András Virág
D ate of birth: * ***.**.**. N ationality: H ungarian
A ddress: C sap u tca 7 . H - 1016 Budapest M arital status: S ingle
E mail: a *****@****.*** M obile: + 36 - 30 - 694 - 0429
Software Development Team Lead, Architect
Accomplished technical professional with more than 8 years of experience in quality software
development including designing, developing and leading development of scalable, robust, secure
enterprise solutions. In depth knowledge of managing teams by ensuring best practices in accordance
with timeline and budget.
Expertise
Application Development Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) 8+ years of experience in .NET development
Enterprise Implementations Trusted advisor for customers
Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Comfortable with working at customer site
Release Management Patient, confident and passionate in every task
B2B Integrations Leadership character with good sense of
QA & UAT Management responsibility
Professional expreience & Employment History
Swicon Plc. – Budapest, Hungary 2012 - Present
Software Development Team Lead, Architect, Senior Consultant
Communicated with the clients for requirement analysis, layout design, theme and budget
Directed projects through all lifecycle phases
Reviewed requirements and conferred with software development team for specifications
Reviewed and created development plans for solutions
Monitored ongoing tasks for quality assurance
Assisted teams in development efforts and provided mentorship
Designed software and hardware architecture for several solutions
Designed and applied coding standards
Widely used agile development methodology for developing various business applications and
software solutions
Troubleshooted software issues and assisted teams in managing troubleshooting activities
Spent 1+ year working at customer site
Grepton Plc. – Budapest, Hungary 2010 – 2012
Architect, Lead Software Developer
Provided technical and non-technical solutions for different issues faced in the course of
application development
Performed quality assurance and user acceptance tests
Assigned coding work to team members
Solved the queries of the juniors
Designed and developed product specific project schedules and technical design as per the
clients requirement
Performed program effectiveness review and managed reports on user feedback
Worked with the client to translate business needs into technical requirements
Spent most of the time working at customer site
Microsoft – Budapest, Hungary 2008 - 2010
Consultant, Senior Developer
Designed and developed product specific project schedules and technical design as per the
clients requirement
Performed performance reviews and updates as per business requirement
Coded for the principal logic of the project and database connectivity in several projects
Assisted the Lead Programmer in ensuring that the developed project is totally bug and error
free
Spent most of the time working at customer site
MSDN Competence Center, BUTE – Budapest, Hungary 2005 - 2008
Developer, Instructor, Technology specialist
Created learning materials and lead development courses for professional developers and
students about software architectures, performance tuning, best practices, ASP.NET and C#
Designed and implemented software according to specifications
Maintained and improved on existing software as requested
Troubleshoot problems with software and manage accommodations
Reported daily about the progress of the project to the Lead Programmer
Skills and Development Tools
Programming languages: C#, .NET Framework 1.1/2.0/3.0/3.5/4.0/4.5 (BCL, ADO.NET, Windows Forms,
ASP.NET, AJAX, Remoting, Web Service, SOAP, WCF, SharePoint, BDC, Silverlight, WPF, MVC, MVVM)
Tools/Applications: Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003/2005/2008/2010/2012, Expression Blend, SVN,
TFS 2008/2010/2012, Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005/2008/2012, Reporting Services, SSIS,
Operating Systems: Microsoft OS platforms (XP, Vista, Windows 7/8, Windows Server 2003/2008/2012)
Methodologies: Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF), SCRUM,
Agile, RUP, Kanban, UML, Object-Oriented Analysis/Design/Programming, Test-Driven Development
(TDD)
Education
Masters Degree in Software Engineering (2006)
Technical University of Budapest (BUTE)
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics,
Department of Automation and Applied Informatics
PhD studies (2006-2007)
Technical University of Budapest (BUTE)
PhD School of Information Science
Languages
English, Hungarian
Fluent
German
High-level state exam
Trainings
2012 Application development for Windows 8 platform [MSDN Competence Center, Hungary]
2010 Microsoft Solutions Framework [Project Botticelli, Hungary]
2009 Crucial Conversations [Finland]
2009 Essential Silverlight 2 [Developmentor, France]
2008 TechReady 8 [Microsoft, USA]
2008 Guerilla .NET [Developmentor, England]
2008 Consulting at Microsoft [Microsoft, USA]
2008 Microsoft Services University 19 [Microsoft, USA]