software developer and tester
Resume:
ALEXANDRA NETHERTON
***** ****** ***** **. ***. A 636-***-****
St. Louis, Missouri 63146 ***********@*****.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Information Technology professional with extensive knowledge and experience
as a software developer/business analyst. Experienced in communicating
with the client to discover their needs and clarify requirements. Highly
skilled in analyzing, designing, coding, and testing. Ability to work
under strict and aggressive deadlines. Ability to lead projects.
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
LANGUAGES: Perl; Javascript; C; C++; Oracle PL/SQL; Pro*C; SQL; Korn
Shell; Cobol; Pro*Cobol; HTML
OPERATING SYSTEMS: HP-UX; Windows 2000; DOS; Sun Unix
DATABASES: Oracle 9i
TOOLS: Oracle SQL*Plus; HP DDE; Vi; Nedit; puTTy; Reflection X;
eXceed; FTP; Telnet; RCS; Configuration Control (CC);
Microsoft Visual Studio; TOAD; SyncSort; Microsoft Excel;
Data Junction; PVCS
OTHER: Regular Expressions; Embedded SQL; Cursors; Triggers;
Stored Procedures; awk; sed
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Washington University - St. Louis, Missouri
7/2012-3/2014
Programmer Analyst III/ QA Tester
. Participated in QA and regression testing
. Conducted web based user interface testing
. Updated Peoplesoft code.
. Assisted in efforts to move off the mainframe to Microfocus Enterprise
Server.
. Assisted in efforts to move from DB2 to SQL Server.
. Modified and debugged JCL and COBOL code.
Levi, Ray, and Shoup. - St. Louis, Missouri (Contractor at BJC) 9/2011-
4/2012
Software Developer
. Analyzed and implemented client requirements under a tight release
schedule.
. Met with the client to discuss and clarify requirements.
. Participated in prod installations to make sure they went smoothly.
. Participated in QA and regression testing.
. Conducted web based user interface testing
. Updated documentation as application was enhanced.
. Modified PERL and SQL code to meet requirements.
. Wrote a program in JAVA to redact documents.
. Developed in UNIX
Financial Network Inc. - St. Louis, Missouri 8/2003 - 03/2010
Software Developer/Business Analyst
. Analyzed and implemented client requirements under tight release
schedule.
. Participated in the prod installations to make sure they went
smoothly.
. Participated in QA, UAT, and regression testing.
. Conducted web based user interface testing
. Developed in UNIX
. Used a defect tracking system
. Communicated with client to clarify their requirements and propose
workable solutions.
. Communicated with architects to clarify technical solutions.
. Documented in detail what happened with change requests.
. Reviewed requirements to determine quantity of man hours to complete.
. Updated documentation as application was enhanced.
. Provided technical support of application.
. Participated in review of business and functional requirements to
determine feasibility.
. Aided team members in troubleshooting efforts and design efforts.
. Aided in the design of the initial application (in Perl, Javascript,
HTML, C) and in the design of the database (initially indexed files),
as well as application changes and database changes.
. Aided in the transition of using index files for all table to using
Oracle for some of the tables.
. Developed a tool (in Perl, Javascript, HTML) to identify invalid
configuration choices to resolve such issues more quickly.
. Educated team members on the (Perl, Javascript, HTML) code base.
. Wrote SQL statements to query the database.
. Reviewed the code of team members (Perl, Javascript, HTML, C, Oracle
SQL) in order to identify potential problems.
. Modified code (Perl, Javascript, HTML) used in reporting.
AJILON (Contractor at Mastercard Site) - St. Louis, Missouri 2003
Software Support Specialist
. Successfully communicated with member banks to maintain strong member
relations.
. Organized the implementation of production lodgments.
. Analyzed, designed, coded, and tested bug fixes and enhancements under
release schedule (Sun Unix, C, Oracle).
. Supported Production on a rotating 24/7 basis.
. Modified Korn shell scripts for monthly lodgment fixes.
AMDOCS - St. Louis, Missouri 2000 - 2003
Software Developer (2001 - 2003)
Developed replication application for Sprint project. Team member on
customer service management (CSM), partner relationship management (PRM),
and Replication Teams.
. Successfully interacted with client to build and maintain strong customer
relations.
. Analyzed and implemented client requirements under tight release
schedule.
. Developed, maintained, and tested applications in C, Pro*C, SQL, and
PL/SQL in a HP UNIX / Oracle environment.
. Developed and maintained triggers, stored procedures, and packages using
Oracle's procedural language, PL/SQL.
. Created and/or modified awk and Korn shell scripts to automate routine
tasks.
. Developed tool to verify tables, synonyms, triggers, and stored
procedures in various environments, using Perl resulting in much faster
and more accurate environment verification.
. Wrote and maintained data junction scripts to produce ascii files of
database journal tables.
. Supported delivered software on rotating basis, 24/7.
. Modified error monitor to alert team when daemon was down, decreasing
response time and increasing customer satisfaction.
Software Developer (2000 - 2001)
Assisted on Sprint project for development of Message Processing System
(MPS) application.
. Analyzed, designed, coded, and tested modifications according to customer
specifications.
. Wrote and maintained data junction scripts to produce ascii files of
database journal tables.
EDUCATION
Meramec Community College - St. Louis, Missouri - 2000 - Present
C Programming Language; C++ Programming Language; Introduction to HTML;
Unix Shell Scripting, System Analysis and Design Methods
Foundations in Computing Certificate - Illinois State University-INFOTECH -
St. Louis, Missouri - 1999
(Focus was structured programming methods, COBOL, JCL, and relational
databases [DB2])
Bachelor of Science Degree in Justice Systems - Truman State University -
Kirksville, Missouri - 1996
(Minor in Psychology - Graduated Summa cum Laude)
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