F5
Software Engineer
August 2023 - Present | Seattle, WA
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Tools & Technologies: Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, GitSwarm
- Member of the Velocity System Integration team supporting F5’s next-generation rSeries and VELOS products.
Accomplishments:
- Developed 60+ new Python integration tests for F5OS or BIG-IP products.
- These tests & scripts that I independently wrote and designed have been run 50,000+ times across various pipelines.
- Added 100+ new methods to core libraries.
- Found & filed 50+ product bugs; verified fixes for 100+ bugs.
- Architected high-priority test pipeline integrations requiring collaboration across teams.
- Recognized through BEF5 Recognition program 10 times over the span of the first year.
Test Development and Maintenance:
- Covered features including Modular BIG-IP tenant (Next), High-Availability Testing, Classic BIG-IP tenant testing (CBIP), OS installations, orchestration (docker, kubernetes, openshift), F5OS API (restconf), traffic performance, GUI testing, FPGAs, DDM, DAG Testing, and authentication/security.
Build Verification Pipeline:
- Played a key role in developing a new build verification pipeline required for all F5OS developers.
- Implemented an automated recovery process for build verification pipeline failures.
- Became an SME in test pipeline template JSON development and maintenance.
- Debugged complex log files of failed build pipelines, determining root causes and fixing automation quickly.
Internal Tool Development:
- Created multiple dashboards for monitoring device health and build pipeline results.
- Deployed these dashboards as Dockers created with JS/HTML, Python/Flask, and SQL DB.
- Built tools to visualize pipeline failures and known bugs.
- These dashboards were self-initiated projects to speed up manual work.
New Skills:
- Learned the rSeries & VELOS products by spending countless hours in the F5OS shell & CLI debugging networking, hardware, OS installation, kubernetes/docker issues, and more.
- Learned how to setup & debug traffic between systems, switches, & hypervisors.
- Became skilled at using Postman for API testing and new test automation development.
VS&Co.
Backend Applications Developer Intern
May 2023 – August 2023 | Remote
Tools & Technologies: Go, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, CouchDB, MongoDB, Consul, Grafana
- Member of VS Digital team supporting 100+ Go microservices within an Azure Kubernetes Services environment.
Credit/Payments Applications Developer Intern
Aug 2022 – April 2023 | Remote
Tools & Technologies: Java, Powershell, Cherwell
- Investigated software issues affecting pin-pads in all North American Stores as a member of payments team.
- Conducted root cause analysis of software bugs potentially impacting millions of customers at 1000+ stores.
- Identified production faults with APIs & firewalls, saving the company from thousands in potential $ losses.
Software Engineer Intern
May 2022 – Aug 2022 | Remote
Tools & Technologies: C#, SQL, .NET, WPF, Bitbucket
- Worked on development of new merchandise planning application.
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Informa Software
Software Engineer Intern
Jan 2022 – May 2022 | Maitland, FL
Tools & Technologies: JavaScript, C#, Liquid Office, Budibase
- Created user-friendly forms and business solutions for companies in diverse industries.
- Led research into cloud-hosting solutions, which could potentially diminish existing hosting expenses by 35%.
- Produced comprehensive technical documentation, and facilitated meetings to demonstrate findings.
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Papa Diesel's BBQ
Web Developer / Food Truck Staff
August 2021 – Present | Orlando, FL
Tools & Technologies: JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap
- Helped create an updated, more functional website for company.
- Assists with various duties aboard the food truck such as, taking orders, preparing food, cutting meats, carrying and loading equipment, daily sanitization of the work environment, and overall quality assurance
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NBC Sports
Microphone Operator
March 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 | Orlando, FL | (SEASONAL)
- Assisted the NBC PGA Golf Tour, providing sound and running wireless microphones for a nationally televised broadcast featuring the world’s best at the annual Arnold Palmer Invitational Tournament
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Chess Instructor
Chess Instructor at Local Elementary School
January 2019 - June 2019 | Orlando, FL
- Former competitive chess player
- Hired to teach chess strategy in an after-school setting
CuttingBoard
Augmented Reality Cooking Simulator (CuttingBoard) | 2023
Tools & Technologies: Flutter, Dart, Unity, C#, Python, Firebase, Figma, Blender
- Lead backend developer at startup.
- Part of pitching team for UCF Joust Competition for Student Entrepreneurs.
- Engineered APIs for efficient app-to-database communication and dynamic data presentation to UI.
- Deployed open-source ’GLTFUtility’ plugin for real-time instantiating of 3D assets from Firebase storage.
- Conceptualized & constructed a system design model that minimized DB requests saving hundreds in costs.
- Instituted user authentication supporting Google and Facebook, utilizing Firebase for user data storage.
- Utilized OpenAI's API to implement a GPT-4 Plugin into Blender to create models via automated scripting
Link to website: arcuttingboard.com
Parallel Chess AI
Java Chess Engine & Multi-threaded AI | 2023
Tools & Technologies: Java, IntelliJ, LaTeX, Overleaf
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Developed a robust Java-based chess engine with a multi-threaded AI using alpha-beta pruning.
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Authored a research paper detailing 270% performance increase achieved through paralellizing alpha-beta.
Link to GitHub repository: https://github.com/cirillojon/ChessAI
Link to Paper: Multi-threaded Chess AI
Trendify
Spotify Web/Mobile Application | 2022
Tools & Technologies: MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js, Jest, React Native, Android Studio, Expo, Lucidchart
- Led development of a Spotify web and mobile application called ‘Trendify’ that allowed users to connect their account and view in-depth listening data & track information.
- Utilized Spotify’s API to fetch data and implemented a secure user login system.
