Senior Consultant @ • Developed automation code for provisioning and deploying multi-tier web applications to Linux and Windows environments using Chef • Design and Support a continuous integration pipeline based on a Git Flow model for a large enterprise application integrating code from over 170 developers and automatically deploying to multiple environments for functional testing • Provided infrastructure cost savings by autoscaling build infrastructure to meet the demands of the development teams. • Leverage Jenkins API to stop expensive EC2 instances when there was no need for them to reduce cost • Created a proof of concept to automatically provision multi-tier environments using Amazon Web Services CloudFormation • Provide developer workstation for over 170 users using Chef to install development tools on Windows 2008 and Windows 2012 R2 servers running in the a private cloud and in the Amazon cloud • Supported Agency security initiatives to integrate development tools with the Agency’s authentication provider using SAML 2.0 • Provide daily operations and maintenance support for development tool stack: Jenkins, GitLab, Sonatype Nexus, SonarQube, Nexus Lifecycle (formerly Sonatype CLM), Chef Server, HP Fortify, Redmine, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers running in the Amazon cloud From February 2014 to Present (1 year 11 months) Tools and System Administrator @ - Provide system support for development teams using JBoss Enterprise Application Application and support production environment. - Support development tool sets; including Subversion, Atlassian Bamboo, and Jama Contour From October 2010 to February 2014 (3 years 5 months) Washington D.C. Metro AreaProject Manager, Product Development @ · Run weekly project meetings - Work with team leads to ensure that releases adhere to the schedule while sustaining its business value - Manage defect triage, escalation, and execution for releases - Exchange accurate, appropriate, and relevant information with project stakeholders and senior management - Recommend reprioritization to mintage risks and determine risk mitigation plans · Assist in identifying and document process changes and improvements · Responsible in creating and maintaining wiki pages for timely communication to project teams and department management From April 2010 to October 2010 (7 months) Associate Project Manager, Product Development @ - Manage project activities by using the project plan to track key milestones - Preparation of statistical and narrative reports - Facilitate team collaboration and communication - Work with the project team to coordinate, prioritize, and triage critical issues - Recommend reprioritization to mitigate unforeseen problems From May 2008 to March 2010 (1 year 11 months) Student Assistant for Technology @ * Provide application development and enhancement support for the department's residence hall incident reporting system used by approximately 100 users * Developed a department web application to reduce the processing time in resident room changes process using electronic forms and workflow * Developed a department web application to improve registration and reporting of alcohol and drug educational intervention program All web development was completed on a LAMP software stack. From August 2007 to May 2008 (10 months) Research Assistant @ · Design an online affective imagery survey to collect data on the perceptions of the computing discipline From May 2007 to August 2007 (4 months) Technical Service Representative @ · Answer inbound technical and customer service calls relating to entertainment services, hardware systems, technical support, billing, and general information requests From May 2007 to August 2007 (4 months) Resident Assistant @ · Manage a University residence hall floor of ethnically diverse undergraduate students · Implement a feeling of togetherness and community by initiating and collaborating to organize hall activities and programs · Mediate roommate conflicts and maintain a safe environment in the hall From September 2005 to May 2007 (1 year 9 months) Peer Instructor @ · Assist students with question concerning Java programming assignments From December 2005 to December 2006 (1 year 1 month)

Master of Science (MS), Computer Information Systems @ Boston University From 2009 to 2012 B.S., Information Science and Systems @ Radford University From 2004 to 2008 Matthew Firtion is skilled in: Web Applications, Java, SQL, Subversion, Linux, JIRA, PHP, XML, CSS, MySQL, HTML, JBoss Application Server, Microsoft Office, Mac OS, Perl