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Dylan James
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Swansea, United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
Language
German
Good
English
Fluently
My experience
2018 - ?
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Lead Drupal developer
Welsh Government.
CARDIFF/REMOTE WORKING
As part of the in-house team, we've developed and recently put live the Drupal 8 version of the GovWales site.
● Development of agile stories for new features of the website
such as announcement indexes, custom thumbnail auto
generation for PDF documents and management of translation
updates through code. We've recently launched the new
GovWales site on Drupal 8.
● Creating and deploying releases onto the live site.
● Development of Behat testing for each story developed.
● Generating builds, feature branches, releases using Jenkins.
● Assisting team members with development queries and problems
● Migration of sites onto the Drupal platform
● Liaising with the hosting partner to resolve server and deployment issues
● Code reviews for merge requests using GitLab
As part of the in-house team, we've developed and recently put live the Drupal 8 version of the GovWales site.
● Development of agile stories for new features of the website
such as announcement indexes, custom thumbnail auto
generation for PDF documents and management of translation
updates through code. We've recently launched the new
GovWales site on Drupal 8.
● Creating and deploying releases onto the live site.
● Development of Behat testing for each story developed.
● Generating builds, feature branches, releases using Jenkins.
● Assisting team members with development queries and problems
● Migration of sites onto the Drupal platform
● Liaising with the hosting partner to resolve server and deployment issues
● Code reviews for merge requests using GitLab
Jenkins, Deployment, Agile, Drupal, Management, Website, PDF, Developer, Hosting, Testing, Development, Feature, Server
2010 - 2018
job
Senior Drupal developer
S8080 Ltd.
SWANSEA
S8080 is a leading web agency supplying websites to national
government departments, the private sector and the third sector.
● Lead developer on a variety of six-figure high-profile Drupal sites
such as The University of West London, the LGA, The
Development bank of Wales, Business Wales, The Royal College
of Anaesthetists, and The Royal College of radiologists.
● Development of custom Drupal 7 & 8 modules in PHP to provide
bespoke functionality.
● Development of custom Drupal 7 & 8 themes using PHP
templates, CSS and SASS.
● Custom migrations of content for large-scale websites such as
LGA and the Business Wales suite. Drupal 7 to Drupal 8, and Liferay to Drupal 8.
● Some server management and configuration, Apache and MySQL configuration and maintaining my Vagrant/VirtualBox
VM.
● Working as part of an Agile team with daily sprints, leading card
planning sessions, and Kanban board.
● Conducting weekly Skype call sprint reviews with clients,
demonstrating tasks completed that week.
● Involvement in the hiring process, setting technical interview
exams and conducting technical interviews for all Drupal
developers in the past 4-5 years.
● Creating rich jQuery user interfaces using 3rd party plugins and bespoke code to make slideshows, carousels, galleries and rich
interactivities such as quizzes and activities.
● Creating bespoke data-heavy encrypted forms for CITB and Welsh Government using Angular JS.
● Working in partnership with the design team and then slicing
and producing bespoke themes using Photoshop files, and more-recently Invision.
● Creating wireframes for numerous websites (including RCoA, UWL, Business Wales).
● Writing technical documentation
● Producing cost estimates for prospective clients and additional
work estimates, on a weekly basis.
● Writing technical sections of tender documents.
● Creation of IA (information architecture) documents.
● Delivering client training on using the Drupal CMS.
S8080 is a leading web agency supplying websites to national
government departments, the private sector and the third sector.
● Lead developer on a variety of six-figure high-profile Drupal sites
such as The University of West London, the LGA, The
Development bank of Wales, Business Wales, The Royal College
of Anaesthetists, and The Royal College of radiologists.
● Development of custom Drupal 7 & 8 modules in PHP to provide
bespoke functionality.
● Development of custom Drupal 7 & 8 themes using PHP
templates, CSS and SASS.
● Custom migrations of content for large-scale websites such as
LGA and the Business Wales suite. Drupal 7 to Drupal 8, and Liferay to Drupal 8.
● Some server management and configuration, Apache and MySQL configuration and maintaining my Vagrant/VirtualBox
VM.
● Working as part of an Agile team with daily sprints, leading card
planning sessions, and Kanban board.
● Conducting weekly Skype call sprint reviews with clients,
demonstrating tasks completed that week.
● Involvement in the hiring process, setting technical interview
exams and conducting technical interviews for all Drupal
developers in the past 4-5 years.
● Creating rich jQuery user interfaces using 3rd party plugins and bespoke code to make slideshows, carousels, galleries and rich
interactivities such as quizzes and activities.
