Overview
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Certification
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Gia T

Chicago,IL

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

DevOps Engineer

J.Crew
01.2023 - Current
  • Managed cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalability, security, and performance to support high-traffic online shopping platforms.
  • Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab CI, enhancing the speed and reliability of code deployments.
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Terraform and Ansible, reducing deployment time and error rates.
  • Monitored system performance with Prometheus and Grafana, identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks to maintain high availability.
  • Collaborated with software development, IT operations, and security teams to implement secure, reliable, and high-performing solutions.
  • Supported migration efforts and ensured infrastructure alignment with evolving business needs and security compliance requirements.

DevOps Engineer

Chase
01.2021 - 01.2023
  • Managed observability and monitoring for complex environments using Datadog, ensuring proactive issue detection and resolution to maintain high system availability.
  • Automated certificate renewals with an internal CKMS tool, significantly reducing manual intervention and minimizing the risk of security lapses in production environments.
  • Managed Active Directory across Linux, Windows, and AWS platforms, handling ID/UID management to ensure secure access control and compliance with organizational standards.
  • Collaborated closely with developers and SREs on migration projects, providing expertise in IAM, access control, and deployment processes to ensure smooth transitions and secure application operations.
  • Conducted vulnerability assessments and led remediation efforts, working with application owners, project managers, and monitoring teams to address security concerns effectively.
  • Implemented a Blue-Green deployment strategy using AWS and Kubernetes, reducing downtime during updates and enabling smooth, reliable transitions between application environments.
  • Utilized Terraform to automate the provisioning of infrastructure, creating parallel environments that facilitated testing and deployment with consistency and efficiency.
  • Managed CI/CD pipelines with Spinnaker, ensuring secure, controlled deployments across multiple environments and enhancing the overall deployment process through automation.
  • Led application migrations from internal infrastructure to AWS, building environments from scratch and deploying key services such as EKS, Kafka, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL, driving cloud adoption and improving scalability.

Skills

Monitoring & Logging: Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, Splunk

Automation & Configuration Management: CKMS Tool, Terraform, Ansible, Chef

Deployment Strategies: Blue-Green Deployment, CI/CD Pipeline Management

Cloud Platforms & Services: AWS (AWS Services Integration: Kafka, MongoDB, PostgreSQL) Microsoft Azure, GCP

Infrastructure Management: Multi-Cloud(AWS, Linux, Windows, and internal cloud), Active Directory

Containers/Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker Compose

Pipeline Tools: Spinnaker, Jenkins

Version Control: Git, GitHub, GitLab

Security & Compliance: Vulnerability Assessment, IAM, SonarQube

Package Manager: Helm, Maven

Images: Packer

Collaboration and Communication: Slack, Microsoft Teams

Certification

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (002) (11/2022 - 11/2024)

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (11/2022 - 11/2025)

CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (04/2023 - 04/2026)

Projects

Blue-Green Deployment on AWS with Kubernetes

Migration of Legacy Applications to AWS Cloud

Certificate Renewal Automation with Internal CKMS Tool

Infrastructure Monitoring and Incident Management

Infrastructure Automation with Terraform and Spinnaker

Application Migrations from Internal Infrastructure to AWS

Automating Website Deployment with Ansible

CI/CD Pipeline Development

Infrastructure Monitoring and Event Management

E-commerce Infrastructure Optimization

Timeline

DevOps Engineer

J.Crew
01.2023 - Current

DevOps Engineer

Chase
01.2021 - 01.2023
Gia T