Thomas Rayner Resume

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    "name": "Thomas Rayner",
    "label": "Senior Security Software Engineer at Microsoft, CISSP",
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    "email": "thmsrynr@outlook.com",
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    "url": "https://thomasrayner.ca/findme",
    "summary": "I’m a software developer with over 20 years of experience in languages (most recently in C#, TypeScript, Go, KQL), identity (authn/authz), x509 certificates and secret management, secure software supply chain, cloud architecture, and helping my teammates grow and succeed.\n\nI am a prominent speaker, best-selling author, and teacher. I am very active within the technical community and a variety of Microsoft technical and strategic teams.",
    "location": {
      "countryCode": "US",
      "region": "Washington",
      "city": "Redmond",
      "postalCode": "98052"
    },
    "profiles": [
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        "network": "LinkedIn",
        "username": "thomasrayner",
        "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasrayner/"
      },
      {
        "network": "GitHub",
        "username": "thomasrayner",
        "url": "https://github.com/thomasrayner"
      }
    ]
  },
  "work": [
    {
      "name": "Microsoft",
      "position": "Senior Security Software Engineer",
      "startDate": "2018-07-31",
      "summary": "2021-Present - IC3 \nCentrally remediate security issues for and provide horizontal support for 100+ teams responsible for the Microsoft Teams backend microservices.\n2018-2021 (PRSS)\nSoftware development, deployment, change management, and automation subject matter expert on Gaming Crypto Services team in the Edge & Security Services organization.",
      "highlights": [
        "(IC3) x509 certificate management, authentication & authorization (authn/authz) subject matter expert.",
        "(IC3) Mentor and educate teammates regarding software development, x509 certificates, authn/authz, and other areas of subject matter expertise.",
        "(IC3) Lead high impact security change campaigns across the 2000 person organization, delivering value to millions of monthly active customers and hundreds of peers.",
        "(IC3) Empower peers and leaders to make informed, data-driven security decisions by creating concise dashboards and reports based on extremely large, disparate datasets.",
        "(IC3) Inner-source contributions to a variety of Microsoft security products and services.",
        "(PRSS) Responsible for continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) platform servicing high security (HBI) environments.",
        "(PRSS) Mentor and educate teammates regarding software development and other areas of subject matter expertise.",
        "(PRSS) Led cultural change from traditional ops to DevOps, achieving goals of delivering more quickly, consistently, and making this paradigm more accessible for every teammate."
      ],
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft/",
      "location": "Redmond, Washington"
    },
    {
      "name": "PCL Construction",
      "position": "Software Developer",
      "startDate": "2016-11-30",
      "endDate": "2018-06-30",
      "summary": "Orchestrated robust CI/CD pipelines, automated scalable deployments, and built monitoring tools to streamline operations and elevate cross-team productivity.",
      "highlights": [
        "Created and led strategies for continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) to both on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure.",
        "Developed automated dynamic environments and deployment strategies for existing and new services.",
        "Developed and maintained tools and monitoring systems to improve workflows of other teams."
      ],
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/pcl-construction/",
      "location": "Edmonton, Alberta, Canada"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pluralsight",
      "position": "Author",
      "startDate": "2017-05-31",
      "endDate": "2018-04-30",
      "summary": "Contract author, solely responsible for creating and delivering online learning content.",
      "highlights": [
        "Created learning paths for technology students.",
        "Developed, recorded, edited, and distributed courses."
      ],
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/pluralsight/",
      "location": "Edmonton, Alberta, Canada"
    },
    {
      "name": "NAIT",
      "position": "Instructor",
      "startDate": "2013-12-31",
      "endDate": "2018-04-30",
      "summary": "Undergraduate program instructor covering topics including leadership, network protocols, software development, server operating systems, project management.",
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/school/nait/",
      "location": "Edmonton, Alberta, Canada"
    },
    {
      "name": "Alberta Blue Cross",
      "position": "Senior Systems Administrator",
      "startDate": "2013-12-31",
      "endDate": "2016-11-30",
      "summary": "Pioneer cultural and workflow changes related to systems administration, software development, and incident response.",
      "highlights": [
        "Led development and automation efforts, saving organization tens of thousands of hours annually.",
        "Mentored team, led and participated in escalation and major incident handling, key advisor in hiring and technology strategy decisions."
      ],
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/alberta-blue-cross/",
      "location": "Edmonton, Alberta, Canada"
    },
    {
      "name": "Kastom Media",
      "position": "Principal Software Developer",
      "startDate": "2009-12-31",
      "endDate": "2015-12-31",
      "summary": "Technical lead, software developer, and business development lead for a small web development company.",
      "highlights": [
        "Designed and built diverse and varied web services for contract clients, predominantly on Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP stack), and JavaScript.",
        "Perform contracted business development, process improvement, marketing strategy, and research activities."
      ],
      "location": "Edmonton, Alberta, Canada"
    },
    {
      "name": "Edmonton Public Schools",
      "position": "Software Analyst",
      "startDate": "2011-05-31",
      "endDate": "2013-12-31",
      "summary": "Deliver special projects and provide support for the District’s software development team.",
      "highlights": [
        "Managed complex projects, worked with users to troubleshoot line of business applications and a variety of Microsoft enterprise products.",
        "Created and delivered training materials for District move to Google Mail/Apps from Exchange."
