Radu Balaj

Experience

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  Nokia

  Mar 2011 - Jun 2011

  SQL/Java Web developer
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  Business Logic Systems Ltd

  Oct 2011 - Feb 2017

  The role was focused on shaping a new business area for BLS, "Campaign Delivery Services", into a proper professional service. My responsibilities were centered on:• Implementing best practices and ensuring adherence to these• Building strong relationships with clients through daily communication• Training and mentoring of team members (through 1-to-1 meetings, feedback, goal setting)• Hands-on delivery of service (both remote and on site)• Acting as escalation contact for campaign-related Production issues (on-call Support) Show less As a software developer, my main areas of contribution were:• Development of new product features using Microsoft SQL Server• Installations and/or upgrades in UAT and Production for new or existing clients• Handling of escalated Support requests• Both technical and end-user support for the clients (remotely and on site)• Campaign delivery services (configuration of marketing campaigns using proprietary software, analysis, reporting of results)Great communication skills gained through my experience of working closely with clients on-site for 7 months (Vodacom Lesotho, Flow Jamaica, Djezzy Algeria). My main responsibilities included helping end-users use the BLS software and discussing technical issues with customer's technical experts. Show less

  • Campaign Delivery Services Manager

    Jun 2015 - Feb 2017

  • SQL Developer

    Oct 2011 - May 2015
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  Ullink - now part of Itiviti

  Mar 2017 - May 2019

  • Onboard clients and brokers according to their FIX specifications• Handle Support requests as a result of Production issues• Unit testing of Java code using Spock Framework for Groovy• CI/CD tools used in the day to day tasks: Git, Jenkins and XLDeploy • Responsible for the deployment, installation (or upgrade) and configuration of new (or existing) modules on client platforms• Performed new change requests by adding or modifying existing configuration files or Java code• Regression testing using the proprietary testing tool• Unit testing of Java code using Spock Framework for Groovy• CI/CD tools used in the day to day tasks: Git, Jenkins, XLDeploy

  • FIX Onboarding Engineer

    Jun 2018 - May 2019

  • Implementation Engineer

    Mar 2017 - May 2018
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  Itiviti

  Jun 2019 - Jul 2021

  FIX Onboarding EMEA Team Lead

  • People management: recurring team and 1-to-1 meetings, goal setting and feedback, task assignment• Act as point of escalation for the regional team in case of incidents• Creating or improving best practices and processes• Analyze new requirements and provide effort estimations• Continue delivering same tasks as a FIX Onboarding engineer• Automation of repetitive tasks using Python (focused mostly on GIT/Gerrit/Slack/JIRA integration)

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  Endava

  Aug 2021 - Aug 2024

  Data Engineer

  • Create and maintain ETL processes using SSIS and SQL• Data modelling for SSAS and Power BI• Reporting in Power BI and SSRS• Optimization of existing processes

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  FanDuel

  Aug 2024 - now

  Data Engineer