Sep 2019 – Sep 2024 · 5 yrs · Greater Edinburgh Area · Hybrid

• Led multiple highly cohesive Feature teams, both on and off-shore, to facilitate business requirements, from business requirements to Technical Design, through Sprint planning and development via CI-CD and into Production. Line managed and mentored multiple Developers. Experienced in creating close relationships and open dialogue with teams across the Studio and with Product Owners and management. Also central in Technical Risk Management around schedule, safety, cost and employee impacts, using Scenario Modeling and Scenario Frequency Evaluation and Consequence Modeling.
• Tools:
• Java Swing | Azure Cloud CI-CD pure Yaml pipelines | Kafka | Kubernetes | Magnolia | OpenShift | IntelliJ | Postman | Apigee API | Spring Boot | RESTful Microservices | .Net
• Languages
• Golang | Python | Java 20 | Ruby on Rails | Node.js | Vue.js | React | SAS | XML | YAML | JSON | Xplan
• Apigee:
• API Gateway Management & Security – Configured and managed Apigee API Gateway for secure and efficient API traffic management, implementing OAuth, API key validations, and rate limiting policies to enhance security and prevent abuse.
• Apigee API Design & Development, Traffic Optimisation & Monitoring, Policy Implementation & Automation
• Achievements:
• Cloud Migration: Successfully completed a large-scale migration from on-premises CMS to the Cloud, ensuring minimal disruption and seamless transition.
• Team Management: Effectively managed diverse teams across Edinburgh, London, Poland, and India, ensuring alignment and productivity across locations.
• Developer Training: Conducted a Spring Boot Microservices master class, enhancing the skills of junior and graduate developers.
• Release Process Optimisation: Streamlined the release to production process, achieving faster and more efficient release cycles.
• Agile Implementation: Introduced Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), and Agile working methodologies, significantly improving team efficiency and product quality.

Dec 2018 – Jun 2019 · 6 mos · Greater Leeds Area

Apr 2018 – Sep 2018 · 5 mos · Glasgow & London, United Kingdom

• https://www.sekopay.co.uk/

Nov 2017 – Apr 2018 · 5 mos · Greater Glasgow Area

Apr 2017 – Oct 2017 · 6 mos · Greater Glasgow Area

• https://www.rambus.com/security/smart-ticketing/

Dec 2016 – Feb 2017 · 2 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

Oct 2015 – Oct 2016 · 1 yr · Livingston, Scotland

May 2015 – Jul 2015 · 2 mos · Scotland

Nov 2014 – Apr 2015 · 5 mos · Greater Edinburgh Area

• Java Developer

Jun 2014 – Oct 2014 · 4 mos · Greater Edinburgh Area

Jun 2012 – May 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos · Manchester Area, United Kingdom

• At Barclays I have the dual responsibility for the front end build (using Java Swing), design and middleware coding of a number of new features in our Retail Online Banking operation and the Fixed Income Products Team. Working through the complete development lifecycle using JQuery, Vue.js and Ajax, HTML and JSPs. This front end, which is prototyped in Axure, is supported by Servlets and core Java routines, the application server of choice is Tomcat with data persistence in Oracle. Working with an Agile and continuous development environment using Jenkins, Subversion and the JIRA ticketing sytem.

Jan 2012 – Jul 2012 · 6 mos · Greater Edinburgh Area

• At the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscals Office I was responsible for the development of CopLink which is a service used by the Police. I was instrumental in the design and development of the the core functionality in Java and Oracle on the NetBeans IDE, and introduced industry standards such as correct Code Conventions and Test Driven Development. I also developed a suite of business services which were consumed by the core application. Technologies used/introduced were JUnit and PowerMock, Jenkins, Maven, and Subversion.

Mar 2011 – Jan 2012 · 10 mos · Glasgow

• At the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscals Office I was responsible for the development of CopLink which is a service used by the Police. I was instrumental in the design and development of the the core functionality in Java and Oracle on the NetBeans IDE, and introduced industry standards such as correct Code Conventions and Test Driven Development. I also developed a suite of business services which were consumed by the core application. Technologies used/introduced were JUnit and PowerMock, Jenkins, Maven, and Subversion.

Aug 2010 – Mar 2011 · 7 mos · Greater Edinburgh Area

• Designed, developed tested and deployed new business services in a Service Oriented Architecture environment in Rational Application Developer, within a structured and dynamically changing environment. Created hand coded Java based packages but also used Castor XML to create and edit XSDs for the generation of Java Objects. Developed stored procedures in DB2 Development Center and mainframe TSO. Was also instrumental in the migration of business services from the HDi 3 environment to the secure SOIr4 framework using both RAD6.0 and 7.5 and improving testing using JUnit.

Nov 2009 – Jun 2010 · 7 mos

• Developed a property tracking, management and audit back office system with a MySQL database back end. Created within the Eclipse IDE using Java 1.6, Servlets and JSP technology, HTML, CSS and JavaScript, this tool allowed the proprietors to track properties of interest, to manage a database of customers, accurately track all property related income and expenditures and view complete rental income tracking and cash flow analysis.

Jun 2008 – Oct 2008 · 4 mos

• At Intrallect I was instrumental in designing and coding, from minimal specifications, the company’s first complete reporting tool to augment their Digital Object Repository application, within an Agile and continuous integration (Hudson) environment. With initial use of UML diagramming, including Class and Object Interaction illustrations, I was able to rapidly build a prototype for evaluation within the IntelliJ IDE and Tomcat server with DB2 as the database, all of which was written using Java 1.5. Also created and delivered a Swing user interface for this application using the Model View Controller design which I modeled in the Axure interface prototyping application. All pertinent technology was used, including JSPs, HTML and JavaScript to produce a robust UI. This application was accompanied by full user documentation and unit tested using JUnit.

Apr 2004 – May 2008 · 4 yrs 1 mo

• As Head of Development with BuildStore Ltd I was responsible for all new application development and support and headed a number strong development teams, numbering 24 plus. I oversaw all existing and new projects through the entire Software Development Life-cycle and took full responsibility for product feature development. Build and delivered a new Front End using Java Swing. With strong communication skills I was able to motivate both experienced developers and mentor junior members of the team. Also central in Technical Risk Management around schedule, safety, cost and employee impacts, using Scenario Modeling and Scenario Frequency Evaluation and Consequence Modeling.

May 2002 – Dec 2003 · 1 yr 7 mos

• As a Java Developer with Critical Blue Ltd I was involved in all aspects of the software development process and was responsible for complete user interface design on a new and unique Electronic Design Automation coprocessor synthesis solution.

Jan 2001 – May 2002 · 1 yr 4 mos

• As a Java Developer with Test Advantage Ltd I designed and developed the Java side of the company’s first Silicon Wafer Analyser application.

May 2000 – Sep 2000 · 4 mos

• Designed developed and configured the organisation’s first database to manage the institute’s client information.

Oct 1999 – Apr 2000 · 6 mos

• As a Java Developer with The Solid Wood Company I developed the company’s first website. Instrumental in designing the initial story boards from client requirements and created preliminary web page templates using Macromedia Dreamweaver. I developed the site using HTML, JavaScript, Flash and Adobe Photoshop. Also provided data capture, manipulation and storage using JavaServer Pages, Servlets and DB2, including realtime site traffic feedback.