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Hugo L. Samayoa, DevOps Developer in Long Beach, United States
Hugo L. Samayoa

DevOps Developer in Long Beach, United States

Member since February 15, 2019
Hugo has over 20 years of experience working on projects for Google, Etsy, Anthem, McAffee, Facebook, American Express, Symantec, Deutsche Telekom, HBO, Showtime, Marvel Studios, Netflix, and US FedRAMP. He loves automation and working with the latest technologies. DevOps before DevOps is a statement associated with Hugo's career.
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Portfolio

  • Tekno FX Incorporated
    Buildkite, CircleCI, Amazon Web Services (AWS), ECS, Flux, Azure...
  • PGi
    Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, ELK (Elastic Stack), Windows, Node.js...
  • Independent Contractor
    Amazon Web Services (AWS), Zabbix, Wowza, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Puppet...

Experience

Location

Long Beach, United States

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Kubernetes, Linux, AWS

The most amazing...

...experience I've had was working on a project for the Facebook Live launch.

Employment

  • Cloud Engineer

    2019 - PRESENT
    Tekno FX Incorporated
    • Helped move a healthcare organization's customer portal from a data center to AWS.
    • Set up a self-healing infrastructure using Terraform across three AWS regions.
    • Led the design of a CI/CD process for a new micro-service architecture using the latest Kubernetes technologies.
    • Worked on the planning, implementation, and best practices for Google Anthos upgrades for GKE on-prem.
    • Migrated 250 repositories from CircleCI to Buildkite (an American self-driving car company).
    • Migrated from AWS to GCP Terraform. Worked on Google Cloud Foundation presentations with stakeholders and the logging and security architectural planning (an American television provider).
    • Worked on the zero-downtime infrastructure and Chaos Engineering implementation for one of the largest eCommerce sites.
    Technologies: Buildkite, CircleCI, Amazon Web Services (AWS), ECS, Flux, Azure, DigitalOcean, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), GitLab, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, AWS, PostgreSQL, CI/CD Pipelines

  • Senior Manager – Site Reliability Engineering

    2015 - 2019
    PGi
    • Managed a small, fast-moving team supporting 200+ developers building a web conferencing SaaS platform.
    • Moved existing web conferencing SaaS platform from AppLogic to CI/CD with EC2 and Chef in 2015.
    • Moved web conferencing platform from being managed by Chef to a Docker/Kubernetes solution in 2017.
    • Moved all legacy web conferencing and audio PBX applications to a globally distributed Kubernetes environment in 2018.
    • Participated in an on-call 24x7 rotation for debugging both build pipeline and production infrastructure issues acting as the technical escalation lead.
    • Worked with several globally distributed scrum teams as a technical lead.
    Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, ELK (Elastic Stack), Windows, Node.js, Java, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Linux, AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD Pipelines

  • Cloud Engineering Architect

    2011 - 2015
    Independent Contractor
    • Helped customers move to cloud-based systems, both private and public cloud.
    • Developed a custom Wowza module for live video streaming.
    • Integrated custom modules for customers.
    • Secured live media solutions for companies like HBO, Netflix, Marvel, Facebook Live, and Showtime.
    • Set up a full CI/CD process using EC2 and Jenkins.
    • Developed a custom Terraform module.
    • Built custom pipelines using Jenkins.
    Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Zabbix, Wowza, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Puppet, Node.js, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Jenkins, Java, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Amazon CloudFront CDN, AWS CloudFormation, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), Chef, CentOS, AWS, Artifactory, CI/CD Pipelines

  • Senior Product Developer

    2010 - 2011
    devIO
    • Built a Symantec Kaseya module - http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH197177.
    • Built an Intel MSP framework - https://msp.intel.com/kaseya.
    • Built other custom Kaseya modules for Xerox, Intel, Heroware, DOCUwise, and Storagecraft.
    • Worked on internal Kaseya modules i.e KPSA, KNM, and Kaseya API.
    • Wrote custom licensing module for clients.
    • Custom Linux and Windows scripting for automation.
    Technologies: Node.js, C#, Linux, Windows, AutoIt, Kaseya, CI/CD Pipelines

  • Director of Development

    2007 - 2010
    inhouseIT
    • Managed the implementation of over 250 AD farms including the creation automation, monitoring, and disaster recovery suites to support all clients effectively with only three AD resources.
    • Automated all monitoring, alerting, and exception processes at over 300 client sites from one centralized command console using a combination of SRSS, AutoIT, Powershell, C#, and custom built monitoring systems.
    • Implemented standardized ITIL procedures across the managed services team to the project services team.
    • Integrated Kaseya Management Software, Sonicwall GMS, Plesk, MXLogic SaaS Email, and ShoreTel Phone System to grab up to the minute billable users/host counts for accounting.
    • Wrote custom applications which manage and monitor 250 instances of Exchange across all clients managed by inhouseIT.
    Technologies: SRSS Reporting, Windows PowerShell, Cisco, Linux, Windows, C#, AutoIt, Kaseya

  • VP Of Engineering

    2006 - 2007
    Digital Interactive Systems
    • Oversaw 35 in-house developers responsible for bringing OEM and web applications to market.
    • Managed the development group which integrated a retail game store into over 2 million HP desktop’s and laptop worldwide.
    • Trained the primary C++ developers responsible for automating install packages using Windows low-level mechanisms.
    • Interfaced directly with an outsource team in Romania to facilitate the development of new web application.
    Technologies: ASP.NET, Linux, Windows, C++

