Course Title: Information Technology Importance in Strategic PlanningAssignment: Provide a reflection of at least 500 words (or 2 pages double spaced) of how the knowledge, skills, or theories of this course have been applied, or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment. If you are not currently working, share times when you have or could observe these theories and knowledge could be applied to an employment opportunity in your field of study. Requirements:Provide a 500 word (or 2 pages double spaced) minimum reflection.Use of proper APA formatting and citations. If supporting evidence from outside resources is used those must be properly cited. Share a personal connection that identifies specific knowledge and theories from this course. Demonstrate a connection to your current work environment. If you are not employed, demonstrate a connection to your desired work environment. You should NOT, provide an overview of the assignments assigned in the course. The assignment asks that you reflect how the knowledge and skills obtained through meeting course objectives were applied or could be applied in the workplace. My occupation and job description:Foot Locker Inc March 2019 – Present (Software Engineer)Worked as a Software Engineer developing an inventory management application (using node.js, javascript, angular, css, html, and cassandra) which is used by footlocker to manage inventory from its vendors, warehouses, and stores. Worked in cloud environment. Used Cassandra (NO SQL cloud DB), Kafka, zookeper, Hazelcast, Docker, ELK stack and Kibana. Developed webservices/APIs using Node and AZURE functions, created and managed Cassandra tables & clusters, created kafka topics, subscribed and published messages, and developed cloud in memory caching system (maps/list for look-up) using Hazelcast. Used Github, Bamboo and Docker for version control, continuous integrations, build and deployment.
