my-site

Mobile-responsive personal website, generated using Hugo. https://kevin-mok.com/

5.6 KiB

Raw Blame History

title	date	draft
Resume	2019-02-11T07:50:51-05:00	false

{{% resume/work-experience name="Red Hat" title="Cloud/Software Engineer Intern" languages="Kubernetes, GoLang, Jenkins" date="May 2020 — Aug 2021" %}}

Reduced deployment time by 66% by implementing a solution for deploying locally-compiled binaries onto Kubernetes/OpenShift via command-line, cutting average deployment times from 45 minutes to 15 minutes. (Kubernetes/GoLang used for this and three below).
Eliminated 80% of manual configuration errors by enabling the Kubernetes operator to automatically fetch data from deployed services and update configurations, deprecating legacy startup scripts and reducing overall startup time by 40%.
Improved application stability by introducing startup probes for legacy applications with longer boot times, resulting in a 50% reduction in startup-related failures and downtime during production launches.
Enhanced system reliability by refactoring probes to assign default values dynamically based on deployed YAML files and fixing reconciliation issues, increasing probe accuracy by 30% and preventing misconfigurations.
Increased CI pipeline efficiency by rewriting the Jenkins (Groovy) nightly pipeline to run in a GitHub PR environment, allowing for automated testing of all team-submitted PRs prior to merging, reducing manual intervention by 60%.
Demonstrated leadership and collaboration by actively contributing to Agile sprint planning in a 12-member team, driving improvement in sprint velocity through optimized task delegation and idea generation.
Increased project reproducibility by taking initiative to write a reusable GitHub parameters file for the pipeline, enabling 100% reusability and ensuring consistent pipeline setups across different environments.
Streamlined developer onboarding by authoring comprehensive project documentation and mentoring an incoming intern, reducing onboarding time by 50% and enhancing new team members' productivity within their first sprint.

{{% resume/project name="AWS Server" url="https://kevin-mok.com/server/" languages="AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform" date="May 2024" show="true" %}}

Deployed and maintained multiple web applications using Docker Compose on AWS EC2 Debian/Linux servers, ensuring consistent environments for applications handling over 2,000+ monthly requests.
Automated AWS infrastructure provisioning by writing Terraform files to deploy AWS EC2 instances and Docker containers, accelerating deployment times by 80% and providing an easily reproducible infrastructure setup.
Improved web application accessibility by configuring AWS Route 53’s DNS and NGINX to route subdomains to individual web apps, enabling seamless navigation between apps.
Built a uptime monitoring system by writing a JavaScript script and setting up a systemd service/timer to check and display page uptime, ensuring near real-time monitoring and reducing downtime time by 95%.

{{% resume/project name="Rarity Surf" languages="Python, JavaScript, React, Django"
date="Oct 2021" show="true" %}}

Architected a robust Django (Python) backend store NFT rarity rankings in PostgreSQL and serve the data via GraphQL API, ensuring low-latency access and scaling to handle 2,000+ concurrent requests.
Developed a dynamic React frontend using hooks to load rarity data in real-time, styled with Tailwind for mobile responsiveness, improving user experience and reducing frontend load times by 70%.

AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker (Compose), Jenkins, Groovy, Go(Lang), Bash, Linux, JavaScript, React, Python, Django, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Solidity, C, Git, Command Line

{{% resume/education name="University of Toronto" title="Computer Science Specialist — 3.84 GPA (CS). Graduated with High Distinction." date="2019 — 2024" %}}

5.6 KiB Raw Blame History

5.6 KiB

Raw Blame History