Steve Russell | Resumé

Experience

Consultant with Chemical Abstract Services(January 2025 - July 2025)

Designed and maintained systems deployed to AWS infrastructure with Terraform
Architected and implemented serverless application using AWS Lambda and Step Functions for an essential business process. Configured Private VPCs, Route 53, and API Gateway for integration with on-premise systems.
Implemented data pipeline for transformation and enrichment of hundreds of millions of records using EMR Spark and Scala
Application development using Java 21 and Python
Mentored junior devs developing Spring Boot applications
Created and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Gitlab
Used docker containerization in development and deployment of applications
Supported integration of serverless backend with Angular web app

Senior Software Engineer(January 2022 - October 2024)

Maintained and developed automation for building and configuring Kubernetes (EKS) clusters in AWS
Provided support and training in Kubernetes, Helm, and Argo CD to assist teams in modernizing development practices
Served on call for production support
Used Ansible for on-demand provisioning and configuration of ephemeral dev environments
Extensive use of Terraform to manage cloud infrastructure
Supported deployment and operation of Veracode's SaaS products.
Created and maintained CI/CD pipelines in Gitlab

Consultant with American Electric Power(May 2016 - January 2022)

Full-stack Java development with Java EE, Spring (Java), React (JavaScript), and SQL (Oracle)
Standalone Java development to integrate Oracle Identity Manager (an IAM Product) into AEP corporate infrastructure
Worked to modernized development practices with tools such as Maven, Git, and Artifactory
Provided production support with failure analysis and bugfixes. Assisted Operations with production environment configuration and deployment
Onboarding and mentoring of new developers
name: Manifest Solutions Corporate Training
Developed and delivered modules for Manifest Solutions software development bootcamp
Developed and delivered corporate training to Manifest Solutions clients

Mathematics Instructor(August 2012 - May 2016)

Courses taught ranged from developmental math to Calculus III and Differential Equations
Designed and implemented a Precalculus course
Participated in College Credit Plus: assisted high school teachers with curriculum design and certification
Used Mathematica and SageMath (Python) to create classroom demonstrations, assessments, and solution guides
Worked to incorporate programming into several of my math courses