Luis Peña

Sillicon Beach · Greater Los Angeles Area · pena.m.luis@gmail.com

An experienced DevOps Engineer with a solid background in Software Development and Cyber Security Operations. I use my skillset to develop solutions for complex ideas with big mission statements.


Professional Experience

Site Reliability Engineer @ TikTok

Convergenz LLC

As a Site Reliability Engineer consultant at TikTok, I am responsible for managing the object storage infrastructure by automating tasks and processes. I am on-call 24/7 to ensure that the platform remains available and to respond to customer issues and incidents. As a key member of the Storage as a service (Staas) team, I ensure that we meet our service level agreements for multiple products that are essential to Tiktoks video storage. I work closely with the development and product teams to understand their requirements and build systems that meet their needs while also ensuring that we can deliver on our SLAs. In addition to managing the infrastructure, I am responsible for monitoring our systems to identify issues proactively and resolve them before they impact our customers. I am also responsible for creating custom, creative solutions to internal problems from a software engineering perspective.

April 2022 - Present

Cloud Engineer

Recurly, Inc.

Responsibilities include building, scaling and securing company development and production infrastructure. By implementing the DevOps model, I administer and operate systems hosted on Google Cloud Platform. I also code and create corporate tools to ensure a more reliable work environment for other developers and engineers. In addition, I help control and manage software baselines, deployments and customer release processes. I automate, develop , and perform software deployments for test environments internally and externally. My responsibilities also include implementing infrastructure monitoring solutions to ensure security and reliability across growing complex infrastructure. In order to establish effective communications with technical and non technical stakeholders, I work in a fast paced agile environment with multiple engineering teams.

October 2019 - April 2022

DevOps Engineer Consultant @ Google

Taos Mountain Consultant

DevOps engineer consultant assigned at the Google Cloud headquarters located in Sunnyvale, California. I provide on site vendor engineer support for one of the largest cloud providers in the world. I work with a huge dynamic team dedicated to providing engineering support for the entire Google Cloud infrastructure. My responsibilities include but are not limited to debugging customer infrastructure, code, and product issues. I am also responsible for finding and reporting production bugs as well commiting changes to Google Cloud production code base. I extend my responsibilities by debugging issues with Google Cloud products such as Google Cloud app engine, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Dataflow and Cloud Storage.

April 2018 - October 2019

JR. DevOps Engineer

NICE-Challenge

In charge of creating cyber security challenges for the future cyber workforce of America. By programming and scripting various services and applications. Programming and scripting includes Bash, Python, Powershell and Batch. At Nice-Challenge my Linux operations and computer programming experience have helped the Nice-Challenge team to progress and meet their project deadlines. At Nice-Challenge I work with various operating systems that include Windows XP Pro, Windows Vista, Windows 8, Windows 10, Redhat,CentOS, Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, Kali, and Apple OSX. On these systems I work with various services and applications that include Nagios, Apache, Mysql, Nginx, VSphere, VyOS, Splunk and Active Directory. I also deploy and automate web based application such as Wordpress, Roundcube and Django. Duties also included engineering an automated image build engine that implements tools such as Packer, Puppet, Vmware and Bash Powershell. My security challenges strictly follow the NIST framework to ensure the validation of administrative skills. Working as a student I met crucial deadlines by working on a multi-dev cross functional team. I have helped Nice-Challenge receive a multi-million dollar research fund from the National Security Agency. After the deadlines, my supervisors offered me a full time benefited position working for the development team.

March 2017 - March 2018

Lead Software Developer / Lead Web Administrator

Sportronix

I became the youngest lead developer in company history by developing web applications with open source software such as Python, PHP, and MariaDB. I went from being an intern to a lead developer by building, creating and testing the company’s mobile phone application and website. As lead developer I was involved in the hiring process of developers, worked with open source project managing software, and was in charge of establishing weekly meetings that discussed the company's short term and long term goals.

November 2012- December 2017

Software Developer Intern

Sportronix

I was tasked with helping software developers deliver solutions in a fast paced enviroment using opensource technology. I was also tasked with I.T support if any employees had issues with there workstations. I resolved technical issues with non-development team employees that were using Windows and OSX workstations.

November 2012 - March 2013

Education

Johns Hopkins University - Whiting School of Engineering

Master of Science - Computer Science

Graduated with Honors 3.97 GPA

June 2020 - May 2024

California State University - San Bernardino

Bachelor of Science - Cyber Security

GPA: 3.1

September 2015 - Decemeber 2017

Riverside City College

Associates of Science - Computer Programming

GPA: 2.8

June 2011 - June 2015

Qualifications & Skills

Programming Languagtes & Frameworks & Technical knowledge
  • Computer Programming: Solid skills in programming languages Java, Python, PHP, BASH, and the Android Framework. Solid understanding in modern Data Structures and Algorithms.
  • Applications and Frameworks: Heavily skilled in Django, Wordpress, Roundcube, Joomla.
  • Servers: Heavily skilled with Apache and Engine X servers.
  • Databases: Heavily skilled with MYSQL, Postgres, and Oracle SQL
  • Operating Systems: Excellent skills with Windows, Linux, OSX, and FreeBSD.
  • DevOps Tools: Moderate practical knowledge with Ansible, AWX, GIT, VMware, Kubernetes, Helm, Sops, Terraform/Terragrunt.
  • Protocols: Moderate knowledge in common protocols SSH, TCP/IP, UDP, SMTP, POP3, HTTP(S), FTP.
  • Cloud: Heavy experience with debugging Google Cloud Platform products. BigQuery, Dataflow, Cloud Storage, App Engine, Stackdriver, Big table, Datastore, Compute Engine, Cloud Composer. Also certified in AWS
  • Security: Moderate skills in securing and hardening Linux systems and servers, web applications, Cisco routers, Windows workstations and File Transfer servers.
  • Penetration Testing: Moderate skills in penetration testing a network using Kali Linux and Metasploit.
  • Communication: Bilingual in English and Spanish. Excellent team communication and working experience.

Interests

Aside from being a Developer and Engineer I love learning about new technologies and ways to improve myself as a person. My greatest joys in life come from doing what others say I can't

Whether that's working on myself physically or mentally, I enjoy long runs and long conversations with coffee.

Though mostly, I am all business. I spent the entirety of my free time trying to create and build the next big thing. My biggest aspiration in life is to be remembered for my own application/technology.


Professional Accomplishments

  • Google Cloud Certified - Professional Cloud Architect
  • Amazon Web Services Certified - Developer Associate
  • Udacity Nano Degree - Data Structures & Algorithms

Extra-Curricular Activities

Western Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition

Team CSUSB / Team RCC / CSUSB Assistant Coach

During the 2013 -2017 season I was co-captain of Team RCC and Team CSUSB. I helped lead a cyber defense team to the western regional championships. Both Team CSUSB and Team RCC competed against top ranked universities. After graduating from CSUSB, I was promoted to Assistant Coach and was put in charge of developing the Linux team. I held weekly meetings and created practice material for the students to develop their skills. The task of the competition is to defend a virtual e-commerce business from professional hackers.

2012-2017

The National Cyber League Competition

Individual Entry

I competed with other students around the country in an individually based cyber security competition. My skills competed on a national level and I earned the acknowledgment of my colleagues

As of Spring 2020, I placed on the 86th percentile nationwide and the top 98th percentile in the bronze bracket.

2016 - 2020