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Jersey City, NJ, US

New York, NY, US

Jersey City, NJ, US

• Architected and developed a cloud agnostic on-demand VPN system using Terraform where servers are managed via a portal built in ReactJS or an API
• Implemented a CI/CD pipeline using Drone IO which implements a multibranch pipeline to: monitor code changes, run automated unit tests, linters, and deploy systems to their respective environments
• Secured both platforms by incorporating HTTPS, encrypting sensitive data at rest, identifying and patching security holes, and supplying secrets at runtime using Vault
• Decreased total costs by 70% by optimizing AWS server configurations and business logic
• Performed in-depth technical, operational, and security analyses of client infrastructure to recommend solutions such as SCRUM, customized educational material and other resources to increase operational efficiency.

Los Gatos, CA, US

• Partnered with AWS to monitor and maintain EC2 instance availability for all of Netflix
• Built systems to monitor and scale clusters to appropriately anticipate and scale for failover events
• Maintained a regional failover framework to ensure service availability despite bad deployments, AWS service outages, cyberattacks, and unexpected traffic shifts
• Routinely assisted teams in managing cluster sizes, EC2 availability, and troubleshooting deployment issues
• Created dashboards contrasting instance, cluster, and auto-scaling metrics to reduce on-call alerts by 50%
• Containerized the codebase to obtain parity between environments and simplifying the developer experience

New York, US

• Initiated foundational work for migration to containerized deployments by modifying existing CD pipelines, streamlining the docker build process, modularizing frequently used resources, and setting up isolated.
• Provide subject matter expertise on IAM related technologies S3 bucket permissions across the company
• Worked with AWS Lambda, SQS, ECS, and other services to improve deployments and observability
• Present and led company-wide Docker workshops to improve employee skillsets
• Consulted on infrastructure projects with various teams throughout the company
• Led live coding sessions to help familiarize and mentor new developers to the stack

New York, NY, US

• Architected and built a server side rendered site using React and NextJS
• Implemented REST API routes using ExpressJS and incorporated relevant unit and integration tests to ensure stability and reliability
• Architected a custom CMS using NextJS, React, and Postgres to allow journalists to update site content
• Set up drone CI and configured pipelines for each microservices to enable productive release experience for developers.
• Led a project consolidation effort by incorporating Google OAuth, application level firewalls, and Docker based deployments, increasing transparency and efficiency by 66%
• Handled multiple SEO optimization efforts to increase site traffic by 30%

New Brunswick, NJ, US

• Assisted in architecting a new IT infrastructure using Kubernetes on the AWS platform that increasedthe flexibility of development and production servers, increased independence from PaaS vendors,and eased the ability.
• Reduced on-boarding efficiency drop for numerous projects by implementing Docker
• Mentored co-ops, interns, and co-workers by sharing knowledge on best practices, coding standardsand potential security vulnerabilities
• Significantly increased company efficiency by developing internal platforms that allowed app developers to experiment, prototype, and build simple and complex mobile applications quickly
• Developed, maintained, and upgraded several API's using PHP and Node to increase information flow from backend and frontend services
• Worked on a cross-functional agile SCRUM team, adopting skillsets and substituting for teammembers as needed

New York, NY, US

• Optimized and implemented two new models in conjunction with Nobel Laureate Robert Engle while increasing user interactivity.
• Identified and automated analysis tools to correct data errors and anomalies.
• Developed a workflow using open source tools to migrate over 1 million rows between data providers.
• Increased website performance by optimizing MySQL queries and modifying database settings.
• Designed and created a user login system utilizing a Scala RESTful API and OAuth 2.0.
• Spearheaded project to translate the visualization platform to Chinese to accommodate our Shangai campus.

New Brunswick, NJ, US

• Mentored and trained 5 new employees to facilitate their skill growth and familiarize them with department policy.
• Increased productivity by creating virtual machines to test new software tools.
• Streamlined budget by building and intranet inventory portal utilizing PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, and CSS to efficiently record and monitor department assets.
• Diagnosed switch, LAN, port forwarding, DNS, VPN, router, and network drive issues.
• Regularly updated and maintained 250 PC’s including virus/malware removal, OS installations, isolating hardware malfunctions, data backups and removal

• Increased productivity by creating a file server and implementing network boot capabilities bulk installation of Centos 6 on new machines.
• Increased productivity by learning to use the command in Linux and OS X environment to remotely troubleshoot and resolve user issues.
• Mapped and created network diagrams of all servers and clusters using Visio.

New York, New York, US

* Reconciled data used for Personal Property Tax returns* Verified the integrity of Fixed Asset Reports* Updated the Accounting Calendar

Education record

Bachelor Of Arts, Mathematics; Economics

Bachelor'S Degree, Mathematics

Bachelor'S Degree, Mathematics