Kevin Hickey
Software Engineer at Pegasystems
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Hickey is a seasoned software engineer with nine years of experience building enterprise Java applications and cloud deployment tooling from New York. He has driven full lifecycle projects at Pegasystems—designing a SmartPaaS Instance Manager, an Upgrade Wizard that halved upgrade time, and automated nightly deployments—while also serving as a Scrum Master to keep teams focused. Earlier work includes mission-critical military scheduling systems and high-volume mobile WAP platforms, demonstrating breadth across Java, JSP, SQL, Hibernate, and CI tools like Hudson, Ant, and Maven. Kevin combines backend systems and database expertise with practical DevOps automation to streamline releases and reduce operational friction. He holds a dual background in Computer Science and Philosophy from Colgate University, which informs a pragmatic yet thoughtful approach to problem solving. Colleagues would note his knack for turning repetitive operational tasks into reliable, automated solutions.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Philosophy, Computer Science, Philosophy at Colgate University
Github Skills (30)
kubernetes10
docker10
ready10
docker-image10
charts10
docker-compose10
pivotal10
cicd10
tomcat10
openshift10
aws10
google10
helm10
cloud-platform10
pega10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
pegasystems/k8s-wait-for
Jan 2023 - Feb 2025
A simple script that allows to wait for a k8s service, job or pods to enter a desired state
Contributions:6 reviews in 2 years 1 month
waitisolationresource-managementjobk8s
pegasystems/docker-pega-web-ready
Mar 2021 - Sep 2022
Docker project for generating a tomcat docker image for Pega
Contributions:33 reviews, 24 commits, 7 PRs in 1 year 5 months
docker-pega-web-readydocker-imagedockerpegatomcat
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