Gareth Oakley Email & Phone Number

Chester, GB

Manchester, Greater Manchester, GB

London, England, GB

• Designed and built new infrastructure on AWS using Terraform in order to allow rapid deployment of new environments and traceability of changes (aiding PCI compliance)
• Implemented an AWS multi-account strategy to enforce isolation of products/environments and simplify access management with minimal privileges
• Configured AWS security tools such as CloudTrail/Config/GuardDuty
• Undertook responsibilities for ensuring the environment remains PCI compliant
• Setup automated AMI builds using Packer to allow use of autoscaling groups
• Remotely managed a team of infrastructure engineers based in Manila, Philippines

Paris, La Défense, FR

• Lead developer for new customer portal allowing traders at energy companies/commodities firms to store and withdraw gas from the UK’s largest active gas storage facility
• Took responsibility for initial business analysis, familiarising senior management with Agile, and building the underlying infrastructure on AWS using Terraform
• Passed security testing from a prominent Manchester based security consultancy
• Delivered solution on time and on budget with positive feedback from customers
• Featured in ENGIE IT magazine (https://bit.ly/2LXSAK5 - reproduced with permission)

Worldwide, FR

• Developer on the new TfGM website: https://beta.tfgm.com/
• Mentored TfGM developers on NodeJS, Angular and Test Driven Development

Worldwide, FR

• Created/tested many front end components using Angular JS with a mix of Karma/Protractor tests. Helped develop performance sensitive components with React
• Worked on back end platform - Express based RESTful API with persistence to Couchbase. Use of message queuing to forward data to external systems
• Stepped up as TA temporarily towards end of project to allow permanent Valtech Technical Analyst to start analysis on another project

US

• Angular
• Developed proof-of-concept UI for as yet unannounced product (Angular) and contributed to backend (NodeJS)
• Responsible for UI upheaval for AppSense DataNow product console - new styling and initial usage of Angular in a shipping AppSense product
• As part of above created reusable Angular components for browsing/searching Active Directory
• Various of proof-of-concept Angular based UI designs for other AppSense productsOther Web Related
• Contributed to Java based development in both AppSense DataNow server and new improved suite wide reporting tools

US

• Member of the Core team - responsible for development of the Management Center, shared libraries etc
• Launched "100% AppSense" portal - allows AppSense employees to earn achievements and points for trying out and using our products internally. Awarded "AppSense Super Star" award (employee of the quarter). Built using.
• Prototyped/demonstrated a new web client for AppSense DataNow using AngularJS/Node.js with support for lazy-loading/generating thumbnails, viewing of documents using Office Web Apps
• Prototyped new product console for Environment Manager using AngularJS/Angular UI and support for mulitple languages with Angular Translate
• Built internal tools for support operation to allow easy reporting of inbound support calls using EdgeSpring (now acquired by Salesforce.com)

US

• Developed command line configuration tool for AppSense Environment Manager Personalization Server - very well received by support, pre-sales, company directors and channel partners
• Gained experience of Microsoft Coded UI Test, Microsoft Test Manager 2010 and TFS
• Developed initial automated system tests for AppSense Environment Manager Personalization
• Continued enhancement and development of the internal test automation framework

US

• Gained knowledge of AppSense products and developed and carried out tests against the product portfolio
• Became responsible for creating and managing virtual machine images ready for testing a large range of environments/architectures and operating systems
• Created a web based reporting system for Test Director, allowing much deeper analysis and understanding of tests results than had previously been possible and enabling developers to easily access test results

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• One year internship working as a software tester in WebSphere Messaging (based in Hursley) running, maintaining and writing tests as well as analysing test results and following defects through to resolution
• Developed infrastructure to allow machines to be powered up on demand to perform tests in a clean state with a variety of operating systems
• Completed ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing
• Responsible for maintaining code coverage data used by other systems to select test suites to run and help testers/developers to focus on areas of comparatively lower test depth
• Gained knowledge of IBM’s open source STAF framework for automated testing

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Computing Science With Industrial Experience

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