Lead Software Developer (Life Insurance)
Current- Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), C#/VB .Net 4.7, Web/Winforms, ASP.net, NodeJS, MongoDB, GraphQL, SQL Server, React/Redux, JQuery/Javascript, Jenkins/Octopus, PowerShell, Git Actions, ActiveX COM, and unit-testing (mocks, jest, vitest, chai, mocha)- Cloud/Web security (AWS CIS Benchmarks, CrowdStrike Falcon/Horizon, BlackDuck, Checkmarx, OWASP top 10, BURP/Zap scanning, Kali Linux) - Worked in R&D and Professional Services (PS) on frontend/backend systems for several products (Life Insurance policy management, sales, case management, agent and DTC platforms), as well as APIs, middleware, SDK integration, and AWS infrastructure. - Implemented new features related to insurance application entry/validation (iGo), insurance feeds processing from carriers/partners, policy management, data extracts/synchronization, reports, and user management - Created new tools and processes to reduce the development efforts/risks on repetitive tasks, automate the export of various data extracts or massive updates to the clients' files, and decrease QA time. Trained other teams to promote the use of those tools internally. - Added improvements to build chains (AWS CodePipeline, Docker containers, Octopus, Jenkins, PowerShell) to automate deployments/configuration management and QA/regression testing - Converted AWS existing environments to Terraform/Terragrunt for increased control/standardization - Monitored and optimized AWS costs - Provided clients support (end-users and/or technical teams) on various parts of the platforms requiring business analysis, full-stack experience, root-cause analysis, and database profiling - DevOps role to improve OAuth workflow, investigate server/application issues in Windows/Linux in AWS or on-premises servers, deployments failures, encryption issues, PGP keys management, IIS misconfigurations, COM components crashes, database slowness, SFTP errors, network access issues