Work log

This is a log of technical work I’ve completed.

2025

• Converted a .Net Framework (4.7.2) C# rest api from synchronous to asynchronous. Ensuring Elmah logging could correctly access the HttpContext in code after an await.

• Deployment of a new instance of SmartConnect as Azure App Service and configuration of Application Gateway.

• Implemented new features into an existing rest api. Database backed crud as well as integration with external rest apis.

• Configuration and deployment of Azure Webjobs.

• Admin of Google Play and iOs App Store applications. Account verification. Upgrade of SDKs.

• Ported component of a server side rendered web app into a rest api architecture. To support the development of an external React application. Including automated tests, auth, integration with 3rd party applications (credit check, payments, ITSO HOPS), OpenApi for documentation.

2024

• Migrated on-prem .Net application and database to Azure App Service and Sql Managed Instance.

• JWT refresh token implementation.

• CORS configuration of rest apis to support SPA.

• Configuration and deployment of a NextJS SPA. Static export deployment to Azure.

• Migrated on-prem .Net application and database to Azure App Service and Sql Managed Instance. Handles ~1M requests per day.

• Built Azure monitoring dashboard to monitor: costs, total requests, response status, total requests (by backend), last byte response time (by backend), App Service Plan CPU/Memory, SQL Managed Instances CPU.

• Upgraded Azure App Services from P1V2 to P1V3. Scaled Azure Sql Managed Instance to support additional load.

• Diagnosis and resolution of high SQL Server CPU usage. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/sql/database-engine/performance/troubleshoot-high-cpu-usage-issues

• On-boarding of a new developer onto team.

• Improved performance of web application by precompilation of .Net views using MvcBuildViews.

• Resolved security vulnerabilities in .Net web application. XSS, auth, and firewall compatibility.

• Solved Azure App Service Plan performance issue.

• Developed Redis cache session state management solution.

• Migrated on-prem .Net web application and database to Azure App Service and Sql Managed Instance.

• SSL certificate deployment into Azure infrastructure.

• Migrated on-prem .Net application to Azure WebJob.

• Azure App Service capacity and scale planning.

• Configured WebJob release pipeline in Azure Devops to deploy to multiple App Services. Using custom log4net.Appender.AdoNetAppender parameters.

• Front end development. Server side rendered html/cshtml, js and css.

• On-boarded third party developers building integrations against rest apis.

• Sql Server admin; improved migration procedure by using differential backups for faster excution; used Sql Server DBCC SHRINKDATABASE to recover 400GB of stoage; performance monitoring and query execution investigations.

• Migrated on-prem .Net application and database to Azure App Service and Sql Managed Instance.

• Extended an error/log reporting tool to support Log4Net events originating from Azure WebJobs. Amended dotnet core rest api and Mithril.js front end.

• Migrated Windows Service code base to Azure Web Job.

2023 and prior

• Designed multi-app Azure Application Gateway architecture. Including WAF Policy hierarchy, logging and reporting.

• Bug fixes and small UI improvements to React Native mobile application.

• Migrated .Net WCF service from on-prem to Azure App Service.

• Migrated multiple on-prem .Net applications and associated databases to Azure App Services and Sql Managed Instance.

• Investigated an intermittent bug in an Android Java app. Added improved validation, assertion, logging, and error handling code to the problematic SOAP client.

• Wrote Kusto Query Language queries for common Application Gateway firewall investigations.

• Ported a legacy application from a Windows Service to Azure Webjob. With new config management, scheduling, and logging. Built and released via Azure Devops pipeline.

• Implemented team code review and automated build, test, release and deploy of existing software using Azure Devops.

• Implemented a single sign on integration using Azure AD. Used OAuth 2.0 authorisation code flow.

• Implemented a software integration importing ITSO HOPS transactions from Amazon S3 into a Sql Server database.

• Implemented an Android and ios age verification app for local authorities. Used React Native talking to a json back end.

• Attended qCon software architecture conference.

• Migrated on-premise applications to Azure hosted solution based on Application Gateway, App Services and Web Jobs.

• Implemented an upgrade of an older api. Adding paging, filtering, automated tests and Open Api documentation. Maintained existing soap/http endpoints.

• Built an internal reporting tool for ELMAH error logging data. .Net Core 6 Web Api; rest api with Open Api docs; unit tested; automated build and deployment using Azure Devops; hosted on an Azure App Service connected to SQL Managed Instance; Front End SPA built using Mithril JS UI framework; minimal style based on Water CSS using SCSS; No available solutions provided simple multi-application reporting so we built our own.

• Migrated 17 databases (~1TB combined data) from an on-prem Sql Server instance to Azure Managed Instance. Built a simple setup using a site to site vpn to connect on-prem apps with the new database server.

• Designed and implemented a new cloud hosting environment in Azure to migrate on-prem solutions to. Including Azure Sql Server Managed Instance, virtual networks and machines, site to site VPN, blob storage, App Services, Azure Front Door and web application firewall.

• Added database transactions support to a legacy application that previously didn’t support them.

• Took over the maintenance of an existing Android phone app. Managed small changes and releases.

• Developed rest api to allow third parties to integrate with core business application. Replaced an existing Soap/XML web service. Used jwt auth, automated Open Api spec and docs, implemented a varied set of GET, POST, PATCH and DELETE operations.

• Developed a rest api and iPhone app to facilitate access to high security building and grounds.

• Migrated source control from Subversion to Git/Azure Devops. Automating builds and unit test runs.

• Delivered React Native introduction and knowledge share to colleagues.

• Implemented an in-app, Tap & Pay compatible, NFC virtual card for Android.

• Released app through the Apple Store.

• Implemented Apple Pay iPhone integration.

• Implemented Swift glue code to enable NFC card read and update from third party NFC library to our React Native application on iPhone.

• Automated XCode builds of an iPhone app using Azure DevOps pipelines.

• Released an app through the Play Store, including a Google Pay integration and associated verification and promotion process.

• Developed an automated release pipeline that uses Azure Devops to build and sign an Android application and push directly into the Google Play Store.

• Implemented Google Pay with NMI Payment gateway integration to support in-app purchases.

• Developed a set of unit tests for a legacy monolith that didn’t have any automated testing.

• Developed a rest api to expose existing business logic and data. Used .Net Framework Web Api. Implemented Swagger documentation, Jwt authentication, and unit tests on top of the core.

• Setup development environment for the team to develop mobile apps, using React Native for cross platform development. Including automated builds and release via Azure Devops.