Programmer and Application Specialist

Languages: C#.NET, VB.NET, MSSQL Server, T-SQL, ADO.NET, ASP.NET

Frameworks: MS Visual Studio 2008 – 2012, MSSQL Server Management Studio 2016, and SAP Crystal Reports

Duties include:

• Adding new functionality to a broad spectrum of existing applications to help with day-to-day operations for processing donor dollars collected by campaigns via United Ways across the country.
• Source code was written in VB.NET and C#.NET with MSSQL DB.
• Donor Management Software – Andar 360 (3rd party app) – modifications to data in MSSQL DB.
• Providing technical assistance to users in the operations of new and existing systems.
• Programming and analysis to automate and improve operating processes, capture and report information, automate modeling/forecasting routines using SAP Crystal Reports in C#.NET
• Feasibility analysis of new products to update old systems while adhering to the fiscal budget.
• Populate reports for donor allocation funds for all United Way campaigns nationwide using Crystal Reports in C#.NET

Provide Payroll Deduction File to Government of Canada’s Phoenix payroll system comprised of all donors signed up for E-Pledge as part of the GCWCC (Excess of $9.0 million)

Programmer/Analyst - Department of National Defense (Military Command Software Centre)

Languages: Microsoft Visual C++, Oracle PL SQL, T-SQL

Frameworks: MS Visual Studio 2010 - 2015, MS SourceSafe, MS Team Foundation Server, SQL Navigator, Codejock XTP Toolkit, PeopleSoft

Under supervision of the lead Solution Architect:

• Develop new features for an HRMS wrapper for Oracle PeopleSoft called Monitor MASS in Visual C++, Codejock XTP (GUI), Oracle PL SQL and T-SQL for stored procedures, triggers, and functions associated to new and existing C++ coded features with an emphasis on error handling.
• Used an iterative software development approach (quarterly releases) due to Royal Canadian Navy ships docking at various times.
• Support in the beta testing of client application modules.

• Acted as second level support for Canadian Armed Forces L1 organizations.
• Log defects with respect to non-conformance based on application requirements to the System Manager.
• Test bug fixes before implementation on DEV, STG and PRD environments.

Web Developer - International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Languages: JavaScript, HTML, CSS

Frameworks: Drupal, MS SharePoint

Under the supervision of the lead Web Developer and Communications Liaison:

Migrate content for various pages from existing SharePoint site to new Drupal site

• Manually styled and formatted changes to site content that was migrated from SharePoint via scripts to adhere to framework limitations and corporate site map of Drupal website using JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

Verification of all migrated content.

Software Application Developer

Languages: Java, J2EE, JavaScript, Node.js, Express.js, Mocha.js LotusScript, IBM Formula Language, HTML, XML, Bash, MySQL, Bootstrap, jQuery, PostgreSQL

Frameworks/Tools: Eclipse, SublimeText, IBM Lotus Notes, IBM Domino Designer, Yellowfin Business Intelligence Reporting, NGINX, Backbone, Redis, ElasticSearch, Git and Travis CI

• Involved in daily scrum meetings using an Agile software methodology
• Performed code reviews for pull requests submitted by team members using Git

• Developed custom case management software using Lotus Domino Notes framework via Eclipse IDE plugin using Java and JavaScript.
• Developed applications by following web and UI design principles and customer requirements via user stories agreed in requirements gathering meetings.
• Used an Agile SDLC methodology by providing iterations of the application throughout the entire process with client feedback.
• Ran scripts via LotusScript and IBM Formula Language for scheduled maintenance and emergency client fixes.
• Transformed NoSQL .nsf formatted databases in Lotus Domino Notes to relational database tables via Java agents in MySQL. Configured client report dashboards using Web Service API calls to YellowFin BI. Administrated client BI instances with User and Group custom ACL.
• Integrated SSO into client apps adhering to client requirements using SAML 2.0.
• Collaborated with Data Analysts to construct DB Schemas for client historical data via ETL scripts.
• Developed custom software using Node.js, with Backbone.js, and Express.js frameworks. Searching capabilities configured in ElasticSearch. Unit tested via Mocha.js. Caching via Redis contained in PostgreSQL DBs. Applications deployed to various environments (STG, UAT, PRD) using NGINX in Docker containers.
• Referenced Jira Kanban boards to make architecture changes to base product.
• Source code pushed to GitHub repositories using Git.