Matthew
plummer
A journey through education and work...
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Software Engineer
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Computer Science Graduate
C.V.
In 2017 I graduated from Plymouth University with a First Class BSc(Hons) Computer Science degree. During my degree, I have shown that I can work to a strict deadline while keeping calm and efficient under pressure, I can work effectively as part of a team or individually and I have shown that I am a lateral thinker with great problem solving skills. I have completed a placement with a large and successful global computing company, Accenture, where I was a software engineer and data analyst using cloud computing platforms such as AWS. I have since been asked to return to Accenture as a full time employee.
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Published paper: IEEE/ CSCI published paper = Title: Analysing the Sentiment Expressed by Political Audiences on Twitter: The Case of the 2017 UK General Election. The idea, research, data gathering and code base design and creation was carried out by myself. The paper was co-written with the other authors mentioned.
The paper publication can be found here. Extract > run start > search by author.
01 PROFESSIONAL Skills
MY KNOWLEDGE LEVELS
Java
65%
SQL
90%
Git
95%
AWS
60%
Database management
80%
Data analytics
85%
Agile workflow
Business Analysis
95%
75%
02 University PRojects
MY WORK. SEE MORE >
03 Experience
2015-2016
Placement with Accenture
Associate Software engineer
For a duration for 12 months (and an additional extended 2 months) I worked in central London for Accenture. I worked on client site as a cloud software engineer and data analyst. Some duties and roles are listed below:
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Cloud computing/ AWS developer.
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Git/ version control management and maintenance.
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Deployment management using deployment pipeline.
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Data analyst on big data sets using SQL and data analytics tools.
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Meeting with/ discussing decisions with client(s).
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Providing training to others, both internal and external client(s).
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Testing the whole system, individuals work and performance testing.
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General ticket work/ bug fixing.
For more details please see the 'Placement' page.
2013-2015
Plymouth University Stage 1-2
Computing and Games Development
During my first and second years of university I studied computing and games development. During these two years I mainly studied the design, creation and marketing of video games. This included programming games and physics, 3D modelling for assets, version control concepts and building the foundations for my education for my degree.
2016-2017
Plymouth University Stage 4
Computer Science
Upon returning to university after placement I decided to undertake computer science. The main focus of this final year was to develop skills and broaden knowledge. Topic areas of study included:
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Parallel computation and distributed systems.
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Machine learning.
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Advanced databases and data models.
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Industry engagement.
My final degree accreditation is BSc (Hons) Computer Science.
2017 - Present
Employment with Accenture
Application Development Associate
Before completeing my placement year with Accenture was offered a permanent position upon the completion my degree. I accept this and returning to Accenture in July 2017. Some roles are below (these are in addition to those during placement)
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Business Analysis
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Requirements gathering and refinement.
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Stakeholder management and engagement.
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Agile work flows
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Release management
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Work requested from business stakeholders and senior management.
Contact me
If you have any questions, queries or if you want to know more please email me on the below email or by completing the form.
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Alternatively you can contact me via one of the social media links below.