Curriculum Vitæ

Paul Swisher

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US Military veteran, leader, manager, computer systems engineer, software developer, technical expert, network operations engineer.

Education:

  • Evergreen State College, 2023-Current, studying Computer Science and Cyber Security.
  • Associates of Science Technical Studies, Excelsior College, 2014

Professional Experience:

The Evergreen State College Coumputer Science Teaching Assistant:

January 2024 - Current

  • Watch assigned videos and doing assigned readings ahead of class, to help students.
  • Playtest assignments, labs, and quizzes.
  • Hold weekly mock /feedback interviews and leading a group critique under faculty guidance to help students practice explaining their code, learning to use terminology confidently, and becoming more effective collaborators for each other.
  • Enter results of the interviews as grades on Canvas and GitHub according to faculty-provided rubric
  • Organize and facilitate two demo days for the computer science community (including CSF students) at the end of Week 5 and the end of Week 10. Any current CS student may sign up to demo any project, including ILCs and projects from past quarters if they are not currently in SOS.
  • Being familiar with, answering student questions on, the academic honesty and course collaboration policy.
  • Learn React

Amazon Inc, Seattle, WA 2019-2023. System Development Engineer

Led multiple large scaling events on production networks before peak sales events, created new distributed services, maintained spare database capacity, developed tools and automation methods.

  • Collaborated with engineering teams to craft multiple developer tools using agile the format with python 3.8, bash, typescript to solve business challenges.
  • Pioneered new ipv6 service adoption using a mesh network to adopt legacy services using Cloud developer kit (CDK) in AWS.
  • Responded to capacity and operational requirements for 23,000 EC2 Amazon Linux instances for a proprietary key:value database serving millions of transactions per second for the busiest database in the world at Amazon.com.
  • Perfected existing written methods and engineered a distributed Linux system non-relational database cluster in India.
  • Performed multiple complex scaling operations to reduce Linux system scheduler load in a production environment during prime day 2022 and peak 2022 while in a 5 minute response on call rotation.

United States Coast Guard (USCG) (07/2015-07/2019) Shop Supervisor

Led an electronics and information technical support unit with 55 technicians, serving the largest area of responsibility in the nation.

  • Enforced, updated, and monitored system compliance for 5,000 users with polices governing communications security, internet and email usage, access controls, and incident response.
  • Prepared and implement department IT plans, including needs assessment, work plans, and resource management
  • CG Commendation Medal Awarded

United States Coast Guard (USCG) Electronics Material Officer (07/2013-07/2015)

Led a shop of 22 electronics and information technical support division onboard a large USCG cutter.

  • Guided a team of 3 Information Technicians to service the 110 computers, 15 printers, the satellite network connection, and secure connections including the secret virtual server prototype.
  • Spearheaded a team of 10 Electronics Technicians who performed maintenance and repairs on over 100 complex military systems.
  • Enforced Cyber security as the official officer for CG intranet ensured patches and compliance were up to date on 100 computers.
  • Trained 22 personnel in the safety and best practices for performing critical maintenance functions including high voltage work.
  • Worked closely with internal customers to ensure their demands were being met by frequently isolating bandwidth for operational purposes during law enforcement periods.
  • Helicopter control officer safely landed 10 HH-60 helicopter at sea.

United States Coast Guard (USCG) Chief Electronics Technician (07/2011-07/2012)

Led a shop of 11 electronics and information technical support division onboard a US polar icebreaker.

  • Radar technician for us military radars SPS-73, SPS-50 and SPS-64
  • Satellite communications (SATCOM) technician for UHF military communications.
  • IT administrator supervisor

United States Coast Guard (USCG) Electronics Technician (01/2000-07/2011)

Led a shop of 5 electronics technicians in maintaining and repairing over 100 unique pieces of military communications and navigations equipment.

  • Radar technician for us military radars SPS-73, SPS-50 and SPS-64
  • SATCOM technician for UHF military communications
  • Radio and telecommunications technician
  • Tactical air navigation system technician
  • Fiber optic technician
  • CG Achievement medal awarded