Michael Kolakowski

Associate System Engineer - DevOps at Union Pacific Railroad

Omaha Metropolitan Area

About

I am an Application Developer that has a wide body of experience. I have worked in various industries including government, health-care, commercial, and rail-road. I am interested in furthering my skills as a developer and eventually applying that to being a project leader. I am constantly on the outlook for interesting and challenging projects. Specialties: Java, Groovy, Vim, C++, XML, Python, Perl, PHP, SQL.

Experience

  • Senior Project Manager at PM tec, Inc.
    Aug 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

    Senior Project Manager and Software Developer

  • Union Pacific Railroad (5 yrs 10 mos)
    • Associate System Engineer - DevOps
      Apr 2021 - Aug 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    • Associate System Engineer - PTC
      Nov 2017 - Apr 2021 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      Team member working on a safety critical system for the railroad called Positive Train Control (PTC). Designed to prevent collisions, derailments, reduce human error and more, PTC is the next step to enhance overall safety for trains. It's a large scale project that requires interoperability between railroads. Current responsibilities and accomplishments include: -Requirements and Design of modules -Implementation of features and modules -Established a code review process -Using CMMI for process improvement

  • Software Engineer (TEK Systems) at TD Ameritrade
    Mar 2017 - Nov 2017 · 9 mos

    Software engineer working on back office systems as a contractor through TEK Systems. -Decomposed Cache routines -Defined process for correlating received trade information to actual transactions, where previously none existed -Mentored and worked with new hires -Updated a SOAP service to Java 8, improving coverage and code quality along the way

  • Android Developer at Client Resources, Inc.
    Mar 2016 - Mar 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Worked on various projects as needed for different clients. This included -Android development -Mobile Web development with Angular -RESTful API design and development using Groovy, Swagger, and Hibernate.

  • Software Engineer (McCallie Associates) at Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Jul 2015 - Mar 2016 · 9 mos

    • Currently holds a Secret Clearance as required for position. • Individual Contributor for a major project involving an external service upgrade. This included working with OSB, Weblogic, DropWizard, and WS-Security. • Upgraded web service to use 2-way SSL and digital signatures. • Provided input and helped to accurately bid an MVP proposal to the Government. • Participating in Angular.js development and design of a new webapp to replace existing legacy code base.