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Matthew Kilroy

Columbia,MD

Summary

Computer Engineer with over 17 years of experience in implementation, validation, and deployment of complex systems. Proven excellence in troubleshooting, project management, and translating customer requirements into technological solutions. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Active TS/SCI with CI Poly. IAW DoD 8570 compliant.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
6
6

Certificates

Work History

Computer Engineer

Boeing Intelligence & Analytics
01.2023 - Current
  • Interact directly with customers to understand and translate complex requirements into system designs.
  • Oversee initial application installations, ensuring comprehensive documentation and procedure adherence.
  • Define and design database schema, leading the migration of data from MS Access and MS SQL Server to Postgres.
  • Employ Docker, Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Logstash to optimize Linux-based systems and help customers get insight into their existing data.
  • Conduct data modeling and ER diagram generation to visualize database structure.
  • Implement security measures through the writing/ execution of NIST test cases.
  • Prepare and load customer data into node types, define relationships in Neo4j for graph creation

Lead Operations Engineer, Manager, Chief Engineer

Boeing Intelligence & Analytics
01.2022 - 12.2022
  • Managed a team of 12 engineers, fostering career development, setting performance metrics and implementing recognition initiatives.
  • Acted as Chief Engineer, spearheading tracking of major development items, software releases, security testing and production environment deployment.
  • Conducted routine and ongoing assessments of system operations by performing tests and analyzing data.
  • Established procedures for corrective and preventive maintenance.
  • Reviewed violations of computer security procedures and developed mitigation plans.

Lead Cloud Engineer

Boeing Intelligence & Analytics
01.2017 - 12.2021
  • 2017 Boeing Intelligence & Analytics Employee of the Year
  • Tackled complex cloud deployment issues as the primary engineer, successfully resolving challenges across multiple systems.
  • Effectively managed tasks for a team of engineers across multiple domains
  • Conducted certification and accreditation testing, ensuring compliance and secure systems
  • Identified system inefficiencies through meticulous performance data analysis, delivering impactful system improvements.
  • Systems Administrator for multiple large scale Red Hat/CentOS Linux systems

Lead Operations Engineer - Task Force

Boeing
01.2014 - 01.2017
  • Selected to serve as the primary technician for high-profile task force
  • Collaborated with clients to determine need and devise appropriate software and hardware solutions.
  • Installed, maintained, and troubleshot a blend of two major custom applications utilizing a variety of technologies
  • Deployed application into the C2S cloud while remaining on-schedule
  • Managed ETL process for data ingestion, SOLR index creation and customization, and Hadoop MapReduce jobs
  • Manually migrated and mapped particular user database information

Systems Engineer

Boeing
09.2010 - 01.2014
  • Managed and maintained over 100 data feed sources for multiple server clusters
  • Routinely created custom BASH scripts and PostgreSQL queries for in-depth investigation and to automate processes and procedures, experienced with Puppet
  • Analyzed all document rejections, provided reasons for failures and enabled restoration of over 10,000 documents
  • Demonstrated proficiency in both formal classroom training of system and in small group and one-on-one training sessions for both front and back end use
  • Performed internal audit of query syntax validity/efficiency on over 500,000 user queries. Resolved over 2,000 queries after review
  • Provided 300+ hours of after-hours and weekend support

Network Intel Engineer

United States Air Force
12.2006 - 05.2010
  • Maintained database continuity for over 35,000 open source records
  • Researched and evaluated large data set metrics to account for trends and discrepancies
  • Maintained connectivity with multiple ISR platforms and collection sites

Education

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT
07.2017

Associate of Science - Communications Applications Technology

Community College of The Air Force
Montgomery, AL
01.2012

Skills

  • Troubleshooting and Optimization
  • AWS Cloud
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) / CentOS
  • Hardware and software installation
  • Systems administration
  • PostgreSQL / MongoDB / Neo4j / SQL
  • Database Migration / Database Design
  • Security and Accreditation / NIST
  • ElasticSearch / Kibana / Logstash / SOLR
  • STIG hardening
  • BASH scripting
  • Team Management

Certification

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate

CompTIA A+

CompTIA Network+

CompTIA Security+

CompTIA Project+

CompTIA Linux+

Timeline

Computer Engineer

Boeing Intelligence & Analytics
01.2023 - Current

Lead Operations Engineer, Manager, Chief Engineer

Boeing Intelligence & Analytics
01.2022 - 12.2022

Lead Cloud Engineer

Boeing Intelligence & Analytics
01.2017 - 12.2021

Lead Operations Engineer - Task Force

Boeing
01.2014 - 01.2017

Systems Engineer

Boeing
09.2010 - 01.2014

Network Intel Engineer

United States Air Force
12.2006 - 05.2010

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Western Governors University

Associate of Science - Communications Applications Technology

Community College of The Air Force

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate

CompTIA A+

CompTIA Network+

CompTIA Security+

CompTIA Project+

CompTIA Linux+

Matthew Kilroy