  • Research Engineer

    2004 - 2006
    eEye Digital Security
    • Specialized in UNIX/Cisco Security and Malware.
    • Designed eEye Honeypot to catch MS Windows-based worms using open source tools.
    • Participated in the reverse engineer team for Microsoft's monthly security patches.
    • Developed binary diffing tools.
    • Provided a tier escalation point for unpacking encrypted binaries.
    Technologies: Interactive Disassembler (IDA) Pro, OllyDbg, Reverse Engineering, Windows, Linux

  • Systems Manager, Engineering

    2004 - 2004
    Unified Worldwide Transport
    • Maintained DNS servers, mail servers, web servers, RADIUS servers, firewall, and VPN connections.
    • Customized and implemented billing software.
    • Customized and implemented support ticketing software.
    • Managed H.323 connections throughout 125 countries.
    • Developed an automated provisioning process.
    Technologies: PHP, ASP.NET, C#, Perl, FreeRADIUS, Cisco, Linux

  • Systems Engineer

    2002 - 2004
    Esker Software
    • Managed Windows 2000/UNIX network consisting of 20 servers.
    • Maintained DNS servers, mail servers, web servers, firewall, and VPN connections.
    • Managed the corporate LAN consisting of MS Exchange Server and back-office applications that included MS SQL Server and MS SharePoint Servers.
    • Provided part-time development for T1 Fax Board drivers on 14 Unix platforms.
    Technologies: C++, BSD, Linux, Microsoft SQL Server, Windows

  • Systems Engineer

    2000 - 2004
    TierZero Networks
    • Managed the service provider server farm consisting of 12 Unix servers.
    • Designed, installed, and maintained DNS servers, mail servers, RADIUS servers, and firewalls.
    • Managed the corporate LAN consisting of MS Exchange Server and back-office applications that included MS SQL Server and MS SharePoint Servers.
    • Assisted with network engineering projects. Maintained OSPF network routing and customer VPN tunnels.
    Technologies: Cisco, Windows, C#, PHP, Perl, Linux, Unix

Experience

  • Facebook Live Project - Explore.org
    https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/23/facebook-continuous-live/

    The Annenberg Foundation was asked in early 2016 to be part of the initial Facebook Live launch. As one of the initial 12 partners for the launch, Annenberg reached out for my expertise in building scalable live video streaming applications and infrastructure. With over 125 global live video streams running 24x7, the solution was built out using a micro-service architecture on continuous integration and continuous deployment platform. Since the initial launch, the platform has grown to over 200 live streams spanning four continents built on top of Kubernetes.

  • Lego World Builder
    https://www.wsj.com/articles/legos-next-build-worlds-and-characters-created-by-its-fans-11598241663

    Lego World Builder lets users propose story worlds, characters, and other ideas by uploading concept art, videos, and descriptions. I led the DevOps initiative from the ground-up and implemented Terraform for infrastructure as code. Kubernetes is running on Amazon EKS and DroneCI was used for CI/CD. I built out the CI/CD pipelines and custom Drone plugins for EKS written in Golang and implemented Prometheus Operator using infrastructure as code for alerting and slack integration. Grafana custom dashboards were also implemented in code. Lastly, I created custom bootstrap scripts for disaster recovery

Skills

  • Languages

    Java, PHP, SQL, Bash, Perl, JavaScript, Python, Bash Script, C#, AutoIt, C++, Go

  • Frameworks

    Angular, Ruby on Rails (RoR), AWS HA, .NET, Serverless Framework, Selenium, CodeIgniter, Express.js, Windows PowerShell, ASP.NET, Flux

  • Libraries/APIs

    Node.js, Jenkins Pipeline, jQuery, React, Selenium Grid

  • Tools

    Jenkins, Bitbucket, GitHub, Amazon ECS (Amazon Elastic Container Service), AWS IAM, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Artifactory, NGINX, Grafana, Zabbix, Docker Compose, AWS CLI, Amazon ECR (Amazon Elastic Container Registry), Chef, Jira, Git, Postfix, MongoDB Shell, Wowza, Amazon SQS, AWS SES, Subversion (SVN), TeamCity, Microsoft Visual Studio, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Fluentd, Sumo Logic, Slack, Apache ZooKeeper, AWS Fargate, Ansible, ELK (Elastic Stack), Microsoft Team Foundation Server, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Istio, Logstash, Puppet, OllyDbg, Interactive Disassembler (IDA) Pro, Helm, GitLab, CircleCI

  • Paradigms

    Agile Software Development, Scrum, DevOps, Serverless Architecture, Database Development, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI)

  • Platforms

    Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes, Linux, Windows, Eclipse, PagerDuty, Apache2, Docker, Amazon EC2, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Sysdig, Apache Kafka, AWS Lambda, Azure, OpenStack, CentOS, BSD, Unix, DigitalOcean, Buildkite, Drone CI

  • Storage

    Amazon S3 (AWS S3), MongoDB, Cassandra, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Amazon DynamoDB, Spring Data MongoDB, MySQL/MariaDB, Datadog, Memcached, Google Cloud, Elasticsearch, Microsoft SQL Server

  • Other

    Cisco, GitFlow, Content Delivery Networks (CDN), Kubernetes Operations (Kops), Prometheus, VMware ESXi, Scrum Master, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Performance Tuning, Serverless, System Administration, Linux Administration, Code Review, AWS, Embedded Software, Architecture, CI/CD Pipelines, Anthos, Kaseya, SRSS Reporting, Reverse Engineering, FreeRADIUS, ECS

Certifications

  • Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Foundations with Anthos
    JULY 2020 - PRESENT
    Coursera
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator
    MARCH 2020 - MARCH 2023
    Cloud Native Computing Foundation
  • Certified Scrum Master
    AUGUST 2018 - PRESENT
    Scrum Alliance

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