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Tanner Jepsen ​

Minnesota • tanner@patriotconsulting.dev

Senior software development engineer • Army veteran

Professional Summary ​

  • 13 years of enterprise software development and IT services experience, and 29 years of total hands-on software development experience.
  • Senior Software Engineer at Omni Federal / Kessel Run (AFLCMC), supporting Marauder mission-reporting capabilities.
  • Delivered high-impact capability and modernization work spanning coalition support, high-security deployment, platform migration, CI/CD, quality, and security.
  • Tech lead, architectural engineer, mentor, and individual contributor with strong full-stack delivery ownership.
  • Education in computer science from Grantham University.

Selected Technical Strengths ​

  • Backend and APIs: Java, Spring Boot, NestJS, Node.js, C#, C/C++
  • Frontend and client technologies: React, Redux, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Juce
  • Infrastructure and delivery: AWS GovCloud, Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, GitLab, GitLab CI/CD, Big Bang as a Service (BBaaS), Jenkins, BitBucket Pipelines
  • Data and messaging: SQL Server, Postgres, MySQL/MariaDB, Oracle, Kafka, RabbitMQ, MongoDB, Cassandra, Elasticsearch
  • General tooling and systems: Git, Linux, Windows, macOS, Jira, Confluence

Experience ​

Omni Federal / Kessel Run (AFLCMC) ​

Senior Software Engineer
October 2022 - Present

  • Serve as de facto technical lead for Marauder mission-reporting software in operational Air Operations Center workflows while remaining a hands-on individual contributor.
  • Led delivery of Marauder Lite, an offline-capable variant for coalition partners, extending mission reporting to users without access to the primary platform.
  • Enabled deployment into high-security network environments (JWICS), including development of a custom Kustomize generator and security-model integration changes.
  • Executed full-stack modernization end-to-end: led a 100% frontend migration from JavaScript to TypeScript and backend migration from typescript-rest to NestJS.
  • Engineered a pure TypeScript USMTF Air Tasking Order parser to support reliable ingestion and validation of mission-message data.
  • Led cloud-platform migration from Pivotal Cloud Foundry to Kubernetes across 2 government platforms: Platform One and DAF CloudWorks, and operated end-to-end CI/CD with GitLab and Big Bang as a Service (BBaaS).
  • Introduced StrykerJS mutation testing, eliminated thousands of SonarQube issues, and drove ongoing remediation across 4+ security/quality tools (SonarQube, Trivy, Semgrep, Fortify).
  • Mentored engineers and established architecture, code-quality, and delivery standards to scale team effectiveness and reduce single points of dependency.

Carnival Corporation ​

Senior Software Developer
Level 11 Consulting / Launch Consulting | 2016 - 2022

  • Built and maintained enterprise wearable-location systems using Java, Spring Boot, React, and Kubernetes-based microservices.
  • Delivered and supported Princess Cruises safety systems used for guest accountability throughout voyages.
  • Owned CI/CD workflows spanning BitBucket, Docker, Jenkins pipelines, Ansible, and Kubernetes deployments.

Nike ​

Lead Software Developer
Level 11 Consulting | 2014 - 2016

  • Contributed to Nike+ telemetry and statistics workflows for fitness activities.
  • Implemented USB HID integrations in C/C++ to synchronize device data with Nike cloud services.
  • Delivered cross-platform interfaces in Juce for user-facing activity data.

Disney ​

Software Developer, Deployment Engineer
Level 11 Consulting / Synapse | 2011 - 2014

  • Contributed to FastPass+, DXP, and MagicBand systems supporting personalized guest experiences.
  • Developed Spring-based backend services for planning workflows and FastPass+ scheduling behavior.
  • Built C#/.NET/XNA deployment tooling for receiver tuning, antenna configuration, and signal heat map analysis.

Additional Defense and Field Engineering Experience (2001 - 2011) ​

  • Regional Field Engineer, C-RAM — Northrop Grumman IS (2011)
  • Field Service Representative, Land Warrior — General Dynamics C4 Systems (2006 - 2011)
  • Electronic Warfare Technician — Northrop Grumman IT (2005 - 2006)
  • Intelligence Electronic Warfare Technician — U.S. Army (2001 - 2005)
  • Deployed and sustained mission-critical defense systems in Iraq and Afghanistan across multiple roles.
  • Built internal automation tooling in C# for RFID programming, inventory workflows, and friend-or-foe visualization.
  • Supported electronic warfare and radar operations, including systems used in U.S. Navy Top Gun training.

Education ​

Computer Science
Grantham University