Henock Tekle

Sr. Software Engineer | SharePoint & Power Platform | DevOps Enthusiast

About Me

Dynamic Sr .Net/SharePoint full stack developer with more than 15 years of expertise in architecting and implementing transformative Software solutions. Proven track record in leveraging Power Platform and Office 365 to streamline business processes, enhance collaboration, and drive organizational efficiency, including designing and implementing robust PowerApps and Power-Automate solutions. Extensive experience covers developing applications on SharePoint Online with SPFx and ReactJS, integrating SharePoint with other systems, and expertise in database design using MS SQL Server, ASP.NET/MVC frameworks, and developing/utilizing REST APIs. Skilled in containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, employing CI/CD pipelines, and translating complex requirements into user-friendly interfaces and scalable solutions. Holds multiple Microsoft certifications, possesses a public trust security clearance.

Technical Skills

DevOps & Cloud

  • Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions
  • CI/CD Pipelines
  • Docker, Kubernetes
  • Terraform, ARM Templates

Development

  • ASP.NET, C#, .NET Core
  • SharePoint (SPFx, REST, Graph)
  • React, TypeScript, JavaScript
  • Power Automate, PowerApps, Dataverse

Databases & Tools

  • SQL Server, Entity Framework
  • Git, GitHub, Azure Repos
  • Monitoring: App Insights, Grafana
  • Build Tools: Webpack, Gulp

Experience

Kaimetrix Inc (Sept/2021 - May/2025)

Sr SharePoint / PowerApps Developer

  • Created custom SPFx web parts and extensions using React, TypeScript, and modern web technologies.
  • Experience in using ShareGate in migrating SharePoint contents.
  • Developed CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps for automated build and deployment of SharePoint solutions.
  • Conducted requirements gathering sessions with stakeholders to define app specifications and user stories.
  • Designed and developed canvas and model-deriven PowerApps applications to automate business processes and improve productivity.
  • Integrated PowerApps solutions with various Microsoft 365 services including SharePoint, Teams, and Outlook.
  • Developed complex Power Automate flows to automate multi-step business processes spanning multiple systems.

Gold Belt Hawk Inc (Sept/2014 - Jun/2025)

Senior SharePoint Engineer

  • Designed and implemented custom SharePoint Search solutions by customizing display templates.
  • Developed several Utility Pages for webhelp team to better manage SharePoint pages.
  • Extensively used AngularJS and React framework to design client-side SharePoint webparts using SharePoint REST API and Microsoft Graph.
  • Developed SharePoint Hosted server-side Web Services that supplies data to SharePoint from an external data source.
  • Worked closely with stakeholders and project managers to deliver a robust solution on time.
  • Extensively used Agile software development methodology.

Lockheed Martin (Aug/2012 - Sept/2014)

Senior Software Engineer

  • Developed custom client validation framework using jQuery and MVC framework.
  • Created project workflow engine using State Machine design pattern.
  • Extensively used KENDO UI framework.
  • Extensively used jQuery to make Ajax calls to reduce post back.
  • Architect and implement WCF data services.
  • Intensively use XML, XML schemas to validate and process XML file uploads.
  • Monitored and analyzed production logs for performance tuning and troubleshooting.
  • Experience in using Entity Framework as a data access layer.

FERC, Washington, DC(Sept/2011 - Aug/2012)

Senior Software Engineer

  • A SOA system used to process quarterly filing of sales and transaction performed by electric power companies mandated by FERC. This system is built in such a way that it can be extended and used as a framework for receiving different forms of fillings by power companies.
  • Performed database re-design and implementation.
  • Architect and implement WCF data service to supply data to public facing web application.
  • Intensively use XML, XML schemas and XQUERY to validate and process XML filling.
  • Used Entity Framework as a data access layer by using Database First approach.
  • Manage and Coach junior software developers.

AAMVA(Feb/2011 - Sept/2011)

Software Developer

  • A service application used by motor vehicle administrators throughout the country to exchange driver information to ensure that there is one and only one record for particular driver. It is a high availability WCF service application that processes thousands of transactions per minute.
  • Perform daily checkup of the performance of the services and its databases.
  • Develop test application that used to independently test the service without using other interacting services.
  • Performance tuning of stored procedures taking a long time to execute and fixed longstanding bugs.
  • Optimization of database performance by analyzing the index fragmentation level and rebuild indexes accordingly.

Viatech Inc(May/2008 – Jan/2011)

Software Developer

  • Used central authentication system and authorizes users based on their roles and access privileges.
  • Interacts with different external systems to get updates and send out notifications.
  • Intensively uses dynamic control generation and management to effortlessly inject changes.
  • Intensively implement design patterns to solve complex business logic.
  • Involved in the requirement gathering process which helps to thoroughly understand the business concept.
  • Performed a key role in designing and implementing certain modules in the application from the top presentation layer to the backend database level.
  • Periodically monitor the application and made some performance tuning which includes refactoring of some codes.
  • Responsible for designing and implementation of a notification service which finally became the de facto service for other applications.

Certifications

Education

Master of Computer Science – Maharishi University of Management, Iowa

BSc Electrical & Computer Engineering – Addis Ababa University

Contact

Email: henock_tekle@outlook.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/henocktekle

GitHub: github.com/henocktekle