Walter Lee

DevOps Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States25 yrs 11 mos experience

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Key Highlights

20 years of expertise in cloud computing and DevOps.
Published over 6,000 technical posts with 8+ million reads.
Recognized as a Google Cloud Developer Expert and Champion Innovator.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud and DevOps expert with a focus on enterprise solutions and innovative technologies.

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DatabasesGoogle+Software DevelopmentEnterprise ArchitectureWeb ApplicationsShell ScriptingchatbotsBig DataContinuous DeliveryGitLinuxMySQLdockerIBM WatsonJenkins

About

Highly experienced Cloud and DevOps Engineer with 20 years of expertise in cloud computing, Kubernetes, security, architecture, performance, data, and AI/ML technologies. Recognized as a Google Cloud Developer Expert and Champion Innovator, AWS Community Builder, Azure Certified Trainer, and Oracle Cloud certified Architect and DBA. Skilled in working with major cloud platforms, Kubernetes, Calico, Istio, GitOps, and Java. Achieved outstanding performance at Wells Fargo and Oracle, receiving numerous awards for exceptional performance and contributions. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, contribute extensively to technical content creation, and provide innovative solutions to complex, mission-critical systems. Published over 6,000 technical posts with ~8+ million reads in the last year and a speaker at Google Next, SF Python and GDG meetups.

Experience

25 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

8 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

11 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Wells fargo

4 roles

Principal Engineer

Promoted

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

Lead Software Engineer

Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr

Working on many new and fun technologies and making a big impact !
"If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life." by Marc Anthony
I feel like above now : )
Teach 10 Brown Bags technical talks and many Knowledge sharing in many teams.

Senior Software Engineer

Aug 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

Do all the fun things, e.g. Machine Learning, k8s, Distributed Tracings, Performance and Security improvement...

Senior Web and App Systems Engineer

Jan 2015 – Aug 2020 · 5 yrs 7 mos

Simply speaking, do everything needed to keep one of the most visited sites running securely, fast and well !

Oracle

Senior Principal Technical Support Engineer

Jan 2010 – Sep 2014 · 4 yrs 8 mos · Hong Kong/USA

Supported Oracle Internet related applications such as:
SunONE/iPlanet Web server
Weblogic Server
Apache Server (OHS, webstack and Solaris)
SunONE/iPlanet Proxy Server
OTD (Oracle Traffic Director)
Achieved 93% exceptional nomination rating in surveys.
Wrote over 160+ new Knowledge documents. Reviewed hundreds of KM documents.
Supported many large customers in mission critical production environments.
Developed tools, workarounds, configuration solutions and file bugs with reproducible test cases.
Tested new products and architectures.
Helped in project teams to improve team efficiency and customer satisfaction index.
Trained new engineers.
Good understanding of web protocols and issues related to them, such as SSL, TCP/IP and HTTP. Written many test programs and web applications for internal use.
Key security point of contact engineer for Oracle web tier products.

Sun microsystems

Senior Software Professional Services engineer (and other roles)

Jan 2000 – Jan 2010 · 10 yrs · USA/HongKong

Architected, Designed and Supported Sun software products, e.g. web, proxy, applications, Java, ldap, email, certificates servers.
Hired, interviewed, trained, coached and mentored many new engineers.
Built up new support centers in Malaysia, China and India.
Worked with stakeholders in many Six Sigma improvement projects.
Successfully reduced the time to resolution (T2R), diagnosis errors of customer issues.
Increased the customer satisfaction index.
Other roles:
Sun Enterprise Account Manager: took good care of big customers like Samsung, China Mobile, etc.
Support Services Management team: organized and led Sun Software support services in China.
Principal Professional Services Engineer: traveled around the world to design and implement customer internet projects.