Joel Flores

Efficiencies & Operational Improvements
-Leveraged tools like GitHub Copilot to streamline development processes, troubleshoot issues, and refactor code for better performance, delivering 20% time savings for the team.
-Spearheaded migration of multiple applications from on-premises to cloud-hosted environments as part of EPOC contract exit initiative, eliminating $40M in ongoing costs for the bank.
-Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines for key applications, enabling fully automated deployments with seamless rollback capabilities and significantly reducing release risks and downtime.
-Refactored legacy home-grown applications, upgraded underlying databases and operating systems, ensuring ongoing enterprise support, vulnerability remediation, and long-term security/compliance posture.

Customer & Stakeholder Delivery
-Engineered APIs integrated with the Archer platform to automate regulatory updates for the Risk Rating team, enabling real-time data delivery and reducing manual processing efforts.
-Integrated and supported third-party solutions to bridge critical data gaps identified by key stakeholders, enhancing data accuracy and operational decision-making.
-Led application downsizing and optimization initiatives, achieving monthly cost savings of up to 60% through efficient resource utilization and decommissioning.
-Automated source data retrieval and ingestion into applications, slashing manual labor requirements by 70% and improving data timeliness and reliability for end users.