1998 (2 years 1 month) Web Application Developer @ Design and development of content for multiple corporate Web Sites and online services, including weather and information directory sites.
Server side Web application programming in Perl, CGI and C/C++ on both NT and UNIX Web servers for dynamic site content and online business transactions.
Client side Web application programming in Java and Javascript for front-end site UI and improved dynamic content.
Installation and administration of network server hardware and software. From January 1996 to September 1996 (9 months) Greater St. Louis Area
Computer Science @ University of Missouri-Saint Louis From 1994 to 1996 Jason Stillwell is skilled in: Go, Riak, Microservices, Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon S3, Linux, Ruby, JavaScript, Python, Java, MySQL, Databases, Web Applications, SQL
Websites:
http://dragonfax.github.io,
http://stackoverflow.com/users/92694/dragonfax,
http://resume.jason-stillwell.com