DEVOPS ENGINEER
Mark Truong
Computer Science graduate from San Diego State University with production engineering experience. Hands-on with infrastructure as code (Terraform), CI/CD automation (GitHub Actions, GitLab), containerization (Docker), and serverless AWS architectures across the full deployment lifecycle. Comfortable in Agile/Scrum environments, writing technical documentation, and collaborating across teams to ship reliable, automated systems. Seeking a DevOps engineering role to build and operate scalable, reproducible infrastructure. Active DoD Secret clearance.
Active DoD Secret Clearance
#1 Experience
Experience
DevOps Engineer
CineStar Cinemas
2025-12 — 2026-03
Production-grade cinema booking platform serving real end-user traffic across multiple enterprise client sites.
- Built and maintained a production-grade cinema booking platform integrating a React/Next.js frontend with a Magento 2 OOP backend, serving real end-user traffic across multiple enterprise client sites
- Designed and implemented a GraphQL API layer with custom resolvers and a REST service layer, applying enterprise integration patterns compatible with both modern and legacy system architectures
- Executed relational database schema changes and MySQL migrations to support new platform features, maintaining data integrity across production environments
- Containerized the development environment with Docker across Linux/WSL2 and macOS, enabling reproducible builds and reducing onboarding friction for distributed teams
- Authored technical documentation, architecture specs, and integration guides to support team onboarding, handoff procedures, and long-term system maintenance
Computer Science Tutor
San Diego State University
2023-12 — 2025-05
- Tutored undergraduate students in Data Structures, Algorithms, and core CS fundamentals, reinforcing OOP principles, algorithmic thinking, and engineering best practices
- Collaborated with faculty to assess student work with a focus on technical rigor, code correctness, and efficient problem-solving
#2 Education
Education
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
San Diego State University
2023-08 — 2025-05
3.9 GPA, summa cum laude
#3 Projects
Projects
Serverless Stock Data Pipeline
Event-driven AWS pipeline (EventBridge cron → ingestion Lambda → DynamoDB → retrieval Lambda → API Gateway → S3 static frontend) serving live stock data end to end. All infrastructure provisioned as code with Terraform; build, test, and deploy automated with GitHub Actions CI/CD.
- AWS
- Terraform
- GitHub Actions
- Python
Cinephile
Conversational movie recommendation engine: RAG pipeline with agentic LangGraph path, multi-turn context, and eval harness.
- Python
- FastAPI
- Qdrant
- LangGraph
- Claude API
- React
AI Meme Generator
Image captioning pipeline from AI Club at SDSU: BLIP captioning, Claude-powered meme rewriting, Pillow rendering, FastAPI + React app.
- Hugging Face
- BLIP
- Claude API
- FastAPI
- React
#4 Skills
Skills
Languages
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- Python
- PHP
- SQL
- Java (actively developing)
Frontend
- React
- Next.js
- HTML5
- CSS3
- Tailwind CSS
- Redux Toolkit
Backend
- Node.js
- RESTful APIs
- GraphQL APIs
- PHP 8.1/8.2
- Magento 2 (OOP backend)
- MySQL
Tools & Platforms
- Git
- GitHub Actions
- GitLab CI/CD
- Docker
- Terraform (IaC)
- AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, S3, EventBridge)
- Nginx
- Linux/Unix
- Jest
Methodologies
- Agile/Scrum
- OOP
- Design Patterns
- SDLC
- API Design (REST & GraphQL)