· Leadership: Lead and guide the Software Development Lifecycle. Advise and mentor colleagues on technologies, processes, and Rails’ best practices including Fat-Model-Skinny-Controller, Module Usage, N+1 Queries, DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself), etc. Lead the engineering and development of relational databases for applications. Participate in the interviewing committee of the hiring process for new candidates.· Development: Gather requirements for customer (business logic, type of data being collected, reports, etc.) and present solutions such as how to structure and normalize data collected, UI/UX accessibility suggestions, and securing the data to maintain HIPAA compliance. Develop server-side code for applications in the Ruby on Rails framework. Develop UX/UI for applications utilizing JS, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, etc. Maintain server health to keep applications reliably served to end users. Resolve service tickets within SLA restrictions by researching the problem and implementing the best solution. Researched, studied, and learned Dev Ops concepts and architecture to adapt to new responsibilities to then implement, diagnose, and maintain our Dev Ops systems (Docker, Gitlab CI/CD).

· Leadership: Provided mentorship and guidance to our student aid employees and interns including database design; teaching the concept of web applications and the MVC design pattern; teaching the Ruby on Rails framework; advising on client-side design including HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, etc. Delegated assignments and projects to our student aid employees and interns.· Development: Independently studied and learned Ruby and Rails framework following date of hire to adapt to new programming environment. Developed in-house applications utilizing the Ruby on Rails framework. Adhered to the Scrum framework during development life cycle. Participated in all phases of the development life cycle, including planning, development, testing, and support. Ensured applications developed adhered to all federal and state regulations. Troubleshot and maintained existing applications. Worked closely with the product owner to deliver a tailored application for the end user. Successfully deployed applications to testing and live servers. Developed and maintained MySQL and SQLServer databases containing sensitive state records.

· Leadership: Distributed the workload evenly and in the most efficient manner to onshore (6 members) and offshore (12 members) teams. Provided onboarding and training to new members. Provided feedback and proposed improvements to increase the efficiency of the level 2 team.· Analyst: Monitored and maintained job flows by researching job failures and providing solutions to process files efficiently and within SLAs. Researched customer issues/problems and reported the best solution. Worked on an Oracle database utilizing SQL Developer building SQL scripts and queries as a primary tool for research. Created reports based on customer specifications using SQL in an Oracle database. Corrected discrepancies in automated reports. Communicated with the Customer Specialist on issues and solutions to maintain efficient operations.