Jason Dabney

Led a team of 8-10 developers in the design, development, testing, and deployment of software applications/solutions including the Unemployment Insurance and Workers Compensation systems for the state of Kansas.

• Engineered a custom Okta integration resulting in yearly savings of approximately $100K.
• Generated cost savings by launching updated KDOL site with new CMS.
• Created a budgeting application for students to calculate necessary income.
• Lowered cost per payment transaction through vendor change.
• Upgraded critical hardware and software to later versions thereby mitigating dependencies and reducing security vulnerabilities.
• Assisted development and testing of the Unemployment Insurance Technical Enhancement modernization project and secured training to maintain this system into the future.
• Participate in code reviews, providing feedback to team members, and ensuring code meets industry standards.
• Ensure the team follows project timelines and deliverables, providing progress updates to stakeholders.
• Troubleshoot and debug software/deployment issues, identify root causes, and propose solutions.
• Conducted 1-on-1 meetings with team members.
• Facilitated daily team stand-up meetings to address ongoing work.
• Managed project-based assignment of developer resources.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, project managers, and business analysts to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Work directly with PMO and Release Managers to update the Change Management Process to fully capture critical information for Change Requests and CAB.
• Encourage career and personal development of team through online training/conferences, workshops, and custom training.
• Prepared reports outlining the status of various projects under development.

• Led the technical upgrade and migration of an outdated in house ESB solution that included integration with 12 other systems/teams.
• Investigated system issues and implemented resolutions to reduce downtime.
• Assisted junior and senior developers

• Helped develop a disease management web app using C#, ASP.NET CORE, .NET 5, EF CORE 3, and jQuery
• I POC'd a new Underwriting application using C#, .NET Core 3.1, Blazor(Server), and EF Core 3 connecting to SQL Server and DB2 Data Layers, and consumed REST services.
• Authored code fixes and enhancements for future code releases and patches to existing .NET web applications

• Participated in design and planning exercises for future software rollouts.
• Customize in house API's and web applications for internal admin purposes mainly using VS 2019, ASP.NET Web API, C#, EF6, and T-SQL
• Co-developed a new Pricing application from the ground up using Angular 5, Typescript/JS, JSON, Postman, and Chrome Dev Tools for the front end layer and C#, SQL, and stored procedures for the API and Data layers.

• Provided application integration solutions for SE2's life insurance and annuities platform
• Trained and mentored senior developers and offshore staff, teaching skills in cycle management, troubleshooting methods, and working to improve overall team performance.
• Led software development initiatives as subject matter expert and primary point-of-contact for project management staff.

• Managed the administrative tasks of the system such as hardware/software compliance, process improvements, documentation, and knowledge transfer training.
• Provided system level on-call support to assist with issues that happen after hours.
• Designed and Developed adapters/drivers for 2 new systems, including successfully integrating 5 new systems in the previous 16 months into our EAI layer.
• Promotion/Transition from junior developer to team lead.