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Vinay Varghese

Melbourne,VIC

Summary

Software developer with skillsets in developing broad-based software applications covering full-stack development. Focused on delivering strategic results and technically focused in areas of new and developing technologies.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical Lead

Department of Justice and Community Safety Victoria
05.2021 - 08.2023
  • Worked in Civica VIEW web application used by State of Victoria Justice Department for warrants and maintaining traffic infringements
  • Managed workloads, development, review, working closely with team and drive initiatives to ensure the team is always on a pathway to improve processes and produce quality deliverables
  • Technical and functional support to team members and cross functional teams
  • Have regular 1-1 and coaching sessions to discuss team progress
  • Work collaboratively on goals, team want to achieve
  • Code review, impact analysis and hands on development including CI/CD
  • Sprint Planning/Estimation/Delivery timelines using azure devops
  • Branch refresh, merge down pull requests and root cause analysis for defects
  • Setup driving initiatives to ensure the team is always on a pathway to improve processes
  • Provide technical leadership in terms of design and adoption of solution architectures
  • Uses appropriate modelling techniques following agreed software design standards, guidelines, patterns and methodology
  • Creates and communicates multiple design views to balance stakeholders' concerns and to satisfy functional and non-functional requirements
  • Identifies, evaluates and recommends alternative design options and trade-offs
  • Models, simulates or prototypes the behaviour of proposed software to enable approval by stakeholders, and effective construction of the software
  • Verifies software design by constructing and applying appropriate methods
  • Reviews, verifies and improves own designs against specifications
  • Designs, codes, verifies, tests, documents, amends and refactors complex programs/scripts and integration software services
  • Collaborates with technical teams to develop and agree system integration plans and report on progress
  • Defines complex/new integration builds


Achievements

  • Improved build optimization and build pipeline end to end process
  • Less defects and reduced overall defects count by RCA
  • Delivering quality code producing quality results
  • Improvement in coding standards and practices by implementing policies
  • Liaise and showcase development progress with stakeholders and delivery on feature level


Tech Stack

  • ASP.Net, MVC, C#, .Net Core, MS SQL Server, Crystal Reports, Jquery, Web API, Angular, Nunit and Azure Devops

Senior Software Consultant

RXP Services
10.2018 - 04.2021
  • Worked as Senior Software Consultant for RXP Services which delivers IT services and strategies to organizations and its customers.
  • Led group of four engineers in design and development of client-based software solutions for Department of Education.
  • Designed and developed web applications for Storekat and Transport Safety Victoria.

.Net Tech Lead

Storekat

B2B Technologies to optimise selling of warehouse space and warehouse services. Startup environment, worked as a Lead Developer and maintain deliverables.


Responsibilities

· Maintain and support existing storekat platform used by Wincanton, UK

· Maintained and migrated from Angular JS to 10/Created advance search and filter functionalities

· Manage Umbraco cms contents in the platform/Integrated umbraco with angular platform using api services

· Implement and create API calls/Developed react and angular prototypes

· Developed build pipeline CI/CD using Jenkins

· Developed map-based location mapping to manage inventory across multiple warehouse providers

· Implement payment gateway using stripe platform

· Add new features to the platform – activity requests, booking process, member roles

· Test automation for backend unit and integration test

· Technologies: C#, .net, angular js, angular 10, react, Jenkins, AWS, MySQL

Lead .NET Developer

Department Of Education

Worked for Department of education in developing TCSI which is a joint project to transform how student information is collected. Worked on the delivery aspects of STEME and Loan and Payments API for the collection of student information program.

· Azure Service Fabric Cluster Management/.Net core application/Entity Framework core/AZURE SQL

· Azure DevOps build/release pipelines/Design solutions considering functional and non-functional aspects/Produce and maintain relevant technical artefacts

· Peer review other designs/Build and unit test solutions

· Support implementation planning activities

· Collaborate with the testing team to ensure both functional and non-functional areas are considered and tested through the QA process

· Help release and maintain code and debug production issues

· Developed REST API and test using post man scripts

· Tech: C#, .Net Core, Microservices, Azure

.Net & Salesforce Consultant

Philip Morris International

Worked on Philip Morris salesforce platform. This includes auditing, clearing technical debts, review and update QA and PROD environment and maintenance of bit bucket.

· Fixed JavaScript errors/Fixed navigation glitches/Responsive breakpoints/Refactoring CSS and reducing size/Updating Bitbucket for reference

· Added new contents – un-smoke Customer Journey covering discovery and considering portion of the customer journey/un-smoke Trade Activation FAQs

· Fix iPad rendering issues in QA/PROD/Provided job estimation and test plans

· Provided digital lever documentation to simplify work process

· Technologies: HTML, CSS, Salesforce, GIT

React Developer

Transport Safety Victoria

· Worked with TSV to help them built new website for Boating Victoria.

