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TYSON LIN

Owings Mills,MD

Summary

Seasoned Systems & Production Engineer with 7+ years of experience designing, scaling, and supporting high-availability systems and cloud infrastructure in enterprise environments. Proven track record in improving reliability and performance through DevOps practices, CI/CD automation, and 24/7 production support. Skilled in Linux, cloud platforms, and driving operational excellence in fast-paced, high-impact settings.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Production Engineer II

Yahoo! Inc.
Baltimore, MD
05.2021 - Current
  • Engineered, deployed, and managed AWS infrastructure (EC2, EKS, S3, Lambda, EMR, OpenSearch, IAM, Airflow) for business-critical production systems.
  • Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines (Screwdriver, Jenkins) to automate application deployments and drive cloud migration from on-premises hardware to Amazon Web Services.
  • Deployed, patched, and maintained Amazon Linux servers, using Ansible for configuration automation and security compliance.
  • Hands-on experience with Terraform and internal orchestration workflows (powered by CloudFormation) for provisioning scalable infrastructure and supporting developer self-service.
  • Managed and supported production Kubernetes (EKS) and Airflow workloads for data pipelines and microservices.
  • Enhanced monitoring and incident response through Datadog, Chronosphere, Splunk, YAMAS (internal), and CloudWatch—significantly improving visibility and time to resolution.
  • Designed and implemented autoscaling strategies that reduced infrastructure costs while improving application reliability.
  • Provided 24/7 on-call support, leading critical incident response, and reliability reviews.

System Engineer I

Verizon Media
Baltimore, MD
02.2019 - 05.2021
  • Designed, implemented, and maintained Amazon Web Services infrastructure (EC2, S3, CloudFormation, Lambda), optimizing for uptime and scalability.
  • Managed and secured Linux-based and Amazon Linux environments for high-traffic ad-tech workloads.
  • Automated software builds, testing, and deployments with Jenkins, Python, and Groovy.
  • Utilized YAMAS (internal), Splunk, and Logstash to proactively monitor logs and metrics, ensuring rapid issue detection and system health.

Associate System Engineer

Oath Inc.
Baltimore, MD
04.2017 - 02.2019
  • Supported and maintained business-critical applications and Linux/Amazon Linux servers.
  • Developed shell scripts and automation tools to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual workload.
  • Collaborated on system reliability, monitoring, and troubleshooting across production infrastructure.

Operations Engineering Intern

AOL Inc.
Baltimore, MD
07.2015 - 04.2017
  • Assisted with deployments, maintenance, and patching of Linux servers for production systems.
  • Created shell scripts for automating routine maintenance and basic monitoring tasks.
  • Supported senior engineers with troubleshooting and daily operations for enterprise IT systems.

Education

Associate of Applied Science - Computer Information Systems

Baltimore City Community College
Baltimore, MD
08.2020

Skills

  • AWS cloud infrastructure knowledge
  • Linux systems administration
  • Kubernetes orchestration skills
  • Ansible automation proficiency
  • CI/CD pipeline implementation (Jenkins, Screwdriver)
  • Git repository management skills
  • Python programming capabilities
  • Bash shell scripting proficiency
  • Monitoring solutions with Chronosphere, Datadog, Splunk, Logstash, and CloudWatch
  • On-call incident management
  • Cost optimization in cloud services management
  • Project management tools (Jira, ServiceNow)
  • Access management tools (IAM, Athenz)

References

References available upon request

Timeline

Production Engineer II

Yahoo! Inc.
05.2021 - Current

System Engineer I

Verizon Media
02.2019 - 05.2021

Associate System Engineer

Oath Inc.
04.2017 - 02.2019

Operations Engineering Intern

AOL Inc.
07.2015 - 04.2017

Associate of Applied Science - Computer Information Systems

Baltimore City Community College

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