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Joel Blais

Software Developer
London

Summary

Software Developer with 1 year of experience in third level mainframe support, and nearly 5 years of experience across multiple teams in my organization. I'm well versed in many aspects of technology cultivating my adaptability. Eager to drive teams towards success through hard work, accountability, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Developer

Canada Life
10.2020 - Current
  • Developed solutions for the Group Customer dev-ops space with a focus on production support, on-call support, and delivery.
  • Specialized in financial operations and reporting where I played a key role in delivery for high value clients through the development of new .NET applications and services.
  • Took responsibility as a lead developer on a delivery squad. I mentored developers, improved code quality, drafted disaster recovery plans, migrated the team and codebase to GitLab, and enhanced dev-ops documentation.
  • Authored the initial withdrawal transaction automation posting process used in the FLYWHEEL project, sharpening my skills in Java, Spring, Open API and AWS.
  • Created new API's for the SWAN project. In doing so I helped mentor and facilitated a foundation for the database integration using Hibernate for offshore terms, setting the standards for the vision of the Group Customer.

Software Developer (Co-op)

TD Canada Trust
09.2018 - 09.2019
  • Worked as an active team member on a scrum team creating dashboards in SPLUNK using multiple API's.
  • Supported and directed flow of the Mainframes e-notification system.

Software Developer (Co-op)

Canada Life
01.2018 - 05.2018
  • Worked in mainframe support and developed projects with COBOL, JCL and DB2.
  • Wrote, debugged, staged, and deployed code in a live mainframe environment with ChangeMan.

Education

Advanced Diploma - Computer Programmer Analyst

Fanshawe College
London , ON
09.2016 - 2020.05

Skills

Agile

Angular 2

AWS

C

Cobol/JCL

DB2

Java

JavaScript

NET

PLSQL

Python 3

SPLUNK

Spring

ServiceNow

Technical Writing

Typescript

Version Control

Vue

Hobbies

  • Home server building and tinkering (Linux)
  • Hardware modding (video game consoles)
  • Software modding (hex editing for retro games)

Timeline

Software Developer

Canada Life
10.2020 - Current

Software Developer (Co-op)

TD Canada Trust
09.2018 - 09.2019

Software Developer (Co-op)

Canada Life
01.2018 - 05.2018

Advanced Diploma - Computer Programmer Analyst

Fanshawe College
09.2016 - 2020.05

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