About

Hello World - I'm Ross Clifford, a software developer from Galway Ireland.

Currently I work in telecoms software - delivering changes for microservices operating on a network management system.

Feel free to send me an email to discuss any opportunities in this new era of development.

Experience

Software Engineer

Jun 2018 to present

GlobalLogic, network management systems for the telecom industry

  • Develop and deliver changes to the JMS messaging component of a network management product, from code change through to release.
  • Provide technical support for the component, investigating issues as they are raised.
  • Act as the team's Security Master. I triage CVE and vulnerability findings and keep the team up to date on which patches to apply.
  • Work in Git with Gerrit code review, and build and ship through Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and Docker.

Skills

Languages
JavaPythonShell scriptingSQLC#
Delivery
GitGerritJenkinsDockerCI/CDMicroservices
Domain
JMS messagingNetwork managementCVE triageSecurity
AI tooling
Amazon QClaude CodeKiro CLIAI Driven Development

Education

Higher Diploma in Software Design and Development

2016 to 2017

University of Galway, Industry Stream

Honours Degree, 2.1

B.Sc. in Computer Science and Information Technology

2012 to 2016

University of Galway

Honours Degree, 2.2. Final year project: Game Theory Simulation Suite.