www: graham.se*enx.com
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seattle, washington 98168 usa
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GRAHAM BROOKINS
Software Engineer
Skilled software engineer with over 21 years experience using a variety of languages, analysis and technologies. Excellent communication, project, development, systems administration, team and customer skills. Looking for Consulting Jobs on 1099 Basis.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SOFTWARE ENGINEER @ Brookins Consulting (Consultant) 02/2001 – Present in Fort Worth, TX
Open source object oriented CMS/CMF (eZ Platform / Symfony 2/3) application development and maintenance using PHP 7.1, GNU/Linux, MySQL, MariaDB, Apache, Nginx and Docker. Implementing the latest Responsive Design with HTML5, CSS3, Javascript and jQuery. Code: GitHub.com/brookinsconsulting
Contributing Open Source, GitHub, Bitbucket, Composer Developer
Object Oriented Architecting, Design and Programming Across The Full Stack
HTML5, CSS3, LESS, JavaScript, Ajax, jQuery Development
Symfony 3, Doctrine ORM, Doctrine Migrations, TWIG, Bundle Development
Unit Testing, Functional Testing, Behavioral Testing, Automated Code Standards Compliance Testing
Experienced Git Developer leveraging Jira and Confluence
Seasoned Agile / Scrum Developer for over 19 years
GitHub workflow automation using Rest APIs consumption and development
Accomplishes work on multiple projects simultaneously
Delivers best practices, quality assurance, web and code standards compliance
SOFTWARE ENGINEER @ Contextual Code (Contractor) 05/2013 – 01/2016 in Fort Worth, TX
Open source object oriented CMS/CMF (eZ Platform / Symfony 2/3) application development and maintenance using PHP5.3-5.4, GNU/Linux, MySQL, MariaDB, Apache, Mantis Issue Tracker and HipChat. Implementing the latest Responsive Design with HTML5, CSS3, Javascript and jQuery.
Contributing Open Source, Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, Composer Developer
Symfony 2-3, TWIG Template, TWIG Operator and Function, Bundle Development
First Level Support for over 36 client projects
Object Oriented Architecting, Design and Programming Across The Full Stack
HTML5, CSS3, LESS, JavaScript, Ajax, jQuery Development
Regular page layout design and implementation
Created over 15 reliable and flexible reporting tools which integrated individually under one collective package
Created feature rich command line, cronjob scripts and workflow tools for multiple use cases
3rd Party API Integration using many services across multiple client projects
Accomplishes work on multiple projects simultaneously
Repeatedly and promptly resolved issue tickets the first time with forward thinking
Delivers best practices, quality assurance, web and code standards compliance
SOFTWARE ENGINEER @ Xpressdocs (Contractor) 09/2011 – 03/2012 in Fort Worth, TX
Web application development of new features, bug fixes, code standards refactoring, PHPDoc code documentation, procedure and negative feature documentation. Innovative solutions for multiple projects and tasks simultaneously. Working independently and with teams in a fast paced environment continuously delivering dependable solutions within Agile + SCRUM practices.
HTML5, CSS2, Javascript, jQuery, Ajax, Template, Development
PHP5.3, Symfony 2 Components, Doctrine ORM, Doctrine Migrations, MySQL / MariaDB5, Apache
Architect and implement factory design pattern custom photo service import services and integration into their existing eCommerce stores
Architect and implement failure resistant REST based XML and JSON photo service APIs
Architect and implement feature rich bulk (zip file) content import and export systems
Implemented PHPUnit Testing
Implemented Doctrine ORM Migrations for all database modifications
Repeatedly and promptly resolved issue tickets the first time with forward thinking
Development of custom data import solutions
MacOS and Linux development, testing and staging environments
SVN for version control for all products
01/2009 - 05/2009 Handmark Southlake, TX
Web Application Developer
Responsible for leading the way in developing and maintaining the next generation ecommerce platform including all aspects of software development from design to coding and testing, with a focus on backend ecommerce system development, system structure, and further extending our engine overall. Working independently as well as with teams. Working in a fast-paced environment where each team member is very critical to the overall success of the company. Utilizing MySQL, SVN, Apache, Linux and Zend Framework PHP.
