{"id":62,"date":"2006-12-11T21:05:49","date_gmt":"2006-12-11T21:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trentdouthat.com\/blog\/resume\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T01:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T06:48:23","slug":"resume","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/trentdouthat.com\/blog\/resume\/","title":{"rendered":"R\u00e9sum\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Trent Douthat<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">422 N. Delaware St., Independence, Missouri 64050 | 816-456-4736 | trent@trentdouthat.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com\/in\/trentdouthat\/, GitHub: github.com\/trentdouthat\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Professional Summary<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senior Technology Architect and Site Reliability Engineer with over two decades of experience designing, maintaining, and migrating mission-critical enterprise systems. Proven expertise in orchestrating zero-downtime migrations, automating CI\/CD pipelines, and leading 24\/7 Tier-3 incident response for high-volume telecommunications and financial data. Adept at bridging legacy enterprise architecture (AS\/400) with modern cloud infrastructure (AWS), Linux environments, and automated tooling to guarantee absolute system uptime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Technical Skills<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cloud Computing: Amazon Web Services (AWS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Infrastructure &amp; OS: Linux (RHEL, Oracle, Fedora), UNIX, Windows Server, AS\/400 (IBM i)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Languages &amp; Scripting: Python, Java, SQL, Bash, CL, COBOL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CI\/CD &amp; Automation: Jenkins, SDLC, Release Management, Cron<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Web &amp; Middleware: Apache Tomcat, IIS, Java Spring Boot, REST APIs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AI &amp; IoT: Agentic AI Frameworks, Large Language Models, Home Assistant, MQTT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Databases: DB2, Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Experience<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Technology Architect<\/b> | <i>Infosys<\/i> &#8211; Remote<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">December 2018\u2013January 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Engineered a zero-downtime transition for high-volume enterprise billing data, bridging legacy AS\/400 infrastructure with modern platforms while concurrently maintaining legacy system uptime.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Managed CI\/CD pipelines using Jenkins to automate production code deployments for critical finance collections systems, ensuring zero-defect releases during designated maintenance windows.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Operated as the sole developer and systems administrator for critical government subsidy applications, directing all end-to-end operations including Java feature development, testing, automated deployments, and server maintenance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Systems Consultant<\/b> | <i>Verizon<\/i> &#8211; Overland Park, KS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 2011\u2013December 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Directed 24\/7 Tier-3 incident response as the technical lead for the operations escalation team, rapidly diagnosing and resolving critical batch processing failures to ensure the high availability of enterprise billing systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Managed the end-to-end Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for critical system enhancements, translating business requirements into technical specifications and orchestrating rigorous Unit, System, and UAT testing phases prior to production release.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developed standardized database correction tools deployed across the operations team, automating manual data remediation tasks and minimizing system downtime during batch processing failures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Information Analyst<\/b> | <i>EDS\/Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services<\/i> &#8211; Overland Park, KS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">July 2000\u2013January 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Spearheaded enterprise production support operations, progressively transitioning from feature development to directing the primary incident escalation team for critical billing batch processes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engineered custom code-scanning utilities and observability tools to automatically identify, map, and inventory complex batch interfaces across the enterprise environment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Architected centralized integration layers for third-party software dependencies, decoupling legacy systems to enable seamless, single-point upgrades and eliminate redundant code.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Application Manager<\/b> | <i>IMI Systems\/Ajilon Information Technology Services<\/i> &#8211; Kansas City, MO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">July 1999\u2013July 2000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Directed 24\/7 operations and incident resolution for enterprise billing applications within AT&amp;T&#8217;s Kansas City Data Center, optimizing massive batch-processing cycles and job schedules.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Analyst-Programmer<\/b> | <i>DST Systems<\/i> &#8211; Kansas City, MO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 1998\u2013June 1999<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Engineered and maintained mission-critical COBOL and DB2\/SQL applications for the world\u2019s largest mutual fund data processor, ensuring the high availability of core financial data systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Projects<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Linux Infrastructure &amp; IoT Home lab<\/b> | <i>Fedora, Home Assistant, Raspberry Pi<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>OS Provisioning:<\/b> Provisioned bare-metal Fedora Linux environments across multiple hardware profiles, executing complete OS migrations and configuring system architectures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>IoT Architecture:<\/b> Architected a localized smart home network using Home Assistant, configuring advanced mode settings and exposing developer tools for deeper system observability and troubleshooting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Embedded Systems:<\/b> Deployed custom Linux builds on ARM-based single-board computers (Raspberry Pi), successfully configuring and maintaining embedded software environments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>AI Engineering &amp; 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Delaware St., Independence, Missouri 64050 | 816-456-4736 | trent@trentdouthat.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com\/in\/trentdouthat\/, GitHub: github.com\/trentdouthat\/ &nbsp; Professional Summary Senior Technology Architect and Site Reliability Engineer with over two decades of experience designing, maintaining, and migrating mission-critical enterprise systems. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/trentdouthat.com\/blog\/resume\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-62","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trentdouthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trentdouthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trentdouthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trentdouthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trentdouthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/trentdouthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326,"href":"http:\/\/trentdouthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions\/326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trentdouthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}