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Dylan Franck

About

I'm a software engineer and Development Manager at GeekSI, where I've worked since I was an intern in 2015. Most of my day job is building and modernizing Veterans Affairs health platforms: scheduling, patient care teams, mental health, and radiology. Mostly that's Java and Spring Boot on the back end and React and TypeScript on the front.

I also run our IT and security program. I led GeekSI to CMMC Level 2 certification in January 2026, which is how I ended up caring a lot about things like secret scanning and least privilege.

On the side I lead Needl, an AI-assisted applicant tracking system, and I build smaller things to learn: a Japanese study app, a photo journal, an indie game. Lately most of that work happens with AI agents in the loop, and that's a lot of what I write about here.

I studied Computer Engineering at Florida State University.

Experience

GeekSI · Development Manager

Jun 2015 – Present · Tallahassee, FL · Remote

  1. Oct 2025 – Present

    Scheduling Resource Service Enhancements (SRSE) — Developer

    Replatforming the VA's enterprise scheduling aggregator off Microsoft Dynamics onto a custom Spring Boot architecture serving 170+ sites.

    • Built the foundational application architecture: service boundaries, API contracts, and the Dynamics migration strategy.
    • Planned a phased rollout with parallel validation so existing scheduling keeps working throughout.
    • Set up Jenkins pipelines and JUnit test scaffolding; introduced agentic AI tooling to the team's workflow.
    • Projected savings of roughly $2M a year over the legacy platform.
    • Java
    • Spring Boot
    • JUnit
    • Jenkins

  2. Jun 2022 – Present

    Needl — Solutions Architect / Tech Lead

    An AI-assisted applicant tracking system, built from concept to a partner pitch in December 2025 with a team of 18.

    • Designed the MySQL schema and Spring Boot / Hibernate data layer.
    • Built an NLP résumé-parsing and ensemble scoring pipeline (spaCy, scikit-learn) behind a Flask API.
    • Architected the AWS footprint: VPC, ECS, ECR, Lambda, SQS, all containerized with Docker.
    • Led PI planning and the migration to a React + TypeScript front end.
    • Java
    • Spring Boot
    • React
    • TypeScript
    • Python
    • Flask
    • MySQL
    • AWS
    • Docker

  3. Jun 2022 – Present

    IT & Information Security — IT Manager

    Matured GeekSI's IT from basic operations to an enterprise-grade security program for 50+ employees.

    • Led the company to CMMC Level 2 certification (January 2026) with no prior CMMC experience.
    • Ran the Google Workspace → Microsoft 365 migration and built out Intune, Defender, Purview, and conditional access.
    • Mentored IT and development interns.
    • Microsoft 365
    • Intune
    • Defender
    • Purview
    • Entra ID

  4. Feb 2025 – Sep 2025

    Mental Health Assistant (MHA) — Full-Stack Developer

    A VA mental-health assessment and suicide-prevention application, migrating off legacy VistA to Azure-hosted middleware.

    • Led a responsive UI overhaul for Section 508 accessibility (JAWS-tested React components, ARIA).
    • Corrected the Spring Boot service architecture to support the VistA sunset.
    • Java
    • Spring
    • React
    • TypeScript
    • Azure
    • SQL Server

  5. Jun 2022 – Feb 2025

    Patient Centered Management Module (PCMM) — Mid-Level Developer

    The VA application that connects patients with their care teams — 4,000+ users managing care for millions of veterans.

    • Designed and led a performance effort that cut critical page loads from 30 seconds to 2.
    • Took a long-standing 86-ticket backlog down to 30 in a single release.
    • Remediated vulnerabilities and accessibility issues toward a project-first two-year ATO.
    • Java
    • Spring
    • React
    • TypeScript
    • SQL
    • AppDynamics

  6. Jan 2024 – Jan 2025

    Health Information Gateway and Exchange (HINGE) — DevSecOps Engineer

    Security deployment for a VA radiology imaging platform through its first production releases.

    • Coordinated security compliance across component teams to achieve and maintain ATO.
    • Standardized documentation of role-based access, the release pipeline, and code scanning on AWS / Jenkins / GitHub.
    • AWS
    • Docker
    • Jenkins
    • Dynatrace

  7. Jun 2015 – May 2022

    Internal development — Intern → Software Engineer

    Seven years growing from development intern to engineer while finishing my degree.

    • Stood up the company's cybersecurity function on NIST and CMMC guidance.
    • Started Needl as an R&D project; built an early applicant tracking system on Spring Boot.
    • Shipped work across Unity 2D, Drupal, and .NET on AWS and Azure; ran the intern program.
    • Java
    • Python
    • C#
    • .NET
    • AWS
    • Azure

What I work with

Languages
Java · TypeScript · Python · SQL
Frameworks
Spring Boot · React · Next.js · Flask · FastAPI
Cloud & delivery
AWS · Azure · Docker · Terraform / OpenTofu · GitHub Actions · Jenkins
Data & ML
MySQL · SQL Server · PostgreSQL · scikit-learn · spaCy
Security & compliance
CMMC Level 2 · NIST 800-171 · Microsoft 365 security · Section 508
AI-assisted development
Claude Code · agentic workflows

Education

B.S. Computer Engineering, Florida State University · May 2022 · Magna Cum Laude

Certified Associate, CMMI V2.0 · Aug 2024