Link to project: https://trendify-project.herokuapp.com
Link to GitHub repository: https://github.com/cirillojon/Trendify-App
Portfolio Website
Portfolio Site built using HTML5 and CSS3
Tools & Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, SCSS, JavaScript, ThreeJs, Node.js, Express
See Sandbox tab for some random features such as:
- Weather Fetcher: Get the current weather for any city using the OpenWeatherMap API.
- Trivia Game: Test your knowledge with a trivia game powered by the OpenTDB API.
- Random Joke: Enjoy a random joke fetched from the JokeAPI using their REST API.
- ChatGPT Chatbot: Interact with an AI-powered chatbot using the OpenAI API.
- NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Discover NASA's featured image of the day using their APOD API.
- Three.js: Rotating 3D cube & torus on the landing page, created using Three.js.
- Useless Facts: Get random or today's useless fact using the Useless Facts API.
- Google Maps: Explore a map centered on New York City using the Google Maps JavaScript API.
Link to Project: https://cirillojon.herokuapp.com/
Link to GitHub repository: https://github.com/cirillojon/Portfolio-Heroku
Professor Contacts
LAMP Stack Contact Manager | 2022
Tools & Technologies: Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
- Led development of contact-manager web application.
- Users can create, update, delete and view all their contacts.
- Implemented password hashing and lazy-loading
Link to project: http://www.professorcontacts.com/
Link to GitHub repository: https://github.com/cirillojon/Professor-Contacts
React Games
React Minigames Webapp
Tools & Technologies: React.js, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Netlify
- Created to learn more about and mess around with React.
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Currently features various games, including:
- Number Guesser
- Rock Paper Scissors
- Tic-Tac-Toe
- Card Matching
- Whac-A-Mole
- Snake
- Button Dodging
- WebGL Unity Game
- Will eventually turn this WebApp into something more substantial.
Link to project: https://react-app-sandbox.netlify.app
Link to GitHub repository: https://github.com/cirillojon/react-app-sandbox
React + Python
Apartment Data Visualizer
Tools & Technologies: React, JavaScript, Python, Flask, PostgresSQL
This project scrapes apartment floorplan data from various websites and provides a visual representation of one-bedroom apartments, categorizing them based on price and size.
Link to GitHub repository: https://github.com/cirillojon/apartment-data-visualizer
Go Microservice
Calculation Service written in Go
Tools & Technologies: Go, MongoDB, Go-Kit, Docker, Kubernetes
- This service supports basic mathematical operations such as: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
- The service also logs each operation performed to a MongoDB Atlas database.
Link to GitHub repository: https://github.com/cirillojon/go-microservice-testing
Flask + Python
Web app for storing notes written in Python
Tools & Technologies: Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, CSS, HTML
- In this application, users are able to create, store, delete, and view existing notes.
- This app employs fully-functional login and sign-up incorporating password hashing.
- All user info is dynamically stored to and loaded from an SQL database via SQLAlchemy.
- This project was built to practice using Python for development.
Link to GitHub repository: https://github.com/cirillojon/python-web-app
Flutter + Firebase
Web app built using Flutter with a Firebase Backend
Tools & Technologies: Flutter, Dart, Firebase
- The application was built to practice flutter and learn how to implement Google Authentication using Oath 2.0 and Google's People API
- Firebase Authentication is used for handling user sign-in, and Firebase Hosting is used to deploy the web application.
Link to Project: https://flutter-6cac9.web.app/#/
Link to GitHub repository: https://github.com/cirillojon/flutter-app
Svelte + TypeScript
Web app built using Svelte and TypeScript
Tools & Technologies: Svelte, TypeScript, Vite, ThreeJs
- The application was built to practice TypeScript and learn how to use Svelte
- Currently offers a coin flip betting game that allows users to purchase ThreeJs objects with winnings
- Will turn this into something more substantial.
Link to Project: https://in-the-works.netlify.app/
Link to GitHub repository: https://github.com/cirillojon/something-great
MIPS Processor
MIPS Processor Emulator written in C | 2021
Tools & Technologies: C, MIPS
- This code is a simple model of the MIPS Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) implemented in C.
- This program simulates the execution of a MIPS binary program.
- Operations of a MIPS CPU are implemented, including: fetch, decode, and execution of instructions, memory reads/writes, and register reads/writes.
Link to GitHub repository: https://github.com/cirillojon/MIPS-Processor-Emulator
Competitons
Kaggle
Kaggle Machine Learning Competitions | 2021
Tools & Technologies: Python, NumPy, Sklearn, Tensorflow, Keras, and Pandas
- Built a Convolutional Neural Network that classifies clothing on the Fashion-MNIST dataset with 94% accuracy
- Constructed a Sequential Neural Network that predicts the atomization energy of molecules on the QM7 dataset
Link to Kaggle Website: https://www.kaggle.com/competitions
Link to GitHub repository: https://github.com/cirillojon/Neural-Networks
IBM Z Xplore
IBM Master the Mainframe Competiton | 2018
Tools & Technologies: REXX, COBOL, VSAM, REGEX, JCL, Python, Db2, SQL
- Stage 2 Finalist in the annual IBM Master the Mainframe Competition now known as ‘IBM Z Xplore’
- Received hands-on experience within the z/OS system utilizing a variety of technologies and programming languages
Link to Competition Website: https://www.ibm.com/z/resources/zxplore
MIT Zero Robotics
MIT Zero Robotics Competition | 2017
Tools & Technologies: C, SPHERES Simulator
- Member of team that reached final stages in the tournament
- Write code for satellites on the International Space Station to complete challenges
Link to Competition Website: https://zerorobotics.mit.edu/
