Experience

Groundswell

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Infrastructure, DevOps

  • Sep 2021 - Aug 2023

  El Segundo, California, United States Built entire cloud environment (AWS), and CI/CD Pipeline (Github actions) from the ground up, supporting backend (GoLang, TypeScript), frontend (React) and mobile (React Native) applications) Apply both SRE and Platform engineering principles to optimize software delivery. Enable software teams (frontend and backend) to self service and deliver updates, optimizing for product outcome while ensuring it meets code quality and security standards.



Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Technical Account Manager

  • Jun 2021 - Sep 2021



Bio-Rad Laboratories

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Developer/Devops Lead

  • Feb 2021 - Jun 2021

  Irvine, California, United States



Bluebeam, Inc.

• United States
• Software Development
• 300 - 400 Employee

• DevOps Lead

  • Sep 2018 - Feb 2021

  Pasadena, California Mentor, Manage and cross train the Devops engineering team. Provide leading voice in adoption of cloud native tools in accordance with best practices. Advise on best practices with AWS, CI/CD, log aggregation, container orchestration, etc. Identify challenges and process bottlenecks and collaborate across various teams (engineering, product, etc.) to problem solve. Maintain all cloud related infrastructure (Bluebeam studio, Drawings project, Atlas project)



Cylance Inc.

• Canada
• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior DevOps Engineer

  • Oct 2015 - Sep 2018

  Irvine, California Maintained all aspects of AWS cloud infrastructure, utilizing different services (EC2, VPCs, RDS, Route 53, S3, Security Groups, Cloudwatch, Lambda) that hosts core services for the company. Perform active updates and maintenance of internal code base for cloud infrastructure, server configuration management and container orchestration. Setup new and modify existing IAM security rights to ensure users and processes can get their work done without compromising… Show more Maintained all aspects of AWS cloud infrastructure, utilizing different services (EC2, VPCs, RDS, Route 53, S3, Security Groups, Cloudwatch, Lambda) that hosts core services for the company. Perform active updates and maintenance of internal code base for cloud infrastructure, server configuration management and container orchestration. Setup new and modify existing IAM security rights to ensure users and processes can get their work done without compromising security. Updated internal scripting solutions (Boto, Python) for provisioning of AWS resources. Maintained and Improved Jenkins build server and jobs in order for development team to have a self-servicing software delivery pipeline. Show less



LoopNet

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 200 - 300 Employee

• DevOps Engineer

  • Aug 2013 - Oct 2015

  Irvine, california As a part of the Systems Operations team, I am responsible for maintaining the core web applications for CoStar, comprising of various external, internal, and mobile applications. Utilize various tools and solutions (Operations Manager, Team Foundation Server, Powershell, Chef, Jenkins, etc) to provide proactive monitoring, rapid build and deployment, scaling when needed, and effective support of product development teams. Explore existing and emerging technologies to see how it… Show more As a part of the Systems Operations team, I am responsible for maintaining the core web applications for CoStar, comprising of various external, internal, and mobile applications. Utilize various tools and solutions (Operations Manager, Team Foundation Server, Powershell, Chef, Jenkins, etc) to provide proactive monitoring, rapid build and deployment, scaling when needed, and effective support of product development teams. Explore existing and emerging technologies to see how it improve IT systems monitoring and provisioning. Execute process improvement thru automation; explore new opportunities to do so whenever possible. Show less



FIDM

• United States
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Websphere Technical Analyst/Administrator

  • Mar 2013 - Aug 2013

  Greater Los Angeles Area Manage multiple web portals, internal and external for FIDM. Perform production and non-production web application updates. Document infrastructure and application logical diagrams.



iCrossing

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Aug 2012 - Mar 2013

  Irvine, CA Administers IT infrastructure for web development team for multiple automotive clients (Mazda North America, Mitsubishi USA, Kia). Worked with different teams (development, production control, business, project management) in order to facilitate and improve application up-time, maintain and improve continuous integration and testing. Utilize DevOps methodologies and tools to support agile application development method. Build out new IT infrastructure, utilizing a wide… Show more Administers IT infrastructure for web development team for multiple automotive clients (Mazda North America, Mitsubishi USA, Kia). Worked with different teams (development, production control, business, project management) in order to facilitate and improve application up-time, maintain and improve continuous integration and testing. Utilize DevOps methodologies and tools to support agile application development method. Build out new IT infrastructure, utilizing a wide variety of technologies, in order to support new business initiatives. Show less



UnitedHealth Group

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Technology Consultant

  • Mar 2011 - Aug 2012

  Costa Mesa, CA Administer infrastructure of enterprise wide applications, duties which include; Build out of development, staging, and production infrastructure, ensuring 24/7 uptime for business critical applications. Initial on-boarding and on going maintenance of application updates to production and non-production environments. Troubleshoot ongoing application issues and perform root cause analysis. Responsible for studying and on-boarding emerging technologies into UHG-IT… Show more Administer infrastructure of enterprise wide applications, duties which include; Build out of development, staging, and production infrastructure, ensuring 24/7 uptime for business critical applications. Initial on-boarding and on going maintenance of application updates to production and non-production environments. Troubleshoot ongoing application issues and perform root cause analysis. Responsible for studying and on-boarding emerging technologies into UHG-IT, working with various teams, technical and non-technical, in aligning it to a preset support model. Show less



UnitedHealth Group

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technology Support Consultant

  • Feb 2007 - Dec 2010

  • Administer enterprise wide intranets, deploying application updates to production and non-production servers, and insuring uptime. • Took on Enterprise Architect role; coordinate between developers, project managers, and infrastructure group in designing and building an optimal enterprise solution. • Designed disaster recovery procedures for Enterprise systems.



CSI Financial

• Systems/Network Administrator

  • Nov 2004 - Feb 2007

  • Provide all IT administration and support for medical finance company servicing approximately $30 million in hospital debts. • Setup maintenance plans , ensure data integrity, monitor application performance of company CRM and datamart, which uses MS-SQL 2000 as the backend. • Maintain VPN router for remote employee access and site to site VPN tunnels to remote offices and remote call center, maintain security, etc. • Maintained several Linux servers for file storage, PDC, file… Show more • Provide all IT administration and support for medical finance company servicing approximately $30 million in hospital debts. • Setup maintenance plans , ensure data integrity, monitor application performance of company CRM and datamart, which uses MS-SQL 2000 as the backend. • Maintain VPN router for remote employee access and site to site VPN tunnels to remote offices and remote call center, maintain security, etc. • Maintained several Linux servers for file storage, PDC, file backup, DB2 development, e-mail, web hosting, DNS, intrusion detection services, and several Windows servers for CRM and PBX management. • Maintain IBM iSeries (AKA AS/400) server, including installing programs, work with users on operations, adding and deleting user profiles, tape backup, etc. Show less



Friendly Computers

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Computer Technician

  • Nov 2002 - Nov 2004

  Perform onsite computer troubleshooting (hardware and software) for residences and small businesses.