Nikolai Stepan

  • Xamarin Integration Developer
  • Houston, TX
  • Member Since Mar 13, 2023

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Nikolai Stepan

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, BUT NOT SIMPLER. – Albert Einstein”

 

 

Xamarin Developer / C#,Java Integration Engineer

 

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Driven Full Stack .NET IT professional with over ten years of experience designing/developing enterprise and consumer projects. Solid fundamental knowledge of Xamarin development with a proven record to successfully complete Full SDLS. Well-rounded intellect and strong analytical skills assist in matching business objectives with the applicable technology.

 

DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES:

Full Stack (MVC, WPF, WCF, Remoting, SOA WS, WMI, AD) C#.NET 1-4, MSSQL 2000-2014, Oracle 9i10g11g, JEE/MAF, JavaScript (JSON, JQuery, AngularJS, Bootstrap, Ajax), HTML/XML/Binary

 

Xamarin 4 (.Android/.iOS/.Forms) ; Android SDK API 17+; iOS XCode 6,7; Android Test Cloud;  Visual Studio, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, XML, XSL, SOAP, DAO, COM+, IIS4-7, ISAPI, OLAP, SQL, TSQL, PL/SQL, NUnit, MVC, WCF,  ADO Entity Framework, SHarepoing WebParts/Services, Crystal Reports, OLEDB, SOA/UML, Oracle TOAD/SQL Developer, SVN/TFS/GitHUB, WordPress, DNN, Joomla.

 

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT QUALIFICATIONS:

 

Full SDLC

7 Years

WPF, WCF, MVC,

LINQ, REST

5 Years

Windows Services,

Web Services, RESTful

7 Years

SQL Server, Access

10 Years

C#, ASP.NET

10 Years

JavaScript,JSON,Ajax

10 Years

Oracle, DB2

10 Years

Xamarin, Android, iOS

1 Year

SharePoint Developer

2 Years

HTML, XML

15 Years

Cloud

 6 months

SSAS,SSIS,SSRS

1 Years

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

Private Funded -Moscow - Houston, TX                                                                                                                Jan 2015 – Present

Xamarin Integration Developer (Mobile Development)

       “SnapShot” (preliminary) - Developer of mobile social interaction platform/game utilizing accelerometer, magnetometer, GPS locator, camera, facial recognition and rating system allowing users to participate in community interactive game on regional scale. Map integration using Open Source MapServer, WCF/NET. AForge.NET library used for image recognition and comparison algorithms. WCF.NET and MSSQL14 as business/data framework management of locations, game logic and user messaging routines.

       “Active Kiddo” (preliminary) -Tech lead/consultant of child management system that allows parents and phycology professionals as well as private doctors to examine behavioral patterns of children suffering from social and medical complication. Project consists of monitoring ASP.NET portal, Xamarin.Android/iOS mobile monitoring and notification apps and MSSQL as backend layer.

 

Federal Special Construction, Moscow, Russia                                                                                                  Dec 2015 – Mar 2016

Xamarin Integration Developer

       Xamarin 4 Android , JSON and hardware sensors, Xamarin.Formx/Xamarin. Android UI/UX

       Formulated the business case for freight vehicle tracking management system

       Individually designed the logical and physical structure of the application

       WCF and MSSQL to responsively handle tracking data and reporting

       Adapted Era Glonass Telematics Standard retransition protocol

 

 

NovaWave Publications, Albuquerque, New Mexico                                                                                     May 2015 – Oct 2015

Oracle MAF / Technology Consultant         

       Studied Oracle MAF development advantages and disadvantages

       Business consulting in integration with entertainment content providers

       Designed and developed test apps to formulate business purpose

       Performed comparative RnD using the following technologies

          Oracle MAF, Android SDK 19-21, Cordova UI, Eclipse Luna, Java ADF, Visual Studio 2013, WCF  

 

SAIC –   Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Houston, TX                                       April 2005-Dec 2014

Service Level Agreement Support Engineer

       SLA: British Petroleum, Indian Point (NYC) Entergy, Pilgrim (MA) Entergy, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant (VT) Entergy, LA, AZ, MI,  BMC Remedy

       Responsible for over a dozen production applications - stability, responsiveness and UX. On-going small enhancement projects and 9-5; 24/7 response.

 

Entergy/Leidos , Houston, TX                                                                                                                                  Feb 2013 – Dec 2014

Integration Engineer

          ISB - Intra-Systems Billing    Java, Oracle

Java/Oracle developer - completed over a dozen complex java packages that satisfy Intra-Systems Billing contract between Entergy and Texas subsidiaries.

          RTO - MISO   SDD, SIT, CAT, Test Director, Remote Debugger - Consultant for IT Planning and migration Analysis of migration of multiple applications considering 3 concurrent business scenarios of energy company market participant business transition.

