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Shrewsbury, Gb

Shrewsbury, England, United Kingdom

Lead Architecture of Asp.net Web API Microservices Solution and Dotnet WPF BackendLead DevOps Engineer on Azure Kubernetes Deployment and ManagementImplemented Prometheus Metrics and Alerts with Managed Grafana DashboardImplemented multiple Nuget Package Solutions for Core Business LibrariesImplemented and Managed Azure DevOps CI CD with Build PoliciesImplemented Sonar Cloud Quality Gate for CI processDesigned and Implemented Containerised Services fronted by an Ocelot… Show more Lead Architecture of Asp.net Web API Microservices Solution and Dotnet WPF BackendLead DevOps Engineer on Azure Kubernetes Deployment and ManagementImplemented Prometheus Metrics and Alerts with Managed Grafana DashboardImplemented multiple Nuget Package Solutions for Core Business LibrariesImplemented and Managed Azure DevOps CI CD with Build PoliciesImplemented Sonar Cloud Quality Gate for CI processDesigned and Implemented Containerised Services fronted by an Ocelot GatewayDesigned and Implemented Deployment to Azure Web App for Containers using Docker ComposeUpgraded Microservices into the Azure Kubernetes Service with Helm chartsMentored Development team through Knowledge Share and 1-2-1 sessionsIntroduced Quality Controls on Pull Requests with TDD approach and minimum code coverage Show less

Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

Shropshire

Benbow Brothers is a family-run tree surgery business in Shropshire with over 20 employees and a large-scale customer base. In 2017 I was approached to help architect a cloud solution to allow them to transition from paper-based management to a digital solution based around Office 365. Their new system provided Azure AD login capability; automated quote and invoice generation; client and communication management; job and asset management as well as the ability to export Sage-Compatible customer… Show more Benbow Brothers is a family-run tree surgery business in Shropshire with over 20 employees and a large-scale customer base. In 2017 I was approached to help architect a cloud solution to allow them to transition from paper-based management to a digital solution based around Office 365. Their new system provided Azure AD login capability; automated quote and invoice generation; client and communication management; job and asset management as well as the ability to export Sage-Compatible customer and audit transaction records. The transformation has transitioned the business from reactive BAU approach to a streamlined, transparent process reducing missed leads, downtime and unnecessary last-minute hiring of external assets. Show less

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Kingswinford, United Kingdom

Since 2014 I have been engaged as a Solution Engineer within the SMART Pay As You Go team to support the delivery of the initial phase of the company’s SMART proposition, enabling customers to switch to a SMART metering system to allow for greater control over usage and spending. In January 2017 I moved to the Smart DCC Metering team to aid in the delivery of the next phase of Smart metering in line with DCC regulatory requirements.✔Responsible for writing core business application… Show more Since 2014 I have been engaged as a Solution Engineer within the SMART Pay As You Go team to support the delivery of the initial phase of the company’s SMART proposition, enabling customers to switch to a SMART metering system to allow for greater control over usage and spending. In January 2017 I moved to the Smart DCC Metering team to aid in the delivery of the next phase of Smart metering in line with DCC regulatory requirements.✔Responsible for writing core business application aspects of the conversion to SMART metering, taking into account all eventualities from the consumer’s point of view.✔As an experienced .Net developer, assumed ownership for .Net aspects of the project; reviewed existing architecture and redesigned entire stack to provide significantly more responsive and testable approach.✔Developed internal LOB modules to be deployed within new Next Gen interface, allowing customer advisors necessary visibility and tools to manage SMART PAYG customer needs.✔In January 2015, initiated soft launch to prove successful end-to-end functionality between live SMART meters and the internal LOB applications, in anticipation of full launch in 2016.✔Successfully reengineered and recreated greatly enhanced customer experience.✔Technologies Used: WPF, MVVM, C#, .Net 4.5.2, WCF, Dimensions, ReSharper, Agile Sprints using TFS Online SCRUM template. Show less

Birmingham, United Kingdom

The Asset Tower team within E.On’s Smart Metering Programme needed to transition from a Project-Based delivery team to a Product focussed dev-ops team. I was hired to implement the technical aspect of this shift in moving from a tightly coupled Oracle based solution to a SOA based cloud solution within Service Fabric. By designing, and creating, fully testable Microservices, underpinned by a queue architecture we delivered a robust, fully scalable, solution with transparency, auditability and a… Show more The Asset Tower team within E.On’s Smart Metering Programme needed to transition from a Project-Based delivery team to a Product focussed dev-ops team. I was hired to implement the technical aspect of this shift in moving from a tightly coupled Oracle based solution to a SOA based cloud solution within Service Fabric. By designing, and creating, fully testable Microservices, underpinned by a queue architecture we delivered a robust, fully scalable, solution with transparency, auditability and a CI delivery pipeline to meet the maintenance and support requirements in less than half the time estimated against the legacy approach, saving the company over 75% in costs. Show less

