Ben Walpole

Software Architect @Aviva

Norwich, GB
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WORK HISTORY

May 2015 — Present

Software Architect @Aviva

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Norwich, GB

As part of the Software Architecture Team within the UK Digital Engineering Division I fulfil the role of Software Architect. My duties include the definition and promotion of architecture and software development standards and practices for mobile development within Aviva. This governance role requires me to work with mobile development teams to ensure the highest standards of software architecture and development are maintained. This role has allowed me to work in the following areas,Working with mobile development teams to produce an architecture for a mobile platform to promote best practices and facilitate the deployment of multiple apps using Xamarin.Responsible for building a REST API suite of 80+ endpoints to support mobile app functionality using.NET Core and including infrastructure utilising both AWS and Azure. This also included overseeing the migration to a containerised architecture.Responsible for overall solution design for the company’s mobile platform.Developing an internal framework to streamline the adoption of Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) using firstly Xamarin Test Cloud before migrating to Appium.Developing an internal framework to support the running of “headless” app integration tests.Building a highly configurable and extensible Continuous Integration (CI) infrastructure utilising AzureDevOps for a both mobile app and API codebases.

EDUCATION

1999 — 2003

University of East Anglia

Bachelor's Degree, Electronic Systems Engineering

2003 — 2005

The University of Bolton

PgDip, Advanced Microelectronics

SKILLS

Electronics Hardware DesignSqlTechnical WritingCSoftware Architectural DesignContinuous IntegrationJavaScrumMicrocontrollersNfcGitEmbedded CGsmRf EngineeringXamarinMicrosoft AzureBlackberry DevelopmentContactless PaymentsDigital Circuit DesignMobile ApplicationsGroovyBoard LayoutMobile DevicesEmbedded SoftwarePrinted Circuit Board ManufacturingAsicSolid Oo DesignHardware DevelopmentArchitectureShort Range DevicesFirmwareAndroid DevelopmentObjective-CEmbedded SystemsAnalyticsSoftware Solution ArchitectureDigital MarketingVstsQtPstn

ABOUT BEN WALPOLE

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