Raven Ng

An individual passionate about how the world materialize innovation using technologies.

Executive Summary

Highlights

  • Microsoft Certified Professional with more than 10 years of working experience in .net framework including C#, .Net core and MVC.
  • Successfully designed and developed 3 projects from scratch : one in NexLabs and two in Genesis Networks.
  • 5 years of experience in designing microservices based solutions.
  • 4 years of experience in solutioning and architecting while working at Genting and Genesis Networks.
  • Genting : As a technical lead, proposed a Kafka solution to the company that facilitates co-existence of both greenfield and legacy systems through real-time data transformation.
  • Genesis Networks : As a technical pioneer, grow a software development team from scratch, juggling between pre-sales solutioning, architecture and software engineering.
  • A solution provider and problem solver, his analytical thinking allows him to identify and analyze problems quickly before proposing creative solutions for best fit and best practices.

Career History

Career Break: Health and Well-being

May 2022 - Sep 2022 · 5 months

Retrospection on the individual and career

Infosys Compaz Pte Ltd
Software Development Contractor for Daimler S.E.A

April 2021 - April 2022 · 1 year contract

Main Responsibilities

  • Advisory role to .NET Core development.
  • Design, implement and support CICD operations.
  • Shield backend developers from distractions of release preparation.
  • Ad hoc software design and development.
  • Plan and administrate Role based access to promote autonomy within manageable risks.

Application Security

  • Provide inputs, implementation and troubleshooting.

Software Engineering

  • Conduct technical interviews for .NET developers.
  • Administrate and maintain Github repositories.
  • Introduced Unit Testing and code refactoring.
  • Provide inputs to improve usage of Jira Workflow and Confluence.

Software Infrastructure

  • Administrate linux servers and Azure DevOps.
  • Operate Docker Swarm, Kubernates and Azure Cloud.
  • Setup on-premise docker swarm administration and monitoring tools: Grafana, Prometheus, Node Exporter and Portainer.

Automation

  • Powershell scripting to automate labor intensive tasks across 15+ microservices.

Reason For Leaving

  • Contract Ended - Change of leadership.

Genting International Gaming & Resort Technologies Pte Ltd

2 years 10 months

Technical Lead

September 2018 - July 2020 · 1 year 11 months

Main Responsibilities

  • Liaise with product principals to propose a real-time data transformation solution using Confluent Kafka to support the coexistence of legacy and greenfield software.
  • Lead the technical efforts to modernize a legacy C# reporting module to a hybrid cloud Java reporting solution.
  • Address cross cutting architectural concerns and document the rationales for aforementioned hybrid cloud reporting solution.
  • Responsible for the adoption and implementation of Atlassian products to help teams work smarter together.

Software Engineering

  • Conduct technical interviews for .NET developers.
  • Technical owner and administrator for on-premise Atlassian suite.
  • Construct documentation templates to transfer software knowledge using Atlassian Confluence.

Software Infrastructure

  • Administrate linux servers.
  • Operate Alibaba Kubernates.

Automation

  • Reduce human error and time to deploy applications in a sanctioned production environment through powershell scripting.

Senior Software Developer

October 2017 - September 2018 · 1 year contract

Main Responsibilities

  • Analyzed and documented service design for Casino Accounting module.
  • Documented and proposed technical specifications for Web API design.
  • Proposed full stack development approach for microservices based on C# .NET Core.
  • Researched and reviewed options for mobile development: Progressive Web Application, native cross platform mobile application and native mobile application.
  • 3rd level technical support for Casino Management System.

Reason For Leaving

  • Organizational restructuring due to covid pandemic.

CIMB-GK Securities Pte Ltd
Solution Lead

August 2016 - August 2017 · 1 year

Main Responsibilities

  • Normalize the application deployment model and code base of a Content Management System in Java.
  • Provide 3rd level support for commercial SFTP tools. (CoreFTP and Axway MFT)
  • Provide 3rd level support for Enterprise Service Bus: JBoss Fuse Service Works and JBoss Active MQ.
  • Provide 3rd level support for a bespoke Fix Messaging Application developed using QuickFIX.

Proposals

  • Analyze, design and proposed a microservice architecture that balances the risks of greenfield projects against monolithic solutions.
  • Research and develop proof-of-concept for a microservice application using oAuth 2.0, Docker, MySQL and Xamarin on IBM BlueMix Container Service.

Software Infrastructure

  • Administrate linux servers.

Reason For Leaving

  • Better Compensation and professional development.

Genesis Networks Pte Ltd
Software Solution Manager

October 2013 - July 2016 · 2 years 10 months

Main Responsibilities

  • Lead and grow software department as pioneering engineer.
  • Technical advisor for development team addressing cross cutting considerations such as security and scalability.
  • Solutioning and development efforts for IBM Big Data business leads.
  • Manage software projects of different domains, technologies and complexities.

Software Engineering

  • Conduct technical interviews for .NET developers.
  • Technical owner and administrator for on-premise Atlassian suite.
  • Create and manage project portfolios to report on cost and revenue using JIRA Tempo Folio.

Software Infrastructure

  • Administrate linux servers.

Reason For Leaving

  • Professional development.

Nexlabs Pte Ltd
Software Engineer

July 2011 - October 2013 · 2 years 4 months

Main Responsibilities

  • Development of Social Media Analytics Web Application.
  • Development of Enterprise Unified Communications Mobile Applications.
  • Research business opportunities, software limitations and development on Android specific projects.
  • Rapid prototyping and development of web applications using popular frameworks: AngularJs, jQuery and Bootstrap.

Software Engineering

  • Apply C# best practices and code refactoring to decrease technical debts saving cost to support deployed solutions.

Reason For Leaving

  • Better compensation.

ST Electronics (Training & Simulation Systems) Pte Ltd
Industrial Attachment & Temp Programmer

Nov 2008 - Jun 2009 · 8 months

Main Responsibilities

  • Develop user interface and real time data animations of a flight simulator main frame.

Software Engineering

  • Apply design patterns for code maintainability.

Automation

  • Wrote a reusable C# console application to dynamically resize and rename hundreds of image assets.

Reason For Leaving

  • Pursue further education.

Other Relevant Experience and Training

  • MCPS: Microsoft Certified Professional.
  • MS: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3.

Education

Nanyang Polytechnic
Diploma in Engineering Informatics, Computer Software Engineering

April 2006 - March 2009 · 3 years

Grade: Diploma with Merit

  • 3rd place in cohort.

Achievements & Extracurricular Activities

  • Director List 2008/2009.
  • Main Organiser of NYP Sudoku Challenge 2007.
  • Team Lead of 60 members for Poly Forum 2007.
  • Host for SIT – Graduation Ceremony 2007.
  • Team Lead of 25 members for Pre-University Seminar 2007.
  • Achieved ST Electronics (Training & Simulation Systems) Pte Ltd Appreciation Award for contribution during internship.