Edward Oo

DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
📍Taipei, Taiwan

About

I'm Edward Oo, a Site Reliablity Engineer (SRE) who loves learning architecture, maintenance, and security, based in Taipei, Taiwan

Projects

  • BlahDNS

    A hobby Adblock secure DNS provider

    420

  • Personal portfolio
  • Stacks

    Frontend
    jQuery, htmx
    Backend
    NodeJS, AWS Serverless, Cloudflare Worker, Nginx, Apache
    Mobile
    Apache Cordova, Ionic Framework,
    Monitoring
    AWS Cloudwatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki
    Cloud
    Amazon Cloud (AWS), Hetnzer, Digital Ocean
    DevOps
    Jira, Gitlab, GitHub Action, SonarCloud, BridgeCrew, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Cloud Development Kit(AWS CDK), Docker
    Languages
    Python, Bash, JavaScript

    Work Experience

    • BlendVisionSenior Site Reliabitliy Engineer (SRE) | Full time

      Sep 2022 - Present

      • Spearheaded the transition from Classic Loadbalancer to Application Loadbalancer, resulting in enhanced service reliability and resilience.
      • Managed and optimized legacy stacks such as Chef, OpsWorks, and Auto Scaling Groups. Around 5xx EC2 instances.
      • Collaborated with the backend team to create migration plans from OpsWorks EC2 solutions to ECS Fargate
      • Revamped CI flow to ensure smooth deployment experience during migrations to Application Load balancer and Fargate
      • Successfully refactored multiple legacy Lambda applications, notably the SLA report generator.
    • CoolbitXDevOps / SRE | Full time

      Dec 2019 - Sep 2022

      • Consistently implement best practices in permissions, networking, and architecture.
      • Managed architectures using AWS CDK, including ECS, RDS, CloudMap, Route53, ECR, VPC, Lambda, API Gateway, WAF, S3, Logging, and CI/CD pipelines.
      • Enhanced the China site's speed by 100%, improving the browsing experience through a networking overhaul.
      • Implemented DDoS mitigation using CloudFlare.
      • Established CloudFlare WAF using best practices to safeguard API endpoints and websites.
      • Configured CloudFlare Workers for user traffic logging with Sentry, endpoint health checks, and HA load-balancing.
      • Deployed services ensuring Multi-AZ deployments, High Availability (HA), and Disaster Recovery (DR).
      • Unified CI/CD processes using GitHub Actions and AWS CodeBuild.
      • Fostered a DevSecOps culture within DevOps workflows, accelerating delivery and incorporating vulnerability scans, configuration checks, and container hardening.
      • Developed a Slack bot with AWS Lambda (Python) for one-stop pre-deployment checks in the Production environment.
      • Managed the monitoring stack, including Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki, utilizing Terraform.
      • Created in-house linter tools, Git hooks, AWS CDK bootstrap templates, constructs, and custom resources.
    • Tianyen Inc.System Administrator & Creative coder | Freelancer

      Jul 2019 - Present | Taipei, Taiwan

      • Administered Linux server systems.
      • Delivered innovative interactions with users through Radar, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and Kinect.
      • Created interactive projection walls, earthquake simulations, and mobile web games that interact with projection walls.
      • Automated various processes using Bash.
      • Configured SQS FIFO queues to enable multiple users at exhibitions to interact with devices.
      • Developed a user management and tagging system for exhibitions.
    • ZhiYing Inc. Developer | Freelancer

      Jul 2019 - Dec 2019 | Taipei, Taiwan

      • Automated server initialization and backups using Bash.
      • Designed and developed PWA and Apache Cordova mobile applications.
      • Created responsive mobile user interfaces, including GPS tracking UI.
      • Designed and developed custom WordPress themes.
    • playproject.io Developer | Freelancer

      Jul 2019 - Dec 2019 | Taipei, Taiwan

      • Build and maintain Iframe play-workshop module enable user host their workshop module and interact with Solidity Remix editor
      • Collaboration via Git with remote developers
      • Familiarity with dat decentralized technology
      • Experience with Iframe and Local Storage functionality

    Education

    • Master's degree, Interactive Media Design, National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT) | GPA 3.75

      Sep 2015 - Jun 2019

      Communication Design
      Human-Computer Interaction
      MaxMSP with Myo Armband computable stage lighting performance system
    • University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, Germany

      2016 - 2017 | Exchange semester

      Interface Design
      Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
    • Information Communication, Bachelor of Science,  MingDao University, Taiwan

      Sep 2011 - Jun 2015

      President of Inline skate club
      Vice president of E-learning volunteer
      Class leader for 4 years

    Talks

    Volunteer Service

    Community

    Certifications

    Languages

    Chinese (Native speaker) English (Fluent)

    Last updated at Apr 25, 2024