 

Entergy/SAIC, Texas & Louisiana                                                                                                                          Jan 2011 – Feb 2013

Integration Engineer

       QF Forecaster   ASP.NET MVC 4 / MSSQL05 - Support developer for energy trading site that forecasts data collected from energy grid PI DB.

       LCP Web Reports   ASP.NET MVC 4 / MSSQL05, SDD, CAT - Lead developer of Reactor Load Capacity Planning website that provides several daily reports for energy trading personnel to help balance purchase/sale of unused electrical power.

       LCP   C#.NET 3.5 WPF / MSSQL05, SDD, CAT   -Lead Developer of Reactor Load Capacity Planning Desktop Application that provides energy trading personnel ability to enter data, create complex formulas and perform projection calculations for managing demand of electrical power.

 

Lakeland Electric/SAIC, Florida                                                                                                                             July 2010 –Jan  2011

Integration Engineer

       LSGI   Oracle 10 (SQL) / Oracle Fusion Middleware Enterprise Service Bus / Java - Developer of BPML and database fragments for Florida Lakeland Electric SmartGrid Integration solution that manages billing for electrical meters. Oracle ESB BPEL automation processes scheduled from 60 seconds to 24 hour intervals to satisfy business.

 

Entergy/SAIC, NYC, North East, Louisiana                                                                                                          Sep 2007 – Jul 2010

Integration Engineer

       NUSTAT   C#.NET 2.0 / Crystal Reports, SDD, CAT - Support developer in upgrading reporting application that produces dozens of daily reports

       BARS:   Windows Mobile 6 / MSSQL03, SDD, CAT - Developer of Personnel gate access control mobile app. responsible for scanning personnel badge barcodes accessing high security Indian Point NYC nuclear site.

       Passport - Merlin   Oracle 9i Java, PL/SQL / Windows Services 2003 C#.NET 2.0 - Upgrade/support engineer of integration between Passport ERP and Merlin E&P Digital Asset Mgmt. Integration managed daily synchronization of documents and relevant data between dozen nuclear sites and centralized ERP.

 

BP/SAIC, NYC, Louisiana                                                                                                                                         April 2005 – Sep 2007

Integration Engineer

       One Touch Portal V1   C#.Net, Flash ActionScript, JS, DHTML, SharePoint Services - Designed, configured custom SharePoint web parts. Configured Sharepoint server: caching, security, user access, IIS. Developed supporting SOA web services / .NET remoting points. UI/UX solution webparts using Flash and .NET User/Custom Controls.

       KPI V1,2   C#.NET SOA WebServices, Flash ActionScript WebParts - Designed 1st and 2nd tiers of web application using SOA multithreading Webservices to process millions of records synchronically real time. Front end was mixed Ajax/Flash. Datasources included MSSQL, Oracle, PI, Maximo, ByCycle.

       MOC V1, V2, V3   Flash ActionScript / C#.NET SOA - Scheduled emails daily reports, approval system requiring multiple users (.NET identity manager)

 

T1 Design, Idea Integration (Modis), Houston , TX                                                                                           Feb 2003 – Apr 2005

Web/Multimedia Developer  

       Built enterprise accreditation system using ASP, DHTML, MSSQL. The system had ability to create certificates for participants based on information provided by university.

       Stored procedures and scheduled tasks governed data migration from university database to HP hosted database.

       Real Time Project Management Tool – sole developer and database designer in building office-wide application used to manage all aspects of a project (tasks, deliverables, time, etc…) using ASP, DHTML, MSSQL. Application had an interface for project managers, employees and directors to schedule tasks. Automated notification allowed for all involved individuals to receive emails and other type messaging about updated project.

 

Arthur Andersen LLP, Houston, TX                                                                                                                           July 2001 – Feb 2003

Web UI Developer

       Lead design/development enterprise application training system for CD/Intranet distribution amongst internal users. VB6, ASP, JS, ActiveX WM, DHTML (KnowledgeSpace training web site.)

       Oversaw several dozen concurrent webcasts and symposium webcasts

       Developed front end Flash, DHTML, JS interface with client side messaging.

 

  

CERTIFICATION & EDUCATION:

 

2016

 

Microsoft Virtual Academy

2014

 

FERC IT guidelines, development patterns and methodologies

2012

 

Oracle Fusion Middleware Bootcamp

2011

 

Microsoft Enterprise Biztalk Bootcamp

2009

 

Microsoft SharePoint Development – services / webpart development

2008

 

Microsoft Developer Network

2000

 

Art Institute  of Houston, Houston, TX  

Associates Degree –  Web & Multimedia development and design

1998

 

St. Petersburg Academy – Moscow, Russia

Associates Degree – Sound design / Audio engineering and Physics