Frederick Bredenkamp Email & Phone Number

Western Cape, South Africa

Remote

DevOps practices:- Docker - creating custom images & containers- Azure DevOps pipelines- Gitlab-ci pipelines- Octopus deploy

Durban Area, South Africa

- Develop and Maintain Software Configuration of Products- QA Testing and Automation- Baseline & Language Integrations- Build & Release Management- UI/UX Layouts, animations, and sequencing- Maintain Environments- Agile: Scrum project management

Tauranga, Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand

Travelled to New Zealand and explored the country including work opportunities. I visited friends in Tauranga, Wellington, Auckland and Waiheke Island. I found that the job market for DevOps Engineers was quite small at that time and only in the big cities which was not where I wanted to live.I decided to explore opportunities back in South Africa and ultimately returned to the company I started with, even though I had to re-apply and go through interviews, which took 6 months. I did go… Show more Travelled to New Zealand and explored the country including work opportunities. I visited friends in Tauranga, Wellington, Auckland and Waiheke Island. I found that the job market for DevOps Engineers was quite small at that time and only in the big cities which was not where I wanted to live.I decided to explore opportunities back in South Africa and ultimately returned to the company I started with, even though I had to re-apply and go through interviews, which took 6 months. I did go for interviews at several other companies, but none of them ticked all the boxes.I learned a lot from this experience and in some ways I'm still learning. Sometimes you need to take a step back to take two steps forward. Show less

Durban Area, South Africa

• .NET web API application management • Application Support, maintenance and enhancement• Managing Server infrastructure• Team City and Octopus Deploy administration• Powershell scripting• Daily ticket management for 3 local and 7 international offices• Providing after hours support• Consulting with teams• Requirements gathering• Project automation• Developing and implementing CI/CD pipelines• Process optimisation and standardization• Stakeholder… Show more • .NET web API application management • Application Support, maintenance and enhancement• Managing Server infrastructure• Team City and Octopus Deploy administration• Powershell scripting• Daily ticket management for 3 local and 7 international offices• Providing after hours support• Consulting with teams• Requirements gathering• Project automation• Developing and implementing CI/CD pipelines• Process optimisation and standardization• Stakeholder management• Virtualisation – VMWare Show less

Durban Area, South Africa

• Maintaining platform baselines and versions• Planning and Co-coordinating monthly game add-ons• Core software updates• Collaborating with several cross-functional teams• Integrating new features from specification documentation• Design and UI concept mock-ups of new features• Quality Assurance and Testing• Debugging and defect resolution• Build and release management• SVN source control, branching and merging• Maintaining regulatory compliance (7… Show more • Maintaining platform baselines and versions• Planning and Co-coordinating monthly game add-ons• Core software updates• Collaborating with several cross-functional teams• Integrating new features from specification documentation• Design and UI concept mock-ups of new features• Quality Assurance and Testing• Debugging and defect resolution• Build and release management• SVN source control, branching and merging• Maintaining regulatory compliance (7 markets)• Game development and integration• Advanced Shell scripting• Translations & Localization (26 languages)• 3rd party integrations• Asset management• Change management• Coaching and Mentoring• Maintaining dev and test environments and test data Show less

Durban Area, South Africa

• Working alongside C++ developers to develop casino games such as Blackjack, Video Poker and slots.• Performing advanced scripting using an in-house INF scripting language and accessing DLL framework/library.• Integrating the games into the platform after receipt of the art assets.• IU/UX design and configuration of all assets and performing quality checks along each phase.• Working from specification documents and building in the required features using INF… Show more • Working alongside C++ developers to develop casino games such as Blackjack, Video Poker and slots.• Performing advanced scripting using an in-house INF scripting language and accessing DLL framework/library.• Integrating the games into the platform after receipt of the art assets.• IU/UX design and configuration of all assets and performing quality checks along each phase.• Working from specification documents and building in the required features using INF scripting.• Ensuring betting and odds are correct on all pay tables by checking math and comparing to spec.• Integrating into the baseline, including 26 languages.• Performing dev QA and creating test data.• Creating test plans for testers to follow.• Sending builds to QA with an average of 4 test cycles with defect fixes in-between.• Debugging of scripts, services and DLL’s• Creating final builds of the baseline and sending to QA.• Releasing builds to production once signed off.• Maintaining dev environments and added test data to servers• Installing game services on servers in multiple environmentsKey Achievements: Delivering a test cycle with 0 defects. Integrating the very first 3rd party game into the baseline. Streamlining processes and asset handovers from 3rd party vendors increasing productivity by 60%. Show less

Durban Area, South Africa

• Started with a team of 6, which grew to 15 people.• Daily stand-up (Agile/scrum).• KPI management & reporting.• Planning and Co-coordinating monthly game add-ons.• Resource & production planning.• Performance reviews.• Streamlining of processes and procedures using ITIL principles.• Maintaining platform baselines and versions.• Stakeholder management & reporting.Key Achievements: Improving productivity by 30% with better resource… Show more • Started with a team of 6, which grew to 15 people.• Daily stand-up (Agile/scrum).• KPI management & reporting.• Planning and Co-coordinating monthly game add-ons.• Resource & production planning.• Performance reviews.• Streamlining of processes and procedures using ITIL principles.• Maintaining platform baselines and versions.• Stakeholder management & reporting.Key Achievements: Improving productivity by 30% with better resource planning. Delivered the first language baseline of 5 languages before the set deadline. Worked with stakeholders to improve overall planning and streamlining of processes to improve delivery times by 2 days enabling longer QA cycles. Show less

Durban Area, South Africa

• All Junior & Intermediate tasks.• Assist with resource and production planning.• Creating software baselines.• Scheduling and planning of releases.• Integrating games into the software baselines.• Regression testing & general QA of baselinesKey Achievements: Improved branching and merging strategy of baselines reducing defects by 15%. Worked with senior developers to improve our build toolset and increase overall productivity by 20%.

Durban Area, South Africa

• All Junior tasks• Training & mentoring• Creating final builds for production.• Releasing to production environment.Key Achievements:• Improved build process enabling 2 extra builds a week

Durban Area, South Africa

• Designing Casino lobby layout (UI/UX) and functionality for all software operators.• Creating builds for testing.• Releases to testing• Defects fixing and debugging• Quality Assurance of finalized builds.Key Achievements: Improving productivity by 20% by creating check sheets for common tasks

Durban Area, South Africa

• Functional and static Testing of Casino and games.• Defect logging• Regression testingKey Achievements: Creating a central database of commonly found defects to improve quality and create awareness to other teams.

Ladysmith, Kzn

• Staff management• Daily Cash-up and float management• Ensuring enough change is always available in the tills.• Working at the tills when staff are on break or sick.• Baking pies when required.• Placing and Receiving deliveries.• Stock taking and management.• Production planning• Data entry of daily stock and cash-ups.• Dealing with customer complaints

Postgraduate Program, Cloud Computing, 4.13 Gpa (96%)

Mathematics, Matric