Andrew's Portfolio
Resume
Download my Resume (.pdf) [66 KB]Contents
Skills Summary
- Spring Boot/MVC Development (5 Years)
- Black and White Box Testing Methodologies (5 Years) including:
- Unit Testing
- Integration Testing
- Mutation Testing
- Exploratory Testing
- Equivalence Partitioning
- Boundary Value Analysis
- Truth Tables
- SQL/MariaDB (3 Years)
- Agile/Scrum (3 Years)
- Angular 2+/SPA Development (3 Years)
- Python/FastAPI (3 Years)
Employment History
- Royal Bank of Canada - Developer (Spring Boot/Angular) - 2019 (Current)
- Royal Bank of Canada - Developer (Spring MVC/Sprint Boot/J2EE) - 2017-2019
- Royal Bank of Canada - Developer (Co-op) - 2016
- Royal Bank of Canada - Technical Systems Analyst (Co-op) - 2015
- Royal Bank of Canada - IT Accessibility and Solutions Developer (Co-op) - 2015
- Ministry of Community and Social Services - Technology Accessibility Analyst (Co-op) - 2013
- Thornton Library - Youth Program Assistant (Splash, Volunteer) - 2011
- Bear Creek Secondary School - Helping Hand (Volunteer) - 2010
Professional Work
Business Banking Portal Development (Full Stack Developer/RBC) (2019/Current)
- Developed multiple Java/Spring Boot/Maven stateless microservices using a scrum like methodology in 2 week sprint cycles
- Ensured product quality through the implementation of granular automated tests including unit tests, integration tests with WireMock, contract tests with PACT, and mutation tests using PIT, for execution on a mature CI/CD pipeline
- Ensured application resiliency and banking portal scalability by taking advantage of latest Spring conventions including reactive and asynchronous paradigms, developing semi- transparent proxies for caching server-to-server communications, and creating optimized database ORM queries, relationships, and indexes
- Implemented integrations with external service provides like Verified.Me and SSO to other financial and accounting portals
- Applications built deployed via Jenkins and Urban Code Deploy through an automated continuous integration pipeline and hosted on the Pivotal Cloud Foundry platform
- Worked with QA and QE teams to design and setup test data for verifying complex flows and simulating complex companies setups and legal agreements
- Debugged production level defects and issues using standard application logs and Dynatrace tracking
- Designed and implemented structured database schemas using MariaDB for features like user preferences and approval workflows with the help of Liquibase and Spring JPA
- Expanded communication and presentation skills through dedicated Ezra coaching sessions
Online Banking Service Development (Developer/RBC) (2017- 2019)
- Developed multiple backend services using Spring Boot and Spring MVC with Maven to support various online banking features like self-serve loan management, GIC purchase and renewal, and online foreign currency ordering
- Created multi-channel applications that support customer and employee assisted channels utilizing LDAP/SPNEGO for automatic employee authentication
- Developed upon, and maintained, legacy Websphere applications running on a remote Windows VM
- Worked with internal security teams to identify and resolve application security vulnerabilities through an internal pen-testing process
- Applications primarily built and deployed via Jenkins and Urban Code Deploy through an automated continuous integration pipeline and hosted on the Bluemix platform
- Developed, largely, in a Waterfall style methodology with dedicated quality assurance team members
Developer (Co-op/RBC) (2016)
- Analyzed existing Enterprise Java applications running on the Websphere server on remote Windows VMs
- Developed a prototype MEAN stack application to enable developers the ability to create mock cloud server endpoints capable of dynamic and meaningful responses through simple building blocks without the need for any complex coding
- Troubleshot remote Windows VM development environment issues
- Developed stories using the standard waterfall methodologies
- Codebase managed and revisioned through SVN and Git
Technical System Analyst (Co-op/RBC) (2015)
- Created a prototype Android Wearable based app for making ATM withdrawals in a more convenient and quick manner without the use of a typical debit card
- Created a prototype web application for polling, similar to Straw Poll, for gathering feedback and questions during live presentations using Angular 1 + MongoDB and hosted on a private Bluemix cloud instance
- Adapted feature base, and expanded existing features, based on internal client feedback and changing requirements
- Developed in an informal think-tank like structure
Personal Projects
Contrast Calculator
One of my first independant projects; a simple Java based tool to check colour combinations against WCAG 2.0 colour contrast criteria.
- Has simple eye dropper tool to select any colour on screen
- Built in snipping tool to take easy screenshots
- Window imager/magnifier to take screenshots of particular application windows
- Colour blind filters that can be used with the previously mentioned tools
Steganography App
A command line utility demonstrating the concept of steganography by hiding and retrieving data in images by applying changes to the least significant bit (LSB) of each RGB value in the image's pixels.
- Can hide a single large file in multiple images
- Encrypts the file's contents using AES-256 before hiding it
- Minifies the file's contents using standard GZip compression
- Randomize the file's byte order before storing it
- Clean function to clear out any saved data on one or more images that currently contain data
Writings
A collection of research and summary reports I have written that mostly focus on digital accessibility tools, methods, and standards.
Word to PDF Tipsheet
Many companies, including the government, choose to distribute documents in a PDF format due to the free reader and feature rich capabilities of the PDF document.
This document was released to Ministry employees and provided brief instructions for converting a Word document into a PDF while maintining compatibility with assistive technologies.
Word to PDF Tip Sheet [78 KB]What is WCAG?
WCAG, otherwise known as Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, is a set of standards and guidelines to help make websites more accessible to those who require the use of assistive devices such as screen readers.
In this document I hope explain some of it's complexities so you can have a better understanding of its rules and standards and why we have it.
What is WCAG? [30 KB]Creating Accessible Emails in Outlook
One of the most common methods of transmitting information from one person to another is through the use of email. In a government setting the email client of choice is, most typically, Microsoft's Outlook.
This guide targets outlook specifically and tries to provide the users with enough information to create their own accessible emails.
Guide to Creating Accessible Emails in Outlook [229 KB]Education
Centennial College - Toronto, Ontario
Software Engineering Technology, 2012 to December 2016 - Advanced Diploma (With Honours)
Contact Info
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