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Walter Mazza

DevOps Engineer

Consultant and Mentor

Web Developer

Software Engineer

Hello! I am a DevOps consultant from Los Angeles, California with over nine years of professional experience in the fields of web development and developer operations. I would love to chat with you on how I may be able to leverage my skills and experience in assisting you with your next or current project!
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About Me
My story

I started my career as a simple web developer at Blizzard Entertainment, working on internal projects and wikis to support the customer service department. From there, I joined the bustling start-up scene and worked my way up from a front-end web engineer at VideoAmp, to Senior DevOps engineer at Hallmark Labs architecting and managing AWS cloud infrastructure, to working at Amazon Web Services as a DevOps Architect for their Professional Services team.

As a front-end web engineer, I worked closely with product and UI/UX designers in building web sites ranging from simple one-sheet landing pages for marketing teams to full-blown web applications leveraging the Angular framework and RESTful APIs.

As a DevOps engineer, I lead projects that includes architecting three-tier VPC designs in AWS, migrating on-prem to cloud migration, and mentoring development teams in GitOps and DevOps practices, including the introduction and build out of CI/CD pipelines.

Pricing
My Plans

Pricing is determined on a case-by-case basis using various factors such as contract duration, work type, project needs, and role and responsibilities. Pricing packages listed below are for estimate purposes only based on past work and do not include other costs, such as travel and expenses. Rates are negotiable and primarily follow Net 15 or Net 30 payment terms. Please reach out and let me know what your current needs are so I can provide you with personalized proposal and estimate.

Technical Consultant
$ 55 hour
  • Part-Time, On Location
  • Infrastructure Evaluation
  • Code Review
  • Developer Mentorship
  • Cost-Savings Analysis
DevOps Engineer
$ 75 hour
  • Full-Time, Remote
  • Code Development
  • Cloud Migration
  • Project Management
Experience
Working with
Present
Startup Stealth Mode

Acting CTO for a startup currently in stealh mode developing a social media sharing platform. Some frameworks and services in use include Maui (C#/.net), AWS AppSync with GraphQL, and AWS DynamoDB.

Present
Genesis Gaming Solutions, Inc.

DevOps Consultant assisting with scaling and deploying an existing payment application in AWS. Technologies in use include NodeJS, Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, AWS RDS (Postgres), AWS ECS, and Docker.

Present
Sling Pilot Academy

DevOps Engineer developing an MQTT-based messaging pipeline to send, capture, and analyze live flight data from their fleet of planes. Technologies in use include Rasberry Pi, AWS IoT Core, AWS IoT SiteWise, AWS RDS (MySQL), React, and NextJS.

JAN 2022 - NOV 2023
Amazon Web Services

DevOps Architect for the AWS Professional Services team, West Coast. Served as a consultant to enterprise-sized clients of AWS, assisting with code development and architecture build out.

JAN 2021 - JAN 2022
Zest AI  

DevOps Engineer assisting with manging AWS infrastructure for the data science teams. Orchestated migration of on-prem solutions to AWS and implemeting a multi-account strategy with AWS accounts.

JAN 2021 - JAN 2022
Hallmark Labs

Served multiple roles from Lead Front-End Engineer to Senior DevOps Engineer. Lead the front-end and API development for the eCards buisness and facilitated its migration to a cloud-native, container-based solution using Docker and AWS ECS.

Coding Skills
Developing on
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • NodeJS
  • Angular
  • React
  • Python
  • Go
  • AWS
  • Terraform
  • Docker
  • GitLab
  • GitHub
  • Jenkins
  • MySQL
  • Postgres
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Availability (as of April 2024)

Unfortunately, I am not taking any active engagements at this time due to current commitments. However, I am still availabe to have a chat and see if we can schedule some availability in the future.

Hello!

Thank you for taking the time learn about me and for the consideration in your next project! Please use the form here or email me at walter@wjmazza.me to setup a virtual meet.

But if you happen to be in the area, maybe we can meet up in person and grab some tea or coffee!

Walter Mazza