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Warren Peter Potter

Wimbldedon,United Kingdom

Summary

An experienced IT Graduate with years of software development as well as supporting various software systems and networks.


In my current support role I have developed experience in Splunk, DynaTrace, AppDymanics and Service Now tools. In previous roles I have experience in Java, XML, C#, SharePoint, Visual Studio, IIS, Infopath, Documaker, SQL, AS400 RPG and CL.


I have a sharp eye for detail and quality and have experience of working throughout the software lifecycle. I am a self motivated individual who is both deadline focused and thorough in my approach to work. Recently adopted the Agile methodology to development.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work history

Senior Technical Application Specialist

Lloyds Banking Group
05.2014 - Current
  • Conduct root cause analysis for critical issues
  • Monitoring of Live Service using Dynatrace and Splunk
  • Collaborate with other teams to resolve Live Production issues
  • Liaising with senior stakeholders on current issues
  • Provide support for technical decisions during changes
  • Support Production BAU changes as well as major Business Releases
  • Evaluate new technologies / methodologies as well as finding solutions to long standing issues
  • Mentor junior analysts on the team
  • Contributing to updating and maintaining support documentation and SARM's

Senior developer

Ecclesiastical Insurance Group
Gloucester
08.2005 - 05.2014

• Supporting bespoke systems.
• Resolution of help logs within agreed SLA’s.
• Debugging of java code in Eclipse to determine cause of issues.
• Documenting errors and the fixes required to resolve the Live issues.
• Tracking of bugs in Team Foundation Server 2013.
• Unit and system testing of code changes.
• Changes to java code pushed and pulled from GIT repository and TFS.
• Deploying code to WebSphere application server.
• Deploying code to Tomcat server.
• Using Eclipse to develop on J2EE platform I successfully developed and deployed SOAP web services to the IBM iSeries using Java for a Web Commerce project.
• Using Eclipse to develop on J2EE platform I successfully developed and deployed SOAP web services to the IBM iSeries using Java for Customer Relations Management project which was completed on time.
• Provide estimates for coding and unit testing.
• Provide technical and functional knowledge of applications.
• Providing support of the Web services as well as any bug fixes.
• Involved in all aspects of the SharePoint Intranet project including planning, design, testing and development. This was done using Visual Studio 2003.
• Involved in all aspects of the migration of Lotus Notes forms application to Microsoft. This was successfully implemented using Infopath 2007.
• Deployment of code to IIS servers.
• Creating, maintaining and updating existing reports using SQL and Excel.
• Automation of IBM iSeries (AS/400) queries using CL.
• Debugging of IBM iSeries (AS/400) programs using built-in debugger.
• Testing of development fixes in all environments.
• Involved in development of 3 products for Documaker.
• Error checking of overnight Documaker jobs.
• Supporting the following systems:
o Documaker Studio (DAP system).
o CRM system.
o I+ system.
o Image and Workflow client application system.
o CHIPS database for users.

Technical Support Engineer (N+)

intY Ltd
Bristol
12.2003 - 08.2005

• To be a primary point of contact for all live support calls. These can range from email queries to diagnosing software and hardware faults on the server.
• To communicate solutions with customers regarding their network faults.
• To manage and own incident progress to resolution.
• Providing box swaps for the customer when their server has hardware or software faults.
• Setting up Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus accounts for customers.
• Registering domain names on the customer’s behalf.

Education

Google
03.2024 - 03.2026

Google
02.2024 - 02.2027

Microsoft
01.2008 -

C#
03.2007 -

N+
03.2006 -

RPG
03.2003 -

Dip Comp Eng
12.1998 -

Skills

  • Knowledge of programming languages
  • Critical assessment
  • ITIL principles
  • Application development
  • Technical support
  • Agile methodology
  • Technical reporting
  • Stakeholder management

Timeline

Google
03.2024 - 03.2026

Google
02.2024 - 02.2027

Senior Technical Application Specialist

Lloyds Banking Group
05.2014 - Current

Microsoft
01.2008 -

C#
03.2007 -

N+
03.2006 -

Senior developer

Ecclesiastical Insurance Group
08.2005 - 05.2014

Technical Support Engineer (N+)

intY Ltd
12.2003 - 08.2005

RPG
03.2003 -

Dip Comp Eng
12.1998 -
Warren Peter Potter