Aj Po-Déziel

DevOps Developer at Checkfront

Aj Po-Déziel is a DevOps Developer at Checkfront. Prior to this, they worked as a DevOps Specialist at NTT DATA Services from June 2020 to May 2021, where they maintained build & deployment pipelines using Jenkins and Docker, responded to production incidents, and provided developer experience support. They also restructured Python microservice development environments for faster dev feedback and implemented pipeline steps for .NET Core and Angular unit tests with code quality gating. Additionally, they reconstructed CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions to match new features and changes in OpenShift v4.x during version migration (incl. refactored microservices' Dockerfiles, configuration templates).

Before NTT DATA Services, Bambora employed Aj Po-Déziel as a DevOps Engineer from May 2019 to May 2020. There, they participated in on-call rotations to respond to potential incidents and respective post-mortems, as well as responding to production incidents and attacks, and participated in remediation efforts. They also led DevOps related work on hardware security module (HSM) replacement projects: evaluated and performed test device setups; created network, device interaction and setup documentation. Furthermore, they improved and added documentation for production build deployments and on-call runbooks. Finally, they remediated Windows application servers as part of security audits and implemented heartbeat alerting on Elastalert and Zabbix (using Python).

Aj Po-Déziel has a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Computer Science (Co-op, Software Engineering Option) & Business Minor from the University of Victoria. Aj also has a Diploma of Collegial Studies (DEC) in Natural Sciences from CEGEP - John Abbott College. In addition, they are certified by the Scrum Alliance as a Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) and by the Lifesaving Society as a Standard First Aid (incl. CPR/AED C). Aj is also certified by the Heart and Stroke Foundation as a CPR/AED - C Rating (Basic Life Support).

Aj Po-Déziel reports to Jason Michaelwood, Director, Software Development. They work with Robert Williams - Intermediate Software Developer, Taylor Cameron - Intermediate Software Developer, and Aidan Brown - Junior DevOps Developer.

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