Justin Frasca

Toronto Ontario Canada

Experience

Web Development Consultant
SimplyPHP & Canadian PHP Consultants | Toronto, ON, Canada

  • Upgraded a PHP/MySQL legacy product to PHP 8 and the latest MySQL version, ensuring improved performance and security.
  • Rebuilt custom ordering systems, enhancing functionality and user experience for streamlined workflows.
  • Redesigned and optimized the backend architecture, revamping database call structures to improve efficiency and scalability.
  • Security Enhancements: Introduced OWASP-compliant security measures, including input validation and secure session management.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Worked closely with designers and product managers to ensure alignment with business goals.
  • Error Resolution: Debugged and resolved high-priority production issues, ensuring minimal downtime.

Senior Full Stack Developer
RBC – Pay Edge | Toronto, ON, Canada

  • Led development effort while collaborating with stakeholders for over 5 major projects including Transaction Risk Management, Real Time balance display & integrated the first ever Swift Transaction Payment Method in Canada’s banking institutions.
  • Developed a Solution to integrate Visa Virtual Card Payment Methods into Pay Edge
  • Optimized web applications for speed, scalability, and security. This resulted in a decrease of 50-80% load time on each page.
  • Worked in both Agile and Waterfall Development project structures.
  • Developed all projects with a strong emphasis security and procedure adhering to PCI DSS & OWASP Compliance best practices.
  • Reviewed code of my fellow developers, debugged problems with production support.
  • Worked extensively with stakeholders to refine projects based on feedback from leadership

Senior Full Stack Developer
Invoice Delivery Services & Premier Inc | Toronto, ON, Canada

  • Worked in agile-oriented working environment.
  • Worked on and completed over 300 Successful production deployments.
  • Provided support on all Level 3 production support.
  • Re-designed SQL queries and tables with modern SQL optimization methods to improve speed for customer / web application interactions. 
  • Created portals based on support requests to help enable personnel to better handle support requests.
  • Assisted in developing and implementing OWASP Top 10 development procedures within all environments.
  • Introduced and implemented AMP software and database management tools to enable support personnel and create less overhead.
  • Implemented on-boarding documentation for IDS as well as training manuals for developers.
  • Assisted in creating a new server architecture for our web application then redesigned the session and cookie management system to work with our modern design.
  • Became the SME of all Web Application Development during the company’s acquisition.
  • Assisted in transferring our entire system from an AWS environment to Azure Docker based environment.
  • Transitioned legacy code to a more dynamic externalized application using S3 and Vault.

TOOLBOX

  • Development Methodologies: Agile & Waterfall Development 
  • Languages & Frameworks: PHP (5-8), Vue.Js, JavaScript, ESQL, HTML5, CSS, Laravel 
  • Database Management: MySQL (5-8), DB2, PDO, Relational Databases, SQL Optimization 
  • Optimization & Security: Database Query Optimization, Web Application Security (OWASP Top 10) 
  • Cloud & DevOps: AWS, Docker, Azure DevOps (ADO), Pipelines, Helios, Kyvos, Kubernetes, Valet 
  • Application Support: Production Support, Stackify, Splunk, Dynatrace 
  • Web Services: SOAP IIB Webservices, RESTful API Development Using Laravel 
  • Development Tools: PhpStorm, Eclipse, DBeaver, WebSphere 
  • Frontend Technologies: Ui Development, Bootstrap, jQuery, Ajax, Tailwind, Responsive design, asynchronous data handling, JavaScript ES6+ 
  • Version Control & Collaboration: SVN Development Practices, GitHub, Gitlab 
  • Technical Skills: Technical And Design Abilities, Project Planning, MVC, microservices