Chong Yang
Development
SA, Australia
Skills
Cloud Computing
Kubernetes
AWS (Amazon Web Services)
Linux
Terraform
Prometheus
ELK (AWS)
GitLab
Git
Datadog
About
Chong Yang's skills align with Programmers (Information and Communication Technology). Chong also has skills associated with Consultants and Specialists (Information and Communication Technology). Chong Yang has 15 years of work experience.
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Acomplishments
Successfully led the migration of multiple large-scale projects from on-premises infrastructure to cloud environments, ensuring minimal downtime and seamless transition. This involved strategic planning, re-architecting applications for cloud compatibility, optimizing performance, and implementing robust security measures. Leveraged cloud-native tools and services to enhance scalability, resilience, and cost-effectiveness, ultimately improving operational efficiency and enabling the business to leverage the full potential of cloud computing.
Successfully designed and implemented a full-stack Kubernetes environment, incorporating continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and a robust monitoring solution. The CI/CD setup automated the build, test, and deployment processes, enabling rapid and reliable delivery of features. Additionally, integrated a complete monitoring stack using Prometheus, Grafana, and Alertmanager to ensure real-time visibility into system performance and health. This setup enhanced the agility, scalability, and reliability of the development and operations workflows.
Work Experience
DevOps Engineer
Symbiote
January 2021 - December 2022
- Optimised Docker Compose performance for local developer environment and integrated preproduction environments on Gitlab with EKS for PTV and DPC Designed new deployment solution with K8s operator for SilverStripe application, replacing AMI built by Packer and ASG updated with Terraform.
DevOps Engineer, PixelForce
January 2019 - December 2021
- Integrated Rails application CI/CD with Bitbucket Pipeline for multi-environment and managed a feet of bare metals and rehosted on AWS for Sweat with 20M users. Utilised Terraform for various applications infrastructure hosted on AWS and Cloudflare, including Fitstop, Fitbotic, Ezlicence etc. Improved the monitoring with customised notification to boost the SLA, also analysing performance bottlenecks and incident root cause to better availability.
Senior Software Engineer, Changhong
January 2015 - December 2019
- Electronic Team lead of the IoT backend team, introduced Ansible and Docker to boost efficiency. Developed and operated custom management consoles for MQTT clusters with millions of connected IoT devices. Designed verification tool for IoT module to improve the manufacture productivity.
Python Developer, KnownSec
January 2014 - December 2015
- Backend developer with Django for multiple applications; improved capabilities/performance in database and application. Made MongoDB cluster with high availability across environments; standardised the async jobs in crontab.
Linux Software Engineer, Jiuzhou
Ethernet Over Coax, Home Gateway Unit, and Power
January 2009 - December 2014
- Electronic Custom OS developed with drivers for Ethernet Over Coax, Home Gateway Unit, and Power Line Communication ICT devices. Management API also created. Resulted in hundreds of thousands of EOC devices commercialised for Sichuan Cable TV Network. Established consistent development environment with Vagrant. Provided server operations and maintenance. Trained personnel on proprietary Linux-based development tools, file systems, and device interfaces.
DevOps Engineer, AC3
January 2022 - Present
- New data platform accounts setup in multi-account org, integrating SSO with customized IAM policies, and Transit Gateway with multi-layered NACLs and SGs for Rest. Migrated to cloud-native solutions and leveraged GitLab pipelines to enhance releases, improve SLAs with multiple levels of monitoring, and templatize infrastructure with Terraform for Visualr. Implemented a CloudFormation template for the Intranet application infrastructure, including AWS VPN, Transit Gateway, RDS for Postgres, Secret Manager, Okta, and Splunk integration, for iCare Designed the mobile app infrastructure with a pipeline using CloudFormation for Mwave, implemented IaC drift detection and security scans for NZAA, and developed a disaster recovery solution with Terraform for PPQ
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