# Mike Chen

> Software Engineer at Allied Associates International

Location: Fairfax Station, Virginia, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/mikechen1

TS Cleared

A dedicated and energetic individual always looking for the next challenging and rewarding opportunity in Full Stack development, DevOps, Cybersecurity, AI, Cloud, or Big Data roles

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Allied Associates International
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021

### Software Engineer @ Federated Wireless
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Arlington, VA
- Actively connected through ​VPN​ to an AWS government cloud ​ITAR​ compliant development environment for software  development; the operating systems used were ​Microsoft Windows​ and ​CentOS
- Specialized work on RFIMS initially as a ​backend​ engineer, then switched to a  frontend/full stack​ engineer
- Continued striving on SATR in phase 2 as a ​DevOps​ engineer for ​continuous integration​ for  routine software delivery
- Gained experience with setting up ​NMS for RFIMS project
- Trained how to use ​AWS​ ​SES and ​SNS​ to send subscribed users email blasts and text blasts
- Became versed in ​React​ and improved ​JavaScript​, ​HTML5​, and ​CSS​ to better front-end GUI of RFIMS, specifically with map-based libraries
- Received skills in ​Jenkins​ and bettered myself on ​Docker​ as well as advanced skills on ​Shell/Bash​ scripting for automated ​DevOps  continuous integration for both RFIMS and SATR  
- Polished craft in ​Thymeleaf​ while improving on ​Spring/Spring Boot​ for SATR GUI on ​OpenStreetMap​ - Supported customer demonstrations at the demo sites of the project primes (Harris and Collins Aerospace)
- Acquired ​KML​ knowledge to create and test map data for RFIMS 
- Learned ​RPC​ for transition of RESTful to RPC
- Temporarily helped on DARPA project with ​Wireshark​, ​Matplotlib​, and ​shell/bash​ scripting 
- Used ​GitLab ​to maintain projects for DARPA, RFIMS, and SATR; used ​Jira​ sprint task ids as commit messages to quickly understand  the reasoning behind a push; also, used ​GitLab ​for tracking software release packages 
- Achieved ​Python​ certification through Cloud Academy, also currently working on multiple ​AWS  Cloud​ and ​DevOps​ certifications
- Analyzed open source library licenses and both manually and wrote automation scripts to find and record said licenses

### Programmer @ HigherEchelon, Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Arlington, VA
- I was one of two to start on a Federal engineering team that grew to about a team of 6 for SATR (Spectrum Analysis Tactical  Radio) project 
- Spearheaded our development team as needed, and helped guide and assist integration of team’s individual microservices
- Connected through ​VPN​ to an AWS government cloud ITAR compliant development environment for software development the  OS used at the time was ​Microsoft Windows
- Gained knowledge on how to use ​RESTful​ for messages (SRC, RSTAT) sent from JENM to be processed by our SAS and return a result message (SPAR)
- Learned how to use Jira for project task coordination and worked in an ​Agile​ development cycle environment
- Learned how to use ​Confluence​ for project documentation and analysis of project guidelines/description to be implemented
- Developed and integrated real time spectrum sharing software with tactical edge network manager JENM through ​RESTful  servers, originally in ​Python​, and formalized in ​Java
- Traveled to meet our clients for software integration and presentations to communicate technical aspects of project or assist in  smoother transitions of delivery of project’s code base
- Learned basic knowledge of ​Spring/Spring Boot​ framework to improve development process and refactoring of original code  base
- Gained basic knowledge of ​Docker​ to help project delivery and continuous delivery of product 
- Improved skills in ​shell/bash​ scripting to automate and run system tests for our ​DevOps​ process and gain a base skill set for ​DevOps 
- Learned proper ​git​ project management, more meaningful commit messages with sprint task IDs 
- Learned ​Spring/Spring Boot​ from coworker to use a better framework  
- Improved on ​Maven​ for ​Java​ while working with ​Spring/Spring Boot

### Research Assistant @ National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Tysons Corner, VA
- Develop ​Java​ application that strips audio from video file to be transcribed into text file(s) in order to be able to search keywords  within video and skip to video location
- Design GUI to help user with conversion and selection
- Develop applications in ​Java/Python​ to assist Professor Wang with assignments given to students
- Research practices and strategies for above projects

### Intern @ Virginia University of Science & Technology
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Tysons Corner, VA
- Develop ​Java​ applications that manage student information within a database using ​Java​, ​MySQL​, ​JDBC 
- Assist, design, and develop website pages for student registration through ​SQL​ injection into database for quick access
- Manipulate, design, and inject images with ​Adobe Photoshop​ to fit the needs of website pages

### Caterer @ Sodexo
Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 | Fairfax, VA
- Design and prepare food displays
- Create drinks for customers (Non-alcoholic)
- Greet guests with a smile
- Maintain composure

### University Canvasser @ George Mason University
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 | Fairfax, VA
- Inform patrons comprehensively
- Maintain a positive attitude

### Research Assistant @ Georgetown University
Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 | Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Organization and management of information


## Education
### Master's degree in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
Virginia University of Science & Technology

### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
George Mason University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mike-chen-15844b125

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