Nicholas Alipaz
Drupal Developer

Nicholas Alipaz

Technical lead architect at Sony Pictures.
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About

Nicholas Alipaz has been a technical lead Drupal developer for more than seven years. He has converted legacy systems and D7 sites to D8. Jira, GitHub, Jenkins, Acquia Cloud, and Pipelines. He also has managerial expertise that led Agile, SCRUM sprints, and standups as a participant and SCRUM Master. In addition, Nicholas obtained assets and other requirements through interdepartmental collaboration to outline projects.

Employment

5 roles
Jul 2020 - Feb 2023 2 years 7 months
Technical Lead Architect
Motorcycle Dress-Up
  • Managed websites, applications, and third-party integrations.
  • Worked with on and offshore developers in an agile workflow.
  • Architected WordPress and Drupal platforms, websites, and deployment systems.
  • Performed code reviews to make sure all standards are maintained. Oversight of all applications security. 
Aug 2018 - Jul 2020 1 year 11 months
Technical Lead Architect
Sony Pictures
  • Projected management of multiple websites.
  • Worked with on and offshore developers in an agile workflow.
  • Architected Drupal platforms, websites, and deployment systems.
  • Performed code reviews to make sure all standards are maintained.
  • Created a composer package repo for enterprise-maintained packages and Drupal modules.
  • Secured oversight of Drupal websites in the group.
  • Converted legacy systems and D7 sites to D8. Jira, GitHub, Jenkins, Acquia Cloud/Pipelines.
Mar 2017 - Aug 2018 1 year 5 months
Lead Website Developer
PRIDE/Here Media
  • Administered all server-side maintenance tasks, application architecture, custom module customization, and creation.
  • Converted D7 installations to composer-based installs, implemented a deployment pipeline using Shippable in conjunction with Acquia Cloud API, and setup initial D8 installations and migration plans.
  • Assisted with training team to properly use JIRA and Agile, SCRUM workflow.
Feb 2016 - Mar 2017 1 year 1 month
Senior Website Developer
LA BioMed
  • Ran server-side and front-end coding, continuous integration and deployment, and system administration.
  • Upgraded main website to Drupal 8, developed a new intranet website using Groups in Drupal 8 and built custom applications to optimize internal operations for departments in the organization.
  • Acted as scrum master and changed the team over to an Agile and SCRUM workflow.
  • Set up all servers and optimization and made recommendations on best practices and infrastructure.
Apr 2015 - Dec 2015 8 months
Senior Drupal Developer
SheKnows Media
  • Ran server-side and front-end coding.
  • Built the main platform blogher.com, an ad network on Drupal.
  • Patterned module development, data migration, consulting, advising with non-Drupal developer team on Drupal best practices, deployment procedures, testing suite, Agile, and SCRUM.

Education

Aug 2000 - Apr 2006 5 years 8 months
Bachelor of Music, Music Education
Kennesaw State University