Alan Schwartz Jr.
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Skills and Proficiencies
Programming Languages
- Scala, Java, Python, SQL, UNIX Shell
Markup Languages
- XML, YAML, HTML
Development Tools
- Spark, Ansible, Jenkins, uDeploy, Git, Maven, SBT
Work Experience
CIGNA (Bloomfield, CT)
TECDP Specialist [July 2018 - Present]
- Team: Data & Analytics
- Role: IM Software Engineer
- Configured kernel for Jupyter Notebook service to support PySpark and Impala
- Designed and built infrastructure for batch analytics engine to support DataRobot models
- Researched and benchmarked performance of Cockroach DB and Amazon Aurora in AWS using TPC-B and TPC-C tools
- Drove team planning sessions and maintained quality and standard of user stories
- Released two projects to the Cigna IT community to accelerate employee on-boarding and day to day operations
TECDP Analyst [January 2017 - July 2018]
- Team: Information Management
- Role: IM Software Engineer
- Designed and built infrastructure for batch analytics engine to support Spark applications
- Automated test and deployment for batch analytics engine, enabling continuous integration and delivery
- Delivered Spark application for detecting and reporting opioid prescriptions
- Implemented chat operations (ChatOps) across four project teams
- Trained software engineers in using Scala, SBT, and Apache Spark
TECDP Intern [September 2015 - January 2017]
- Team: Information Management
- Role: Application Developer
- Wrote first Spark application for a batch analytics proof of concept
- Delivered Hive script for aligning members to health specialists
- Collaborated on a secure chat application to connect teenagers and young adults suffering from depression and anxiety with behavioral coaches
The Jackson Laboratory (Farmington, CT)
Research Intern [August 2016 - October 2016]
- Lab: Computational Biology
- Researched mathematical formulas for predicting feature importance in genomic research
Three Rivers Community College (Norwich, CT)
Student Worker [January 2014 - June 2015]
- Office: Student Programs
- Led migration of management and services system for student organizations from a paper-based process to a web-based application
Windsor Travel Corp. (Houston, TX)
Data Entry Clerk [January 2013 - July 2013]
- Led migration of customer profile system from a paper-based process to a customer relationship management tool
- Wrote stored procedures to provide travel agents with individualized services for customers
Organizations
Eastern Connecticut State University
Computer Science Club
- Vice President: Fall 2014, Spring 2015
Three Rivers Community College
Student Government Association
- Student Representative: Fall 2013, Spring 2014
- President: Fall 2014, Spring 2015
Education
Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
- Bachelor of Science, Computer Science [2015 - 2016]
Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT
- Associate in Science, Computer Science Technology [2013 - 2015]
- Associate in Science, Architectural Design Technology [2010 - 2012]