After completing a 6-year commitment with the United States Marine Corps Reserve, I decided to change gears a bit and join the Army Reserve in an Engineering Company which specializes in the 'vertical' specialties (electrician, plumber, carpenter, mason, etc.). I am a team leader for a group of fine gentleman and women. The experience of leading and serving in the military is entirely different from nearly every job I've ever had, and I would be lying if I didn't think it heavily shapes my opinions, values, character, and virtues every day--both in my military life and in my civilian and family lives. If you're curious about the military, feel free to come talk to me.
I provided primary support for an energy market trading platform. I provided feature additions, integrations with metric systems, and facilitated 24/7 on-call support for daily and real-time bidding in the Midwest Independent System Operator (MISO) market territory.
After deploying to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, my assigned-to unit was disbanded as part of President George W. Bush's realignment of forces. This resulted in my unit being closed, and my having to change units to 4th Field Maintenance Battalion in Rock Island, IL.
This position entitled me to a couple new responsibilities, namely maintaining unit records for my unit. I was also tapped for a couple training events where I was in charge of maintaining records for several hundred Marines Pre-Deployment required training. Recording these records required maintaining a team of Marines in my charge to account, tally, organize and collect information on every Marine.
I work in Integration Services, mainly dealing with EAI development. My primary software tool includes the Sun Java CAPS ESB software, although I have been tasked with java web development from time-to-time. Frequently deal with SQL, Java, and Solaris administration.
I worked as an intern for about a month and then was offered a full-time position in the company. Thus explains the short timeframe.