Kubernetes Platform Engineer

• Exploring and performance testing technologies for a new payroll engine.

• Created API-based microservices and ensured overall system performance and reliability for a high throughput system.

• Developed database connection APIs and various report generation tools, as well as front-end UIs for user access, providing valuable insights into system performance and enabling more effective data analysis.

• Leveraged Python Flask APIs and SQL Alchemy ORM to create an effective solution for writing data to the database.

• Implemented containerized services such as Benthos, RabbitMQ, and Go for an extremely high throughput system.

• Designed CI/CD pipeline to deploy to staging Kubernetes clusters

• Developed effective monitoring solutions using Prometheus and Grafana to capture metrics and create appropriate views, providing valuable insights into system performance and reliability.

• Proactively learned new technologies, quickly becoming a top contributor on the team despite having little prior experience with the tech stack.

• Researched, designed, and developed various web-app components using Angular and Firestore, as well as container orchestration service using Kubernetes, Docker, C#, and Camunda/Argo.

• Received management and business training through one-on-one mentorship with senior director

• Served as the lead developer for a research project and successfully helped architected and implemented two different workflow engines while meeting strict architecture and schedule constraints.

• Developed the workflows, .NET worker service, and configured GCP environments to support the project's needs.

• Demonstrated leadership skills by providing guidance to team members, leading cross-team meetings, and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.

• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn complex Federal Government procedures and adapting them to adverse social and environmental factors to increase work efficiency.

• Consistently performed at a high level, earning recognition as one of the top-performing enumerators in the district.

• Selected to travel the country in order to support struggling regional census offices.