Paul Robello

Principal Solutions Architect

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Objective

Dynamic Principal Solutions Architect with a proven track record in crafting and implementing scalable solutions. Dedicated to driving project success through technical excellence and strategic leadership. Eager to contribute expertise to support organizational growth.

Skills

  • Cloud - AWS: CCP Certified, EC2, ECR, ECS, BATCH, Fargate, RDS, Aurora, VPC, SSM, S3, EBS, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch, Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, DDB, ALB, NLB, Terraform
  • Operating Systems: Windows, Linux (Amazon Linux 2 / 3, Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS), MAC OSX
  • Virtualization: AWS, Docker, VirtualBox, VMWare, WSL
  • Languages/Runtimes: Python, Typescript, Node.js, JavaScript, PHP, Java, Bash, PowerShell, Rust
  • Databases: DynamoDB, Aurora, MongoDB, MS SQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Redis, Oracle, LDAP
  • Frameworks: Next.js, React, Angular, RXJS, Vue, jQuery, Redux, ThreeJS, D3, Socket.io, Express, Restify, Bootstrap, Auth0
  • UI/UX: Responsive Web, Mobile Friendly, Storyboarding, A/B Testing, SPA’s
  • Source Code Management: GitLab, GitHub, BitBucket
  • Misc. Communications: SNS, SQS, JMS, MQ, Web Sockets, REST, JSON, SOAP, JWT, OAuth
  • Other: DevOps, Automation, SSL, TLS, Encryption
  • Project Management: Team Manager, Kanban, Agile, Best Practices, Systems Architect / Integrator
  • AI Prompting and integration with: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Azure, Bedrock, Ollama
  • AI Frameworks: LangChain, Langgraph, LangSmith, Swarm

Experience

VISTA TECH

Jan 2013 – Present

  • Principal Solution Architect L3, Feb 2022 – Present
  • Sr Solutions Architect, Nov 2021-Feb 2022
  • Software Engineering Manager, Jan 2019 – Oct 2021
  • Senior Software Engineer, Jan 2013 – Jan 2019
  • Working on innovative cloud-based solutions.
  • Created GitLab CICD, Pulumi, Terraform, AWS infra workflows and solutions in a next gen zero-trust enterprise environment. Managed and mentored a team of developers.
  • Full Stack web application programming, Reporting, Automation, Data Visualization, DevOps.

Promia Inc

Dec 2001 – Dec 2012

  • Sr Systems Engineer
  • Setup and maintenance of all workstations, servers, and networks on the Promia enterprise network. Including Cyber Warfare Lab.
  • I developed a custom domain controller / VPN solution that allows us to expand, manage and secure our network resources.
  • Assisted other departments with debug, scripting and automating any processes where possible.

Mother.com / California Networking

Mar 1995 - Dec 2001

  • Systems Administrator
  • Setup and maintenance of all workstations, servers, networks both at Cal.net and at various customer locations.
  • My Knowledge of all versions of windows is excellent.
  • All but two of our servers were Debian Linux, which I have extensive experience with.
  • I have setup and maintained DNS, RADIUS, NFS, Samba, Sendmail, POP3, Apache, Apache-SSL, FTP and many more.
  • Setup and used MSSQL, MySQL, and have extensive experience with PostgreSQL.
  • Setup and maintained Point-To-Point, Frame Relay, and ATM over copper and fiber using OC3, DS3, T1, DSL, ISDN, Analog, and Wireless connections to backbone providers and customers. I am excellent with Alcatel's assured access routers, and proficient with CISCO, 3COM and Lucent equipment / routers / RASs.

Projects / Tools of Note

Public projects:

  • ParLlama: Solo developer of a terminal based UI (TUI) for Ollama GitHub Repo .
  • GDC: Creator and maintainer of Generic Development Container GitHub Repo
  • PAR Scrape: PAR Scrape is a versatile web scraping tool with options for Selenium or Playwright, featuring AI-powered data extraction and formatting. GitHub Repo
  • PAR GPT: Cli app that can integrate with any provider and model to accomplish an ever growing list of tasks. GitHub Repo

Vista Global projects:

  • Auth0: Created POC and helped rollout AUTH0 company-wide.
  • Rest-Easy: Created serverless REST API gateway to facilitate easier access to SAP endpoints.
  • ZAP: Created Zenventory integration to SAP to simplify tracking of goods receipt and movements to/from aircraft.
  • Monnet: Created tool to visualize near real-time AWS Account and VPC connectivity using highly resilient serverless multi-region architecture.
  • Fuel Reconciliation Portal: Created portal for several Vista entities to reconcile and/or investigate fuel pricing issues.

XOJET Aviation projects:

  • MX Reporting Portal: Created web portal for near real-time MX stats and other reporting for maintenance team.
  • Real-Time Flight Tracking Map: Created a custom Java connector to communicate with real-time FAA SWIM data feed which fed aircraft position data into an MQ broker that was then utilized via real time websockets to update position on a map.
  • TODO Tool: Created a real-time task tool in AngularJS for client services department. The tool created all necessary tasks for each flight with color coding and proper time offsets to get tasks completed on time.
  • XODATA Portal: Created extensive automated and self serve reporting portal.
  • Pilot Portal: Created crew schedule bid system.

Education / Certifications

  • Udemy Ultimate AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (2021)
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Credential ID CSQEYT2LBBB11S3C