Peter Ross
Fairview Heights
Summary
Dynamic leader with a proven track record at Grainger, adept in Kubernetes and Terraform, and excelling in technical leadership and mentoring. Spearheaded machine learning operations, enhancing platform usability for over 300 users, and significantly influenced software development practices. Demonstrates a strong blend of strategic oversight and hands-on technical expertise.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager, Machine Learning Operations
Grainger
07.2021 - Current
- Built and maintained machine learning platform used by over 300 internal users utilizing Kubernetes, Astronomer managed Airflow, and Databricks
- Performed user training to use the platform and deliver meaningful, performant, and cost effective ML oriented features and data products
- Upskilled platform users with training, tutorials, starterkits, and pair programming
- Acted as technical lead and manager for a team of four
- Shaped internal company culture with a focus on active listening and psychological safety
- Influenced greater platform engineering practice at Grainger by giving internal talks and presentations around platform engineering design and design philosophy
Consultant
Daugherty Business Solutions
02.2021 - 07.2021
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines for multiple internal Daugherty tools with BitBucket, AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodeDeploy, and AWS EC2.
- Developed proof-of-concept web app that assisted in procuring a client contract in Angular 12.
- Developed a third party client integration for a major agricultural bank in Asp.Net, EntityFramework 6, and .Net Framework 4.5.2. Also assisted the same client with advise and mentorship on migrating CD pipelines from Azure Devops classic pipelines to newer yaml based pipelines.
Devops Lead
Cura Digital Health
09.2019 - 02.2021
- Built HIPAA compliant Kubernetes, Postgres, and IAM infrastructure as code pipelines using Terraform
- Built GitOps Kubernetes workflow to maintain cluster resources
- Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines for NodeJS services, Dotnet services, and Angular webapps in Azure Devops
- Assisted in building and maintaining Android and iOS CI/CD pipelines in Azure Devops
- Performed bug fixes on NodeJS backend code to improve product quality
- Designed and implemented iterative rearchitecture from a Node JS backend to a DotNet Core based backend
- Implemented new features on Angular based web app
- Worked with contractors and management to establish sustainable software development lifecycle
Senior Software Engineer
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc.
07.2015 - 09.2019
- Provided technical oversight and architectural vision
- Developed Electronic Health Record system with microservice architecture on Microsoft Service Fabric in C# with AspNetCore and Microsoft Cosmos Db
- Developed microservice development workflow in Microsoft Service Fabric using C#, Powershell, and Azure Devops that resulted in thousands of man hours saved in development time
- Developed API documentation workflow using AspNetCore and Swagger to allow for automated API validation
- Developed architecture and deployment strategies that enabled multi-tenant Service Fabric clusters
- Developed and maintained coding standards and practices
- Developed and maintained build and deployment pipelines
- Lead a team of 8 developers to build core back end components
- On boarded and mentored developers
Software Engineer
Quality Internet Services LLC
03.2012 - 05.2015
- Architected and implemented various affiliate marketing products.
- Developed WordPress plugins in PHP with mysql databases and JQuery based frontends.
- Performed customer support.
- Analyzed the market to find gaps and brainstorm new products.
Secretary
The Law Offices Of Herbert J Lantz
05.2011 - 05.2012
- Organized envelopes, postage and mail correspondence for staff and management, maintaining postage meter and coordinating with delivery and courier services
- Responded to emails and other correspondence to facilitate communication and enhance business processes
- Supported client calls and managed client communication for new and existing cases
- Prepared legal documents for review by Mr. Lantz for new and existing cases
- Assisted in completing and offloading cases in preparation for Mr. Lantz's retirement.
Education
High School Diploma - undefined
Hazelwood Central High School
Florissant, MO2009
Skills
- Software documentation
Proficient in Python, Golang, Javascript, NodeJs, Powershell, Bash, Microsoft Azure, AWS, Service Fabric, Kubernetes, CosmosDb, Azure Service Bus, Kusto, Terraform, Github Actions
Technical Leadership
Mentoring
Accomplishments
- Graduated Launch Code in 2015.
Timeline
Manager, Machine Learning Operations
Grainger
07.2021 - Current
Consultant
Daugherty Business Solutions
02.2021 - 07.2021
Devops Lead
Cura Digital Health
09.2019 - 02.2021
Senior Software Engineer
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc.
07.2015 - 09.2019
Software Engineer
Quality Internet Services LLC
03.2012 - 05.2015
Secretary
The Law Offices Of Herbert J Lantz
05.2011 - 05.2012
High School Diploma - undefined
Hazelwood Central High School
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