# Alex Whitmore

> Senior Software Engineer @ TJX

Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alexwhitmore

Senior Engineer with 5+ years of software engineering and DevOps expertise at The TJX Companies, Inc. Recognized for:

- Developing efficient, scalable Azure cloud solutions
- Implementing zero-downtime deployment strategies
- Reducing costs while maintaining performance

Proven track record of contributing to company growth through technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration. Expertise includes:

- Azure services and cloud architecture
- Infrastructure as code
- CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
- Security, compliance, and cost optimization
- Performance tuning, monitoring, and alerting

Committed to delivering high-quality, customer-centric solutions that meet business and client requirements through effective communication and analytical skills.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ The TJX Companies, Inc.
Jan 2024 – Present

### Software Engineer II @ The TJX Companies, Inc.
Jan 2022 – Present
Using tools such as Azure DevOps and GitHub we are building highly efficient, repeatable, and scalable systems. I am also assisting the team as a technical resource with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, deployment/release processes, and anything in-between.

Notable Achievements:
• Fully architected a new release strategy which provides zero-downtime deployments, significantly reduced deployment time, and allows for smaller and more frequent releases to production.
• Lead the operation of migrating the source code of 3 teams from Azure DevOps to GitHub.
• Began serving as a technical mentor to fellow TJX associates.

### Software Engineer I @ The TJX Companies, Inc.
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
Leverage tools such as Azure and GitHub to create cloud resources, CI/CD pipelines, and automate tasks. Work with the development teams to improve existing processes in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment. Assist with the development of members of the team as a technical resource.

Notable Achievements:
• Designed a highly available and disaster resistant application architecture.
• Created a best practice/style guide for infrastructure as code (Bicep/ARM Templates) to help shorten the amount of time to onboard, increase readability, and promote reusability.

### Engineering Co-op @ The TJX Companies, Inc.
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Worked in Azure DevOps to create infrastructure/resources, improve automation, and assist with code deployments. Also took part in several co-op projects where we then presented in front of 60+ people including the senior IT leadership.

Notable Achievements:
• Modularized existing infrastructure as code to improve readability, scalability, and reusability.
• Helped create CI/CD pipelines to build, lint, test, and deploy various applications. 

Co-op Projects:
• Researched enterprise container security and created an extensive report listing out the container best practices, possible/common risks and threats, and possible implementations.
• Evaluated the current intake process (process in which one team requests something from another), and leveraged Microsoft tools to improve, consolidate, and automate this process.

### Software Engineering Program @ Thinkful
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
• Software engineering program, focused on learning HTML, CSS, Javascript, and associated frameworks (such as Bootstrap, Node.js, React, and PostgreSQL)
• Designed mobile-first full-stack applications from conception to deployment, while learning industry best practices

Notable projects

Flashcards App - React, and Bootstrap
• Developed an app to help with studying any given topic.
• Create decks and cards, flip to study, and delete when ready.
• GitHub repo: https://github.com/alexwhitmore/flashcards

Cipher Decoder - JavaScript
• Developed the logic to encrypt/decrypt three ciphers.
• Wrote tests for the cipher logic following a TDD process.
• GitHub repo: https://alexwhitmore.github.io/decoder-ring-project/

### Sales Representative @ F & F DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Connecticut, United States
• Provide accounts with name brand beer as well as promote small businesses through the distribution of craft beer.
• Responsible for building strong customer relations, obtaining new clients, and beating sales projections.

### Grocery Manager @ Big Y World Class Market
Jan 2012 – Jan 2020
• Oversaw both full-time and part-time employees to ensure proper merchandising, inventory, and sanitation.
• Utilized experience to help lead the team to a record breaking sales week of $1,100,000.


## Education
### Computer Science in Software Engineering
Southern New Hampshire University
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/a-whitmore
- Website: https://whitmore.io/
- GitHub: https://github.com/alexwhitmore

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Last updated: 2026-03-23