Jon Austen
About Jon Austen
Jon Austen is a Software Developer IV with extensive experience in software engineering and quality assurance. He has worked for various companies, including KOLOGIK, Intel, Thomson Reuters, and The Standard, and specializes in modernizing services into microservices and developing cloud-based solutions.
Current Role at The Standard
Jon Austen currently holds the position of Software Developer IV at The Standard. He has been with the company since 2019, contributing to software development efforts in the Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area. His role involves utilizing modern technologies and methodologies to enhance the company's software solutions.
Previous Experience in Software Development
Prior to his current role, Jon Austen accumulated extensive experience in various software development and engineering positions. He worked at KOLOGIK as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer for 12 years, from 2000 to 2012. He also served as a VBScript Web Application Engineer at Intel for one year and held the position of Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at Thomson Reuters for one year. Additionally, he worked at Cvent and HealthSparq as a Senior Quality Engineer III (SDET) from 2018 to 2019 and 2013 to 2018, respectively.
Educational Background
Jon Austen completed his high school education at Columbia High School, earning a diploma from 1986 to 1989. He furthered his education at Washington State University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from 1989 to 1994. His educational background has provided a foundation for his career in software development.
Technical Expertise and Specializations
Jon Austen possesses significant technical expertise in modernizing older WebSphere and mainframe services into microservices using Spring Boot on Azure. He serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on the usage of Karate and Cypress frameworks. His skills also include writing Terraform pipelines for deployment in Azure and developing Docker containerized services for cloud environments.
Contributions to Testing Architecture
Jon Austen has expertise in planning testing architecture and patterns specifically for enterprise business and medical underwriting projects. His experience in quality assurance and software testing has allowed him to contribute effectively to the development and implementation of robust testing strategies.