James McLean

Experienced Security Consultant / Penetration Tester with extensive experience in software development with a focus on Security (Offence and Defence), specialising in Open Source languages such as PHP and Python. Additional experience developing secure software with Microsoft C#.NET and mobile application development with Xamarin. Extensive professional experience with Moodle LMS; Core and Custom Module development. Design and Implementation of Single Sign On solution between custom Mobile application, middleware API and Moodle, following best practice. Experienced in performing code review to ensure compliance with security best practice. Laravel 5.1 web application development and management experience. Drupal custom module and core development. Mobile Application, Web Application and API penetration testing using Kali Linux and Custom tools. I am a Zend Certified Engineer (PHP5) and experienced with frameworks such as Laravel, Symfony and Zend Framework, I have also developed Custom web frameworks and shopping carts in PHP4 and PHP5. Experienced in the development of RESTful APIs developed in PHP, Python and C#. Additional experience with development of Mobile Applications using Cordova/PhoneGap and Xamarin / Xamarin.Forms. Some exposure to native Android application development. Professional experience with managing and writing complex SQL queries for common databases such as Oracle 10g/11g, MySQL and PostgreSQL. Experienced Systems Administrator with popular Open Source operating UNIX systems: GNU/Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux / RHEL, Debian, CentOS, Arch Linux), Solaris, FreeBSD Specialties: PHP5 (Zend Certified), Moodle LMS, Laravel, Drupal, database schema design and implementation, Android module development, UNIX/Linux Systems Administration. Information Security and Penetration Testing; specifically around Web Applications, Mobile Applications and APIs.