Andrew Buirge

Cloud Engineering Lead Analyst @ Cigna

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Minors in Data Analytics & Applied Statistics
University of St. Thomas '22

About

Cloud Engineering Lead Analyst at Cigna within the Data Analytics & Engineering organization, on the Information Lifecycle Management: Data Retention Development team. Currently in final year of Technology Development Program (TECDP).

Honors graduate from the University of St. Thomas with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Minors in Data Analytics & Applied Statistics.

Resume

Work Experience

Cloud Engineering Lead Analyst (TECDP), Cigna

DA&E Information Lifecycle Management: Data Retention Development
July 2024 - Present
  • Health Check Initiative: Validation of JSON configuration files, On-Prem API access & Database access.
  • Health Check Lambda ensures accuracy of Data Retention artifacts prior to database processing.
  • Python, Java, Terraform, AWS Lambda.

Data Science Lead Analyst (TECDP), Cigna

GI&O Enterprise Operations Command Center: Data Science Practice
July 2023 - July 2024
  • Performed statistical analyses & correlation studies using R to identify predictive metrics in application data.
  • Using statistical research results, developed Grafana dashboards viewed by Incident Management teams to visualize outages in application data prior to incident reporting.
  • Collaborated with senior leadership to visualize ServiceNow Managed Incident data in Grafana using SQL.
  • Offered actionable insight into internal teams & external vendors performance in incident resolution.
  • Constructed Apache Airflow DAGs to automate InfluxDB ETL pipelines using Python.

Intelligent Automation Senior Analyst (TECDP), Cigna

OIA: Robotics & AI/ML Tools
July 2022 - July 2023
  • Developed end to end Blue Prism automations of Government Grievance Intakes on MHK.
  • Estimated yearly benefit of $2.34m processing a daily volume of 700 cases.

Programming Intern, Egan Company

September 2021 - June 2022
  • Constructed COVID-19 vaccination & test results dashboards to manage reporting data of 1000+ employees.
  • Integrated with Tableau Server using API calls, Google Apps Script & Data Studio.
  • Developed quality control process to track the progress of 1000+ units for $5m+ jobs.
  • Generate QR codes that navigate to a simple web site and dynamically return the related QA form.
  • HTML, CSS, Google Apps Script, Forms & Sheets.
  • Modified employee performance management portal to drive internal business group collaboration.
  • C#, JavaScript & SQL.

Engineering Analyst Intern, Securian Financial

Technology Experience Platforms: Web Content Management
June 2021 - August 2021
  • Developed Swagger API documentation of 6 APIs for internal consumption to improve collaboration between 15 engineering teams.
  • Completed feature requests on the Web Content Management team using Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS & Adobe Experience Manager.
  • Integrated the ability for photos to be included in generated email signatures company wide.

Systems Support Analyst Intern, Egan Company

June 2018 - May 2021
  • Helpdesk intern in a Virtualized Environment using VMware.
  • Over 900 Tickets Closed in two summers on the helpdesk.
  • Led all helpdesk employees (full-time & interns) in tickets closed both summers.

Leadership Experience

Technology Development Program Associate (TECDP), Cigna

July 2022 - Present
  • Co-lead for Confluence Analytics Project.
  • Communications Proofing Team Member.
  • MN Mentor Program Coordinator.
  • Recruiting Resume Reviewer, Round 1 Interviewer & Round 2 Case Study.

Education

B.S. in Computer Science, University of St. Thomas

Minors in Data Analytics & Applied Statistics
2018 - 2022
  • Honors: Cum Laude (GPA: 3.52/4.00).
  • Dean's Honor List for 4/8 Semesters (awarded for semester GPA >3.5).
  • Relevant Courses: Data Mining & Machine Learning, Algorithms, Information Security, Computer Architecture, Web Development, Data Structures-Object Design, Object Orientated Design & Programming, Programming & Problem Solving, Discrete Mathematics, Statistics I & II, Applied Analytics & Data Visualization, Computational Methods in Statistics, Decision Analysis, Discrete Mathematics.

Skills & Interests

Development: Grafana, Blue Prism, UiPath, Docker, Apache Airflow, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Swagger (OpenAPI), Java, Python, SQL, R, JMP, C, C#, YAML, Node.js.

Environment: Amazon Web Services, Adobe Experience Manager, RESTful APIs, Postman, Google Data Studio, Orange, Minitab, Windows, VMware, Active Directory, Unidesk, vSphere, Cisco Phones, Veeam, Druva, MS Office, PC hardware.

Interests: Cloud Engineering, Data Science & Renewable Energy.

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Projects

Hug the Angry Jarvis Game in CISC 230 at UST:

During my Sophomore year at UST, I took CISC 230 with Professor Sawin. Our final project for the class was to create a simple game with the goal being to move your "player" to find "Jarvis" & hug him to calm him down. In this project I used HashMap, ArrayList, Strings, Scanner, & other basic Java constructs. Additionally, the game was designed with interfaces, nested classes. The code includes dealing with exceptions & working with multiple Threads. I enjoyed this project specifically because it was something that I could show others & actually have them interact with.
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US Energy Consumption Dynamic Web Server in CISC 375 at UST:

During my Junior year at UST, I took CISC 375 with Professor Marrinan. A group project for the class was to create a dynamic web server about US energy consumption from 1960 to 2018. In this project I used HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Node.js. We developed dynamic routes for pages on energy consumption for a particular year, energy consumption for a particular state, and energy consumption for a particular energy source. I enjoyed this project specifically because it was my first time creating a data dashboard.
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Reflection Document for the UST Laudato Sí Action Plan in THEO 459 at UST:

During my Senior year at UST, I took THEO 459 with Professors Anthony & Hickson. The group project for the class was to create a Reflection section for the University of St. Thomas's Laudato Sí Action Plan, making clear how St. Thomas's values and mission connects with Laudato Sí. This project required that I became very familiar with the University's Sustainability Initiatives. It involved interviewing key people on sustainability initiatives at UST and developing a deep understanding of what UST is doing and where it can improve. Finally, it required that I understand the connections between Laudato Sí UST's activities, in order to develop a reasoned and measured reflection.
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