I have spent my career within the Civil Service, working within various departments including the Home Office, Ministry of Justice and HM Revenues and Custom.
I have attained numerous performace awards from various Government departments. Which includes a commendation for my contribution to the Home Office team responsible for the monitoring and maintenance of the Police National Computer.
I have always had a strong interest in coding and an interest in understanding the logic that drives applications and what makes them work. I have a very keen interest in understanding further into Artificial Intelligence, and the benefits that it can bring within society. The ability for an AI based application to identify a solution based on complex algorithms from vast datasets, is an interesting field to explore to build effective automation tools.
Upon successfully acquiring Scholarship opportunity with the renowned Makers Academy, I have completed an intensive Software Development course, to build my knowledge and technical expertise to become a capable, competent and effective Software Developer.
| Name | Description | Tech/tools |
|---|---|---|
| Pair-Up-Pair Programming | A web application designed to allow users to find pair programming partners near them to network with and collaborate on projects with. Features include a map which dynamically displays all users with their display picture on map corresponding to their location using API. Github API used to derive project details from user’s portfolio. Video conferencing functionality using WebRTC to enable users to directly communicate with others through their browser. | MERN Stack - MongoDB, Express, React and Node |
| Acebook Social Media | A webapp to do y. | Ruby |
Home Office (June 2019 to May 2021)
Service Desk Analyst
- My role entailed proactively monitoring and providing maintenance of critical Police National Computer (PNC) IT infrastructure and associated linked systems, which include IDENT1, ANPR and the Schengen Information System. Ensuring any error conditions arising from the mainframes and servers are promptly detected and recovery related activities are conducted.
Ministry of Housing, Local Communities and Government (April 2016 to December 2017)
Project Officer
- Participated and contributed to conducting regular reviews of systems and performed relevant analysis ensuring the process is robust. Contributed to initiatives that enhanced the service of the corporate office and benefits to the wider DDaT community.
Her Majesty’s Revenues and Custom (April 2016 to December 2017)
Project Officer
- Contributed to numerus data analytical work which comprised of analysing, manipulating and interpreting large and complex data sets, to be used by the Director and Senior Management Team to make important business decisions. Worked alongside statisticians and data scientists to interpret data trends and provide expert advice to stakeholders to determine best course of actions in various scenarios. Contributed to numerous agile projects.
Consider skills relevent to software development. Then consider your best skills. Pick 2-4 skills and write a short descriptive paragraph for each one. You should demonstrate how capable you are at this skill with examples. (Using a STAR example Paragraph) Consider the questions below.
-STAR -What was the situation/task? (ST)
-How was the skill used?
-What did you do? (action)
-What was the result?
- Experience
- Achievements
- Evidence (STAR)
Descriptive paragraph of how capable you are at this skill and, if relevant, how it has developed (again use STAR for this)
- I achieved A during my work at B (job, or otherwise)
- I contributed to the growth of X while doing Y (job, or otherwise)
- I built this, made this, broke this, fixed this, etc.
- A link to some on-line evidence (blogs, videos, articles, etc.)
- Awarded three Home Office performance award within 18-month period, two award for contribution to HR Recruitment work as Campaigns Manager.
- Awarded two HMCTS Reward and Recognition Award for outstanding performance.
- Attained letter of appraisal from the Section Head of the Enforcement and Compliance Unit and personal praise from the Director of Enforcement for the successful implementation of various business change software solutions.
- Successfully designed and delivered an IT based automation system for HMCTS which has increased efficiency by 30% across the unit.
- Received letter of appraisal from the Chief Executive of Her Majesty’s Passport Office (HMPO) in recognition of contribution during the high-profile issues impacting the unit.
- Successfully led a team of 14 Compliance Officers during a highly challenging transitional phase which coincided with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Audit Review.
- Use short descriptions of what you did and a skill you used. (Similar to format from the 'Work Experience' section above)
- e.g Frequently used paring in order to problemsolve effeciently, requiring teamwork and communication.
- you might also mention aspects some other skills/knowledge listed below:
- OOP, TDD, MVC, DDD
- Agile/XP
- Ruby, Rails, JavaScript
- RSpec, Jasmine
- Subject, any specialisms
- Grade
- Other cool stuff
That in some arguable way make you a better software developer or well-rounded person
Any cool stuff that makes you a super part of a software development team