James Salve

Led project and platform delivery covering planning, prioritization, budgeting, and release execution using SDLC and Agile-style ceremonies. Designed reusable architecture patterns and reference architectures for microservices and enterprise integration. Drove DevSecOps adoption by improving CI/CD pipelines with security checks and quality gates, and represented architecture decisions in governance forums. Managed integrations with enterprise tooling such as Artifactory and the Atlassian stack, and supported API management and IaC automation efforts.

Managed delivery and operational coordination for large-scale platform and infrastructure initiatives, including cloud and DevOps programs. Led teams across compute/storage and platform engineering, supporting AI/ML and DevOps scale efforts and data integration/analytics workstreams. Implemented DevSecOps by building CI/CD pipelines with integrated security scanning and automated testing, and ensured reliability via monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident/on-call processes. Handled scope, schedule, and budget control plus vendor governance and project documentation using enterprise tooling.

Planned and coordinated migration/deployment activities, including project schedules, resource estimates, stakeholder communications, and weekly status reporting. Supported backend engineering for scalable systems using Java and microservices concepts, and contributed to planning around SDLC and Agile execution. Worked on CI/CD and DevOps delivery using Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes, alongside AWS cloud deployment and scaling activities. Used testing and performance tools and focused on observability practices for reliable service operation.

Created product roadmap and managed product backlog prioritization in an Agile delivery context, coordinating milestones with development and validation teams. Facilitated scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standups, reviews, retrospectives, and backlog grooming while aligning stakeholders on requirements. Managed funding-oriented planning, integrated project schedules, and cost estimates across infrastructure-related initiatives. Used Jira and Confluence for project tracking, risk/issue documentation, and lessons-learned processes.

Supported day-to-day operations for development and production environments running on hybrid public and private cloud. Contributed to standardized microservices-oriented architecture and integration approaches and helped drive CI/CD adoption using Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes. Supported AWS-based deployments, scaling, and monitoring for cloud-native applications, alongside data platform and analytics workflows. Used testing and observability practices to improve performance, reliability, and engineering delivery quality.

Handled operational ticketing and customer inquiries, resolving disputes and maintaining service level expectations. Coordinated daily interactions across teams to support service objectives and operational processes, including performance and quality tracking. Participated in engineering support activities involving CI/CD toolchains and cloud environments used in service delivery. Worked with analytics and monitoring concepts using testing, observability, and cloud service administration practices.