David Vick is a Senior Cyber Solutions Developer with 11+ years of experience designing cloud-native, event-driven systems and large-scale data migrations for federal clients including the FBI and NGA. He led a mainframe-to-cloud migration at ManTech that reduced integration latency by 70% and built a dynamic, plain-language authorization rules engine that cut rule-change costs by 80%. Skilled across AWS, OpenShift, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Java/Spring Boot, and Python, he also automates CI/CD pipelines and database deployments to accelerate delivery. An active contributor to major open-source geospatial projects like GeoServer and GeoTools, he has modernized REST APIs and improved tile-caching services, reflecting deep domain expertise in geospatial pipelines. A SAFe Agile expert and former Scrum Master with military leadership background, he combines disciplined program delivery with hands-on engineering to turn complex, high-stakes requirements into scalable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BS Aviation Management, BS Aviation Management at University of Dubuque
MS Aviation Safety, MS Aviation Safety at University of Central Missouri
Contributions:79 commits, 11 PRs, 28 pushes in 11 months
Contributions summary:David primarily worked on updating and generating code related to purchase order bindings within the GeoTools project. The commits show modifications to Java files, specifically those related to XML bindings generated from XSD files. The updates involve adjustments to binding objects and documentation updates for the purchase order tutorial, suggesting a focus on data modeling and XML processing within the Java environment.
Contributions:21 commits, 8 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the GeoServer project by addressing issues and enhancing functionality related to the Web Feature Service (WFS) and REST configuration. This included resolving compatibility issues in the WfsCompatibilityTest, completing the DataStoreController, and working on the DataStoreFileUploadController. The commits demonstrate involvement in testing and the integration of new features within the REST API of the GeoServer project.
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David Vick - Senior Cyber Solutions Developer at ManTech