With over 20 years of contracting experience across engineering, public sector, retail, and finance, I have consistently secured long-term contracts with repeated extensions. Clients have rehired me multiple times. My skills and experience enable me to deliver significant value in any role. Developer – 20+ years I am highly skilled in multiple development languages and platforms, with a focus on .NET (including .NET 10). I have recently built backend and frontend solutions using .NET C# for RESTful APIs and apps with WPF, Blazor, Vue, HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript, all following Agile practices. I have also upgraded applications from VB6 and .NET Framework to .NET Core WinForms, WPF, and Blazor. SQL Server DBA / Developer / Server Migration – 20+ years I have managed numerous multi-terabyte server collections (up to SQL Server 2022), including the creation of development and UAT environments. My responsibilities have spanned hardware specification, design, documentation, and executing major migrations such as multi-node SQL Server 2019 Always On setups. These projects often involved configuring read-only AWS replicated databases and implementing Transparent Data Encryption (TDE). Moreover, I am highly skilled in developing and optimizing complex T-SQL procedures and functions for maximum performance. Business Analysis / Solution Architecture and Design – 10+ years I have specified and designed many systems from limited user requirements, using Jira in recent projects to track, implement, and test business needs through to release. Technical Team Lead – 6 years As the Technical Team Lead on several projects, I managed groups of up to ten developers. My responsibilities ranged from guiding junior team members and collaborating with offshore personnel to supporting test teams. I also set up and managed Jira for Agile projects involving multiple teams. Recent Technologies Development - .NET -> 10, C#, Web APIs, ASP.NET, WPF, VB.NET, WinForms, and VB6. Database - SQL Server -> 2022, AWS, always on environments, SSIS and SSRS Web – Blazor, Vue.js, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, Postman and SoapUI DevOps - Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket (Git) , DevOps and Azure Entra ID…With over 20 years of contracting experience across engineering, public sector, retail, and finance, I have consistently secured long-term contracts with repeated extensions. Clients have rehired me multiple times. My skills and experience enable me to deliver significant value in any role. Developer – 20+ years I am highly skilled in multiple development languages and platforms, with a focus on .NET (including .NET 10). I have recently built backend and frontend solutions using .NET C# for RESTful APIs and apps with WPF, Blazor, Vue, HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript, all following Agile practices. I have also upgraded applications from VB6 and .NET Framework to .NET Core WinForms, WPF, and Blazor. SQL Server DBA / Developer / Server Migration – 20+ years I have managed numerous multi-terabyte server collections (up to SQL Server 2022), including the creation of development and UAT environments. My responsibilities have spanned hardware specification, design, documentation, and executing major migrations such as multi-node SQL Server 2019 Always On setups. These projects often involved configuring read-only AWS replicated databases and implementing Transparent Data Encryption (TDE). Moreover, I am highly skilled in developing and optimizing complex T-SQL procedures and functions for maximum performance. Business Analysis / Solution Architecture and Design – 10+ years I have specified and designed many systems from limited user requirements, using Jira in recent projects to track, implement, and test business needs through to release. Technical Team Lead – 6 years As the Technical Team Lead on several projects, I managed groups of up to ten developers. My responsibilities ranged from guiding junior team members and collaborating with offshore personnel to supporting test teams. I also set up and managed Jira for Agile projects involving multiple teams. Recent Technologies Development - .NET -> 10, C#, Web APIs, ASP.NET, WPF, VB.NET, WinForms, and VB6. Database - SQL Server -> 2022, AWS, always on environments, SSIS and SSRS Web – Blazor, Vue.js, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, Postman and SoapUI DevOps - Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket (Git) , DevOps and Azure Entra IDWWWW…