# Colton Kennedy

> Software Engineer | Angular • .NET • Node.js • Kubernetes • Terraform • Flux | Full-Stack Dev + IaC | CKAD | 9+ Cumulative Yrs Experience in Scalable Web Apps, DevOps and Cross-Functional Agile Teams

Location: Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/colton

Software Engineer with a demonstrated history working in the IT industry. Experience ranging from frontend web clients and backend APIs to cloud infrastructure and containerization orchestration via Kubernetes.

Versatile with ability to adapt to the constantly changing IT industry. Efficient IT professional with a Bachelor of Science focused in Computer Information Systems from Northwestern State University at Louisiana. 

Programming languages:
     •  Angular
     •  Reactjs
     •  React Native
     •  NativeScript
     •  SCSS
     •  Java
     •  SQL
     •  ExtJS
     •  Python
     •  PHP
     •  COBOL
     •  JSON
     •  XML
     •  YAML
     •  NodeJS
     •  .NET
     •  C#
     •  NoSQL

Software:
     • NetBeans
     • Eclipse
     • VS Code
     • Jetbrains Rider
     • Notepad++
     • Filezilla
     • XAMPP
     • Excel
     • Access
     • Word
     • Powerpoint
     • MS SQL Management Studio
     • Tableau
     • Weka
     • MySQL
     • Vista TN3270
     • Postman
     • MongoDB
     • Slack/Mattermost
     • Docker
     • Git/Github Desktop
     • Jenkins
     • SonarQube
     • Jira
     • Bitbucket
     • Confluence
     • OpenShift Container Platform

Operating Systems:
     • Windows
     • MacOS

Miscellaneous:
     • AWS
     • Azure & Azure DevOps (ADO)
     • Angular Material
     • TDD
     • Agile environment experience
     • Jasmine Testing
     • Debugging
     • Kubernetes
     • Kafka
     • Grafana
     • Terraform

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Optum
Jan 2023 – Present | Remote

### Associate Software Engineer @ Optum
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Remote

### Senior Software Engineer @ HeyKiddo
Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - Remote

### Application Development Specialist @ IBM
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Projects:
• Pepsico (Oct. 2019 - Jan. 2020): Collaborated with a team of developers to build a new data-integrated platform for Pepsico to generate the most effective way of allocating a budget for brand advertisements to deliver the maximum ROI from spend, improve data-driven decision making and organizational processes, streamline workflow in campaign process, and automate campaign performance scorecard to enable real-time optimization.

Duties: 
Developing and integrating Angular technology into a data-driven application including libraries such as Angular Materials and PrimeNG; generating API calls to a Workfront server to retrieve, update, post, and delete object data via Axios HTTP Client; maintaining proper version control with Github Desktop and Stash on Bitbucket.

• PNC Bank (Feb. 2020 - present): Member to an Agile-driven team while collaborating alongside dozens of other teams to assist the client's migration of their legacy online banking platform to their contemporary New Tech Experience platform. 

Duties: 
Development of Angular SPAs that incorporate a Micro Frontend architecture, and their respective deploy applications; Micro Frontend and Outer API integration to deploy application; CI/CD integration via Jenkins pipeline; Presentation of UI features to client/shareholders; Operated under an Agile & TDD environment; Verification of automation processes on a Jenkins CI; Application validation across multiple OCP environments; Functional tests written with the Cucumber BDD approach and executed on the Selenium framework.

### Junior Software Developer @ Real Vision Software, Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Alexandria, Louisiana Area
•	Front-end development with Sencha, HTML, JavaScript and CSS web-development languages.
•	Migrated project files to the company server via FileZilla FTP Client Solution.
•	Developed web components using an MVC architecture. Web pages consisted of various components such as grids, forms, buttons, graphs, charts, etc.

### Food and Beverage Manager @ Mariner's Restaurant
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Natchitoches, LA
•	Supervised and trained staff on restaurant operations.
•	Managed day to day operations such as open/close procedure, inventory, and account control.

### Food, Beverage and Server Manager @ Mama's Oyster House
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Natchitoches, LA
•	Handled food/drink orders and coordinated with kitchen staff.
•	Managed servers’ operations in terms of food presentation in an accurate and timely system to customers.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems
Northwestern State University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/coltkenn

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Last updated: 2026-03-22