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H-E-B – Digital Security- Application Security EngineeringSan Antonio, TX
Senior Application Security EngineerSeptember 2025 – Present

  • Tracking down the usage of AWS Configs to help H-E-B cut costs in AWS security monitoring.
  • Currently on-boarding and learning the team and space.

H-E-B – Enterprise Core Operations – Core Product Data Services San Antonio, TX
Senior Software Engineer January 2023 – September 2025

  • Assisted in redesign of how nutritional data is retrieved, stored, and delivered at H-E-B to enable more accurate distribution of information  to customers and BI.
  • Lead the migration of 50 legacy apps, leveraging Linux administration, docker/kubernetes, and software engineering skills to enhance system sustainability for legacy applications.
  • Designed a PostgreSQL data store for core data apps, integrating GitLab CI/CD to streamline DB changes and cut delivery time from an SLO of 3 days to a few hours, bypassing DB team requests.
  • Partnered with warehouse business and dev teams to design and deliver an API and Spring-Batch runner that provides over 2.5 million warehouse-item records to a new warehouse management tool called Manhattan.
  • Mentoring junior developer

USAA – Platform Infrastructure – Developer Workstation / Developer ExperienceSan Antonio, TX
Software Engineer I November 2018 – January 2023

  • Developed a tool integrating CyberArk test credentials into local dev environments, boosting developer efficiency by 40% for 500+ engineers.
  • Innovated on a new project to replace docker with an in-house containerization tool that saved USAA $2.5 million in licensing costs.
  • Led 6 interns in Summer 2021 to deliver an MVP for internal app-owner/user communication within 10 weeks.
  • Enabled, developed, and delivered USAA’s “classic” development environment for Apple’s MacOS.
  • Application owner and maintainer for several developer tools used in the organization.
  • Developed and adapted in-house eclipse plugins for Mac development environment.
  • Devised a dockerized WebSphere JVM solution for MacOS, overcoming IBM’s lack of native support.
  • Refined various batch jobs to facilitate the “Classic on Mac” developers.
  • Taught 2 classes on how to get the most out of a developer workspace environment.

USAA – ITPS / Platform Infrastructure – Open Source Governance/Forum (OSF) San Antonio, TX
Software Developer II May 2016 – November 2018

  • Co-led the retirement of the old OSF platform, deploying a JBoss/AngularJS-based solution to enhance enterprise-wide open-source adoption 
  • Enhanced OSF to cut request times from months to minutes while strengthening defenses against vulnerabilities, viral licenses, and obsolete software.
  • Driving developer engagement in OSF to provide a community-grown application and process.
  • Mentored and led 5 interns in the 2016 summer intern program. The team delivered MVP at the end of the program. 

USAA – HR IT – HR Cloud, Workday Integration San Antonio, TX
Software Developer II November 2014 – September 2016

  • Contributed to the deployment of Workday at USAA.
  • Lead the charitable giving integration with Benevity payroll deductions in Workday to facilitate a total self-serviced cloud-based solution for managing giving by the employee.
  • Lead the Workday Employee ID integration with the target platform of Salesforce to cut costs and technical debt by using a cloud-to-cloud solution.
  • Delivered HR Cloud to facilitate employee requests to HR that in turn, cut overhead and costs.
  • Mentored intern during the 2015 intern program.

USAA – Enterprise Integrated Solutions Group San Antonio, TX
Software Developer III August 2014 – November 2014

  • Worked on various salesforce small-mods
  • Worked on an innovation side project with Google Glass and iBeacons

USAA – IT Internship Program San Antonio, TX
IT Intern May 2013 – August 2013

  • Learned UI Mobile development
  • Partnered with another intern to develop the critical task dashboard for Mainframe Automation 

Texas Tech University – Professor ResearchLubbock, TX
Software Developer Fall Semester 2013 – Spring Semester 2014

  • Developed a web app to gather metrics from 100+ participants in a genetic research study, driving the identification of a novel link between genetics and human choice behavior

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