Jeff Barnes Resume

Software engineer with 20+ years professional software development experience. Lifelong passion for learning new technologies with experience in a breadth of software languages and frameworks. Demonstrated ability to work in large teams and individually.

Experience

Software Engineer, GCI

Engineering & Architecture, Automation & Optimization

Anchorage, AK — 2019 - Present

Maintain internally developed full-stack application for Site Management, Project Management, and Site Maintenance activities. Responsible for front-end Angular web app, back end Node.js code, configuration of VMs for deployment and writing and maintaining end-to-end test suite.
Developed software and architecture to capture and process cellular performance metrics and enable performance monitoring of a multi-vendor cellular network. (Rust, SQL)
Enabled integration between fault monitoring and ticketing platforms. (Perl)
Provided real-time data feed from asset management database to ticketing platform. (Typescript, SQL)
Mentor junior developers.

Software Engineer, GCI (Elwood Staffing, Opti Staffing)

Anchorage, AK — 2015 - 2019

Developed a business critical application for viewing networking information, managing network changes, and tracking project status.
Using leading edge open source technologies such as Angular, MongoDB, CouchDB and Node.js to enable a responsive mobile friendly experience.
Designed application architecture and middleware necessary to interface with legacy business products.
Managed full application development life cycle, including development, testing, integration and deployment using modern DevOps software techniques.
Mentor junior developers to build a functional cross-disciplinary team.

Advisory Software Engineer, IBM

Tucson, AZ / Anchorage, AK — 2007 - 2012

Led team of 4-5 developers supporting IBM DS8000 Storage System SCSI and Fibre channel protocols.
Developed error recovery and availability firmware for IBM XIV Storage System.
Helped develop routines for storing compressed and encrypted data.
Designed interoperability features for IBM DS8000 Storage System and AIX UNIX to support disaster recovery scenarios.
Mentored and trained new team members.
Provided project time estimates managed resource allocation.
Traveled abroad to perform problem analysis on site at customer facilities.

Staff Software Engineer, IBM

Tucson, AZ — 2002 - 2007

Development and release of the IBM DS8000 Storage System, focus on SCSI and Fibre Channel protocols.
Enabled industry leading SAN environments by designing and implementing advanced metadata management algorithms.
Designed Java based GUI client for internal source code control and defect tracking.
Developed an Asynchronous Messaging over SCSI protocol to facilitate peer-to-peer storage mirroring.

Junior Software Engineer, IBM

Tucson, AZ — 2001 - 2002

Developed device drivers for IBM tape backup products on Solaris and Linux platforms.

Distance Education Technician

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Rapid City, SD — 1998 - 2000

Developed leading edge Internet based distance courses.
Installed and maintained audio / video networks related to the encoding and distribution of college courses.

Research Assistant – Atmospheric Science Department

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Rapid City, SD — 1996 - 1998

Programmed image processing software using C++ and IDL.
Gained proficiency on Silicon Graphics (SGI) and SUN workstations.

Education

Walden University

Master of Science (MS), Computer Engineering — 2004 - 2007

Specialization in Computer Architecture. In depth study of CPU design, Networks, Parallel Computing, Programming Language Design, and Embedded systems.