      ],
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/edmonton-public-schools/",
      "location": "Edmonton, Alberta, Canada"
    },
    {
      "name": "Aslan Computer Systems, Bolt Security Systems, Shaw Cablesystems",
      "position": "Other Positions, Internships",
      "startDate": "2007-12-31",
      "endDate": "2010-12-31",
      "highlights": [],
      "summary": "Built, troubleshot and maintained applications and systems, remotely programmed client systems, worked with customers to resolve specific issues.",
      "location": "Edmonton, Alberta, Canada"
    }
  ],
  "volunteer": [],
  "education": [
    {
      "institution": "NAIT",
      "area": "Technology Management",
      "studyType": "Bachelor of Technology",
      "startDate": "2011-12-31",
      "endDate": "2013-12-31",
      "score": "",
      "courses": []
    },
    {
      "institution": "NAIT",
      "area": "Network Management",
      "studyType": "Bachelor of Applied Information Systems Technology",
      "startDate": "2010-12-31",
      "endDate": "2011-12-31",
      "score": "",
      "courses": []
    },
    {
      "institution": "NAIT",
      "area": "Information Technology",
      "studyType": "Network Engineering Technology",
      "startDate": "2008-12-31",
      "endDate": "2010-12-31",
      "score": "",
      "courses": []
    }
  ],
  "awards": [
    {
      "title": "Microsoft MVP",
      "date": "2018-07-01",
      "awarder": "Microsoft",
      "summary": "Awarded Microsoft MVP award for fourth consecutive year. Last award because I joined Microsoft and employees are ineligible for this award."
    },
    {
      "title": "Microsoft MVP",
      "date": "2017-07-01",
      "awarder": "Microsoft",
      "summary": "Awarded Microsoft MVP award for third consecutive year."
    },
    {
      "title": "Honorary Scripting Guy",
      "date": "2017-02-28",
      "awarder": "Hey, Scripting Guy! - Microsoft",
      "summary": "From the Honorary Scripting Guy award announcement: What does it take to become an official Honorary Scripting Guy? It takes an extreme commitment to the scripting community, a remarkable dedication that helps to spread the good word about Windows PowerShell, and a relentless pursuit of excellence in producing exceptional content."
    },
    {
      "title": "Microsoft MVP",
      "date": "2016-04-30",
      "awarder": "Microsoft",
      "summary": "Awarded Microsoft MVP award for second consecutive year."
    },
    {
      "title": "Microsoft MVP",
      "date": "2015-04-30",
      "awarder": "Microsoft",
      "summary": "For more than two decades, Microsoft has recognized exceptional, independent community leaders who share their passion, technical expertise, and real-world knowledge of Microsoft products with others. It is part of Microsoft’s commitment to supporting and enriching technical communities.\n \nMicrosoft Most Valuable Professionals, or MVPs are exceptional community leaders who actively share their high-quality, real-world deep technical expertise with the community and with Microsoft. They are committed to helping others get the most out of their experience with Microsoft products and technologies."
    }
  ],
  "certificates": [
    {
      "name": "Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)",
      "issuer": "(ISC)²"
    }
  ],
  "publications": [
    {
      "name": "Master PowerShell Tricks: Volume 3",
      "publisher": "MVP Days Publishing",
      "releaseDate": "2017-01-20",
      "url": "https://www.amazon.com/Master-PowerShell-Tricks-Dave-Kawula/dp/1979733139"
    },
    {
      "name": "Master PowerShell Tricks: Volume 2",
      "publisher": "MVP Days Publishing",
      "releaseDate": "2017-01-20",
      "url": "https://www.amazon.com/Master-PowerShell-Tricks-Dave-Kawula/dp/1542677963/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8"
    },
    {
      "name": "Master Storage Spaces Direct (Volume 1)",
      "publisher": "MVP Days Publishing",
      "releaseDate": "2017-01-14",
      "url": "https://www.amazon.com/Master-Storage-Spaces-Direct-Book-ebook/dp/B01MZA3B2G/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8"
    },
    {
      "name": "Master PowerShell Tricks (Volume 1)",
      "publisher": "MVP Days Publishing",
      "releaseDate": "2016-12-18",
      "url": "https://www.amazon.com/Master-PowerShell-tricks-Dave-Kawula-ebook/dp/B01MXZSW7M/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8"
    },
    {
      "name": "thomasrayner.ca",
      "publisher": "Personal Blog",
      "summary": "Discussions and posts on software development and information security.",
      "url": "http://thomasrayner.ca"
    }
  ],
  "skills": [
    {
      "name": "Information Security",
      "level": "Expert",
      "keywords": [
        "x509 Certificates/Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)",
        "Public Key Cryptography",
        "Authentication (authn)",
        "Authorization (authz)",
        "Secure Software Development",
        "Internet Security",
        "Identity and Access Management (IAM)",
        "Multi-factor Authentication (MFA)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Software Development",
      "level": "Expert",
      "keywords": [
        "C#",
        "TypeScript",
        "Golang",
        "KQL",
        "PowerShell",
        "Python",
        ".NET",
        "JavaScript",
        "Code Review"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Cloud Architecture",
      "level": "Expert",
      "keywords": [
        "Azure",
        "AWS (Intermediate)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "DevOps",
      "level": "Expert",
      "keywords": [
        "Continuous Integration (CI)",
        "Continuous Delivery (CD)",
        "Infrastructure as Code (IaC)",
        "Configuration Management",
        "Github Actions",
        "Open Source",
        "Azure DevOps",
        "Monitoring"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Leadership",
      "level": "Expert",
      "keywords": [
        "Mentoring",
        "Coaching",
        "Teaching",
        "Public Speaking"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Enterprise Tools",
      "level": "Expert",
      "keywords": [
        "Git",
        "Github",
        "Azure DevOps",
        "Productivity Tools/Applications"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "languages": [
    {
      "language": "English",
      "fluency": "Native Speaker"
    }
  ],
  "interests": [
    {
      "name": "Personal Time",
      "keywords": [
        "Hiking",
        "Wine",
        "Marksmanship",
        "Cats"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Personal Study",
      "keywords": [
        "Data Science",
        "AI/Machine Learning",
        "Trying new languages"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [],
  "projects": [],
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