· Developed front end pages using react framework, following Australian DTA controls.

· Built back-end API using Nodejs and PostgreSQL database.

· Transform data from different data sources using Jitterbit and importing it to PostgreSQL database.

· CSS using sass and figma for UI design/Bug fixing/Support.

· Tech: React, PostgreSQL, Node JS, Jitterbit, Heroku

Test Automation Developer

MYOB

Worked on MYOB's tooling 'Enron and Common Ledger Extractor'. which is a custom data migration application built based on .NET 4.7 that translate customer information to another system in the cloud called essential (online) in multiple area such as accounts, business, GST rule and Journal.


· Worked with client on AWS platform - ami, ec2 instance (write scripts, prepare base ami for build environment), S3 retrieval, brew and dockers.

· Setup build-kite pipeline for Enron and common ledger extractor.

· Setup cake scripts for Enron and common ledger extractor.

· Write unit test in XUnit/NUnit frameworks.

· Agile, daily stand-ups, setup meetings for blocks and client showcases.

· Provided end to end testing and integration testing.

· Make application hybrid to trigger automated testing without the UI.

· Tech: Cake, Buidkite, AWS, C#, NUnit, XUnit, MS Tests, Fluent Assertions and Dockers.

.Net/Kentico Developer

MBCM Body
  • Oversee development activities built using Kentico, c#, asp.net, CSS, jQuery and sql server (web forms)
  • Add new functionalities to the system, improve existing pages, create web parts using c#, asp.net
  • Write acceptance criteria, definition of done, backlog refinement, code review and pair programming
  • Setup continuous integration and deployment pipeline in Microsoft azure
  • Testing all aspects of the system to ensure it is bug free and fast
  • Technologies: Kentico, C#, SQL Server, Bitbucket

Senior .Net Developer

Skybridge
03.2018 - 09.2018
  • Develop, enhance and support the core business application systems and databases, including web portals and field applications
  • Key Clients – Ericson, NBN, Telstra, Tesla, True Value Solar
  • Key Projects – SIMON (Skybridge Information Management Online Network)
  • Key Projects – B2B Messages, Ericsson wants Skybridge to be compliant with the latest ICD so as to ensure the systems are aligned and the correct parameters are sent within the B2B messages to reduce
  • B2B message errors
  • Key Projects – UMAP (Unattended Medical Alarm Program)
  • Developed calling script, file import, export and UI for creating and maintaining jobs.

Web Product Developer

Informed Decisions
11.2012 - 02.2018
  • Tech: MVC4, HTML5, Razor, Angular 1, Entity Framework 6, LINQ to sql, C#, jQuery, jqwidgets
  • Sencha Ext.Js, TypeScript, SQL Server 2016, Sql Reporting Services, Microsoft Azure, Microservices, Leaflet
  • Mapbox, here, near, google and Bing maps
  • Worked in Community & Placemaker teams and other cross functional teams
  • Build web applications using .net framework and sql server databases
  • Used latest front-end and open-source technologies angular, node.js and cloud services
  • Develop and enhanced product builders to support community and placemaker applications
  • Worked with members of the data team to effectively integrate data into web applications
  • Worked on census data extraction from Australian Bureau of Statistics and populating using custom built builder tool for data migration
  • Use of GIS systems and spatial information and data conversion for local governments in Australia and New Zealand
  • Provided support, knowledge sharing among team members and provided client training
  • Involved in team strategic planning, product development, skills transfer training and knowledge sharing process among teams and clients
  • Use of defect capture template, writing acceptance criteria, unit testing and test plans
  • Automated weekly deployment process through continuous integration and deployment tools.

Education

Masters - Information Technologies

Swinburne University of Technology

Timeline

Technical Lead

Department of Justice and Community Safety Victoria
05.2021 - 08.2023

Senior Software Consultant

RXP Services
10.2018 - 04.2021

Senior .Net Developer

Skybridge
03.2018 - 09.2018

Web Product Developer

Informed Decisions
11.2012 - 02.2018

.Net Tech Lead

Storekat

Lead .NET Developer

Department Of Education

.Net & Salesforce Consultant

Philip Morris International

React Developer

Transport Safety Victoria

Test Automation Developer

MYOB

.Net/Kentico Developer

MBCM Body

Masters - Information Technologies

Swinburne University of Technology
Vinay Varghese