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Shan (Sam) Zhong

Senior PHP/Laravel Developer & DevOps
85 Old Field Cres, East Gwillimbury,ON

Summary

Well seasoned Senior PHP/Laravel Developer and DevOps professional with over 15 years of expertise in LAMP development and Laravel Eco System, seeking a position within a dynamic team where I can contribute my knowledge and skills to tackle ambitious and challenging projects. As a dedicated team player and lifelong learner, I possess a strong background in web application development and DevOps, specializing in new cross-platform product development using modern frameworks.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior System Developer (DevOps)

TELUS
11.2016 - Current
  • Maintain and develop new features for CSDB service portal (Customized ITIL standard asset and change management system)
  • Support day to day operations for CSDB deployment, service and change requests managements
  • Implement total code migration of CSDB from legacy code to MVC framework Yii2 as well as adding integration with other third-party systems via API and Kafka
  • Tracking and Analyze system performance using Silk Performer and BMC TrueSight
  • Implement Cypress to fully automate regression tests end to end
  • Design and develop various APIs following the TM (TeleManagement) Forum standard with Laravel
  • Framework and achieve high code coverage with unit tests
  • Design and develop a pub/sub email and SMS broadcasting platform for team communications and incident notification across different teams
  • Participate in digital transformation of onboarding multiple applications from on-prem to Google Cloud
  • Platform, utilizing Github actions and CI/CD pipeline to automate the deployment process

Senior PHP Developer and Team Lead

Strength.com
01.2016 - 11.2016
  • Develop new modules and maintain the system with Laravel Framework
  • Utilizing the scalability of Amazon AWS EC2, RDS, ElastiCache and Load Balancer for managing server and data redundancy
  • Implement scheduling of Reminder Email System with event driven architecture
  • Implement event tracking system with Snowplow and Amplitude in preparation for Big Data Analysis
  • Implement a new CI Build workflow to speed up the build and deployment speed
  • Implement Algolia Search integration to improve searching to up to 1ms response time
  • Maintain and improve System Infrastructure to achieve milestone of scalability, maintainability and testability
  • Provide mentorship to other team members

Senior PHP Developer and Team Lead

AVID LIFE MEDIA INC
01.2013 - 01.2016
  • Leading the team for developing new system components as well as daily maintenance tasks such as bug fixing and performance optimization
  • Develop as a team to achieve several business mile stones such as new Billing Service integration, Fraud moderation, third party Phone System (Twilio) integration and other API applications
  • Giving mentorship to other team members and elaborate the ability of different teams to achieve business goals
  • Develop other business requirements as solo tasks such as design and develop graphic oriented mailbox module for optimized presentation, integration with Gift Card payment gateway and several security features
  • Manage Jira stream lines for projects and tickets as well as daily scrum meetings.

Senior LAMP/PHP Developer and Project Manager

EVERREST MEDIA INC
06.2006 - 12.2012
  • Design and develop diverse websites based on existing system range from Travel Ranking System, Rental and
  • Scheduling System, Advertising System with supplied API
  • Design and optimize rational database structure based on client requirement
  • Design new functional features to legacy system based on existing functions and adjust system modules for future expansions
  • Managing project and crew members with Agile methodology and SCRUM using logs(JIRA) and Git records
  • Perform follow up with client and make necessary adjustments to project plan and workforce, resource assignments
  • Verified all appropriate testing deliverables are met, including status reports, defect logs, test plans, test cases, bug tracking, release checklists, and post mortem reports
  • Designed and developed diverse websites range from CMS(content management system), e-commerce,
  • CRM(customer relation manager), Workforce and Project Management System
  • Designed database structure according to client requirement and business model
  • Developed modules and classes extensions to meet system expansions
  • Performed Search Engine Optimization (SEO) that increased site traffic and exposure to search engines.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science – Software Engineering Stream

University of Toronto
06.2006

Skills

  • PHP & Web Application Frameworks (Laravel, Yii2)
  • Laravel Eco System (Forge, Envoyer, Octane, Scout, Cashier, Filament)
  • Front-end Web Development (HTML5, CSS3, Ajax, Bootstrap, Tailwind)
  • JavaScript Frameworks (jQuery, Vue, Node, Express, Npm, etc)
  • Unit and Integration Tests (Php Unit, Pest)
  • Web Automation Tools (Selenium Web Driver, Cypress, Silk Performer)
  • Data Management (Mysql, Postgresql, Redis, Memcached, Neo4j)
  • Linux/Unix Command line/tools (CentOS/Ubuntu Linux, Apache/Nginx, Cron)
  • Cloud Platforms (AWS, GCP, GKE, Docker)
  • DevOps Tools (CI/CD scripts, Github Action, Jenkins, Terraform)

Languages

English
Full Professional
Chinese (Mandarin)
Native/ Bilingual
Chinese (Cantonese)
Native/ Bilingual

Timeline

Senior System Developer (DevOps)

TELUS
11.2016 - Current

Senior PHP Developer and Team Lead

Strength.com
01.2016 - 11.2016

Senior PHP Developer and Team Lead

AVID LIFE MEDIA INC
01.2013 - 01.2016

Senior LAMP/PHP Developer and Project Manager

EVERREST MEDIA INC
06.2006 - 12.2012

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science – Software Engineering Stream

University of Toronto

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