Spencer Eric Fong

Alameda, CA

(510) 816-5052

spencer [at] spenceref [dot] xyz

https://github.com/spencerericfong

https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencerericfong/ 

Software developer and DevOps professional poised to excel within cutting-edge projects providing opportunity to grow in knowledge and skill of best practices involving development, operations, and security. Currently employed and working within the capacity of DevOps engineering, including but not limited to automation, platform and cloud engineering, and SRE.

Work Experience

DevOps Engineer

October 2021 – Present

Amyris, Inc., Emeryville, CA

Key Responsibilities

• Defines and maintains development workflows and CI/CD processes with Gitlab CI/CD.

• Instruments and monitors all applications and infrastructure using Datadog APM and other tools.

• Designs, implements, and maintains a cloud-first approach to development and deployments in GCP.

• Utilizes Terraform and Ansible to define infrastructure and configuration as code, handled via GitOps.

• Supports a microservices-based application architecture through use of Docker and Kubernetes.

• Provides support in areas including infrastructure, networking, security, sysadmin, and development .

Key Achievements

• Developed Gitlab CI/CD templates and pipeline workflows resulting in pipeline speed improvements of up to 2x faster.

• Successfully migrated and deployed several production-critical applications from on-premises to Google Compute Engine instances as well as Google Kubernetes Engine, increasing scalability and reliability of applications.

• Instrumented 20+ applications in Datadog Application Performance Monitoring, greatly decreasing time to detect and resolve application issues.

• Implemented backup and disaster recovery process for production-critical data warehouse in GCP, reducing possibility of exceeding RPO and RTO.

• Built foundation for on-premises Kubernetes cluster deployments by provisioning and configuring infrastructure via a GitOps approach, including automated tear-down and stand-up of cluster and its applications.

• Improved security posture of company infrastructure by deploying and managing various security tools and addressing vulnerabilities related to host and network configurations.

Desktop Support Analyst - Intern

June 2021 – October 2021

Amyris, Inc., Emeryville, CA

Key Responsibilities

• Perform system and network administration for the entire company of 1,000+ employees.

• Manage the IT helpdesk, efficiently triaging tickets and assisting end users.

• Provision and configure hardware such as laptops, phones, and desktops.

Key Achievements

• Fully automated the offboarding process for terminated employees and contractors.

• Fully automated various MS Active Directory tasks using PowerShell scripting.

• Facilitating the on-going hyper-growth of the company by ensuring the IT and operations infrastructure is robust and efficient.

Software Developer

October 2019 – July 2020

Stensal, Inc., San Mateo, CA

Key Responsibilities

• Write clean, concise, and high-quality code to develop the cee.studio web application frontend.

• Automate the marketing process through the development of social media bots and scrapers.

• Perform QA and UI/UX testing on the cee.studio web application to ensure ease-of-use and user retention.

Key Achievements

• Responsible for a nearly 1200% increase in user count due to the success of an automated social media bot and UI/UX improvements.

Esports Arena Staff

April 2018 – June 2020

UCI Esports Arena, Irvine, CA

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain the smooth operation and cleanliness of the UCI Esports Arena to provide a pleasant customer experience.

• Manage all monetary and customer-facing transactions with efficiency and accuracy.

• Provide IT support for the facility's computers, A/V equipment, and other hardware and software.

Taekwondo Instructor

August 2015 – July 2017

Lim's Taekwondo, Alameda, CA

Key Responsibilities

• Lead taekwondo classes and instruct students of all ages in the martial art.

• Cultivate students' skills, fitness, and interpersonal skills.

• Instill in students the feelings of respect, discipline, honor, and encourage well-being.

Private Tutor

January 2013 – July 2017

Alameda, CA

Key Responsibilities

• Develop personalized lesson plans for elementary through middle school students in all school subjects.

• Nurture students' academic success and passion for learning to enable future success.

• Guide students through both school and tutor-assigned work to facilitate understanding of the material.

Education

B.S. in Computer Science

September 2017 – March 2021

University of California, Irvine

Minor in Informatics

GPA: 3.5

UC Education Abroad Program

August 2018 – December 2018

Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

Concentration in Korean culture

GPA: 4.0

Personal Projects

Home Lab

August 2021 – Present

Creator and Maintainer

Key Aspects:

• 24/7 uptime lab running multiple self-hosted services in Docker containers managed via Docker Compose.

• Facilitates TLS-secured network access to services through Traefik reverse proxy, DDNS, and a Wireguard VPN tunnel.

