Justin Watts
Overland Park, Kansas
Ph: 913-***-**** Email: ********@*****.***
linkedin.com/in/justin-watts-7b701115
Summary
Senior .NET Developer with over ten years of experience designing and developing solutions in C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, .Net Core, Web API, MVC, WCF, AWS, Azure, SaaS, SOA, jQuery, React, Knockout, SQL, Oracle, MySql, HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. Experience using SQL Server 2005-2016 to develop and design tables, views, stored procedures, constraints, indexing tables and .net classes. Utilize SOA so applications can be developed as needed using a unified set of standards. Experience working in both Waterfall and Agile methodologies. Contracting experience with PHP, MySql, CodeIgniter for over three years. Comfortable working with a team or as an individual contributor.
SKILLS:
C#, VB.NET, WEB API, MVC, ASP.NET, WCF, AWS, AZURE, SOA, jQuery, React, JavaScript, Knockout, SQL, Oracle, MySql, HTML5, CSS3, PHP, CodeIgniter, Agile, Waterfall.
Solutions Point / Evergy Burlington, KS Feb 2020 – Present
Sr Software Engineer
Developing Cloud based solutions to replace legacy systems written in Visual Basic 4
New development with Azure and .Net Core C#, EventHubs, Triggers and Alerts
Utilized SignalR to update UI in real-time allowing features to be managed in real-time.
Wrote packages for Oracle and Cosmos DB and using Entity Framework; was able to keep all PI confidential
Netsmart Technologies Overland Park, KS Jan 2017 – Feb 2020
Software Engineer
Worked on enhancing a solution using React, jQuery, C#, SQL Server 2014, and WebAPI using REST based functions before the current WPF solution is obsolete.
oInterface is highly configurable in many ways and serves nearly as an IDE where field can be configured, and logic can be changed by the end-user.
Managed an AWS API for a project using Lambda.
Designed and Developed multiple enhancements solutions. Managed installer, builds, CM, and patches. Solutions used SQL Server and Oracle. Wrote plugins utilizing COM with C# and Delphi.
Hardened security in accordance to OWASP 2.0 for web applications.
Enhanced and maintained Jenkins and Team City builds.
Added features to Install Shield project for quarterly updates to product.
Imperial PFS Kansas City, MO Feb 2016 – Dec 2016
Sr Web Developer
Implemented address verification API
oValidated addresses for mailers.
oMaintained that only go to one address at a time.
Daily responsibility for enhancements and defects.
Coordinated JavaScript and C# calculations during quote writing.
Enhanced a web-based interface to generate quotes for insurance policies.
Platform consisted of Cordova, AngularJS, Web API.
oUtilized smaller subset of functionality for the mobile devices.
Triple-I Overland Park, KS July 2015 – Jan 2016
Consultant
Collaboratively integrated cash-based services using WCF and WebAPI.
Utilized TFS 2015 and C# 4.6.1 and maintained a C++ application. Created Web API
New development for Visa Pay using 3.5 .Net framework
oAllowed clients to interact with Web API services.
VinSolutions/Cox Enterprises Mission, KS July 2013 – July 2015
Software Engineer
Utilizing many different patterns to enhance products and performance on highly distributed systems for new applications.
Developed enhancements with SOA/SaaS, WCF, Web API, jQuery, Silverlight, Knockout, Entity Frameworks and oData, C# 4.5 code managed in TFS 2013.
Created a dealer portal API to allow querying of inventory through a data warehouse. The API married data from many sources about vehicles in inventory to give dealers and brands a better idea of what is available.
New Directions Behavioral Health Overland Park, Ks Oct 2011 – July 2013
Application Developer
Maintenance and new development on Legacy applications.
New development on the latest web technologies such as C# and VB.Net Frameworks 4.0, MVC 4, SQL Server 2012, Visual Studio 2012.
SOA architecture with WCF code managed in TFS 2012/13.
Kansas Department of Revenue Topeka, Ks Oct 2009 – Oct 2011
Application Developer II
Streamlined the collection of tobacco products sold and/or manufactured in KS according to new legislation. Use iText to create PDF reports for returns.
Responsible for converting all data to new web-based system using SSIS. VB.net code managed in TFS 2010.
Daily tasks of running legacy apps to bring in data for processing during the day.
Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka May 2008 – Apr 2009
Programmer I
Planed, developed, tested, and documented computer programs.
Data layer in mix of ADO and FoxPro managed by Winsor Castle.
Enlisted to help review and modify any outdated codes in Access databases and Excel documents. VB.net code managed in TFS.
Education:
Western Governors University
Master of Data Science, Data Processing 2017 - 2019
Various projects that consisted of R, Python, Oracle, SAS, PHP, Excel, C#, Sql Server.
Analyzed large data sets to determine the best model for prediction.
Washburn University 2004 - 2008
Bachelor's degree, Computer and Information Sciences
Awarded: Scholarly or Creative: Washburn University's Honors Recruitment Tool/Leader
Licenses & Certifications
SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9 - SAS
5SQ9S8E221R1135R
Oracle Database SQL Certified Associate - Oracle
1Z0-071
SAS Certified Statistical Business Analyst Using SAS 9: Regression and Modeling - SAS
ZYYWX8E1KMQ1Q397