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- Infrastructure and Stability: Ensured the infrastructure and stability of the web platform.- Recent Projects: Set up infrastructure for Matomo, an open-source tracking and analytics software. Established deployment pipelines for architecture and application using Azure DevOps (ADO) pipelines and Terraform. Configured Matomo application and MySQL database instances, integrating them into the web platform via JavaScript.- Security Enhancements: Hardened container base images for Python,… Show more - Infrastructure and Stability: Ensured the infrastructure and stability of the web platform.- Recent Projects: Set up infrastructure for Matomo, an open-source tracking and analytics software. Established deployment pipelines for architecture and application using Azure DevOps (ADO) pipelines and Terraform. Configured Matomo application and MySQL database instances, integrating them into the web platform via JavaScript.- Security Enhancements: Hardened container base images for Python, Go, and .NET actions in production to enhance security.- Monitoring and Reporting: Created Grafana dashboards and handled various smaller tasks to support platform operations.- Lead Developer: Spearheaded the UI development for a cloud-based SaaS SAP product, utilizing a micro front-end architecture.- Technical Expertise: Developed the platform using TypeScript, JavaScript, and React.UI Consistency: Created and expanded a UI components library based on Material UI to ensure a consistent look and feel across micro frontends.- Micro Frontend Development: Developed dynamically driven UIs adaptable based on backend data. Implemented UIs that adapt to data and user-defined JSON schemas. Built custom UIs in React, leveraging the shared components library.- Project Management: Refined features, estimated tasks, and assigned responsibilities. Managed the backlog, prioritizing quick wins and bug fixes. Show less

Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

- Business Process Automation: Collaborated with the Business Products team to develop, maintain, and enhance internal solutions for automating business processes. Project Example: Automated customer account access to AWS S3 Buckets through policy updates.- Technical Stack: Utilized Azure DevOps, Python (AWS Lambda), and the Serverless Framework as primary tools.- Cross-Team Collaboration: Seconded to a team developing an internal website for managing systems across multiple cloud… Show more - Business Process Automation: Collaborated with the Business Products team to develop, maintain, and enhance internal solutions for automating business processes. Project Example: Automated customer account access to AWS S3 Buckets through policy updates.- Technical Stack: Utilized Azure DevOps, Python (AWS Lambda), and the Serverless Framework as primary tools.- Cross-Team Collaboration: Seconded to a team developing an internal website for managing systems across multiple cloud platforms.- Infrastructure Management: Authored Terraform scripts for infrastructure setup. Ensured implementation of caching policies, compression, and other best practices. Show less

Bedford, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

- Microservices Development: Collaborated with two external teams to develop Node.js microservices, connecting outsourced websites and databases/endpoints. These microservices are hosted on AWS.- Project Management: Tracked projects and tasks using Jira Cloud, and managed source control with Git and Bitbucket Cloud.- Configuration Management: Utilized HashiCorp Consul for configuration management.- DevOps and CloudOps: Solely responsible for DevOps and CloudOps within the team.-… Show more - Microservices Development: Collaborated with two external teams to develop Node.js microservices, connecting outsourced websites and databases/endpoints. These microservices are hosted on AWS.- Project Management: Tracked projects and tasks using Jira Cloud, and managed source control with Git and Bitbucket Cloud.- Configuration Management: Utilized HashiCorp Consul for configuration management.- DevOps and CloudOps: Solely responsible for DevOps and CloudOps within the team.- CI/CD Implementation: Implemented continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using Jenkins and Docker, ensuring seamless deployment to AWS ECS. Show less

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

- Full Development Life Cycle: Participated in the entire development life cycle, collaborating closely with project managers.- Core Responsibilities: Designed, developed, released, and maintained an online software package using technologies such as Progress Openedge, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and SQL.- Career Progression: Promoted to Senior Developer after two years with the company.- Mentorship: Mentored graduate developers, providing guidance and support.- Workflow… Show more - Full Development Life Cycle: Participated in the entire development life cycle, collaborating closely with project managers.- Core Responsibilities: Designed, developed, released, and maintained an online software package using technologies such as Progress Openedge, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and SQL.- Career Progression: Promoted to Senior Developer after two years with the company.- Mentorship: Mentored graduate developers, providing guidance and support.- Workflow Improvements: Enhanced the team’s workflow from the specification stage through to live system releases, utilizing tools like Git, JIRA, and Jenkins. Show less

Sheffield, United Kingdom

- Trainee Programmer: Began as a trainee programmer, primarily handling data fixes for pension software written in OpenEdge ABL.- Transition to Development: After six months, transitioned from the support team to the development team.- Feature Development: Contributed to the development of new features from start to finish, including database design and front-end widgets.- Skill Development: Gained a solid understanding of Progress and practical software development in real-world… Show more - Trainee Programmer: Began as a trainee programmer, primarily handling data fixes for pension software written in OpenEdge ABL.- Transition to Development: After six months, transitioned from the support team to the development team.- Feature Development: Contributed to the development of new features from start to finish, including database design and front-end widgets.- Skill Development: Gained a solid understanding of Progress and practical software development in real-world scenarios. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Worked with a game company called We R Interactive acting as our client while we created a small android game.