Software Engineer Developer

SUMMARY

●Technical practitioner of full-lifecycle agile development

●Linux/Windows, Apache, MySQL/MSSQL, PHP (LAMP, WAMP) full stack development

●Development in a variety of industries including restaurant, transportation, software security, parental control, background screening and technical staffing

●Object-oriented analysis, design, programming and refactoring

●Find pragmatic solutions to real-world problems

●Have a high aptitude for learning new languages and technologies

●Excellent written and verbal communication skills

TECHNICAL

Languages (in order of recent use)

PHP (5.0 – 5.6), SQL, CSS2, CSS3, HTML, XHTML, HTML5, JavaScript, AJAX, XML, JSON, JQuery, UML, ShellScript (Bash), InstallScript, C#, Java, VBScript, C++, C, Visual Basic

Standards, De facto Standards, and APIs

Proposing a Standards Recommendation (PSR), World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), JQuery, Android, Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC)

Development, Testing Tools and Techniques

Eclipses, Rally, NetBeans (7.0 – 8.0), Bitkeeper, Subversion (SVN), GIT, Visual SourceSafe (VSS), DBSolo 4, PHPWebAdmin, Notepad++, PHPUnit, ant, TeamCity, Quicktest Professional, TestComplete, Jenkins, PuTTY, Mock Objects, Data-Driven Development (DDD), Test-Driven Development (TDD), VMWare, VirtualBox, InstallShield (10.0 – 12.0), FogBugz, Bugzilla, VersionOne, Fly Spray, Confluence, MVC Yii

Platforms

Apache 2.x, Internet Information Services (IIS)

Design Tools

Visio, Axure

Database Systems

MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Development Processes and Methods

Object-Oriented Design/Development (OOD), Agile, Spiral, Iterative, Design Patterns, Refactoring, Data Modeling, Continuous Integration

Operating Systems and Environments

Linux (CentOS, Red Hat), OS X, Windows (95, 98, 2000, XP, Vista, 7)

EXPERIENCE

Scientific Games, Inc. 10/2014 - Present Alpharetta, GA

Sr. Software Engineer

●Develop enterprise level systems built for scaling to meet high demand.

●Maintain a proprietary eCommerce platform that supports both internal and external customers.

●Work with developers and stakeholders both locally and internationally.

●Write requirement and design documents for projects as well as use FSD to break projects down into user stories.

●Have driven several projects from begin to end in behalf of many State Lotteries.

●Integrate third party APIs as well as developing an API for our eCommerce engine.

●I also work between departments within the company to bring together technologies that complement one another and offers more value to our customers.

Skills Applied: Eclipse, PHP, MySQL, Custom MVC, XHTML, HTML5, jQuery, JavaScript, Bitkeeper, Bash, Agile, JIRA, Linux, LAMP Stack, Design Patterns, OOD, and ability to prioritize the day-to-day operations.

Insight Global, LLC 4/2014 – 9/2014 Dunwoody, GA

PHP Developer

●Fixed procedural PHP code about 95% of the time. There were a constant stream of emergency fixes.

●Developed MVC code using Yii about 5% of the time.

●Convinced team to use Scrum and was working towards getting the team to adopt PSR standards.

Skills Applied: NetBeans, PHP, MySQL, MVC Yii, XHTML, jQuery, JavaScript, GIT, Bash, Agile, JIRA, Linux

InfoMart, Inc. 1/2013 – 4/2014 Marietta, GA

PHP Developer

●Actively engaged in the rewrite of a largely .Net web portal into PHP.

●Optimized the use of object oriented programming (OOP) and test driven development (TDD).

●Dramatically improved the reusability, readability and maintainability in rewriting the code.

●Trained in Agile Methodologies which are used daily.

Skills Applied: NetBeans, PHP, MSSQL, CSS, XHTML, HTML5, W3C, JavaScript, DBSolo, SVN, Bash, Agile, PHPUnit, AJAX, JSON, Jenkins continuous integration, Design Patterns, OOD, TDD, Refactoring, VirtualBox, Axure, Linux, Apache server, Mock Objects, VersionOne, Fly Spray, Confluence

McAfee, Inc. 6/2008 – 12/2012 Acworth, GA

Software Engineer

●Primary responsibilities included providing input for architectural design and development of both server code and UI layout.

●Wrote the administrator portal for McAfee Family Protection®.

●Designed and implemented UI layout for the Android edition of McAfee Family Protection®.

●Successfully worked on projects with teams throughout the world.

●Developed Safe Eyes 6® UI framework from the ground up using AJAX, JavaScript and PHP.

●Developed and maintained proprietary back-office and eCommerce software.

●Customized and packaged all PC based installations.

●Wrote a custom browser test-harness using C#.

Skills Applied: PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS, XHTML, HTML5, W3C, PSR, SVN, Iterative/Agile hybrid method, Refactoring, Notepad++, AJAX, XML, Apache, IIS, CentOS, Windows 2000 servers, PHPWebAdmin, Data Modeling, TeamCity continuous integration, ant, InstallShield, C#, Android, OOD, DDD, VMWare, FogBugz, Bugzilla

Systems Atlanta, Inc. 12/2006 – 6/2008 Woodstock, GA

Software Engineer

●Primary responsibilities included defect resolution, maintenance and documentation.

●Created and maintained communication adapters used to read sensors for weather and air traffic control.

●Took lead in the architectural design and UI flow of a new communication adapter from concept to release candidate.

●Played an active role in feature enhancements and refactoring code.

Skills Applied: C++ using MFC, Visual Studio, VSS, OOD, Spiral method, XML, Refactoring, UML, Visio, traditional unit testing, traditional functional and regression testing

Restaurant Technology, Inc. (Internship) 6/2005 – 12/2006 Marietta, GA

QA Automation Developer / Analyst

●Converted manual test cases into automated tests using VBScript and QuickTest Professional.

●Performed functional and regressive manual testing as well as writing up defects.

●Solved and performed maintenance on broken automation tests.

Skills Applied: VBScript, QuickTest Professional, Refactoring, Troubleshooting and debugging, manual testing

EDUCATION

2006

BS in Computer Science

Southern Polytechnic State University

Marietta, GA

2004

AS in Computer Science

Georgia Perimeter College

Lawrenceville, GA

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