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Full Stack Senior Agile Software Developer and DevOps Enthusiast with an extensive knowledge in Java technologies. Having worked as a Software Developer since 1996, I have been involved in a wide variety of projects across several industries including Financial Trading Platforms, Internet Banking Applications, Content Management Systems, Social Network Applications, E-Commerce, Insurance and Claims Systems. I'm an enthusiastic professional always looking for new technologies, methodologies and new challenges. I strive to keep myself updated with new technologies by reading books, blogs, tech websites, connecting to people or resources via social network and social coding. Specialties - Excellent enterprise Java development skills - Good knowledge and commercial experience of Scala, Python, Ruby and Node.js - Extensive Front-End skills using HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery and AngularJS - Extensive experience using Oracle, MySQL and PostgreSQL - Extensive experience using Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming and Lean software development - Extensive object oriented development experience - Good knowledge of functional programming - Experience encompasses software design, development and maintenance of custom application softwareFull Stack Developer and DevOps @ From July 2015 to Present (6 months) London, United KingdomDirector @ From January 2012 to Present (4 years) London, United KingdomFull Stack Developer and DevOps - TSL Education @ Developing a new http://www.tes.co.uk - Teaching community - using microservices architecture. Building highly automated servers creation, provisioning and deployments to Development, Staging and Production. Servers creation using Python AWS SDK - Boto. Building custom AMIs using Packer. Provisioning servers using Ansible. Monitoring using Statsd, Graphite, Grafana, Datadog and PagerDuty. Logging using Logstash, Kibana and Elasticsearch. Used Docker, Docker Registry, Amazon Web Services, Bash/Shell, Redis, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Git, Jenkins, Node.js, Express, Hapi, Ruby, SitePrism, Cucumber, HTML, CSS, Javascript and jQuery. From April 2014 to July 2015 (1 year 4 months) London, United KingdomDevOps Engineer @ Implementing and executing product release processes. Working across teams optimising the build and release processes of V.me platform components, ensuring they're delivered with a repeatable and scalable process. Supporting product development by managing the source code management system, automating builds as well as acceptance and performance testing, building tools and monitoring used in software deployments and pushing new releases. Contributing to the on-going development of the technical strategy and software blueprint standards. Supporting and improving existing tools for continuous build, automated testing and release management. Used Java, Maven, Ruby, Bash, Node.js, AngularJS, HTML, CSS, Javascript and jQuery. From October 2013 to April 2014 (7 months) London, United KingdomSoftware Developer @ Responsible for building virtual machines for developers using Vagrant. Responsible for delivering high quality code using Agile and Extreme Programming practices. Used Scala, Play Framework, MongoDB, Node.js, AngularJS, HTML, CSS, Javascript and jQuery. From August 2013 to October 2013 (3 months) London, United KingdomAgile Software Developer - Barclays Bank @ Worked closely with existing technical teams and business analysts to define, implement and deliver enhancements to the Barclays Retail Online Banking website while facilitating the adoption of agile best practises within Barclays Bank (Digital Banking). Responsible for building a development environment infrastructure with Virtual Machines. Carried out technical interviews during recruitment of new developers. Used Scrum, Kanban and Extreme Programming practices, Java, Struts 2, Oracle, Ruby, Cucumber, Node.js, HTML, CSS, Javascript and jQuery. From January 2012 to July 2013 (1 year 7 months) London, United KingdomAgile Software Developer @ Worked on developing and maintaining the Web Account Management (http://sky.com/myaccount), Box Office (http://sky.com/orderboxoffice) and Accessories Shop (http://accessories.sky.com) applications. Responsible for delivering high quality code using Agile and Extreme Programming practices within a fast paced and exciting development environment. Used Java, Groovy, Grails, Ruby, Cucumber, HTML, CSS, Javascript and jQuery. From March 2011 to December 2011 (10 months) London, United KingdomDevelopment Engineer @ Worked on developing and maintaining the Bank's online trading platform. Worked on the migration of the US Markets Trading Platform (NYSE and NASDAQ only) in C++ to the Bank's Java platform. Worked on the Single Sign On project, re-design of the online trading platform and on the development of a new Trading Options and Financial Futures web trading platform. Responsible for leading the use of new technologies and a better implementation of Agile and Extreme Programming in the Bank. Used Scrum, Extreme Programming, Java, Python, Node.js, Oracle, HTML, CSS, Javascript and jQuery. From February 2010 to March 2011 (1 year 2 months) Geneva Area, SwitzerlandSenior Software Developer @ Worked on developing a scalable and high performance Content Management System for Globo.com using Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming, Java, Python/Django, Oracle, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript and jQuery within a fast paced and exciting development environment. From December 2008 to October 2009 (11 months) Senior Java Developer @ Worked on developing a web-based claims system using Oracle ADF and Oracle JHeadStart, integrating databases with Oracle Streams, using Scrum, TDD, Java, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and IBM Websphere Application Server. Worked remotely from Ireland with teams in the USA and Canada. From March 2008 to October 2008 (8 months) Senior Java Developer @ Worked on developing scalable and high performance web applications and responsible for delivering high quality products under tight deadlines using Scrum (at that time a new methodology in the company), Java, Python, Oracle, MySQL databases, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Apache Web Server, JBoss Application Server, Vignette V6 and Memcached. From November 2004 to December 2007 (3 years 2 months) Senior Java Developer @ Worked on-site at Sul América Seguros outsourced by Stefanini IT Solutions developing and maintaining insurance applications using IBM Communications Server with Java, IBM DB2 database, IBM Websphere Application Server, HTML, CSS and Javascript. From November 2003 to November 2004 (1 year 1 month) Senior Java Developer @ Worked on developing a Business Intelligence portal using Java, Microsoft SQL Server with Business Objects / Web Intelligence, JBoss Application Server, HTML, CSS and Javascript. From May 2003 to November 2003 (7 months) Java Developer @ Worked on developing web applications like E-Commerce, Content Management System and Internet Banking using Rational Unified Process, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Java, ASP, C#, TCL/TK, Vignette V5, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Microsoft IIS, IBM Websphere Application Server, Apache Tomcat and Apache Web Server. From April 2000 to May 2003 (3 years 2 months) Junior Web Developer @ Worked on a variety of web projects using HTML, CSS, Javascript, ASP, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft IIS. From April 1996 to April 2000 (4 years 1 month) Bachelor, Computer Science @ Universidade Estácio de Sá From 2001 to 2005 Arthur Gassner is skilled in: Test Driven Development, Scrum, Tomcat, Java Enterprise Edition, Java, Ruby, JavaScript, jQuery, MySQL, Ruby on Rails, Spring, HTML, Hibernate, TDD, Git