ABOUT ME

Hi, I'm Nik James, DevOps Engineer at Builders FirstSource, and a Cloud/DevOps enthusiast. I am motivated and focused on getting further in my cloud journey.

I built this page as part of the Cloud Guru Azure Resume Challenge.

College

Grand Canyon University

October 2018

Work

Builders FirstSource

DevOps Engineer • January 2021 - Present

  • Guide multi-million-dollar projects to production and help deliver over 450 releases which apply new features and applications to our customers. Facilitated the delivery of these projects with Bash/Korn shell scripts
  • Create databases and table structures to offer better scalability, maintainability, and lower security risk of data loss or corruption
  • Prepare release presentations to project team, higher ups, and stakeholders of upcoming deployments
  • Created Bash script to build companywide newsletters for corporate and field staff to keep customers aware of new applications and features
  • Collaborate with the QA/BA teams to analyze/resolve bugs using the Atlassian Jira software
  • Maintain 100% stability and version control of the Apache Subversion repository for the developers

    • Builders FirstSource

    Software Engineer • October 2018 - January 2021

  • Developed and maintained critical business applications to ensure optimal performance and reliability
  • Implemented database queries and stored procedures for efficient data retrieval and manipulation
  • Conducted thorough application testing and debugging, to ensure an efficient and smooth user experience
  • Started the migration of legacy applications from TUI to GUI using Genero Enterprise