Contact

Email me at sfrasier@maverickdolphin.com.

Objective

To work with a great team on challenging projects that allow me to constantly learn new skills and sharpen existing ones.

Profile

Skilled software engineer who is a hard-working self-starter with a wide range of technical experience including: software architecture, hardware-software interfacing, computer networking and protocols, system hardening, networking security, embedded systems, mobile and desktop application development, full-stack web development, software support and maintenance, DevOps, and software documentation. Soft skills include gathering requirements, preparing user documentation, interfacing technically with the customers and partners, providing on-site support, and mentoring junior engineers. My colleagues appreciate my tenaciousness and problem-solving abilities, and they often rely on me to solve their most difficult problems.

Experience

Skills Software development and architecture, Linux systems administration/DevOps, computer networking and protocols, AWS, software practices (issue tracking, version control, CI/CD, etc.)

Languages C, C++, Python, Java, JavaScript, Bash, LaTeX

Operating systems Linux (Gentoo, Arch, RedHat, CentOS, Ubuntu, etc.), UNIX (Solaris, AIX), Android. Windows, OSX, and iOS under duress.

Hardware PIC and AVR microcontrollers, Arduino, PC104, Gumstix, basic electronics

Education

  • University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA
    • PhD in Physics — 2001
    • BS in Physics — 1996

Employment History

  • Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Government agency)

    IT Specialist - INFOSEC — 8/2017 to present

    Key member of a team that provides automated cybersecurity scanning and reporting services to government (federal, state, and local), industry, and private stakeholders. Main architect, developer, and advocate for a move from a self-maintained datacenter to AWS.

  • DZYNE Technologies (Government contractor)

    Senior Software Engineer — 3/2015 to 7/2017

    Lead software engineer for AFRL project to develop a robotic system that can be installed quickly into a standard aircraft to make it capable of autonomous flight. Team lead for visualization component of DARPA project whose goal was to provide a suite of intuitive web apps to allow a tier 3 NOC user to leverage a cloud computing platform and powerful data science methods to identify and investigate malicious behavior in his or her network.

  • Leidos (Government contractor)

    Senior Software Engineer — 7/2012 to 3/2015

    Software and integration support for multiple government-sponsored programs. Responsibilities included multi-language, multi-platform software development; hardware selection and integration; Linux server installation and administration. Lead software engineer for DHS project whose goal was to outfit a helicopter with various sensors to detect and track ground-based radiation sources.

  • Department 13, LLC (Customization of Android OS and embedded systems)

    Director of Research and Development — 5/2010 to 6/2012

    Responsibilities included development of: small, disposable, long-life TTL devices; embedded systems for wireless network exploitation; a security-hardened version of the Android OS; custom Android applications for law enforcement and military customers.

  • Twin Technologies, LLC (IT consulting firm)

    Consultant — 11/2009 to 3/2010

    Developed custom A/V reencoding software to enable the launch of a reality TV show and live website titled If I Can Dream. Android application development.

  • LCX Systems (Customized moving map systems for use in aircraft)

    Manager of Software Development — 2007 to 2013

    Developed and provided on-site support for software to interface avionics hardware with a moving map system. Developed map format conversion software. Interfaced technically with aircraft integrators’ project managers and engineers. Technical liaison to German partner company.

  • Qbit, LLC (Lossless encryption technology)

    Consultant — 5/2008 to 5/2008

    Developed software to interface with an FPGA board performing lossless data encryption of video images. Worked closely with hardware team to verify the accuracy of the FPGA hardware.

  • Global Infotek, Inc. (Government contractor)

    Software Scientist — 2005 to 2007

    Main engineer supporting a DARPA program to automate the scanning of classified and unclassified maritime information sources to decrease the workload of Naval intel analysts. Introduced team to improved software practices including use of a collaborative website and task tracking system, unit testing, and more optimal use of a source code control system.

  • NIITEK, Inc. (Landmine detection systems)

    Physicist/Software Engineer — 2001 to 2005

    Implemented real-time signal and image processing and classification algorithms for landmine detection using GPR data. Assisted hardware team in developing FPGA implementations of these algorithms. Leader of successful project to port algorithms to PC104 systems running in parallel, proving the company’s ability to create a fieldable system.

  • University of Virginia, Department of Physics (Postdoctoral Researcher)

    Postdoctoral Researcher — 5/2001 to 8/2001

    Developed software to perform numerical simulations of quantum mechanical many-body interactions in a cold gas of Rydberg atoms. Code was parallelized using PVM, which enabled the research team to take advantage of a Beowulf cluster to execute larger, more detailed simulations.

Teaching

  • Instructor — Electricity and Magnetism I
  • Teaching Assistant — Physics for Premedical Students, Widely Applied Physics

References

Available upon request.