Lead Engineer (DWP Digital):- Working as the lead engineer in a project focused on sinking and transforming data from various sources, to provide analytics and management information- Led the discovery and analysis phase looking at key data sources, then liaising with stakeholders in the area to gather requirements and propose suitable options- Held numerous workshops with technical architects from teams within the area to gain alignment on future plans and mitigate issues-… Show more Lead Engineer (DWP Digital):- Working as the lead engineer in a project focused on sinking and transforming data from various sources, to provide analytics and management information- Led the discovery and analysis phase looking at key data sources, then liaising with stakeholders in the area to gather requirements and propose suitable options- Held numerous workshops with technical architects from teams within the area to gain alignment on future plans and mitigate issues- Developed and iterated upon three different solutions utilising AWS, MongoDB Atlas and Databricks respectively- Used the DWP tech radar and underlying engineering principles (such as open-source software) to devise a best fit solution for the area that would scale to meet future needs- Designed a provisional solution in AWS (Athena/Glue/Redshift) and then Databricks which gained support from stakeholders for a proof-of-concept, which he then carried out by himself using Terraform infrastructure-as-code to provision the environment- Engaged with senior stakeholders in the area to play back the completed proof-of-concept through forums such as show and tell, where he presented to over one hundred participants- Transitioned the proof-of-concept into a minimum viable product to begin integrating code with another team and progress towards go-live- Re-engineered a data capture plugin in Java to resolve integration issues with the existing messaging services in the event-driven architecture- Built data engineering pipelines in PySpark to transform raw data into Apache Parquet and Delta format, while also supporting other team members in building out data science capabilities which used machine learning algorithms- Worked closely with security architects to meet departmental standards for encryption and network security- Created a GDPR compliance strategy for data management and designed the technical functionality to enact it Show less

Team Lead / Senior Data Engineer (NHS Digital):- Developed and maintained data engineering pipelines in Databricks using SQL and PySpark to improve the data quality of thousands of contact detail records- Led a team which integrated pipelines into GOV.UK Notify to send out hundreds of thousands of emails and text messages to citizens, asking them to add missing contact information via NHS Login- Regularly led meetings with the executive director of platforms to report status of gain… Show more Team Lead / Senior Data Engineer (NHS Digital):- Developed and maintained data engineering pipelines in Databricks using SQL and PySpark to improve the data quality of thousands of contact detail records- Led a team which integrated pipelines into GOV.UK Notify to send out hundreds of thousands of emails and text messages to citizens, asking them to add missing contact information via NHS Login- Regularly led meetings with the executive director of platforms to report status of gain steer- Supported service design talks to ensure the project was meeting internal information governance standards- Oversaw the build of a custom user facing website using React for the frontend and Python Lambdas for the backendSenior Data Analyst (NHS Digital):- Worked within Platforms to improve address data quality with the Patient Demographic Service (PDS)- Performed data analysis on millions of records to find fixable flaws within the system- Presented findings to the executive director of platforms to gain approval for a proof-of-concept- Assisted in the implementation of code changes that would suppress hundreds of thousands of harmful address updates to PDS Show less

Senior Full Stack Engineer (Food Safety & Supply Chain):- Responsible for implementing security features (such as a document virus scanner and a content security policy) to a legacy system following OWASP best practices, whilst also building solutions cloud native to future-proof the platform- Worked towards SOC2 compliance for the overall project- Transitioned to a feature development focused role on the same project, assisting with system transition and delivering in just two… Show more Senior Full Stack Engineer (Food Safety & Supply Chain):- Responsible for implementing security features (such as a document virus scanner and a content security policy) to a legacy system following OWASP best practices, whilst also building solutions cloud native to future-proof the platform- Worked towards SOC2 compliance for the overall project- Transitioned to a feature development focused role on the same project, assisting with system transition and delivering in just two months ahead of the client’s expectations- Developed on a monolithic architecture, adapting to older technologies where necessary to suit the client’s needsFull stack Engineer (Regulatory Body):- Worked on both the development and then the operations teams for a large regulatory body based in the midlands, learning both parts of the industry well.- Created software for a serverless event-driven architecture which was fully cloud-native- Developed skills in relation to software reliability engineering and live incident analysis- Became one of the lead developers on the project in back-end development, including some solution architecture to design new improvements to the system, then implementing the changes himself- Progressed to a development team lead and then to live-service team lead when the client entered a business critical period, where they would go on to take over £100m in revenue in just over one month- Worked closely with the client’s management and used my knowledge from across all aspects of the project to ensure a successful project delivery Show less