Robert Coulson

Pearson · Bloomington, Minnesota, United States · Hybrid

• Managed Kubernetes environments for hosting containerized applications.
• Automated infrastructure deployment with Terraform and VM configuration with Ansible.
• Used Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions for repository management, CI/CD pipelines, and release automation.
• Designed and maintained monthly release frameworks to standardize deployments of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions.
• Oversaw operations of a full Azure tenant, covering:
  • Entra ID for identity and access management.
  • Azure RBAC role assignments.
  • Compute, database, and storage services.
  • Network design including hub-and-spoke topologies.
  • Ingress solutions such as Load Balancers, Application Gateways, and API Management.
• Implemented secrets management solutions with Azure Key Vault and Keeper, ensuring secure handling of credentials and sensitive information.
• Established monitoring and alerting frameworks using New Relic, Zabbix, and Grafana for monitoring, and PagerDuty and Everbridge for alerting and incident response.
• Participated in achieving FedRAMP authorization for company products, including evidence collection, compliance implementation, and supporting audit interviews.
• Supported AWS as a secondary cloud provider, ensuring multi-cloud awareness and portability.
• Established best practices for cloud governance, security, and operational monitoring.

Pearson · Bloomington, Minnesota, United States · On-site

• Defined the technical architecture and standards for multiple development teams.
• Collaborated with engineering leads to ensure alignment with architectural principles and product goals.
• Designed new applications from the ground up, making key technology selections to support scalability, maintainability, and performance.
• Performed greenfield development to bootstrap new applications before handing them off to development teams for continued implementation.
• Provided technical evaluations and recommendations for frameworks, tools, and platforms.
• Partnered with stakeholders, product managers, and engineering leads to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Mentored team members and supported cross-team knowledge sharing.
• Ensured architectural consistency and best practices across web, backend, and infrastructure layers.

Pearson · Bloomington, Minnesota, United States · On-site

• Directed a team of software engineers, providing technical guidance, code reviews, and mentorship.
• Designed application architectures and solutions for team implementation.
• Supported Agile practices, including story creation, sprint planning, and backlog refinement.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to define requirements and translate them into technical tasks.
• Oversaw Java Swing desktop applications and Java web application development, including both front-end and back-end components.
• Guided front-end work using JavaScript (jQuery), HTML, CSS, and Freemarker templates.
• Designed and supported Java backend services integrating with Hibernate-managed databases.
• Maintained scheduled jobs with Quartz Scheduler and supported automated testing with JUnit.
• Managed CI/CD pipelines in TeamCity, ensuring reliable builds and deployments.
• Fostered collaboration within the team to deliver high-quality software in an Agile environment.

Pearson · Bloomington, Minnesota, United States · On-site

• Developed and maintained Java Swing desktop applications.
• Designed and implemented Java web applications, including both front-end and back-end components.
• Built front-end features using JavaScript (jQuery), HTML, CSS, and Freemarker templates.
• Implemented back-end processing in Java to support web application functionality.
• Used Hibernate for database access and management.
• Used Liquibase for database schema management.
• Implemented scheduled processes with Quartz Scheduler.
• Wrote and maintained unit tests with JUnit to ensure code reliability.
• Set up and maintained CI/CD pipelines using TeamCity to support automated builds and deployments.
• Collaborated with team members to deliver features in an agile environment.

Lockheed Martin · Eagan, Minnesota, United States