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Work Experience

• Full-Stack Developer (Student Placement & Contract), Flo-Fab Inc.

  Jun, 2024 - Present

  Working on the production dashboard for a manufacturing company’s new internal system. Started as part of a 3-person student team during my AEC program, then continued on a short-term contract to finish and extend the work. Handling both backend and frontend development to deliver tools used daily on the factory floor.

  • Implement API endpoints and build responsive UI components for the production dashboard using ASP.NET Core, React, and MSSQL.

  • Add new features and refine existing ones based on feedback from production staff and internal stakeholders.

  • Integrate testing frameworks and write unit/integration tests to keep changes safe and reliable.

  • Maintain a CI pipeline to improve build and integration processes.

  • Use Git for version control and review pull requests to keep code quality high.

  • Work in an Agile environment with sprints, standups, and backlog grooming.

• iOS Developer, Self-employed (Freelance)

  Jul, 2023 - Jun, 202411 months

  Developed and launched a photo rating app on the App Store, initially created as a personal project. Gained further experience through freelance work maintaining a music app, refining skills in app development and deployment.

  • Developed and published a mobile app, designing and implementing its UI and core functionality.

  • Maintained and improved an existing music app, fixing bugs, refining UX, and ensuring stability for active users.

  • Communicated with stakeholders to prioritize issues and implement solutions effectively.

  • Optimized performance and improved maintainability in both projects through targeted refactoring and enhancements.

• Site Reliability Engineer, Input Output Global (formerly IOHK)

  Feb, 2019 - Mar, 20234 years 1 month

  • Participated in the development and maintenance of the team's internal deployment tools (exposure to Rust, Golang and Crystal).

  • Made contributions to upstream Nix-ecosystem tools (exposure to C++, Python and Perl).

  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design and implement robust infrastructure solutions, ensuring high availability and scalability for critical systems.

  • Deployed and maintained monitoring and alerting systems to proactively identify and resolve performance issues.

  • Developed and automated deployment pipelines using CircleCI, Buildkite, Docker, Nix, and Hydra.

  • Conducted incident response and root cause analysis to identify underlying system weaknesses, leading to proactive system enhancements.

  • Refactored and modularized IaC code bases for readability, maintainability, and reusability.

  • Mentored junior team members on best practices, troubleshooting, and automation strategies.

• DevOps Engineer, Benbria Corporation

  Nov, 2013 - Feb, 20195 years 3 months

  • Streamlined build processes to improve efficiency and reduce deployment time, resulting in faster release cycles.

  • Designed and implemented CI pipelines for reliable automated delivery.

  • Used IaC to provision and manage cloud infrastructure, improving scalability and reducing manual work.

  • Implemented configuration management to maintain consistent and secure instances.

  • Developed monitoring and metrics systems to proactively address performance issues.

  • Built a self-serve deployment dashboard for developers using NodeJS, WebSockets, Ember.js, and the GitHub API.

• System Administrator/DevOps Engineer, Panaya LTD

  Aug, 2009 - Oct, 20134 years 2 months

  • Led the migration to EC2 cloud infrastructure, improving scalability.

  • Automated deployment and configuration management of production instances.

  • Developed internal tools and dashboards to control cloud resource costs (exposure to Java and Ruby on Rails).

• Professional Services Consultant, Infinity IT

  Jan, 2008 - May, 20091 year 4 months

  • Managed and monitored customer production servers.

  • Provided technical support over the phone and on-site.

  • Performed overseas bare metal deployments.

• Network Operator, Jajah

  Sep, 2007 - Dec, 20073 months

  • Detected and mitigated VOIP-related issues.

  • Resolved tier-one incidents.

• Senior Technical Support Engineer, Bezeq International

  Dec, 2004 - Aug, 20072 years 8 months

  • Provided technical support to enterprise customers.

  • Resolved escalated cases.

  • Set up and maintained customer network and security equipment.

  • Developed and administered internal Linux-based services.

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