I have worked as an IT Assistant for the University of Stirling and as a Software Developer at Nationwide. I am now looking to make a career change into the world of data science
Experience
Nationwide Building Society
Sep 2019 – Feb 2022
Specialist Analyst
- Led and developed an application within NBS:
This included packaging the code, writing release notes, and guiding the deployment engineers with the deployment of our code. The main software used was PEGA and Java for the development. Jira and Confluence were used for tracking work and for including documentation.
- Worked with various stakeholders to either provide information on how the application works or to get support for issues I faced with the application.
- Worked with Product Managers to document the scope and the requirements of the projects
- Managed requirements throughout the project lifecycle
- Designed and executed test scenarios and test scripts using the Selenium framework in Java.
- Documented and evaluated test results with a thorough technical analysis.
- Detected, logged, and reported software bugs and glitches.
- Took part in development refinement, planning & estimation, and sprint reviews following NBS coding standards and best practices.
- Created full-stack applications with Spring Boot, Express.js React.js, and MySQL databases.
- Tested REST API requests with Postman.
- Used Git and GitHub to collaborate between developers and a cross-functional delivery team.
- Led a group of software developers to complete an application.
- Stayed well-informed of developments in web applications and programming languages.
University of Stirling
Sep 2015 – Feb 2019
IT Assistant
- Assisted students and teachers to connect their devices to the university's internet.
- Detected faults and found solutions to connect all devices with different systems.
- Trained new IT Assistants.
- Developed my communications skills, as I had to deal with people coming from diverse backgrounds.