Professional Résumé
Joseph A. Coleman Sr.
Graph Database Administrator, Distributed Database Engineer, and AI Integration Architect
- Emailjc@josephacolemansr.com
- Phone510-415-2176
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- Websitejosephacolemansr.com
Summary
Graph Database Administrator, Distributed Database Engineer, and AI Integration Architect. Computer Scientist with 30+ years of experience building, modernizing, and operating enterprise database, analytics, cloud, software, and AI platforms.
Core Competencies
Graph Database Administration
Administering and engineering enterprise graph-database platforms with attention to reliability, access governance, and operational enablement.
Distributed Database Engineering
Engineering and operating distributed database platforms across modern data and analytics workloads.
Cloud and Platform Engineering
Building, modernizing, and operating cloud and platform foundations that support enterprise database and software delivery.
Data Platform Reliability
Sustaining platform reliability through operational automation, generalized disaster-recovery scope, and disciplined administration practice.
Solution Architecture
Guiding solution architecture across database, analytics, cloud, and application modernization initiatives.
AI Integration Architecture
Integrating AI capabilities into enterprise platforms with architecture, enablement, and operational responsibility.
Database Automation and Operational Excellence
Improving database operations through automation, technical enablement, and repeatable platform engineering practice.
Experience
Senior Engineering Software Advisor
Graph DBA & AI Integration Engineer
Administers and engineers enterprise graph-database platforms while contributing to AI integration, operational automation, platform reliability, access governance, and technical enablement. Serves in the official role of Senior Engineering Software Advisor with the public-facing title Graph DBA & AI Integration Engineer.
- Consolidated infrastructure and licensing, delivering nearly $1M in cost savings.
- Lead administration of enterprise Neo4j graph platforms spanning reliability, security, monitoring, and lifecycle operations.
- Architected and engineered graph-platform solutions, including data modeling, Cypher-based delivery, and operational automation patterns.
- Designed AI-enabled operational tooling and workflows that connect graph data, database operations, and controlled automation.
- Administered enterprise SingleStore distributed database platforms supporting reliability, performance, and data-integration workloads.
Senior DBA / Engineering Consultant
Senior DBA / Power BI Engineer
Delivered part-time database engineering, Python ETL, Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, and Power BI consulting for operational reporting solutions. Built and supported data pipelines and six dashboards while serving as Senior DBA / Engineering Consultant with the public-facing title Senior DBA / Power BI Engineer.
- Developed six Power BI dashboards supporting operational, compliance, package, endpoint, and machine-data reporting.
- Built reusable Python ETL packages that move and transform reporting data from PostgreSQL into Azure SQL.
- Improved database performance and reliability for PostgreSQL and Azure SQL reporting workloads.
Sr. Business Systems Lead Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer
Developed and modernized Python-based data-processing tools that parsed, validated, compared, and transformed engineering files and reports. Upgraded legacy Python and Django applications, implemented more than 50 processing rules, and produced structured HTML, CSV, log, and Excel outputs as a senior data-engineering consultant.
- Delivered a configurable Python parsing engine supporting more than 50 customized rules for text, CSV, and log files.
- Built rule-driven HTML, encoding, and file-comparison utilities that produced diagnostic summary and detail outputs.
- Modernized legacy Python applications to 3.8 and upgraded a Django ALM application from 2.1 to 3.3.
Senior Global Solutions Architect & IT Manager
Senior Global Solutions Architect
Led global solutions architecture and internal technology initiatives spanning cloud, networking, identity, SaaS, application, database, and graph-data platforms. Supported engineering and AI-platform environments as Senior Global Solutions Architect & IT Manager, with the public-facing title Senior Global Solutions Architect.
- Delivered secure AWS production and nonproduction network environments supporting applications and engineering workloads.
- Established enterprise identity and SaaS integrations connecting Microsoft 365, Okta, and collaboration platforms.
- Architected infrastructure and networking for a custom AI Studio environment supporting AI and engineering teams.
- Delivered internal applications for parts data, engineering-compute visibility (Neo4j), and IT service management.
Senior Solutions Architect
Provided senior solutions architecture and technology leadership for blockchain, graph-data, application modernization, and client software initiatives. Designed proof-of-concept and MVP solutions using Ethereum, Solidity, React, Go, Neo4j, APOC, SQL Server, C#, .NET, and JavaScript while serving as Senior Solutions Architect with additional Acting Director of Technology scope.
- Delivered a DeFi blockchain proof of concept and customized ERC-20 application concept on Ethereum.
- Designed Neo4j graph models and APOC-based loading patterns for connected-data analytics use cases.
- Designed an MVP for OST/CSV processing and a Go-based backend microservice approach for data-loading workflows.
Sr. Solutions & Business Intelligence Architect
Sr. Solutions & BI Architect
Led solutions architecture and business-intelligence platform work spanning database modernization, cloud analytics migration, and enterprise integration rationalization.
- Led migration from on-premises BI to a cloud analytics platform, enabling real-time visual reporting across business units.
- Rationalized the enterprise integration estate onto a cloud iPaaS model and improved operational consistency of production data flows.
Education
Degree in Computer Science