Ross Van Der Walt

• Over 15+ years of extensive experience in web based applications using LAMP, WAMP, PHP, Drupal, Magento, WordPress & SEO technologies. Good working experience in designing and implementing various web applications in both LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) and WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP), AJAX and JavaScript in diverse domains like Finance, Health, Ecommerce, Telecom, Education etc.
• Solid knowledge and Understanding on internet technologies including XML, web service, JQuery, etc.
• Expired working in support engagement for a live website.
• Expired Working in support infrastructure upgrades / updates on the portal.
• Experienced in PHP5, MySQL, OOPS, Design Patterns, HTML5, CSS, C#.
• Strong understanding of API driven design with versioning
• Excellent experience in designing and developing interactive User Interfaces, usability, web and client / server applications using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and JQuery.
• Expertise in client scripting language and server side scripting languages like JavaScript, jQuery, JSON, bootstrap, Angular.js and JSP.
• Expertise in creating the pages using CSS webpage layouts and vast knowledge in usability and accessibility concepts.
• Design and developer Drupal templates as the business requirement.
• Develop, test and implement cross - browser compatible Drupal themes using valid xHTML/CSS
• Experienced in solving issues in web browsers, following the W3C standards to maintain the website with defect free. Worked on RWD (Responsive Web Design) and implemented applications based on Angular.js
• Experienced in Drupal themes, modules and familiarity with the Drupal API and hook system
• Experience on working with CSS Backgrounds, CSS Layouts, CSS Positioning, CSS Animations, CSS Text, CSS Borders, CSS Margin, CSS Padding, CSS Table, Pseudo Classes and Pseudo Elements.
• Solid experience in developing Graphic User Interface (GUI) to display report data using JQuery in Cross-browser compatibility and Web application scaling.
• Developed PHP based server API's using Zend2, Cake, Laravel, YII, Symphony framework and MVC Architecture
• Extensive experience on implementing the AJAX features using JavaScript and jQuery.
• Significant experience in web development tools like APTANA STUDIO, Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Spring Tool Suite, Eclipse, and Firebug.
• Implemented Authentication & Authorization handlers for AuthTokens per OAuth2 and SAML 2.0 specifications
• Build custom Magento extensions to handle pricing system.
• Creative Knowledge in Art creation, modification and conversion- Logos, print media, web page and software interface design using Photoshop, Adobe Flash and Illustrator.
• Responsible for fixing 508 compliance issues , Cross-Site scripting issues
• Experienced with Test Driven Development and have used PHPUnit, SimpleTest and Codeception
• Hands on experience on NoSQL (Redis/MongoDB) databases, tuning, and optimization
• Strong programming experience in PERL with sufficient exposure to Windows, Linux, Unix OS.
• Knowledge of WCAG 2.0 Level AA, WCAG 2.0 Techniques.
• Used JIRA for bug tracking and issue tracking.
• Used source version control systems like GIT and SVN Tortoise.
• Worked in Agile & Scrum methodology with keen sense of ownership of development.
• Coordinated on-site & off-shore teams with keen sense of ownership.
• Effective oral, written communication skills and strong analytical problem-solving capabilities.
• Extensive working experience with Content Management Tools such as Drupal 6 and Drupal 7, Joomla, WordPress and Magento.
• Good Working knowledge of any Javascript framework (YUI, jQuery, Prototype, or others) Object-oriented programming

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming Skills: PHP, C, HTML, CSS3, JavaScript, XML, jQuery, Smarty, AJAX, AngularJS

Proficient in LAMP: (Level of Expertise Advanced)

DBMS: MySQL, Oracle 8I, Access, Microsoft SQL SERVER

Tools: Zend Studio, MySQL, Adobe Dreamweaver, Microsoft Front Page, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash, Acrobat PDF, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook.

CMS/Frameworks: Joomla, YII, Smarty, Falc n, Zend, Magento, Codeigniter, Laravel.

