Judy Johnson
Systems Engineer at Kaizen Approach, Inc.
Columbia, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJudy Johnson is a seasoned systems and software engineer with 11 years of recent focused experience and a multi-decade engineering career grounded in a BS in Computer Science from Rensselaer. She has led teams and delivered mission-driven, secure products across defense and commercial contexts, most recently serving as a Systems Engineer after roles including Software Engineering Manager and Product Line Engineer for cybersecurity products. Judy blends hands-on development in Ruby, Python, Java and automation tools like Puppet and RSpec with systems engineering practices—dataflow, requirements traceability, and CI adoption—to shorten time-to-market and improve testability. She’s comfortable wearing many hats: developer, ScrumMaster, technical manager and documentation lead, with a track record of creating standards and metrics that scale across organizations. Based in Columbia, Maryland, she brings practical experience integrating EVM reporting, automated testing, and configuration management on complex distributed systems. An underrated strength is her ability to translate between technical teams and program management to keep high-stakes projects running smoothly.
10 years of coding experience
42 years of employment as a software developer
Lexington High SchoolBS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (70)
puppet10
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security9
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compliance9
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compilation8
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automation7
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tpm6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
judyj/personal
Jul 2020 - Sep 2024
Contributions:87 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
judyj/simp-doc
Jun 2015 - Jul 2021
The SIMP Product Documentation
Contributions:48 pushes, 54 branches in 6 years 2 months
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