Nottingham, United Kingdom

I was engaged as a WPF Developer within the Ice Next Gen Team, responsible for delivering the rewrite of the E.On Retail Customer Environment Tool into HTML.✔Wrote range of modules in WPF, including customer contact module, from end user design workshops to delivery, adhering to strict engineering principles.✔Delivered project on time, resulting in significantly improved speed and reliability of customer advisory teams.✔Subsequently retained by E.On following recommendation to… Show more I was engaged as a WPF Developer within the Ice Next Gen Team, responsible for delivering the rewrite of the E.On Retail Customer Environment Tool into HTML.✔Wrote range of modules in WPF, including customer contact module, from end user design workshops to delivery, adhering to strict engineering principles.✔Delivered project on time, resulting in significantly improved speed and reliability of customer advisory teams.✔Subsequently retained by E.On following recommendation to SMART Pay As You Go project.✔Technologies Used: WPF, MVVM, C# 3.5, WCF, Dimensions, ReSharper, Agile Sprints. Show less

Chester, United Kingdom

Smart Fleet Solutions employs 400 staff across various business areas within the automotive industry. I was hired as a Senior Developer to operate within a team of 5 Developers working on a Silverlight portal based around MEF.✔Application was designed to load MEF SL appls built to accomplish a range of automotive logistical tasks, from Vehicle Inspection Management to POP / SOP Management.✔Refactored multiple layers of WCF services using Service Channel Factory with Func and Action… Show more Smart Fleet Solutions employs 400 staff across various business areas within the automotive industry. I was hired as a Senior Developer to operate within a team of 5 Developers working on a Silverlight portal based around MEF.✔Application was designed to load MEF SL appls built to accomplish a range of automotive logistical tasks, from Vehicle Inspection Management to POP / SOP Management.✔Refactored multiple layers of WCF services using Service Channel Factory with Func and Action delegates to reduce code bloat by 80%.✔Introduced amended version of ELMAH logging into WCF layers to provide detailed contextual description of unhandled errors to improve service desk efficiency and bug fix turnaround time.✔Mentored, supported and directed Development Team to produce over 60 SL5 “applets” within an 18 month period using best practices.✔Technologies Used: MVVM, MEF, C# 4.0, WCF, EF 4.0, Navision Page Services, ELMAH, Linq, Silverlight Fault Contracts, Visual SVN, JIRA, ReSharper, Agile Sprint. Show less

Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

Greenhous Group is one of the top 20 motor groups in the UK, featuring in both the Automotive Management and Motor Trader Top 100 dealer rankings. I was engaged as a WPF Developer to play an instrumental role during the final months of a 3 year project to deliver a new internal automotive logistics application, comprising a composite WPF application built using Prism modules and MVVM architecture.✔Successfully delivered application on time, thereby replacing numerous disparate systems… Show more Greenhous Group is one of the top 20 motor groups in the UK, featuring in both the Automotive Management and Motor Trader Top 100 dealer rankings. I was engaged as a WPF Developer to play an instrumental role during the final months of a 3 year project to deliver a new internal automotive logistics application, comprising a composite WPF application built using Prism modules and MVVM architecture.✔Successfully delivered application on time, thereby replacing numerous disparate systems, enabling the streamlining of all business operations and processes.✔Technologies Used:WPF 4,PRISM/MVVM, MEF, C# 4.0, WCF, EF 4.0, Navision Page Services, Expression Blend, Linq, Fluent NHibernate, ReSharper, AGILE/ SCRUM sessions Show less

Invu is a leading UK provider of electronic document management and finance management solutions. I was hired as Team Lead to spearhead the development of a Silverlight Task Approval System and various bolt-ons for the company’s Document Management System. ✔Line Manager, mentored and directed Development Team to develop high quality software components.✔Designed architecture for suite of products and services to complement the main Document Management Product. ✔Greenfield project… Show more Invu is a leading UK provider of electronic document management and finance management solutions. I was hired as Team Lead to spearhead the development of a Silverlight Task Approval System and various bolt-ons for the company’s Document Management System. ✔Line Manager, mentored and directed Development Team to develop high quality software components.✔Designed architecture for suite of products and services to complement the main Document Management Product. ✔Greenfield project consisting of multiple communication layers written in WCF to enable interaction between the Windows-based Document Management System and a suite of new products to provide enhanced functionality to end users. ✔Technologies Used: WPF 3.5 SP1, Silverlight 4,PRISM/MVVM, MEF, VSTO 4.0, WCF, EF 4.0, Expression Blend, Linq, AGILE/ SCRUM sessions Show less

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Senior developer for inhouse solutions using Asp.Net 2.0, Ajax, SQL Server Web Services

.Net DevelopmentSQL Server Administration & DevelopmentBusiness Requirements gathering

Responsible for the tutoring of GCSE and A Levels Mathematics and Physics to students from 11 to 26 years of age.

Master Of Engineering (Meng), Computer Science

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