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Github: github.com/alexmorrisnz

References available upon request

Experience with#

Software / Frameworks / Libraries#

• Ansible
• Metabase
• Keycloak
• PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB
• Nginx
• Linux, primarily Ubuntu systems
• SAML2, SimpleSAMLphp
• Moodle & Totara
• Android Development (Java, lately a mix of Kotlin & TypeScript with Ionic Cordova)
• Laravel, Livewire, Tailwind CSS, Vue.js
• Git
• Composer, NPM, Yarn
• Vega
• Creating and consuming GraphQL & REST APIs
• GitLab (Using and hosting)

Languages#

• PHP
• Java, Kotlin
• JavaScript, TypeScript
• Python
• C#

History#

PHP Developer - Catalyst IT (Nov-2019 → Present)#

• Worked directly with clients (From government agencies to large tertiary institutions) to gather requirements and develop solutions
• Collaborated with teams located working remote within New Zealand and others based in Australia, Europe, and Canada
• Automated the disaster recovery process of high-availability clusters using Ansible
• Python & bash scripting for internal tooling
• Set up and maintained Ubuntu servers, deployed various docker applications
• Deployed & maintained multiple Keycloak servers for SAML2 authentication services
• Developed & maintained a reporting pipeline for 400+ individual Moodle & Totara sites that fed various analytic reporting applications including Metabase
• Developed & maintained a custom search and reporting website that aggregates data from the above reporting pipeline
• Developed & maintained an internal Moodle & Totara authentication plugin that uses SimpleSAMLphp
• Handled security reviews and incidents
• Developed the encrypted mobile push notification feature for Moodle
• Integrated various sites with the RealMe authentication platform
• Contributed to large open source projects including Moodle and Totara LMS
• Developed the open source Moodle & Totara plugins:
  • block_tasklist
  • availability_criteria_level
  • availability_criteria_score
  • filter_forumembed
  • filter_comments
  • local_trainingrequest
• Made significant contributons to:
  • local_ace & block_ace - Dashboards & graphs for ML generated course engagement analytics
  • mod_ojt - Maintenance, refactoring, new features
  • tool_mfa - Added support for the Modica SMS gateway, added WebAuthn (Security Key) support

Founder - Navra Digital (Jan-2016 → Present)#

• Developed paygw_stripe Moodle plugin to accept online Stripe payments in Moodle
• Developed an Android app to use the Stripe Terminal API to accept in person mobile card payments
• Developed an order management system
• Developed a student management system designed for use by high schools.
• Performed independent code security reviews for clients

Qualified for the New Zealand Cyber Security Competition finals (2018)#

• Placed in the top 50 of the NZCSC, invited to compete in finals

Mentee - UNIFY Solutions (Jan-2018 → Jan-2019)#

• Participated in a mentorship program alongside Victoria University of Welington postgraduate masters (MSc) students
• Created full design documentation & developed an Android mobile application for city parking