Experience

2023 December - present

Québec, QC (hybride)
Third Client: Revenu Québec
Team: Use Case Acquisition
Description: Québec's Bill 25 introduces new requirements to enhance the protection of personal information. To comply with Bill 25, an in-house database tool was enhanced to integrate with a system responsible for anonymising database content.

Develop acquaintence with legacy application based on .NET Framework
Understand system processes to insure proper integration with anonymization system
Integrate BMC Control-M using REST API
Add new functionality using SOLID development principles
Favour TDD to enhance testability and code coverage of new functionality
Troubleshoot/investigate software bugs
Update and leverage updated test libraries NSubstitute, AutoFixture to enhance code coverage
Participate in sprint planning and daily scrums

2023 March - 2023 November

Québec, QC (hybride)
Third Client: Revenu Québec
Team: Innovation and Continuous Improvement
Description: Member of the Innovation and Continuous Improvement team (INNOVAC) which explores and implements modern software development practices. Our knowledge is leveraged in efforts to modernize legacy solutions and in the design, implementation and deployment of new solutions.

Maintain and enhance containerized solution using docker, docker compose and Kubernetes
Transition from legacy .NET MVC API controllers to .NET Minimal APIs
Azure DevOps - update yaml pipeline definitions to improve readability and performance
Configure and develop in GitHub Codespaces - containerized development environment
Enhance automated unit and integration tests
Generate code coverage reports with dotnet tools
Use GitHub for managing source code using the feature branch workflow
Keycloak Identity Server - create a baseline configuration to control access to a web api
Documentation as code - compare and contrast documentation tools best suited for an Angular frontend
Perform code reviews to provide timely and constructive feedback
Participate in sprint planning and daily scrums

2020 December - 2023 March

Québec, QC (Remote)
Second Client: .NET Developer at Bell Public Safety Group, Ottawa, ON
Description: The Bell Public Safety Group is updating their emergency dispatch system to support Next Generation 911 (NG911) - a standard designed to improve inter-agency data sharing and standardize the distribution of multimedia content to emergency responders.

Develop in the .NET core environment using Visual Studio 2019, 2022
Adhere to the Dependency Injection (DI) software design pattern for inversion of control (IOC)
Perform Test Driven Development (TDD) to foster testable code
Use Git to manage source code using the feature branch workflow
Write automated integration and unit tests with the xUnit framemwork
Design database schema adapted to sustain an evolving Next Generation 911 (NG911) standard
Use Entity Framework Core to support various databases - SQL Server, PostgreSQL and Sqlite
Perform database migrations with Entity Framework Core
Use Rabbit MQ to integrate with ancillary systems and transmit to centralized logging solutions
Leverage geographic information system (GIS) libraries to evalute location data
Perform code reviews to offer constructive and collaborative feedback
Create and manage security certificates to configure secure communication
Participate in daily scrums and sprint planning sessions
Manage tasks and pipelines with Azure DevOps
Investigate and identify bugs in the software application and suggest solutions
Create build pipeline for in-house NuGet packages
Develop a release pipeline to stage application artifacts to multiple internal test environments
Participate in weekly National Emergency Number Association (NENA) working group meetings

2019 July - 2020 November

Québec, QC
First Client: .NET Developer at CDO CristalNet
Team: Architecture Team
Description: Work with the CDO team to continue the development of the CristalNet application which manages computerized clinical records and activities, handles data queries, and integrates with the Quebec Health File (DSQ).

Practice Test Driven Development
Participate in daily scrums
Manage tasks and pipelines with Azure DevOps
Use SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) to compare and align database environments
Develop a C# library to maps application objects to FHIR STU3 and R4.
Review and modify javascript code to facilitate a transition from Internet Explorer to Google Chrome.
Champion adoption of advanced features in C# FHIR library to improve interoperability.
Review the mapping of application data models into database schemas
Collaborate on enacting security measures in application code.
Analyse and document difference approaches to enforcing CORS policies
Implement a CORS policy using Microsoft .NET library to create customized attributes.
Review existing encryption protocols and present strategies for transitioning to improved encryption methods
Use the .NET Framework crytography library to implement a common process for symmetric data encryption and decryption

2007 February - 2019 July

Successfully deployed a Radiology Information Systems in a wide variety of healthcare organizations.
Developed and deployed a database solution to stage health information for a data warehouse.
Engaged and collaborated with clients in systems integration testing forums.
Created and presented integration solutions to technical and non-technical audiences alike.
Developed a solution to verify and migrate scanned documents using parallelization.
Led workshops for colleagues to improve their SQL skills
Verified and deployed complex configurations in high volume high availability environments.
Assist support team to resolve complex cases.

2001 November - 2007 February

1997 November - 2001 November

1996 January - 1997 November