Curriculum Vitae

Programming Languages

C# 11 | Java 21 | JavaScript | Python | Angular | React

Frameworks

.NET Framework | .NET Core | Spring

ORM & Tools

ODBC | Entity Framework | Entity Framework Core | JDBC

Front-end & Web Technology

Java | JavaScript | Python | Angular | React | HTML 5 | HTML 5 Boilerplate | CSS3 | jQuery | Bootstrap 5 | ASP.NET | ASP.NET Core | .NET Blazor | .NET Blazor Core | .NET Windows Forms | .NET MAUI | Xamarin | SharePoint

Back-end Technology

WCF | ASP.NET Core API | Microservices | Swagger | Spring boot

Cloud Technology

AWS | Azure | Google

IoT

Arduino | MQTT | Raspberry Pi

Big Data

Apache Kafka | AWS MSK | Kafka UI | RedPanda

Analytics

Google Analytics | Microsoft Power BI | OLAP Cubes

Web Hosting

Apache HTTP | xampp | nginx | cPanel | Joomla | WordPress | Bitnami | IIS

Source Control

Git | GitHub | GitLab | AWS CodeCommit | TFS | Azure DevOps | Bitbucket | Tortoise SVN | Visual SVN

Testing & QA

JMeter | Insomnia | Postman | Ready API | Test Complete

DevOps

Rancher | HashiCorp Consul | Mirantis | Ansible | Jenkins | Docker | Terraform | Kubernetes | Apache Maven

Monitoring

Instana | Grafana | OpenSearch | Elastic | PagerDuty

Databases

Microsoft SQL Server | MySQL | PostgreSQL | Amazon DynamoDB, RDS (Aurora, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Custom) DocumentDB, Redshift | Azure: Cosmos DB, SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cache for Redis 2, Redis

Security

HashiCorp Vault

Software

JIRA | Confluence | JIRA Service Management | Slack | Trello | Terraform Enterprise Terraform Cloud | LucidChart | LucidSpark | LucidScale | draw.io | Enterprise Architect | C4 Models

Responsibilities

• Designing software solutions
• Works closely with stakeholders and cross functional team to translate business and technical requirements into solutions that meet client / business needs.
• Designing complex software systems, considering scalability, performance and future requirements.
• Identifying the trade-offs in solutions and can clearly articulate and act on these where required.
• Produces solutions to programming challenges.
• Creates well designed solutions that balance client value with security, operations, resilience, performance and cost.
• Introduces and propagates new patterns, practices, technologies into the organisation to efficiently solve a business need.
• Software development and systems integration
• Work with other software engineers and architects in developing components based on needs that support application functionality.
• Optimise systems for maximum performance and scalability to handle increasing user loads.
• Develop reusable code, APIs and libraries for future use.
• Share impact of code changes with product team.
• Database management and application logic
• Implement and optimise database models and queries for efficient data storage and retrieval.
• Write business logic and algorithms to handle complex data processing and application workflows.
• Quality and testing
• Implement and improve the organisation's prescribed development frameworks, patterns, and practices, with a particular focus on automated testing and CICD.
• Conducts thorough code reviews and ensures high code quality for self and others.
• Utilises continuous integration, deployment, and automation tools effectively.
• Perform testing with a strong preference towards developing automated testing scripts and procedures to ensure code robustness and reliability.
• Practices, promotes and guides others in secure coding practices (devsecops) and addresses potential vulnerabilities.
• Operational Excellence
• Conduct investigations through troubleshooting and debugging to fix minor, major and escalated bugs, promoting system stability.
• Perform first and/or second level standby across environments for integration between internal systems and applications, as well as that of external service providers.
• React to system monitoring and alerting events in a timely manner.
• Assist capacity planning on infrastructure requirements, as well as stability and load tests to improve system performance and throughput.
• Maintains, modifies and upgrades existing solutions, recommending and implementing improved methods.
• Learning and continuous improvement
• Expected to develop and maintain proficiency in modern programming paradigms, patterns and practices and apply or improve what is used by their delivery team. (This will differ per delivery team).
• Software Engineer Level III forms part of a structured career progression model where the incumbent will be exposed to meaningful projects in order to develop their level of autonomy, decision making and problem-solving skills.
• Technical Leadership
• Engage with product managers, project sponsors, and other stakeholders to support scoping of work and provide updates on progress and status.
• Coach, guide and provide support to Software Engineer I / II
• Share expertise and knowledge with product team and stakeholders.
• Drives innovation, bringing new technologies and ways of solving problems into the team and organisation.
• Responsible to assist Software Engineer I / II with development work and perform code reviews.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed technical specifications from functional descriptions (design)
• Develop systems from technical specifications as provided by Architects
• Deliver development within agreed timelines.
• Perform unit testing from a pre-defined test plan.
• Update/amend test plans according to solution development to ensure coverage of all areas.
• Provide testing assistance to developer(s)
• Provide implementation instructions for new development.
• Provide production support to production systems (stand-by)
• Conduct investigations and solve system issues.
• Prepare production deployment packages.
• Ensure successful implementation.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to Programmers and Developers
• Team Leader for projects.
• Participation and proactive problem-solving to meet team objectives.

References

• Nolan Schoonraad
• +27 84 676 9493
• nolanschoonraad@capitecbank.co.za

Responsibilities

• To develop applications in multi-platform environments
• To provide support to existing systems
• To carry our modifications to existing programs and databases
• To carry out the analysis, programming, tests, and installation of new systems
• To provide support and customer service
• Design, development, implementation and maintenance of new and existing products and services.
• Oversee all Architectural Designs, Requirements and needs of the business.
• To write user manuals and technical documents
• Manage Development Staff
• Providing technical lead to team members and other staff members.
• Purchase and Maintaining Software for company needs.
• Attending workshops and client technical meetings where technical advice needs to be provided.
• Draw up quotes for clients and oversee specification documents.
• Management of all system documentation to be kept in order and up to date.
• Satisfactorily carry out all tasks and duties normally associated with the position employed for.

References

• Cobus Van Graan
• +27836283084
• cobus@tracermw.com

Responsibilities

• Maintain existing databases.
• Write C# Applications
• Create Automated Processes
• Use In – Maintain Client System

References

• Allan Atkinson
• +27832905723
• allan@crimzone.com

Responsibilities

• Create and modify existing / new database objects.
• Create / Modify pages to an ASP.NET solution.
• Use software to submit code to Concurrent Versions System to deploy.
• Give support to business on live solution.
• Submit database objects on an Architectural Management System.
• Do projects as per business request.

References

Responsibilities

• Maintain existing databases.
• Write C# Applications for Data Manipulation
• Create Automated Processes
• Use In – House Technology to create a file with a data input and paper output.
• Receive client data and perform manipulations on the data.

References

• Wayne Herbert
• 011 474 1554
• wherbert@lithotech.co.za