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Luis J Ocasio-Perez

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