Conal O'Sullivan
Senior Software Developer at New Ireland Assurance- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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ISTQB Software Testing
ISTQB - International Software Testing Qualifications BoardJan, 2013- Nov, 2024
Experience
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New Ireland Assurance
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Ireland
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Financial Services
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300 - 400 Employee
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Senior Software Developer
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Jun 2016 - Present
My present role is Senior Software Developer supporting our internal workflow application (3r) in anAgile work environment.My key deliverable is the automation of work processes that the business has identified as overly time-consuming.Working as a developer within an agile team, I am heavily involved in each stage of the SoftwareDevelopment Life Cycle - from the analysis and design phase to development, unit testing, buildingand deploying to handover and support to SQA and UAT and finally supporting the end user inproduction.I am solely responsible for all 3r development work within my organisation. Most of my workinvolves coding in Java - building UI's, web services, SQL queries and JSON payloads.My typical day begins with a stand up meeting - using Jira as a support to prioritise and update mywork queue. Following that, my day is split between development work and various meetings withbusiness owners, software testers and other developers.Some other tasks that I perform on an ad-hoc basis are:Regression Testing with Selenium (design, execution and maintenance of the test suite)Performance Testing with JMeter (design, execution and maintenance)Agile ceremonies (Backlog refinement, Sprint planning, Retrospectives) Show less
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Software Testing Analyst
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Jan 2012 - Jun 2016
Designing and implementing test scenarios and cases.Investigating and recreating reported defects.Providing estimates and regular project status updates for test activities.Developing and reviewing user procedures for new functionality and changes to existing functionality.Conducting peer reviews of test plans and of test executions.Building sound relationships with all customers both within and outside IT.Training and mentoring other analysts in testing methodology, production processing and software development life cycle. Show less
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Senior Pensions Administrator
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Sep 2010 - Dec 2011
During my time as Senior Pensions Administrator my responsibilities included:Setting up and servicing Life & Pension policies on AS400 and other internal systems.Liaising with Sales/Broker channels, Legal & Compliance, Product Develoment.Responding to customer queries by phone & email.
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St.George Bank
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Australia
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Progress Payments Officer
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Dec 2008 - Dec 2009
The Progress Payments team looks after the administration of payments from the bank to individuals for the purpose of building residential properties across all territories of Australia. My role involved liaising with all stakeholders (lender, valuer, council, builder & owner) to ensure that finance is made available appropriately to complete construction smoothly without exposing the bank to undue risk. The Progress Payments team looks after the administration of payments from the bank to individuals for the purpose of building residential properties across all territories of Australia. My role involved liaising with all stakeholders (lender, valuer, council, builder & owner) to ensure that finance is made available appropriately to complete construction smoothly without exposing the bank to undue risk.
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New Ireland Assurance
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Ireland
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Financial Services
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300 - 400 Employee
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Pensions Administrator
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Jun 2007 - Nov 2008
During my time as Pensions Administrator my responsibilities included: Setting up and servicing Life & Pension policies on AS400 and other internal systems. Liaising with Sales/Broker channels, Legal & Compliance, Product Develoment. Responding to customer queries by phone & email. During my time as Pensions Administrator my responsibilities included: Setting up and servicing Life & Pension policies on AS400 and other internal systems. Liaising with Sales/Broker channels, Legal & Compliance, Product Develoment. Responding to customer queries by phone & email.
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Bank of Ireland
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Ireland
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Reconciliation Officer
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2005 - 2006
This role entailed reconciliation of payments within the personal lending department (ie. credit cards, personal loans, ATM top up services) This role entailed reconciliation of payments within the personal lending department (ie. credit cards, personal loans, ATM top up services)
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Education
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Dublin Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science -
The Institute of Bankers in Ireland
Qualified Financial Advisor, Financial Planning -
St Mac Dara's Community College
Leaving Certificate