Chris Jones is a Senior Software Developer with 11 years of hands-on experience at Aviva, rising from customer service and testing roles into software engineering and now senior development. He brings a rare blend of deep testing expertise (ISTQB/ISEB) and a decade of C#/.NET/.NET Core development, plus practical knowledge of PHP, JavaScript and multiple RDBMS platforms. At Aviva he has worked across Agile squads delivering customer-facing digital portals and has responsibilities spanning feature delivery, security and production triage. As an open-source contributor he has focused on backend and security features for an ASP.NET Core wiki, implementing role management, authorization policies and secure defaults. Certified in Azure fundamentals, he pairs hands-on coding with security-minded design and a pragmatic, product-focused approach to software quality. Outside work he’s previously been a Level 2 kayaking coach, reflecting leadership and coaching instincts beyond the keyboard.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
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A simple ASP.NET Core wiki that we are working on during live coding streams
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Security Engineer
Contributions:6 commits, 4 PRs, 15 comments in 25 days
Contributions summary:Chris focused on implementing and securing user administration features within the ASP.NET Core wiki application. They implemented a user admin page, allowing for role assignment, removal, and creation. The contributions also involved modifying database migrations and implementing authorization policies, enhancing the security and access control of the application. Furthermore, the user ensured a default administrator account and related security alerts, enhancing the overall security posture.
A collection of hideous and unusable themes for Bald Bearded Builder on Twitch
Contributions:20 PRs, 53 pushes, 17 branches in 2 years 2 months
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