Kevin G. Austin

4316 Bryant Avenue South • Minneapolis, MN 55409 • (612) 822 0205 • kaustin@stfnal.com

Senior Software Engineer position

In-depth experience in complete software development life-cycle including design, development, debugging, and documentation.
Proven ability to mentor other developers.
Commended for meeting demanding deadlines.
Well versed in user support, including both in-person and telephone support.

Operating Systems - AIX, Linux, MS-Windows
Languages - Perl, SQL, C, JavaScript, PHP, and numerous command and scripting languages
Markup Languages - XHTML, CSS, HTML, and troff
Database Systems - Oracle, MySQL, Sybase, Informix, MS SQL Server, Unify, and R:Base
Source Code Control - PVCS, RCS, and SCCS
Service Management - Tivoli Service Desk and Peregrine ServiceCenter
Other Technologies - CGI, DCE, EDI, FTP, SFTP, PGP, SSH, ETL, and network and Unix system administration

Boston Scientific - Enhanced, tested, and documented multi-method file transfer script.
Boston Scientific - Created, enhanced, and maintained over seventy file transfer, archive, cleanup, watchdog, and report processes using the multi-method file transfer script.

Boston Scientific - Designed, developed, tested, and documented multi-method file transfer script in Perl using Archive::Tar, Archive::Zip, Compress:Zlib, File::Copy, IO::Socket::INET, IPC::Open3, MIME::Base64, MIME::QuotedPrint, Net::FTP, Net::POP3, and Net::SMTP Perl modules and gpg, expect, scp, and sftp programs on a Sun Solaris 8 system.

Developed and maintained over two hundred reports and ETL scripts written in shell, Perl, and SQL using Oracle and MySql on SunOS.
Ported internet click and sales tracking system from a CGI Perl script to PHP.

Developed and maintained over two hundred reports and ETL scripts written in shell, Perl, and SQL using Oracle and MySql on Linux and SunOS.
Developed processes necessary to load balance commerce related web services between multiple servers.
Ported over two hundred scripts from three legacy servers to new environment

NCT to BlueHornet bulk data feed. Used MySQL, Perl (LWP::UserAgent, HTTP::Request), and BlueHornet web API to develop bulk data feed from Digital River's Name Capture Technology database to BlueHornet database.
Cookie Tracking Migration. Used Google Adwords interface and Search Redirect Creator to move multiple ad campaigns to cookie tracking.
Search Redirect Creator. Developed web based URL redirect configuration file editor using Perl, CGI.pm, HTML, and JavaScript.

Carlson Companies, Inc. - Control M Migration Project. Developed, tested, and debugged data transfer routines written in Perl using PGP, SFTP, Net::FTP, DBI, DBD::ODBC, and MS SQL Server.

Educational Credit Management Corporation - CAM Claims Project. Developed EDI routines in C and Informix SQL on AIX.
Educational Credit Management Corporation - New Boost Project. Developed programs in Perl to convert legacy data and load it into an Oracle database.

Technical Lead - Small Group Internet Application. Maintained CGI based three-tier web application using Sapphire Web, C, HTML, and JavaScript on AIX.
Technical Lead - SAM to APT data conversion project. Converted data from legacy R:Base application to Sybase using SQL and Perl.
Assisted in development and maintenance of APT, a three-tier application, using Powerbuilder, C, and Sybase SQL on MS-Windows, MS-Windows NT, and AIX.