10/2008 - 11/2008 Verizon Business Richland, TX
Web Application Developer
Web application development team's technical lead, development and quality assurance. Utilizing PHP5, MySQL5, HTML4, Javascript, Apache2, SVN, ACL, Backup automation, WAMP server installation configuration and web application development expertise. Executed existing software code review, updates and improvements both functional and aesthetic. The goal to upgrade all WAMP dependencies and identify / resolve any bugs or functionality loss as a result of the upgrades. Including testing fully all aspects of the surrounding intranet platform. Customer facility required an upgrade of their internal web server and web applications. Intranet website: ctc.vzbi.com and techweb.vzbi.com
04/2006 - 06/2006 eSession.com, LTD Austin, TX
Lead Software Engineer
Web application development, team lead, technical administration, quality assurance, project management, PHP5 / MySQL5, Action Script programming, existing software maintenance, responsible for code review of back end components, planning, implementing, change management, quality assurance, project planning. RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Administration managing Backup, software selection and installation and management DNS, Apache, MySQL, SVN, ACL, NFS, Firewall and software build environment development.
07/2004 - 09/2004 Laser Image, Inc. Dallas, TX
Software Engineer
Web development, problem solving for internal and external projects. PHP / PostgresSQL programming, existing software maintenance, code review of back end services to dynamically manipulate and generate TIFF, PS, PDF documents on the fly. SunOS Unix Administration, RedHat Enterprise Linux Administration and file system cleanup.
06/1999 - 02/2001 7x Group, LLC. Anchorage, AK
Web Application Developer
Lead developer, mentor new employees, company protected information security. Design, develop and release object oriented web applications. Active management of development via cvs with multiple developers as teams and individually. Document breakdowns, create and implement resolutions. Manage task time estimates, manage dependencies, work flows. Programmer, problem solving for multiple internal and external projects.
11/1998 - 04/1999 Internet Alaska, Inc. Anchorage, AK
Technical Support Representative and Network Monitor
Maintain call wait time below 400 seconds. Discover, recognize general / specific network problems affecting dial-up / dedicated user's connectivity problems. Responsible for development of standardized Bash profile. Responsible for development of web based support site: support.alaska.net
SKILLS
Languages: PHP7, PHP5, PHP4, HTML5, XHTML, DHTML, HTML(2-4), CSS(1-3), LESS, JavaScript, jQuery, JSON, SQL, TWIG, Smarty, UML/ERD, Shell Scripting, Bash, Perl, Ruby, Rails, Batch, Sed, PL/SQL, CFML, YAML, INI, XML, RSS, ATOM, OPML, Standard / Video Sitemaps XML, Action Script, Java, C#, C, VBS, ASP, BASIC
Development Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Pair, Pragmatic Programmer
Best Practices: Web Standards, Cross Browser Design, Ajax, ORM, OOP, OOD, UML, Distributed Version Control, PSR, PHPDoc, TDD, Unit Testing, Continuous Integration, SEO, QA, HMVC, MVC, Rest, Soap
Frameworks: eZ Platform, Symfony (1-3), eZ Publish (1-5), Zend Framework, Wordpress, Zeta Components, CodeIgniter, Joomla, Doctrine ORM, Propel ORM
Development: Emacs, Vim, phpStorm, Jenkins, AWS/S3, Composer, GIT, SVN, PHPUnit, Behat, Selenium, Mink, Jira, BitBucket, Confluence, HipChat, Source Tree
Server: Apache Web Server, Tomcat 7, Bind DNS Server, Microsoft IIS, GD, ImageMagic, BitTorrent, SSH, SCP, SFTP, sudo, sed, pine
Databases: MariaDB 10/5, MySQL 5/4, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQLite, SQL Server, Access
Libraries: jQuery, jQuery UI, jQuery Mobile, Modernizr, MooTools, YUI(1-3), Bootstrap, Google Maps, Google Analytics
Browsers: Firefox, WebKit, Chrome, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer
Design: Photoshop, Fireworks, Flash, Freehand, Illustrator, Gimp
OS: All versions and variations of Linux, Unix, MacOS and Windows, IOS, Android
EDUCATION
12/2010 - Certification: eZ Publish Certified Developer 4.4
06/2007 - Certification: Creating Certified Extensions for eZ Publish
02/2007 - Certification: eZ Publish Certified Developer 3.x
05/2004 - Certification: CompTIA Network+
03/2003 - Certification: CompTIA A+
03/2000 - Training: Thinking in Java, Hands-On 5 Day Course
05/1999 - University of Alaska, Received 4 Year Scholarship
05/1999 - Graduated, Save High School, Anchorage, Alaska
SITES
Portfolio: https://graham.se7enx.com
GitHub: https://github.com/brookinsconsulting
GitLab: https://gitlab.com/brookinsconsulting
Packagist: http://bit.ly/2l23K6L
Projects: http://bit.ly/2lwsRPQ
LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/2kfGJ0n
REFERENCES
DAVID BROADFOOT, COO @ CONTEXTUAL CODE
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbroadfoot/
MATT SWEETMAN, PROJECT MANAGER @ CTG
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewsweetman/
DYLAN MCDIARMID, OWNER @ Little Loops
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylanmcdiarmid/