Ben Pelletier is a Principal Software Engineer and Team Lead for the Sciences and Exploration Directorate (SED) Web Services Team at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. With over a decade of experience supporting the diverse IT needs of the Sciences and Exploration Directorate, he provides technical leadership for both the SED Web Services and Virtual Machine Environment (VME). Ben has spearheaded multiple initiatives to modernize mission-critical software systems and infrastructure across the directorate. His work has been instrumental in enhancing the flagship SED Web Services platform and VME, directly supporting numerous NASA missions and research projects.
Ben Pelletier
(Principal Software Engineer, Technical Lead)
| Email: | ben.pelletier@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.286.5360 |
| Org Code: | 606.1 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 606.1 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | ADNET SYSTEMS INC |
Brief Bio
Current Projects
SED Web
Lead Software Engineer supporting the flagship science website and various other applications in support of the Sciences & Exploration Directorate.
Positions/Employment
Software Engineer & Lead Developer
NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center - Greenbelt, MD
September 2013 - Present
Systems Administrator
NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center - Greenbelt, MD
July 2017 - Present
Sciences & Exploration Directorate Virtual Machine Environment
Awards
Outstanding Achievement Award 01/2019
Innovator Peer Award 06/2016
Talks, Presentations and Posters
Invited
Leveraging Gitlab and Continuous Integration
July 2017
Other
CI/CD for web development
February 1, 2022
Professional Societies
IEEE
2024 - Present