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Bradley Karemba

Senior Pega Developer
Chester

Summary

Senior Pega Developer with over three years of experience in the Telecoms industry. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction. During my time at TalkTalk, I have worked on projects where we have upgraded a Pega 7 application to 8. The BSS function of the business that I worked for has given me experience in the support and maintenance of Pega applications running on Oracle and MSQL databases. Consuming and exposing SOAP, REST and JMS services has been a focus of my time at TalkTalk. I have designed and worked with a small team of offshore developers to deliver a solid, reliable and predictable service component that is utilised to make service calls everywhere across our provisioning application.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications

Work History

HR Manager

Apex Lifestyle
07.2022 - Current
  • Guided leaders and employees on company policies, programs, benefits and salary administration.
  • Led decision-making and implementation of HR policies, procedures, programs and functions.
  • Managed employee relations, investigating and resolving conflicts to maintain a positive work environment.
  • Managed employee disputes by employing conflict resolution techniques.
  • Streamlined HR processes for increased efficiency with the use of HRIS systems.
  • Enhanced employee retention by implementing effective onboarding and training programs.
  • Promoted a culture of continuous learning through the coordination of professional development opportunities and workshops for employees at all levels within the organization.
  • Ensured legal compliance with labor laws by conducting regular audits and updating policies as necessary.
  • Oversaw payroll functions, ensuring accuracy while maintaining strict confidentiality standards for sensitive employee information.

Senior Consultant

Labb Consulting
09.2021 - 05.2022
  • Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance and customers to resolve technical issues.
  • Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance.
  • Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions that met or exceeded performance expectations.

Pega Senior Developer

TalkTalk
09.2020 - 09.2021
  • Lead the delivery of complete cycles
  • Complete senior code reviews and share improvements
  • Mentor developers in their technical development
  • Drive continuous development within the team
  • Establish Pega best practices

Pega Developer

TalkTalk
04.2019 - 09.2020
  • Involved in the upgrade of a Pega 7 application to Pega 8 whilst leveraging new functionality like queue processors
  • Lead a small team of developers to deliver complete work packs
  • Provide incident support to analyze production issues and deliver timely bug fixes
  • Proposed and built the reusable service call component used across a large Pega application

Junior Pega Developer

TalkTalk
02.2018 - 04.2019
  • Development and maintenance of Pega 7 Applications
  • Created Automated AUT's and Performed Manual Testing
  • SME of one of the Assurance Pega Applications

IT Consultant

QA Consulting
07.2017 - 02.2018
  • Worked with the Partners of QA Consulting to deliver high quality Pega Solutions

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Aerospace Engineering

University Of Sheffield
Sheffield
09.2014 - 07.2018

Skills

Confident Presenter

Stakeholder Managment

Communication

Team Managment

Certification

Certified System Architect (CSA)

Software

Pega CSA

Pega CSSA

Pega BIX

Java

Oracle SQL

Microsoft SQL

Apache Tomcat

ActiveMQ

SOAPUI

Azure Dev Ops

Dart

Flutter

Python

Volunteer Experience

TalkTalk Fire Warden – Became a fire warden so I could be involved in improving the evacuation process in the Soapworks building, as well as working alongside other colleagues who want to be proactive in improving the fire safety in the working environment.

National Citizens Service Award – I have been awarded a National Citizens Service Award. This was after the work myself and a group of colleagues did within our local community. We launched a campaign that aimed to raise money for the local multiple sclerosis (MS) centre in Wolverhampton, as well as raising awareness in the community.

STEM Ambassador (CRB/DBS checked) – I became a registered stem ambassador in 2013 after several months of helping the school STEM club. As a registered ambassador, I have contributed to multiple events in the Black Country, aimed at encouraging the younger students to take up STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).

Timeline

HR Manager

Apex Lifestyle
07.2022 - Current

Senior Consultant

Labb Consulting
09.2021 - 05.2022

Pega Senior Developer

TalkTalk
09.2020 - 09.2021

Pega Developer

TalkTalk
04.2019 - 09.2020

Certified Senior System Architect (CSSA)

03-2019

Junior Pega Developer

TalkTalk
02.2018 - 04.2019

Certified System Architect (CSA)

10-2017

IT Consultant

QA Consulting
07.2017 - 02.2018

Bachelor of Engineering - Aerospace Engineering

University Of Sheffield
09.2014 - 07.2018
Bradley KarembaSenior Pega Developer