Aaren Mical Avery

adg0ny@r.postjobfree.com • 919-***-****

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaren-avery-6578b587 • North Carolina, US

Summary

Technically advanced and solutions-driven professional with hands-on experience in developing features to enhance user experience, determining the structure and design of web pages. Stellar record of creating detailed testing criteria for hundreds of bug fixes, developing User-Interface (UI) for editing JSON files, and reviewing and implementing UI/UX specifications for software releases. Demonstrated excellence in developing functional unit tests with Java and OpenUI5 (JavaScript) using mockito, karma, chai, and mocha. Proficient in identifying and fixing coding defects to guarantee maximum accessibility coverage, testing products and UI components for accessibility defects, review and develop code in JavaScript. Adept at performing administrative duties that includes documentation management and technical writing on various topics. Notable success in collaborating with multifunctional team to enhance productivity and work efficiencies.

Technical Proficiencies

• JavaScript, XML, HTML, CSS, C++, Java, Typescript, Windows (7/8/10), IntelliJ.

• Microsoft: Visual Studio, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook.

• SAS Viya Environment Manager, SAS Viya Visual Analytics, SAS Viya CLI, JAWS Screen Reader.

• JIRA, React, OpenUI5, Postman, pgAdmin4, Heroku, ionic Framework, Firebase.

Career Experience

SAS® Institute, Cary, NC Dec 2017 – Present

Associate Software Developer, Research & Development, BIRD Enterprise Data Integration

Conceptualize technical proficiencies to review and implement UI/UX specifications for software releases and developed new functionalities for existing web-based products to centralize data and reduce business costs. Collaborated and contributed in creating new restful API to empower users with seamless process for migrating and mappings SAS objects. Filtered JSON data for selected SAS objects for migration to clean SAS Environment Manager. Developed a new feature for merging, editing, and deleting and uploading mappings sets to prevent users from hand editing JSON files. Streamlined SAS Viya Command Line Interface regarding report related defects in SAS Viya Environment Manager to organize custom identity groups, create folder structures, or update the configuration. Optimized JIRA stories by creating acceptance criteria and provided detailed notes regarding bug fixes. Collaborated with multifunctional teams including test engineers and developers and participated in team meetings to discuss and coordinate changes to development processes.

Strategized innovative concepts to create a new User-Interface (UI) for editing mappings files to minimize manual processes for customers editing JSON files for migrating SAS objects from older systems that resulted in minimized user error.

Increased test coverage for SAS Environment Manager by writing up to 20 functional unit tests using karma and chai.

Implemented efficient methodologies to develop new UI features to manage mapping old SAS objects to new objects which increased efficiency by reducing time to migrate a customer from SAS 9/Viya 3.5 to Viya 4.0.

Leveraged exceptional problem-solving concepts to create detailed testing criteria for hundreds of code fixes that resulted in minimizing the time test engineers to verify a code fix before shipping to customers.

SAS® Institute, Cary, NC May 2017 – Dec 2017

Business Intelligence Development Intern, Research & Development, BIRD Enterprise Data Integration

Spearheaded SAS products testing and UI components for accessibility defects using JAWS Screen Reader to improve delivery speed, higher test coverage, and lower business expenses. Strengthened accessibility development knowledge by attending accessibility trainings. Leveraged agile methodologies to review and develop code in JavaScript to address accessibility related issues. Organized and facilitated discussion around bug solutions and product functionality to enhance productivity and work efficiencies. Provided feedback for SAS documentation to ensure client satisfaction and prepared presentations for SAS Intern Expo to showcase summer work.

Conducted thorough research to identify and fix coding bugs that guaranteed 100% accessibility coverage for SAS Environment Manager on Viya.

Evaluated and identified bugs in up to 20 internal HTML5 Common Components to ensure compliance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

Department of Defense, Fort Meade, MD May 2016 – Aug 2016

Cooperative Education Intern, DEFSMAC

Leveraged administrative tasks that included maintenance of company documents, properly store or input documents into records system. Directed technical writing responsibilities that included research on technical terminologies and concepts; Adhere to the company's style guide; edited outdated or inaccurate articles; and kept abreast of industry changes. Reviewed and published documentation to keep team members aware with latest updates.

Conducted in-depth research on foreign missiles and space intelligence to write hundreds of detailed documents.

Reviewed hundreds of global documents and articles to provide detailed updates on space systems.

Department of Defense, Fort Meade, MD Aug 2015 - Dec 2015

Cooperative Education Intern, Security Division

Implemented innovative concepts to prepare documentation for project environment to make sure project requirements are fulfilled and to establish traceability. Supervised database design and troubleshooting for projects in production to ensure proper functioning of the system. Reviewed team objectives by participating in Scrum meetings to guarantee completion of customer requirements. Organized events for interns across the entire company to enable and foster interpersonal relationships; improve motivation and working mood; reward achievements and recognize success.

Leveraged powerful capabilities to reduce environment set-up time for new employees.

Department of Defense, Fort Meade, MD Jan 2015 - May 2015

Cooperative Education Intern, Technology Division

Developed and implemented all core functionality, user interfaces, and REST layer communication to the database for a new in-house qualitative information capturing product to enhance productivity and work efficiencies. Organized and led meetings demos to potential clients to secure funding for the completion of product, rolled out enterprise wide and appreciated by thousands of employees. Coordinate with team members to provide feedback for code changes. Reviewed and provided feedback to UI mockups for the product to make the design process more fluid.

Accelerated innovative web and software development practices such as code revision, merging, branching, building and deploying to seamlessly integrate with other team members’ work.

Education

B.S. Computer Science

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC, Dec 2017

Honor Societies / Clubs / Achievements:

• ACM President

• Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honor Society

• Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honor Society

• North Carolina A & T State University Honors Graduate

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