Duane S. Bone - Curriculum Vitae
E-mail: jobs@duanebone.com | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duanebone
Experience
Lead Software Engineer, Vistaprint (Cimpress) — 2015-2022
- API & Frontend Architecture: Architected resilient Java and Node.js APIs, web clients, and micro-frontends integrated directly with automated cloud services.
- End-to-End Delivery: Combined QA automation and full-stack development practices to ensure high-availability e-commerce application delivery.
- Cloud & Kubernetes Architecture: Designed, deployed, and managed production Kubernetes clusters and scalable AWS infrastructure (S3, Aurora PostgreSQL, CloudFront, ALBs).
- CI/CD & Automation: Engineered automated infrastructure-as-code (IaC) pipelines using Terraform, GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, and Spinnaker to streamline application deployments.
Q/A Automation Software Engineer, Verizon — 2014-2015
- Engineered and maintained core framework services using Java, Dropwizard, Tomcat, and MySQL to support automated testing architecture.
- API Integration: Developed PHP gateway interfaces to connect front- end components with back-end RESTful microservices.
- Infrastructure Quality Assurance: Automated regression testing suites for Hypervisor virtual machines and AoE (AoE/Storage) infrastructure to ensure system stability and performance.
Principle Systems Engineer, Dell Inc — 2010-2014
- Test Automation & QA: Automated core firmware functionality and bug- fix verification suites using Python and Java, accelerating regression cycles for enterprise storage systems.
- Automation Engineering: Designed and built robust internal test automation software and frameworks to support continuous firmware validation.
- Release & Build Management: Managed firmware release operations, including codebase merging, automated software builds, and customer distribution packaging.
Senior System Administrator, IDG Enterprise Inc — 2008-2010
- Infrastructure Administration: Deployed and managed production and development environments for Drupal, Ruby on Rails, and JBoss applications across Linux systems.
- High Availability & Database Management: Configured and maintained Apache web servers and clustered MySQL databases to ensure high availability and reliability.
Senior UNIX Administrator, SupplyScape Inc — 2007-2008
- Application Server Management: Installed, administered, and monitored multiple production and development JBoss application server instances to ensure maximum uptime.
- Database Integration: Configured and integrated Oracle and MySQL databases with core application stacks.
- Performance Analysis: Developed an internal throughput reporting system to analyze application metrics and identify performance bottlenecks.
Technical Support Engineer, Egenera Inc — 2006-2007
- Integrated and deployed enterprise client systems, services, and multi- platform storage onto BladeFrame converged infrastructure. -Resolved high-priority customer infrastructure issues to minimize downtime and ensure system reliability.
- Architected and built an automated phone support platform using SIP servers, tier-based routing, and web-driven ACD management.
Lead Systems Engineer, MTM Technologies Inc — 2004-2006
- Designed and managed fault-tolerant infrastructure supporting high- availability media, finance, and healthcare platforms.
- Built network and system monitoring tooling to speed incident detection and improve service uptime.
- Administered enterprise storage arrays and file systems, including Sun StorEdge, EMC Clariion, and Veritas Volume Manager (VxFS).
Infrastructure Engineer 3, Bank of America — 2002-2004
- Maintained production and staging environments for high-volume consumer web portals across Solaris and Windows platforms.
- Profiled and resolved system bottlenecks across distributed middleware, including WebSphere, WebLogic, and Orbix.
- Managed web application servers to maintain high transaction reliability and service health.
Systems Manager, Cornerstone Brands Inc — 2000-2001
[ceased MA operations July 27, 2001]
- Maintained development, staging, and production servers for major e- commerce retail platforms.
- Redesigned source control workflows and build environments to streamline software delivery.
- Standardized application server setups to reduce deployment errors between development and staging.
Senior Software Engineer (Site Accelerator Project), Genuity Inc — 2000-2000
- Built reverse web caching and traffic management systems using Inktomi software to lower latency.
- Developed dynamic DNS rerouting and health monitoring software to automate site failover.
- Packaged software builds and created deployment guides to standardize remote installations.
Senior Systems Engineer, Lucent Technologies Inc — 1998-2000
- Led multi-site DNS, DHCP , and enterprise backup rollouts using Veritas NetBackup across distributed systems.
- Built cross-platform directory synchronization to automate account and credential management between UNIX and Windows domains.
- Provisioned large-scale UNIX storage arrays with Veritas Volume Manager and VxFS on Solaris and Digital UNIX.
Education
- Southern New Hampshire University | Manchester, NH
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science | summa cum laude
- GPA: 4.00/4.00
- President’s List (8 Terms)
- Honor Roll (8 Terms)
- Transferred from Northeastern University | Boston, MA
- Focus in Software Engineering, Machine Learning, AI, and Image Processing
- Boston Latin School | Boston, MA
Training
- VMware Virtual Infrastructure with ESX Server and Virtual Center
- ITIL IT Service Management
- BroadVision System Administration for Enterprise
- Veritas Volume Manager (w/RAID-5 and VxFS) NetBackup Administrator Training
- Sun Workgroup Product Training
- Sun Enterprise Product Training
- Sun EU-118: Solaris for Advanced User
- Sun SA-135: Solaris System Administration I
- Sun SA-285: Solaris System Administration II
- Sun Sun StorEdge 3000 Series Array Installation and Administration
- HP Interoperability Technical Training
- HP UNIX and NT Integration Workshop
- HP Net Server and Vectra Technical Training
Skills
- AWS based cloud services integration (AWS, ALB, CloudFront, Aurora RDBMS, Secrets Manager, etc)
- Kubernetes cluster deployment and configuration
- GitLab CI/CD integration, project deployment into AWS compute resources
- Application services development using Java and NodeJS
- Application front-end and micro-frontend development using NodeJS, Lerna, Gatsby
- Integration and administration of PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Oracle
- VMware virtualization services
- Multiple Cisco switch, PIX firewalls, F5 load-balancers
- EMC CLARiiON FC4500, Symmetrix 5000, 3par, Sun 3000 services storage
- Bourne Shell (and BASH), C (and c/tc shell), Korn Shell
- General development using C++, PHP, JAVA, NodeJS, Perl, Python, Tcl/TK, and .Net.
- CGI/Web programming in most of the above languages. PHP/Smarty and PERL/Mason template-based web application development. JBoss development and integration.
- HP Openview, Nagios, BigBrother monitoring systems