Luis J Ocasio-Perez
Denver,Co
Summary
Dynamic software engineer specializing in DevOps, driven by a passion for technology and innovation. Dedicated tinkerer and problem solver with a strong commitment to mentoring newcomers in the tech field, fostering their growth and celebrating milestones. Seeking a role within a culture that prioritizes teamwork and values contributions toward collective success.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
DevOps Engineer
CoreSite
08.2023 - Current
- Designed and enforced AWS IAM roles, policies, and MFA, reducing unauthorized access risk and strengthening least-privilege controls.
- Automated IAM provisioning, access controls, and AWS environment setup using Terraform and CloudFormation, improving deployment speed and consistency.
- Engineered Jenkins CI pipelines for Java applications with Maven, cutting release cycle times and enabling reliable, repeatable deployments.
- Integrated Artifactory and Octopus Deploy for end-to-end CI/CD, improving release reliability across lower and production environments.
- Implemented Checkmarx scanning and Codebashing training to automate vulnerability detection and elevate secure coding practices across development teams.
- Introduced DORA metrics tracking and built a dashboard UI to visualize deployment frequency, lead time, MTTR, and change failure rate, improving data-driven delivery decisions.
- Coordinated all production deployments and incident responses, aligning release cadence with business goals while improving operational resilience.
- Documented solutions, runbooks, and proofs of concept in Confluence to support knowledge sharing and faster onboarding.
DevOps Engineer
Wizehive
01.2022 - 06.2022
- Managed AWS environments using EC2, ECS, ECR, SQS, SNS, and security groups to support a microservices production architecture and maintain site reliability.
- Built and deployed Docker images and containers, and configured CircleCI pipelines to automate testing and deployment workflows.
- Integrated Datadog, PagerDuty, and AWS SQS/SNS for alerting and incident response, improving operational visibility and time to resolution.
- Implemented safeguards to prevent untagged Docker images and enforced best practices in container hygiene and governance.
- Led SSO implementations for client workspaces, collaborating directly with customers and implementation specialists from request through successful login.
- Worked within a two-week sprint agile process, partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, reliable releases in a microservices environment.
Site Reliability Engineer
Wizehive
04.2021 - 03.2022
- Maintained application uptime by triaging and resolving customer, internal, and automated tickets in a timely and appropriate manner.
- Built an internal CLI tool in Node.js and JavaScript to perform CRUD operations against an etcd server, automating a previously manual workflow.
- Delivered code fixes and enhancements in JavaScript and ran SQL queries against production databases to diagnose issues and support operations.
- Collaborated closely with engineering and support teams to communicate root causes, fixes, and potential errors, improving overall reliability and transparency.
Full Stack Web Developer
Freelance Web Developer
12.2019 - 01.2021
- Worked directly with established clients on delivering professional websites
- Created multimedia sites for 3 clients that showcased products and increased sales by 100%
- Increased clients target audience through established mobile-first approach displaying multimedia sites on various devices such as phones, tablets, desktops
- Provided maintenance services for client website that ensured traffic maintainability, search engine optimization, and certificate renewals
Team Lead
Lambda School
02.2020 - 06.2020
- Conducted individual code reviews with students by meeting 1-1 to review daily and weekly projects and provide feedback to support content mastery
- Prepared students for real-world interviews by conducting weekly code challenge interviews, which strengthened both technical and communication skills
- Monitored slack channels within cohorts where students directly communicated difficulties and collaboratively helped resolve issues or lack of knowledge
Education
Full Stack Web Development - Computer Science
Lambda School
10.2020
Skills
- CI/CD
- Bash
- Powershell
- Windows
- Docker
- Jenkins
- Git
- Node
- Release management
- Terraform
- AWS Cloud
- Kubernetes
- Javascript
- React
- Scripting languages
- Containerization technologies
- Version control systems
- Linux operating system
- Continuous deployment
- Software development
Timeline
DevOps Engineer
CoreSite
08.2023 - Current
DevOps Engineer
Wizehive
01.2022 - 06.2022
Site Reliability Engineer
Wizehive
04.2021 - 03.2022
Team Lead
Lambda School
02.2020 - 06.2020
Full Stack Web Developer
Freelance Web Developer
12.2019 - 01.2021
Full Stack Web Development - Computer Science
Lambda School