Ryan Grant

Ryan Grant

DevOps Engineer


Washington and Lee University

May 2016

BS in Computer Science with minor in Mathematics (GPA 3.5)

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Personal Profile

A results-driven DevOps Engineer strong in analyzing and problem-solving. Skilled in developing business plans, requirements specifications, user documentation, and efficient code. Strong written and verbal communications. Interested in a challenging technical track career in CI/CD, cloud, or cyber security.

Work Experience

DevOps Engineer - Accenture Federal Services

September 2016 - Present

Azure Cloud Security Engineer

  • Architected new cloud services (VMs, APIs, Firewall) to support PowerApps and API services
  • Developed new Azure DevOps pipelines for cloud deployments
  • Installed and stood up automated security centered build and deployment pipeline for developers

DevOps Engineer

  • Integrated enterprise LDAP authentication in Jenkins and modernized authorization
  • Migrated Jenkins servers to auto scaling
  • Migrated multiple code bases through a major Sonatype Nexus upgrade and server restructuring

Configuration Management/DevOps Engineer

  • Automated manual build and deployment processes with Jenkins pipelines triggering on code push
  • Maintained 100+ Microsoft TFS-Git repositories in multiple environments
  • Performed quality, security, and integrity checks on all checked in code
  • Deployed 30+ C# and Java applications to 80 Windows servers and multiple environments on a bi-weekly basis using Octopus Deploy
  • Regularly updated CI/CD tools to latest LTS versions
  • Created new automated reports detailing the status of each active release

Web Application Developer

  • Gathered requirements with and presented completed development directly to product owners
  • Added new features primarily using AngularJS with a C# REST API
  • Used Jenkins, SonarQube, Fortify, Git, and a team tester to provide quality assured code
  • Collaborated with a team of five developers to ensure all code passed a review before merging
  • Provided 100% unit test coverage on all new code

Production Support

  • Transitioned over 50 applications from another contract to a new production support team
  • Provided tier 2 and 3 production support for those applications
  • Managed a rotational 24/7 emergency support line
  • Worked on bugs in C#, Oracle APEX, and Microsoft Dynamics CRM applications

Key Skills

  • AWS
  • Azure
  • C#
  • Git
  • TFS/ADO
  • Nexus
  • Splunk
  • PowerShell
  • Jenkins
  • OctopusDeploy
  • SonarQube

Proficient In

  • Java
  • Python
  • SonarQube
  • Fortify
  • Linux
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • AngularJS
  • Microsoft SQL Server

Certifications

AWS

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner - Apr 15, 2021

DevOps

SimpliLearn DevOps Practitioner - June 24, 2019

Splunk

Splunk 6.x Certified User - August 14, 2017

Agile

ICAgile Certified Professional - October 14, 2016