Keith Lai

Background

About

Experienced DevSecOps Engineer with a proven track record of delivering exceptional results. Focused on leveraging cloud-based technologies and infrastructure as code to to help deliver value to users. Keen on problem-solving and educating others on all things technology related.

Work Experience

Delivery Engineer, nbn™ Australia
May, 2021 - Present
Creating internal frameworks from CI/CD tools to improve the overall developer experience at nbn™.
- Spearheaded the development of a resilient, centralized Jenkins library across multiple teams at nbn, enabling the seamless adoption of CI/CD workflows organization-wide.
- Developed a custom Terraform modules framework to ensure secure and complaint nbn infrastructure deployments.
- Oversaw the administration of critical developer tools infrastructure such as GitHub, Jenkins, SonarQube, and Jfrog Artifactory Pro, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
- Championed the onboarding process for new team members, providing impactful mentoring and training sessions to accelerate their skill development and integration into the team.
NBN Graduate Program (Engineering), nbn™ Australia
Feb, 2020 - May, 20211 year 3 months
15-month graduate program rotating between different engineering teams at nbn.
- Enhanced infrastructure efficiency by automating simple backend python scripts, streamlining operations and ensuring compliance with organizational standards.
- Incorporated engineering metrics to over 20 uniquely different system teams, fostering data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Designed and prototyped a logging solution for build logs in Jenkins and GoCD to facilitate monitoring and troubleshooting purposes.
Junior DevOps Administrator, AgriDigital
Jun, 2019 - Jan, 20207 months
Provided effective solutions to manage AgriDigital's DevOps processes
- Established automated CI/CD pipelines using Atlassian Bamboo for agile teams, streamlining development workflows.
- Provided proficient troubleshooting support for Microsoft Azure and AWS, ensuring smooth operations of cloud infrastructure.

Skills

DevOps
Jenkins

Terraform

AWS

CI/CD

docker
Interpersonal Skills
Teamwork

Problem-solving

Communication

Team management

Team leadership
Programming
python

groovy
Programming
bash

C

Java

go

HCL

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (Software)/Commerce, Bachelor, University of New South Wales
Mar, 2014 - Sep, 2019
SENG4911 - Engineering Thesis (HD Grade)

SENG3911 - Software Eng Workshop 3 (DN Grade)

Certificates

AWS Certified Developer – Associate, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Issued on:
Certified SAFe® 6 Agilist, Scaled Agile, Inc.
Issued on:
Agile Foundations, LinkedIn
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Awards

The Optiver SENG3011 Group Prize Award , Optiver
Awarded on: Nov 01, 2016
For the best project by a group in SENG3011 Software Engineering Workshop 3.

Volunteer Work

Strand 1 Teacher, Katoomba Christian Convention - kcc
Jan, 2021 - Jan, 2021
Led educational sessions at Katoomba Christian Convention, guiding students in biblical interpretation and study preparation.

Interests

Sports
BadmintonRunning
Gaming
BoardgamesPCTRPGs

References

Stephen Cheng
I highly recommend Keith for any professional opportunity. In my time working with Keith, I have been consistently impressed with his excellent presentation and communication skills. Keith has a natural ability to clearly articulate complex ideas and deliver engaging presentations that captivate and inform audiences. Keith is also a hardworking individual who is dedicated to achieving his goals. He consistently goes above and beyond to deliver high-quality work, often putting in extra effort to ensure that tasks are completed to the highest standards.
Peter Nguyen
Keith displayed incredible crisis management skills and carried himself quite impeccably during trials and tribulations during his time in the company.