Coding Expertise
Throughout my years of experience, I have been heavily involved with work inside the federal and state government. I am proud of my Top Secret security clearance, CompTIA Server+ Certification , and my CompTIA Security+ Certification . While working for the State of Maine, I earned my nomination for a CARES award by providing excellent customer service through good communication skills and technical knowledge. A year later, I went on to receive formal congratulations after presenting the first automated test case for the Ground Weapons Systems program under DSI which ultimately promoted me to Automation Team Lead!
My programming skills cover a large base ranging from software programming, cloud development, DevOps, security, analytical tools, and so much more!
Relevant Experience
It has been my privilege to have experience working with Robins Air Force Base, State of Maine, Wright Patterson AFB, Davis Strategic Innovations, and Kforce. Over the past four and a half years I have held the title of Mid-Level Cloud Developer, Automation Team Lead, and Software Developer!
FBI with Kforce
I successfully completed a three-month contract by provisioning Terraform code, optimizing security groups, and managing IAM Role modifications. Additionally, I deployed a Kafka cluster, engineered an AMI builder pipeline using federally provided Docker-in-Docker images, and authored multiple Ansible playbooks
Northrop Grumman with DSI
I drove automation strategies across the entire product lifecycle, from authoring Eggplant test cases to engineering robust CI/CD pipelines, I created DevOps solutions through Jenkins, JFrog Artifactory, and Groovy scripting to significantly accelerate product deliverability, optimize build security, and streamline release cycles
Wright Patterson AFB with IG
I deployed GitLab runners to automate pipelines that executed jobs for building service containers, running security scans, and performing unit tests prior to pushing artifacts into JFrog. Throughout this process, I frequently collaborated with cross-functional teams to resolve complex dependency issues, ensuring successful and reliable project builds
The State of Maine
I completely changed the Local Health Officers application by executing a comprehensive full-stack analysis, resolving numerous legacy bugs, and authoring multiple pages of technical documentation. My work additionally involved JavaScript programming for Rhapsody that utilized JavaScript for data manipulation and ingest
Robins AFB
As an Elasticsearch Engineer, I designed advanced cluster architectures featuring machine learning anomaly detection, SIEM security rules, and tailored data integration packages. I authored Python scripts for data manipulation and executed thorough resource management testing to maximize search performance, index stability, and cluster scaling
Contact
Email - joelwatlington7@gmail.com
Phone - (207) 659 - 9964