● Creating bespoke data-heavy encrypted forms for CITB and Welsh Government using Angular JS.
● Working in partnership with the design team and then slicing
and producing bespoke themes using Photoshop files, and more-recently Invision.
● Creating wireframes for numerous websites (including RCoA, UWL, Business Wales).
● Writing technical documentation
● Producing cost estimates for prospective clients and additional
work estimates, on a weekly basis.
● Writing technical sections of tender documents.
● Creation of IA (information architecture) documents.
● Delivering client training on using the Drupal CMS.
Drupal, Server Management, Server, Information Architecture, Web, Development, Technical documentation, Lead developer, Developer, Content, Architecture, Invision, Kanban, Management, Apache, Css, SoMe, Interview, Wireframes, Agile, Training, Sass, Websites, CMS, Angular, Writing, Jquery, Mysql, Php, Design
2006 - 2010
job
Tinopolis interactive / Lead developer
Tinopolis Interactive.
is a media company based in Llanelli which
produces a wide variety of e-learning products for the private and public
sectors.
● Leading a development team producing a £400k flash project for
Careers Wales.
● Leading an AS2 and AS3 development team of 2-3 people
producing e-learning products for clients such as the BBC, UFI,
Cambridge University Press, DCELLS, NGfL Cymru and Video
Arts.
● Actionscript experience on these projects ranges from the
development of flash games to SCORM compliant courses and the creation of a ground-breaking LMS delivered on Facebook
platform for LearnDirect.
● Managing a PHP/MySQL web development team specialising in the production of websites in Joomla and Moodle for clients such
as Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University, The
British Army, and The Change Group. Responsibilities also
included developing Joomla 1.5 components, and providing
support for carrying out further component development to Cambridge University.
● Attending client meetings to give presentations, requirements
gathering, and training delivery.
● Producing functional specification documents, tender
documents, product documentation and release notes.
● Other responsibilities sometimes involve the creation and
management of voice-over scripts, audio and video editing, and a limited degree of project management.
● Working in a high-pressured environment, often requiring
demanding periods of multi-tasking.
Other roles
Prior to starting in full-time employment I completed a seven week Go
Wales placement developing a database using Microsoft Access and
Excel VBA for KPIs in a Walkers crisps factory, and as a shop assistant in a family record record shop where amongst other roles I was responsible for updating the e-commerce website.
In my spare time, I've also created a number of native Android
applications, one of which has over 100,000 downloads. I've recently
rebuilt one of these using React native. I've also built a number of Facebook applications which have now been sold on.
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produces a wide variety of e-learning products for the private and public
sectors.
● Leading a development team producing a £400k flash project for
Careers Wales.
● Leading an AS2 and AS3 development team of 2-3 people
producing e-learning products for clients such as the BBC, UFI,
Cambridge University Press, DCELLS, NGfL Cymru and Video
Arts.
● Actionscript experience on these projects ranges from the
development of flash games to SCORM compliant courses and the creation of a ground-breaking LMS delivered on Facebook
platform for LearnDirect.
● Managing a PHP/MySQL web development team specialising in the production of websites in Joomla and Moodle for clients such
as Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University, The
British Army, and The Change Group. Responsibilities also
included developing Joomla 1.5 components, and providing
support for carrying out further component development to Cambridge University.
● Attending client meetings to give presentations, requirements
gathering, and training delivery.
● Producing functional specification documents, tender
documents, product documentation and release notes.
● Other responsibilities sometimes involve the creation and
management of voice-over scripts, audio and video editing, and a limited degree of project management.
● Working in a high-pressured environment, often requiring
demanding periods of multi-tasking.
Other roles
Prior to starting in full-time employment I completed a seven week Go
Wales placement developing a database using Microsoft Access and
Excel VBA for KPIs in a Walkers crisps factory, and as a shop assistant in a family record record shop where amongst other roles I was responsible for updating the e-commerce website.
In my spare time, I've also created a number of native Android
applications, one of which has over 100,000 downloads. I've recently
rebuilt one of these using React native. I've also built a number of Facebook applications which have now been sold on.
ㅡ
Video editing, Go, Native, Production, Moodle, Actionscript, Web, Development, Lead developer, Support, Developer, Flash, Audio, Website, Joomla, Management, Php, E-learning, Database, E-commerce, VBA, Facebook, Training, React Native, Websites, Video, Android, React, Project Management, Excel, Mysql
My education
Cardiff university
BSc, Databases
BSc, Databases
Afan college
Secondary, N/a
Secondary, N/a
Dyffryn school
GCSEs, Biology
GCSEs, Biology
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