Concepts: OOD (Object Oriented Design)OOP (Object Oriented Programming), CMS (Content Management Systems)MVC (Model View Controller)

Windows Server 2003, LAMP: Apache, XAMP, And WAMP

 

Amazon Web Services SysOps Administrator

• Designing & building client infrastructure on AWS environment with cost optimized solutions; developing and implementing reusable components
• Interacting with clients to gather information on requirements and managing critical client infrastructures, providing production support working on production issues and system administration support for a client with instances hosted in AWS Cloud environment
• Managing:
• Setting up EC2s, Installing & Configuring them with required software
• Elastic Block Storage (EBS) and S3 buckets & enabling versioning & life cycle management policies on S3 buckets
• Maintaining:
• EC2 services like attaching volumes, configuring security groups, monitoring EC2 instance metrics like CPU Utilization, disk read/write operation and network
• High availability, scalability and security of applications
• Supervising designing, documentation, implementation, and maintenance of several applications that were a part of the product suites, including the main server application
• Creating technical design specifications, developing IT solutions to meet business requirements; installing and configuring solutions
• Troubleshooting existing information systems to identify errors or deficiencies and developing solutions for existing errors or deficiencies in Information systems
• Documenting functions and changes to new or modified modules, activities or results; ensuring documentation of applications according to standards
• Launching Amazon EC2 Cloud Instances using Amazon Web Services (Linux/Ubuntu/RHEL) and Configuring launched instances with respect to specific applications
• Setting Memcache on AWS Elasticache & EC2 instance

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technology: Amazon Web Services

Operating Systems: RHEL,CentOS and Windows

Programming Languages: SQL

Databases: SQL Server

Scripting: JSON,yaml

Tools: GIT, Team Foundation Server, SQL Management Studio, ServiceNow.

Protocols: HTTP,HTML, SSH, SQL, XML

• Over 12 years of strong experience as a LINUX/UNIX System Administrator and Production Support of various applications on SUN Solaris, Red Hat Linux and Windows environment.
• Experience on Solaris 10/9/8/7 and RHEL 4/5/6 implementation Administration, Installation & Maintenance.
• Upgrade and Maintain Firmware on IBM p5/p6 Servers, HMC, Sun Sparc Servers.
• Web Application Server Tomcat, Apache, IBM Web Sphere, Web logic 8.0, 8.1.
• Integration of various network related services like NFS, NIS, DNS, FPT and Samba Server.
• Installation and configuration of Apache/Web logic on Solaris, Linux and Windows.
• Enterprise Server administration of Sun Solaris and Linux Installations including Sun Fire series.
• Expertise in the setup and administration of VERITAS Volume Manager and Clusters.
• Configured Kickstart servers for complete hands-free installation of workstations, with custom profiles, begin/finish scripts and custom package suites/clusters.
• Troubleshooting skills with network protocols such as DNS, TCP/IP, SMTP & SNMP.
• Hands on experience with ticketing tools such as Remedy, BMC service desk express and Quick base.
• Administration of networking devices such as Routers and switches.
• Extensive implementation and troubleshooting experience under Client Server Systems.
• Experience in writing basic Shell scripts using ksh, bash, perl, for process automation of databases, applications, backup and scheduling.
• Strong technical background in Storage, Disk Management, Logical Volume Management (LVM) and logical partitioning.
• Installation, configuration and maintenance of Sun and HP servers.
• Management of User accounts, System security, change management and performance tuning.
• Installation of SSL certificates Linux servers.
• Monitoring and administering Sun-Solaris servers and Red hat Linux servers.
• Installation of Patches, Hardware, software's and Firmware upgrades.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and work independently as well as a team member.
• Provided on-call support and worked with Vendors on system issues and bugs for its resolution.
• Proficient in System administration, System planning, co-ordination, commissioning, setting up security hierarchy and capacity planning.
• Worked on flexible hours for production, backup and on-call support for 24/7 environments.

Technical Skills:

Operating Systems

Linux (RedHat 5/6, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora etc,), Sun Solaris (10/9/8), IBM AIX 5.x, Windows 2008/2012R2/2016/2019 Server, VMWARE ESX/ESXi