# James Raynor > Senior Software Engineer at Geico Location: Verona, Wisconsin, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/jamesraynor Experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of success in the computer software industry. Strong engineering professional skilled in Management, Training, IT Operations, and Competitive Analysis. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ GEICO Jan 2022 – Present | United States Developed and designed Azure microservices to integrate with external vendors, handling millions of daily requests Implemented and expanded application logging, monitoring, and alerting using Grafana, application insights, Loki, and Prometheus. Managed Continuous Integration in Azure Dev Ops and Azure resource deployment for gateway teams Cut operating costs by half by right sizing resources and eliminating unused resources saving >$17,000/mo Trained and help onboard multiple developers to a rapidly growing team Managed the Azure resources and Kubernetes Clusters for team and sub-teams. Implemented AI tools to speed up development and explore future use cases. C#, .Net, SQL Server, Azure AKS, Azure Dev Ops. Grafana, Loki ### Software Design Engineer - Senior @ Signature Consultants Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | United States Contracted to Geico Azure AKS, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, C#, .NETCore ### Software Developer @ Epic Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | Verona, Wisconsin Lead Developer for Radiology Integrations functional area. Developed and maintained a hybrid VB and web server application that manages 45% of US medical records. Worked directly with several large healthcare organizations to develop specific imaging integration projects. Mentored and trained multiple new developers. Organized and conducted biweekly developer meetings and quarterly division meetings for Radiology team. Full stack development working in C#/ASP.NET, JavaScript, Typescript, React, and M/Cache. VB6, M, C#, ASP.NET, TypeScript/JavaScript, React, SVN ### Lead Software Developer @ Innovez Limited Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | London, United Kingdom Lead Developer for Invoicing, Position Management, and Profit & Loss calculations software developed specifically for energy traders in the FinTech industry. Responsible for managing development team of the product, developing the product, and working with customers to install and deploy our solutions. Additional responsibilities of managing internal repos and issue tracker (GitLab). Responsible for training developers in our remote office in Croatia. C#, .NET, MVVM, WPF, WinForms, SQL Server, SQL Tuning, GitLab, Git, SVN ### CS 470 Artificial Intelligence TA @ Brigham Young University Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 Assisted AI teacher with grading and class discussions while concurrently enrolled in the class. Responsible for all exam review sessions, project help sessions, homework grading, and class management. Python, Linux. Hidden Markov Model, N-Grams, Bayesian Filters, PID Controllers, Kalman Filters. ### Java Developer @ FamilySearch Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Orem Utah Member of the Data and Storage team. Team managed several petabytes of genealogical records, images, and audio files in various stages of processing and availability. Developed dashboards to monitor and track the millions of images ingested each day Integrated the dashboard with existing scripts to troubleshoot errors and reduce turnaround time Adapted to an agile-waterfall hybrid environment as company transitioned between development techniques. Java EE, HTML, CSS, javaScript, jQuery, ProgreSQL, Git, SVN, Jenkins, Apache tomcat, Maven ### System Administrator and Programmer @ Brigham Young University Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 Administer users, sites, and applications within the campus life domain. Work with department members to maintain and build out existing web sites. Redesign and create web sites for departments and provide space for university clubs. Maintained and deployed department application servers and corresponding applications Developed applications and management systems to reduce cost and increase productivity of seven campus departments Designed and launched Drupal and WordPress websites to accommodate individual department needs Drupal, WordPress, HTML, Css, JavaScript, Active Directory, OSticket, Networking ### IT Engineer @ Qualtrics Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 Organized company's first IT team to withstand exponential growth and expansion IT - Implement and manage internal network redesign, server maintenance, switch management, VoIP and Skype services, deployment of remote office, manage LDAP integration and servers, etc.. Redundancy and Disaster recover - implement physical failsafes and virtual bakups. Test, implement, and deploy recovery solutions, minimize company downtime Internal System Maintenance - Inventory of internal resources (computers, phones, other hardware/software), maintenance and installation of building security, manage user locations and moves Linux, Apple Server, LDAP, Honeywell security, Brocade Switch, networking, Polycom, FreePBX ### QA Engineer/Internal System Administrator @ Qualtrics Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 Quality Assurance. Black box testing of products and management of client reported issues. Internal System Maintenance - Inventory of internal resources (computers, phones, other hardware/software), maintenance of building security, internal IT management. ### Product Specialist and Trainer @ Qualtrics Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 Developed training material and trained customers to introduce Qualtrics’s products to new and potential clients Organized and managed Asia Support team to adapt to growing demand HTML, CSS, JavaScript ### Maintenance @ Brigham Young University Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 Early morning cleaning and maintenance of Museum's offices, showrooms, and exterior in preparation for business hours. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science, Mathematics minor Brigham Young University Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 ### BS Computer Science minor Mathmatics in Computer Software Engineering Brigham Young University Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/raynorjames --- Source: https://flows.cv/jamesraynor JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jamesraynor/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22