Wissam Y.

Wissam Y.

Software Developer

Vancouver, BC
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About Me

Wissam is a talented full-stack software engineer focusing on DevOps and database technology with over half a decade of experience with Ericsson and other companies. He is an efficient developer and consultant, comfortable working solo or on a distributed team.

Software Engineering Linux Server Administration System Administration Linux Agile Git Amazon Web Services (AWS) DevOps Gentoo VMware ESXi Bash Python JIRA Jenkins Ansible

Work history

Infolmage
Devops Engineer/Infrastructure Engineer
2023 - 2024 (1 year)
Remote
  • Transfering all VMs to IaC

  • Packer Golden images configuration

  • Dev support

  • Data backup and transfer

  • Linux administrator for all VMs

AllVoices Holding Co
DevOps Engineer
2022 - 2022
Remote
  • Maintained and upgraded the Kubernetes installation.

  • Upgraded all legacy working environments to recent versions.

  • Collaborated with other DevOps engineers to upgrade different parts of the Kubernetes infrastructure with Terraform.

  • Programmed a GitHub Actions Slack-release notifier.

TerraformKubernetesNetworks Amazon Web Services (AWS) DockerAgile SlackPython 3 Amazon EKS Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) GitDevOpsBashJenkinsJIRANginxSystem AdministrationShell ScriptingCI/CD Pipelines Linux Server Administration Cloud Services
Tatango, Inc.
DevOps Engineer
2018 - 2021 (3 years)
Remote
  • Provisioned, maintained, and improved the entire infrastructure to handle millions of requests.

  • Handled all staging and production deployments, including automating and ironing out bugs.

  • Collaborated with the CTO and DBA for any decision-making regarding scaling the infrastructure horizontally and vertically.

  • Increased the stability of the whole pipeline and set extra checking mechanisms at every point to reduce problems that reach production.

  • Helped with migration towards a Dockerized infrastructure to use Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS).

Amazon Web Services (AWS) AnsibleAWS CodeDeployAWS DevOps TerraformAmazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) DockerGitAmazon EC2 Amazon S3 (AWS S3) Amazon RDSAmazon ElastiCache Identity & Access Management (IAM) PythonAWS CloudFormationAgile DevOpsBashJenkinsJIRANginxSystem AdministrationShell ScriptingCI/CD Pipelines Linux Server Administration Cloud Services
thredUP
DevOps and Infrastructure Engineer
2017 - 2017
Remote
  • Decoupled applications for cloud provisioning and deployment.

  • Migrated from Chef and Ansible to a standardized Terraform, Ansible, and Docker approach.

  • Monitored, alerted, and escalated the configurations and setup.

KubernetesDockerDevOpsAnsibleInfrastructure Monitoring Amazon Web Services (AWS) Agile TerraformLinuxAmazon EC2 Amazon S3 (AWS S3) GitBashSystem AdministrationShell ScriptingCI/CD Pipelines Linux Server Administration Cloud Services
Integrated Digital Solutions, Inc.
DevOps Engineer
2017 - 2018 (1 year)
Remote
  • Worked with AT&T to offer new services.

  • Automated and provisioned new services with Terraform and Ansible.

  • Collaborated with the entire team to make sure all requirements are met.

CGI
Consultant
2016 - 2017 (1 year)
Remote
  • Provided DevOps work for the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

  • Automated application deployments with Docker and Kubernetes.

  • Contributed to the planning of a city-wide Kubernetes deployment.

Ericsson
Software Engineer
2015 - 2016 (1 year)
Remote
  • Created an IPAM with an international team for Ericsson.

  • Provisioned IPS automatically from telecom nodes.

  • Used Puppet for provisioning several types of servers.

  • Created a Django and Django REST framework back end for multiple front ends.

  • Programmed one of the front ends with Twitter Bootstrap.

Ericsson
Test Configuration Manager
2012 - 2015 (3 years)
Remote
  • Managed developer-virtualized test nodes on HP blades with ESXi hypervisors.

  • Virtualized CUDB telecom node installation, including configuration and alteration to fit a smaller concise installation.

  • Improved and facilitated the jobs of testers by communicating non-stop and anticipating their needs.

  • Automated installations and configurations of different services.

PythonKVMXenLinuxVMware ESXi Agile GitDevOpsBashJenkinsJIRASystem AdministrationShell ScriptingCI/CD Pipelines Linux Server Administration
Ludia
Build and System Administrator
2011 - 2012 (1 year)
Remote
  • Maintained Amazon Cloud Service (EC2, S3 , Route 53 , ELB, and more).

  • Maintained LDAP and mail servers and migrated the entire company to Gmail.

  • Packaged and distributed Python, Java, and Flash stacks.

  • Provided administration for MySQL, MongoDB, and Atlassian products.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Crucible JIRAMongoDBMySQLFlashJavaPythonGoogle AppsOpenLDAP LinuxAmazon Route 53 Amazon S3 (AWS S3) Amazon EC2 AWS ELB Agile GitDevOpsBashJenkinsAnsibleSystem AdministrationShell ScriptingCI/CD Pipelines NagiosLinux Server Administration Cloud Services
Mate1, Inc.
Build Engineer
2010 - 2011 (1 year)
Remote
  • Overhauled the entire workflow process to make an easy transition from designers to developers, doing quality assurance and finally making it live.

  • Oversaw the entire build (38 modules) written in Ant but migrated to Maven with our own Nexus repository and plugged it into a CI server (Bamboo).

  • Handled mergers from the well-being of main branches to the maintenance of our Git and SVN repositories.

  • Managed the entire QA environment and its multiple chains.

Portfolio

Happy at Work

It's an ongoing project to promote employee happiness at work. It has been on hold for a while since other projects became more important and have a higher potential. I will probably return to it at some point. I still have the domain for it.

StreamOps

An operations platform to help stream mods with their duties. It helps with translation, cuss word detection, karma across channels, and collaboration between mods. This is still in its infancy, and I am working actively toward a release at the beginning of 2024.

Pomodori 24/7

A Pomodoro technique distributed system (Pomodori is the plural of Pomodoro). It's a customizable Pomodoro timer that syncs with several clients. It aims to sync a whole company so everyone's "pause" periods happen simultaneously. It's still in progress, with an estimated release in August 2023.

Education

Education
Postgraduate Diploma in Bioinformatics
The University of Edinburgh
2006 - 2007 (1 year)
Education
Master's Degree in Computer Science
American University of Science and Technology
2004 - 2006 (2 years)
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Lebanese American University
1999 - 2004 (5 years)