Daven Prashar-Savoie
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Platform Engineer / DevOps Engineer
A dedicated and helpful engineer with a focus on DevOps and automation using Python, SQL, AWS, Terraform, K8s and a lot
more!
TECHNICAL SKILLS
AWS, Terraform, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Docker, Python, SQL
TECHNICAL PROJECTS
4 Environment Pipelines and IaC Cluster - Origin Digital Commercial Code
Built core infrastructure to deploy a new application backend and frontend of an app
Automated creation of EKS cluster, VPC networking, container registry (ECS) and SNS using Terraform to build into
4 environments
Deployed used a pipeline that builds, tags and stores containers, and deploys with approvals for different
environments
Developers ranked the project as easier to release then previous processes
Slack / Lambda Customer Support Automation – Origin Digital Commercial Code
Developed python module to automate various tasks such as moving fields and and farms, deleting cache and generating
automated reports with parameters.This has saved 100s of manual work hours.
Wrote scripts in python to perform various relevant database tasks for customers
Used AWS lambda to trigger scripts
Customer interacts with a slack command (ie /important_report) which triggers the lambda and complete the task
with feedback in slack
Fully Automated EKS Cluster – CoinBureau Code
Designed, tested and deployed a new deployment pattern to replace the manual process to save time and reduce error
Used gitlab pipelines to create a multi environment build & deploy pattern
Created EKS clusters using terraform
Successfully migrated 15+ microservices to the new pattern saving time and effort for developers to release
Bonus: Trained a dev with no devops experience to migrate repos
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Platform Engineer/Devops Engineer, Origin Digital, Remote, Full Time
05/2020 – Present
● Automated my 2nd line support job, saving 100s of hours and was promoted to Platform Engineer after 11 months
● Responsible for manage critical infrastructure in AWS and Linode include production issues
● Designed, deployed and debugged infrastructure for multiple projects across the company
DevOps Consultant, CoinBureau, Remote, Part Time
06/2022 - 10/2022
Created architecture to deploy Kubernetes micro-services via CI/CD to an automated cluster
Created EKS cluster in AWS with Terraform
Created pipelines that replace manual build, tag and deploy steps saving 5-10 minutes of CLI tasks
Software Engineer, Grassroots Economics, Remote, Part Time/Volunteer
● Building open source community inclusion currencies on blockchain technology
● Creating and implementing core devops infrastructure
● Installing and managing validators
● Building an ERC721 NFT app
05/2021 – 10/2022
Marketing Coordinator, AON3D, Montreal, Canada
● Generated a consistent flow of industry relevant fortune 500 leads for 3D printers
05/2019 – 12/2019
Growth Hacker, Kalepso, Montreal, Canada
● Won $20,000 at the Shenzhen Innovation Fintech Finals (top 1.5%)
01/2018 – 05/2019
Founder, Cion Data, Nairobi, Kenya & London, England
05/2017 – 08/2018
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Built and maintained databases for PropTech startup, recruitment firm and cryptocurrency marketplace
Designed and implemented organizational structure to support 1000+ unique requests per day
EDUCATION
ConsenSyS, Blockchain Developer Ethereum Developer Program
Flatiron School, Full Time, Online: Immersive Data Science Bootcamp program
SOAS, London, UK, BA: Development & South Asian Studies
Graduated 02/2022
12/2019 - 05/2020
Graduated 07/2016