Development Team Leader / Technical Lead
Farnborough, Hampshire, Gb
Formed and managed a new team of 9 to deliver two solutions for our large Government client under challenging deadlines. I was tasked with development of two complex reporting web applications. As technical lead, I planned and led the development and testing (.NET 4.5, SQL, SSRS, SSIS and TFS). I ensured my team were clear on technical and business requirements, priorities and dependencies.With my technical and business background, I assessed requirements and prioritised work for my team. Decision making, release planning, resourcing and scoping to meet client expectations. With an agile approach I ran daily stand ups, managed backlog and risk, and agreed scope with the product owners.Led the technical analysis and modelling of data sources, integration points, database and application design sessions and code reviews. Coordinated releases and testing, and communicated these timelines with Test, Product and Operations teams. Understood and balanced new requirements, scheduled development and support tasks.Allocated tasks to my team to ensure maximum efficiency by utilising their strengths, balanced with knowledge sharing. Change control and ensuring formal testing sign-offs gained from System Test and Stage environments to Live.The solutions developed were .Net 4.5 ASP.NET SSRS multi-language web apps integrated with the enterprise portal using SSO. Surfacing data from SQL Server 2012 data warehouse, SSIS data loads and complex SSRS logic, the products provided advanced filtering, dashboard creation, sharing and report scheduling.