Personal Information

Alejandro Córcoles Briongos
08016 Barcelona
Spain

Email: alex (at) corcoles (dot) net

Introduction

I am an experienced IT worker with in-depth knowledge of software development and systems administration. I have assumed responsibilities in areas such as planning, analysis, development, deployment and support.

IT Skills

• Web development, including HTML, CSS, jQuery, DOM, HTTP. Basic knowledge of mobile web development
• Java Development, including key J2EE technologies, Swing user interface programming, XML technologies (SAX, DOM, JAXB), O/R Mappings (including Hibernate), JSP (2.1, custom tag libraries, JSTL), Servlets, Spring, Web Services (using Axis, XFire, Metro)
• Django Development, including advanced admin usage, integration with Celery/RabbitMQ for task queueing, usage of virtualenv/pip for dependency management and mod_wsgi configuration
• Relational Database Management Systems, experience with Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL and PostgreSQL, including data modelling and database design, administration, performance tuning and programming
• Software engineering. Knowledge of UML and Design Patterns
• UNIX administration skills (Debian, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Solaris), including shell scripting, Apache, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Subversion, Git, Samba. Basic Windows Server administration skills
• Development tools, including Eclipse, Ant, Maven, Git, Subversion, JUnit
• Installation, administration and implementation of support tools such as Redmine, Trac. Creation of issue workflow policies, priorization, triaging, etc.
• Security and cryptography, including Java/PKCS#11 integration, HSMs, PKI, certificates

Employment History

NTT Com Managed Services

• January 2012 - Present

Senior developer for NTT Communications' Managed Services division specializing in managed hosting and monitoring

• Development of ERP/CMDB system which keeps track of thousands of physical assets and logical hosts. It handles physical asset management and configuration/monitoring management of hosts
• Integration with other systems- enterprise wiki for documentation, monitoring system, issue tracker, etc.
• Full application lifecycle: design, coding, testing, deployment, maintenance
• Implementation of source control practices, issue tracking, etc.

Cink Shaking Business

• February 2011 - October 2011

Chief Technical Officer of a small social networks consulting firm transitioning to a more development-based business

• Head of a 9-man development team (programmers, graphic designers)
• Project planning, budgeting and tracking (internal and outsourced)
• Provisioning of internal IT services
• Maintenance of the production IT infrastructure
• Technical liaison to the business units
• External services management
• Technological advisor

Blanco y Negro Music

• February 2009 - January 2011

Responsible for the technical aspects of Spain's largest independent records company

• Technical guidance and analysis
• Maintenance of the company's computing infrastructure, including 25 workstations, Windows and Linux servers, externally hosted servers and services and networking equipment
• Technical liaison with providers and customers for services and custom projects
• Digitalization of the company's digital catalogue, including the development of a custom management web application and a public facing website, using Java/J2EE, PostgreSQL, JSP, JSTL, custom tag libraries, HTML, Javascript, jQuery, CSS, Spring
• Technical lead for in-house development projects, including analysis, design, coding, building, testing, deployment, version control and issue tracking

Adsmedia

• March 2008 - February 2009

In charge of Java application development

• Implementation of a content management system for the mobile web. Implemented on the Java/J2EE platform on a three-tier architecture; web tier implemented using Servlets, JSP, JSTL, custom tag libraries, HTML, Javascript, jQuery and CSS, service tier implemented with Spring and persistence tier based on MySQL, Hibernate, Spring and JDBC.
• Customization of this CMS for several clients, including RTVE's (Spain's national public TV and radio service) mobile web site. Includes integration with external systems via web services.
• Integration of this CMS with mobile content and messaging platforms
• Development. Planning and implementation of development, including building, release management, version control and issue tracking.

Kinamik Technologies (formerly Kroopier Technologies)

• January 2006 - March 2008

Java Developer in strategical projects on cryptography

• KRandomizer. Developer in a collaborative random number generator for online gaming sites, a web application running on servlet containers using key areas of the Spring framework and implementing web services/remote access functionality.
• KNotary. Key role in development of an event logging module, including secure tamper-proof storage using a hardware security module and remote web services access, implemented on a J2EE platform (using Spring) backed by a hardware security module using custom cryptographic algorithms implemented in C.
• KAuditor. Key role in development of an event analysis and reporting tool implemented on a J2EE platform (using Struts and Spring) with a rich web frontend (with JSP, custom tag libraries and Tiles) backed by a persistence tier which offers flexible storage possibilities, such as a variety of SQL databases and flat files.
• Development. Implementation of development workflows and practices, including continuous integration testing, unit testing, version control practices, automated release management, advanced build procedures and issue tracking. Involved in product demonstrations and documentation.

Franchise Support & Services (formerly Wall Street Institute International)

• July 2001 - September 2001
• July 2002 - December 2005

Java Developer in strategical projects for a multinational education franchisor

• SuperSDS. Key role in development of web-based didactic management application, including online scheduling and statistics reporting on ATG Dynamo Platform with Oracle backend, including integration with third-party applications. Involvement with analysis, design, coding, maintenance, support and performance improvements.
• Contingency Plan. Lead developer of standalone application that provides offline functionality for SuperSDS, deployed using Java WebStart with Swing interface and two-way synchronization with SuperSDS.
• Webshop. Lead developer of B2B ecommerce site on ATG Dynamo DCS platform, including integration with Navision Financials and customization (workflows, reporting and management).
• Development. Implementation of development workflows and practices, including automated deployment, source code management, version control practices, issue tracking and release management.

Centre d'Assistència i Suport de la Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona

• 9 Months in 1999-2000

Help desk position in UAB's campus-wide network doing online and phone technical support.

Education

• Degree in Computer Engineering at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
• English at Barcelona Escola Oficial d'Idiomes, Advanced certificate
• Fluent in Spanish and Catalan

About me

I have been working for several years in the IT industry, participating in most areas of software development from the inception stages to support. I enjoy learning interesting technologies and teaching others. I also have a keen interest in science and mathematics. I can work well as part of a team and I have solid experience working in multicultural and international environments.