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Chris Brookes
Technical Software Architect at Retail Express
Chris Brookes is a hands-on Software Architect with over 20 years of experience specializing in Spring, JEE, and Java server technologies.
He is well-versed in agile software development methodologies and excels in performance profiling, designing scalable applications, and implementing DevOps practices.
Chris is dedicated to utilizing suitable technology and strategies to enhance productivity and achieve optimal performance results.
His expertise includes architecture, server architecture, design, J2EE, JEE, Spring, WebLogic, Tomcat, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, and Amazon AWS services (EC2, RDS, Lambda).
With extensive experience in Java, Groovy, Grails, and Gradle, Chris also works with Docker, Ansible, Jenkins, REST web services, XML, JSON, Apache Camel, JProfiler, LDAP, web scraping, and application scaling.
He demonstrates proficiency in technical areas such as hardware sizing, RFIs, Dell Poweredge hardware, technical team leadership, recruiting, and conducting technical interviews.
Chris Brookes holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems from the University of Leeds and has held key positions including Chief Web Wizard at Freelance, Technical Software Architect, Senior Software Engineer, and Software Developer at various organizations.
