James Sumners ============= ---- > Specialties: JavaScript, Linux\ > *A software engineer with a background in Linux administration*\ > ---- Open Source ---------- In my personal time, I am a prolific contributor to open source projects, particularly in the JavaScript ecosystem. Listed here are a few of the major projects that I work on. **Pino** : *Core Maintainer, September 2016 - Present* : Pino is a logging library for applications built with JavaScript on Node.js. It prioritizes speed and machine parsebility over anything else. **Fastify** : *Core Maintainer, September 2017 - Present* : Fastify is an HTTP framework for applications built with JavaScript on Node.js, an alternative to the well known Express framework. **LDAPjs** : *Lead Maintainer, August 2019 - Present* : LDAPjs provides a framework for building LDAP servers, and a client to interact with standard LDAP servers, for applications built with JavaScript on Node.js. Experience ---------- **Mezmo** : *Software Engineer III, May 2022 - January 2023* I was a backend software engineer on the ecosystem team. My work involved maintaining open source modules for client usage, implementing new customer centric features, and getting an API gateway ready for use: - Designed and implemented a Kong plugin to block requests (Lua) - Added sliding window support to the in-house developed Kong rate limiting plugin (Lua) - Maintained the Mezmo OpenTelemetry exporter module (Go) - Designed and implemented AWS Lamba job to email customers about API token expiration, and expire outdated tokens in the MongoDB database (JavaScript) - Designed and implemented an API for customers to query their data usage in relation to their billing (JavaScript) - Improved feature parity in the the company's open source Terraform provider module (Go) - Managed deployments of my work to the company's Kubernetes environments - Worked to improve documentation, with a particular focus on documentation that benefits new hires **Knock** : *Senior Software Engineer, May 2020 – March 2022* : *Software Engineer, May 2018 – May 2020* I was a backend software engineer specializing in Node.js based development with JavaScript. In this position I: - Built and maintained the frameworks the backend services were built upon - Built and maintained internal tooling to make developers's day-to-day easier - Built and maintained tooling to run audits against all Git repositories maintained by the organization - Worked with project managers, designers, and frontend engineers to build RESTful services to solve business needs, including modeling data to be stored in MySQL databases - Stayed abreast of changes in the technology stack to keep it updated with the latest security advisories - Provided guidance to our devops for the requirements our backend systems needed for deployment - Developed and maintained the Docker images used for deploying services - Built RESTful services to integrate internal and third party data - Built a resilent webhook ingestion system atop Fastify, AWS SQS, and AWS Lambda with Go - Implemented eventing between services with AWS Lambda and AWS SQS - Lead a weekly cross team open meeting that gave backend engineers space to discuss their work and discovered challenges - Mentored junior engineers and peers - Assisted with interviewing to hire new backend engineers that would be a culture and talent fit for the team - Lead initiatives around open source, including informing the crafting of a company open source contribution policy **Clayton State University (Technology Infrastructure)** : *Linux System Administrator, November 2014 – April 2018* I was the lead system administrator for all Linux systems used by Clayton State University. In this position, some of my various duties included: - Implementing SSL termination and load balancing for campus websites using HAProxy and UCarp - Primary administrator for all Linux based servers (50+) - Maintained and packaged Red Hat RPMs - Setup and administered Red Hat Satellite - Used Ansible to manage configuration - Developed campus student web portal **Clayton State University (Enterprise Applications)** : *Database Developer/Linux Administrator, March 2009 - November 2014* In this position I was a web developer, database developer, and Linux system administrator. Some of my accomplishments in this position include: - Developed a replacement SSO connector for Ellucian's Luminis 4 web portal - Wrote and maintained Oracle PL/SQL packages to facilitate backend operations, e.g. scheduled emails with inline attachments and data integration between systems - Maintained all Linux systems powering the campus Student Information System (Banner) - Developed a two-factor authentication add-on for the campus's Luminis 4 implementation - Developed REST based web APIs for data integration between systems like the Student Information System and the campus web portal **Platypus Web Productions** : *Lead Web Developer, April 2009 – December 2009* *Platypus Web Productions* was a short lived independent web design and development firm established by me and a partner. In my role as the web developer I: - Developed a simple PHP templating engine for use in client projects - Worked with the lead designer to devise workable web site designs - Implemented web site designs from lead designer in PHP, HTML, and CSS - Implemented dynamic functionality of designs using JavaScript and jQuery Skill Set Summary ----------------- +-------------------------+---------------+----------------+ | Node.js | JavaScript | Fastify | +-------------------------+---------------+----------------+ | Docker | AWS Lambda | AWS SQS | +-------------------------+---------------+----------------+ | MySQL | Git | Mentorship | +-------------------------+---------------+----------------+ | Effective Communication | Open Source | Go | +-------------------------+---------------+----------------+ | Kubernetes | | | +-------------------------+---------------+----------------+ Education --------- **B.Sc., Mathematics**; Clayton State University (Morrow, GA) References ---------------------------------------- *Available upon request* ---- > • (404) 939 – 3576