E-commerce Site

May 2020 – June 2020

Developer

Key Aspects:

• E-commerce website built as a fully-functional online storefront as an exercise in full-stack web development.

• Built with pure JavaScript and HTML & CSS in the front end, and a RESTful API in the back end built with PHP and Java Servlets.

• Also includes a relational database created with MySQL to securely store customer and inventory information.

Web Crawler

February 2020 – April 2020

Developer

Key Aspects:

• Web crawler used to scrape the WWW and store site metadata and analytics about visited sites.

• Built completely in Python, utilizing built-in libraries such as urlparse and pickle, along with open-source library BeautifulSoup.

• Created as an exercise in information retrieval and SEO concepts by experimenting with various heuristics that dictate the crawl.

Not Face Blind

August 2019 – September 2019

Developer

Key Aspects:

• Full-stack web application that uses facial recognition to detect faces in user-uploaded images.

• Built with React.js, HTML & CSS in the front end, and a RESTful API in the back end built with Express.js & Node.js.

• Utilizes a relational database built with PostgreSQL to securely store user account information.

Othello Bot

February 2019

Developer

Key Aspects:

• Bot that plays the game Othello (Reversi), created using C++ as an exercise in effectively using data structures & algorithms.

• Utilizes a heuristic, recursive min-max depth-first search algorithm that simulates all possible game states to a depth of 6 moves into the future to pick the best possible move.

• Placed in 7th out of over 400 different bots during a course-wide Othello bot tournament, legitimizing the chosen implementation.

Alone in the Dark

January 2019

Developer

Key Aspects:

• Video game created as a submission to the 2019 Global Game Jam, a yearly  2-day game development hackathon.

• Created with the Unity3D game engine as a WebGL-based game, utilizing C# to code in the engine.

• All in-game assets were designed and created from scratch or taken from open-source asset repositories.

Facial Recognition Security Camera

February 2018

Developer

Key Aspects:

• Built using a Raspberry Pi 3 module with a camera add-on and coded with Python.

• Utilizes the OpenCV library and several open-source facial recognition APIs.

• Able to detect faces and differentiate between whitelisted users and all other unidentified users.

Columns Replica

December 2017

Developer

Key Aspects:

• Fully functional basic implementation of the classic puzzle game Columns (1989).

• Built in Python using the open source library PyGame, as an exercise in OOP.

Eagle Scout Project

July 2016

Project Lead

Key Aspects:

• Designed and developed a plan to build an outdoor sink for local elementary school's outdoor learning program.

• Personally lead and oversaw over 30 volunteers working a total of 217 manhours on the project to successful completion.

• In charge of all aspects of the project, from planning to fundraising to execution to post-completion reporting.

Skills

Programming & Development

Object-Oriented Programming • Functional Programming • Data Structures • Algorithms • Full-Stack Web Development • AI & Machine Learning • Database Management • Network Programming • Software Testing & QA • Operating Systems & System Design • Version Control 

Python • Java • C • C++ • C# • JavaScript (Vanilla, React, Node) • PHP • SQL • R • PowerShell • Batch Script • MIPS Assembly • LaTeX • Git • Linux Environment

IT & Operations

System Administration (Windows & Linux) • Network Administration • Cybersecurity • Network Design • IoT • IT Automation • Hardware Support • SOX Compliance • OWASP Top 10 • NIST CSF • CIS Controls

MS Active Directory • MS Azure AD • Windows Server • MS System Center Configuration Manager • MS System Center Service Manager • MS Endpoint Configuration Manager •  MS Office 365 • MS Exchange • MS Power Automate • Mimecast • Cisco ISE • Cisco IOS • JIRA • Burp Suite • Wireshark • GNS3 • Proxmox VE

DevOps

CI/CD • Infrastructure as Code • Configuration as Code • Containerization • Orchestration • Virtualization • Cloud Platforms • GitOps • DevSecOps • Site Reliability

Gitlab • Jenkins • Ansible • Terraform • Datadog • Google Cloud Platform • Docker • Docker Compose • Kubernetes • Helm • Hyper-V

Personal

Leadership • Integrity • Responsible• Active Listener • Critical Thinker • Problem Solver • Perseverant • Cooperative • Discipline

Japanese (conversational), Korean (conversational), French (conversational), Portuguese (beginner)

Accolades & Certifications

Interests

Video Games • Anime • Manga • Cooking • Outdoorsmanship • Traveling • Fitness • Music • Home Labbing • Tech Trends • My Cat