Experience

Wood for Trees
• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Data Engineer

  • Nov 2022 - Present


Bupa

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Intelligence Analyst

  • May 2021 - Nov 2022

  Subject matter expert for Power BI within Bupa Dental Care. Led the development of a numerous suites of Power BI reports for a range of stakeholder groups, such as practice managers and people operations. Coached junior members of the team to utilise Power BI. Regularly praised by team members for approachability, collaboration and comprehensiveness. Additionally, took on responsibility for back-end data requirements, bringing new data sources into a tabular model with SQL, Azure Data Factory and Azure Analysis Models. Often fulfilled a BA role, bringing new requirements from stakeholders to refinement and liaising with other data engineers. Delivered various ad-hoc reports for customers across the business in Power BI and Excel.



Bank of England

• United Kingdom
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Intelligence Developer

  • Mar 2019 - Apr 2021

  Developed and tested small changes, enhancements and defect fixes, for numerous preexisting business critical BI systems, both internally and externally facing. Documented release and test plans for each change. Presented solutions to key stakeholders and drove discussions between developers and business users when deciding on a plan of action, as well as ensuring that there was a mutual understanding. Played a lead role in devising, developing, and organising testing for, the team’s solution for maintaining a crucial externally facing BI system. Dedicated time to assist team members with investigating their 3rd line support tickets, and developing their small changes. Shared knowledge of BI tools and the Bank of England’s BI systems with colleagues. Contributed to daily stand-ups and monthly retrospectives.



Civica

• France
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Jan 2017 - Apr 2021

  Contracted to the Ministry of Defence and the Bank of England, as detailed separately in my LinkedIn Experience. Additionally, held some internal responsibilities, as described below. Ascertained requirements from senior management across Finance, Sales, Operations and Resourcing during the end-to-end process of producing business critical reports for Civica's Digital division. Took responsibility for sourcing and transforming data, often from three separate systems used by the three legacy companies acquired by Civica. Reliably delivered MI reports back to the key stakeholders on a weekly and monthly basis. Employed agile methodologies to improve deliverables based on audience feedback. Swift to react to any issues and requirement adjustments. Contributed to discussions on story points and prioritising work in order to reach the minimum viable product. Developed Power BI visualisations, and SSRS reports in Visual Studio, querying a SQL Server data warehouse. Utilised tools such as SSIS, for an efficient automated ETL process. Reviewed and tested team member’s SQL code and reports. In addition, implemented a custom task management solution within JIRA for the Digital Resourcing team.



UK Ministry of Defence

• United Kingdom
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• SQL Developer

  • Oct 2018 - Mar 2019

  Configured data quality rules in both DQS (Data Quality Services) and SQL scripts. Designed and developed an ETL within SSIS, extracting from source database, transforming through DQS tests and loading to a Power BI dashboard. Consulted key customer stakeholders on a weekly basis to discuss the outputs of the data quality profiling. Documented the process so that it could be repeated across the business. Configured data quality rules in both DQS (Data Quality Services) and SQL scripts. Designed and developed an ETL within SSIS, extracting from source database, transforming through DQS tests and loading to a Power BI dashboard. Consulted key customer stakeholders on a weekly basis to discuss the outputs of the data quality profiling. Documented the process so that it could be repeated across the business.



Currys plc

• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sales Assistant

  • Oct 2016 - Nov 2016

  Part of the Computing Sales team at Currys, Cribbs Causeway. Regularly received praise from customers and management for my patience, attentiveness and honesty. Part of the Computing Sales team at Currys, Cribbs Causeway. Regularly received praise from customers and management for my patience, attentiveness and honesty.



IDBS

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Software Tester

  • Jun 2016 - Jul 2016

  I returned to the IDBS spreadsheet team during summer 2016. I took responsibility for the testing of curve fitting: a new piece of functionality which was being implemented into IDBS’s spreadsheet product. As the appointed lead tester in this area, I consistently ensured all necessary testing deadlines were met before the end of each sprint. I remotely liaised with a colleague from Russia as I needed to hand over my work to him before the end of my temporary contract. In addition, I led and wrote reports for a number of retrospectives for the spreadsheet team where we discussed the positives and negatives of the preceding sprint.

• Software Tester

  • Jul 2014 - Jul 2015

  In 2014 I secured a year in industry as a Software Tester for this pharmaceutical solutions company. During my first six months at the company, I worked within a waterfall environment, where a new build was deployed every one to two weeks for testing. I was responsible for executing manual regression tests, raising defects with the appropriate developer and analysing automated tests. Within a couple of months, I was moved onto a high priority project, as my manager felt I was completing my work consistently and to a good standard. As a key member of this project, I was complimented for helping deliver this work on time. In January, IDBS decided to adopt an agile software delivery process. As a consequence, I was placed within the spreadsheet team, where I communicated closely with developers, testers and product owners. In this new agile environment, a build was deployed every night and I was able to flag up issues with the rest of my team within a day of the new build being available. We had daily stand-ups and fortnightly sprint planning and retrospective sessions where I voiced my opinion and provided an update of my work. I was also responsible for scripting automated suites to test new functionality and delegating testing tasks to other team members. During this period I also developed communication and organisational skills. I wrote and presented well-appreciated reports on testing and new functionality to testers and stake holders.



Alderley plc

• Production Assistant

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  In my first fortnight at Alderley, an oil and gas metering company, I worked in the finance and accounts department and took responsibility for recording and publishing invoices. Due to my efficient and proactive attitude the company offered me a new contract as a production assistant until the end of summer. I was responsible for issuing all drawings to the necessary recipients, internally and externally to sub-contractors; and sourced and enquired for materials around the UK to meet the specification of international clients such as BP and Shell.



Glen Cleaning Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Facilities Services

• Cleaner

  • Oct 2010 - Jul 2012

  I consistently cleaned to a high standard for a local primary school during the weekday evenings. My attendance and punctuality were excellent and I often covered for absent colleagues. I consistently cleaned to a high standard for a local primary school during the weekday evenings. My attendance and punctuality were excellent and I often covered for absent colleagues.