Persephone Dechario
Hollywood,USA
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Software Engineer
UKG
09.2024 - Current
- Serve in an on-call rotation, diagnosing production issues using observability tools such as Grafana, DataDog, and Kubernetes logs; collaborate with senior engineers to identify root causes and implement fixes.
- Refactor and update services to support new dependencies, ensuring codebase compatibility and stability.
- Act as Epic Champion for a cross-team migration project transitioning from self-hosted runners to GARM runners; coordinate with technical program managers, project managers, and engineers across teams to align implementation.
- Maintain and update internal documentation for the GARM migration to support team onboarding and future scalability.
- Support internal engineers via the team’s support channel, investigating workflow and deployment failures and escalating when necessary.
- Develop a secure, production-ready Helm deployment workflow, integrating service accounts, Workload Identity Federation (WIF), and Google Artifact Registry (GAR) to meet organizational security standards.
- Migrated service telemetry from InfluxDB to OpenTelemetry by integrating the OpenTelemetry SDK into existing services.
Software Engineer (Intern)
UKG
09.2023 - 04.2024
- Acted as a SCRUM Master and coding contributor, actively participating in the SCRUM/Agile process.
- Conducted research on SSRS architecture and delivered a comprehensive presentation to a large team of engineers.
- Made substantial contributions to the product codebase within the ASP.NET framework, including enhancements to aspx pages, updates to the Data Object Model code files, and modifications to ascx controls.
- Facilitated coordination among Data Engineers, Software Engineers, QA Analysts, Business
- Analysts, and Product Managers to ensure the delivery of precise solutions for coding projects.
- Served as a Quality Assurance Engineer, developing and refining automated tests using tools such as Echo, NUnit, TeamCity, and TestRails.
- Identified and resolved product defects, addressing build failures to maintain system integrity and performance.
Site Coordinator
Penquis, Community Action Agency
02.2022 - 06.2022
- Coordinated between volunteers and management team for operational consistency.
- Conducted initial intakes and final reviews for tax returns, ensuring accuracy.
- Managed and maintained VITA sites to comply with IRS standards.
Project Administrator
M+W Group
10.2015 - 08.2016
- Working with a team of engineers and architects on multi-million dollar design/build projects for the private and public sectors.
- Responsible for ensuring coordination and compliance of project deliverables and company procedure both within and outside of M+W Group between engineers, project managers, administrators, and other M+W Group employees.
- Working both independently and with small teams on assignments specific to project administrators.
- Maintaining, creating, formatting, and updating project SharePoint site. Ensuring site meets global corporate standards.
- Creating KPI and ad hoc reports for presentation to the client.
- Attending meetings and taking minutes to be shared with Lead Project Administrator.
Air Traffic Controller
US Navy
05.2011 - 12.2014
- Supervised and coordinated a 13-controller watch team.
- Managed airspace utilization between DOD, FAA, and civilian users.
- Scheduled and assigned controllers based on legal and operational requirements.
- Updated operational procedures and training documents.
- Provided live training to air traffic controllers and documented results.
- Conducted performance briefings and provided recommendations for improvement.
Education
BA - Computer Science
Florida International University
Miami, FL03.2025
Data Science and Analytics - undefined
Divergence Academy
12.2022
No Degree - Sociology
Columbia University
NY, NY04.2019
Skills
- C#
- Java
- Python
- SQL
- JavaScript
- HTML
- C
- CSS
- Git
- ASPNET
- REACT
- JQuery
- GitHub
- Visual Studio Code
- Visual Studio Professional
- SQL Server Management Studio
- PostgreSQL
- Power BI
- Azure
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- GitOps
- TypeScript
- NestJS
- OpenTelemetry
Awards
- Dean's List (Columbia University)
- Moody's Scholar (Columbia University)
Timeline
Associate Software Engineer
UKG
09.2024 - Current
Software Engineer (Intern)
UKG
09.2023 - 04.2024
Site Coordinator
Penquis, Community Action Agency
02.2022 - 06.2022
Project Administrator
M+W Group
10.2015 - 08.2016
Air Traffic Controller
US Navy
05.2011 - 12.2014
Data Science and Analytics - undefined
Divergence Academy
BA - Computer Science
Florida International University
No Degree - Sociology
Columbia University