--- title: Oliver Paul Davies (opdavies) ---
## Technical skills - Languages: PHP, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bash - CMSes and Frameworks: Drupal (6-9), Symfony (2-5), Sculpin, Tailwind CSS, Vue.js - Tools: Git, PHPUnit, PHPStan, Behat, Jest, Docker, Ansible, Puppet, Apache, Nginx, MySQL, Jenkins, GitHub Actions - Platforms: Acquia, Platform.sh, Pantheon, DigitalOcean, Linode ## Projects ### Inviqa websites (Lead Backend Developer and Technical Team Lead) - Co-developed the Drupal 8 versions of the Inviqa UK and Germany websites, including a number of custom modules. - Wrote custom migrations to migrate existing data from the legacy site. - Solely upgraded the sites from Drupal 8 to Drupal 9. - Technologies used: Drupal 8/9, Vue.js, Behat, PHPUnit, PHPCS, PHPStan, Platform.sh - Links: , ### OutdoorLads website (Lead Developer, Microserve) - Architected and co-developed a Drupal 8 and Drupal Commerce based events and membership website and management system. - Introduced automated testing and test-driven development, resulting in over 100 tests being added. - Contributed to the custom migration of data from the legacy system, including users, event (product), and attendance (order) information. - Technologies used: Drupal 8, Drupal Commerce 2, PHPUnit, Tailwind CSS. - Link: ### Drupal.org websites and infrastructure (Developer, Drupal Association) - Improved Drupal.org by adding new features and fixing bugs, improving the user experience for new Drupal.org users and Drupal contributors and maintainers. - Assisted in the upgrade of localize.drupal.org to Drupal 7 with high-profile community members. - Tested and contributed to the responsive version of Bluecheese (the Drupal.org theme) which was launched in December 2014. - Links: , , ### Intranet for Admiral Insurance (Lead Developer, Precedent) - Completed a Drupal development project, working closely and often on-site with Admiral's staff Developers. - Integrated single-sign-on using LDAP, Active Directory, and NTLM. - Technologies used: Drupal 7, Git, Linux, Apache, MySQL. ### Insurance group websites (Lead Developer, Freelance) - Developed and maintained a collection of business-to-consumer and business-to-business websites, selling insurance policies for electronic gadgets. - Increased revenue by increasing the number of sites from one to seven, and maintaining costs by re-using the same codebase and hosting and implementing patterns such as feature flags. - Technologies used: Drupal 7, Drupal Commerce, AngularJS, PHPCS, PHPStan, Jest, GitHub, Acquia. ## Work Experience ### Lead Software Developer at Transport for Wales - 2021 to present ### Freelance Software Developer and Systems Administrator - 2007 to present - Developed and re-developed applications using Drupal, Symfony and Silex. - Migrated sites to newer versions of Drupal (6 to 7, and 7 to 8). - Provisioned and maintained Linux servers for clients. - Introduced version control systems, automation and deployment processes to existing projects. ### Senior Software Engineer at Inviqa (Remote) - 2019 to 2021 - Worked on a development team responsible for a number of Drupal 7 and 8 projects, which I led for over a year in an acting Technical Team Lead role. - Augmented onto a client development team for five months, co-developing an application using Drupal, Angular, and TypeScript. - Part of the out-of-hours critical application support team, supporting applications including Drupal, Magento, and Sylius. - Certified Mental Health First Aider and part of the Wellbeing team. - Co-organised and presented at the internal Drupal community of practice (CoP) sessions, and presented at the Engineering and Front-End CoPs. - Link: ### Senior Drupal Developer at Microserve (Bristol, UK) - 2017 to 2019 - Developed and maintained various Drupal 7 and 8 projects including custom modules and automated tests, such as integrating Drupal with third-party services. - Improved the accessibility of various projects by working on front-end and theming related tasks. - Wrote custom migrations to import data from various sources into Drupal 8. - Link: ### Senior Drupal Developer at Appnovation (Cardiff, UK) - 2016 to 2017 - Co-developed various Drupal 7 and 8 projects for UK, US and Canadian clients, including custom modules and themes. - Link: ### Lead Drupal Developer at CTI Digital (Remote) - 2015 to 2016 - Contributed to and helped support various existing Drupal 7 projects. - Improved my Drupal 8 knowledge via self-guided learning, focussing on custom module development and data migration. - Link: ### Senior Drupal Developer at Microserve (Bristol, UK) - 2015 - Full-stack Drupal 7 development, focussing on custom module development, REST server integration via restws module, and data migration from Drupal 6. - Updated and modernised a non-Drupal PHP platform to ensure its compatibility with their new Drupal 7 website, adding Composer to manage dependencies and Guzzle to perform HTTP requests to Drupal to trigger actions via REST. - Link: ### Drupal.org Developer at the Drupal Association (Remote) - 2014 to 2015 - Worked on the Drupal.org website, its sub-sites and infrastructure, developing new tools and features whilst fixing bugs and issues. - Monitored and maintained the Drupal.org testbot infrastructure during high traffic periods, ensuring that automated tests are able to run for patches submitted to Drupal.org. - Fixed any issues that made Drupal.org a Drupal 8 release blocker, ensuring that there were no further delays in releasing Drupal 8. - Link: ### Senior Drupal Developer at Precedent (Cardiff, UK) - 2013 to 2014 - Led a development team consisting of colleagues in other offices as well as an off-site client contractor. - Completed an in-progress Drupal 7 project, adding missing functionality and fixing bugs. ### Application Developer & System Administrator at Nomensa (Bristol, UK) - 2012 to 2013 - Developed custom Drupal 7 modules including an integration with CiviCRM. - Completed front-end theme development work with a focus on accessibility, ensuring that it was WCAG 2.0 compliant. - Worked alongside and mentored front-end Developers in Drupal theming on projects. Several of them would later become full-time Drupal Developers and Themers. - Provisioned servers with a Nginx, PHP-FPM and MySQL stack, and deployed applications. - Link: ### PHP Developer at Proctor & Stevenson (Bristol, UK) - 2011 to 2012 - Developed and co-developed new websites, including the agency’s first Drupal 7 client project. - Provided ongoing support and maintenance of websites for existing clients. - Architected and developed a Drupal 6 and Ubertcart project for a water services company, which processed residential and commercial property transactions until September 2020. - Link: ### Web Developer (PHP, Drupal) at Horse & Country TV (Cwmbran, UK) - 2010 to 2011 - Maintained and supported the company’s Drupal 6 website as part of a two-person team. - Re-architected and re-developed the Events section, adding Ubercart for paid events which added a new revenue stream for the company. - Link: ## Certifications and Qualifications - 2021: Platform.sh partner certification (for Inviqa) - 2019: Adult Mental Health First Aider - Training in Mind / St. John's Ambulance - 2018: Acquia certified Cloud Pro - 2017: Acquia certified Front End Specialist - Drupal 8 - 2017: Acquia certified Back End Specialist - Drupal 8 - 2017: Acquia certified Developer - Drupal 8 - 2007-2009: HNC Computing (End User Support) ## Community - Organiser of the PHP South Wales user group. - Past organiser of the PHP South West, and Drupal Bristol user groups. - Co-founder of the DrupalCamp Bristol conference. - Open source contributor and maintainer. - Drupal core contributor, and contribution mentor. - Coding Fellowship Bootcamp mentor.