Skills


  • Proficient in Python, Typescript and Java programming languages
  • Linux user for over 8 years (Qubes OS with Debian as primary template)
  • Skilled in SQL, NoSQL and ElasticSearch queries; PostgreSQL, MySQL and MongoDB
  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, KVMs and OpenStack
  • Competent with Django, Express, VueJS, React and React Native
  • Comfortable with both Domain Driven Design and Test Driven Development

Work Experience


Software Developer

Jan 2021Present

Best Athletes

(1 year, 2 months)

  • Completed IRAP project by deploying MLFlow and ML Models to Kubernetes to successfully secure funding
  • Migrated BitBucket Piplines to Circle CI to reduce build times by 60%
  • Utilized ElasticSearch to develop a search engine to query Universities/Colleges and Sports
  • Integrated Stripe API into customer facing Vue (Typescript) + Express application to facilitate for customer payments
  • Reduced data costs by Web Scraping thousands of contact details using Python and Curl

IT Lead/ Full Stack Developer

May 2020Jan 2021

RK Publishing

(9 months)

  • Conducted interviews for software developers and support personnel
  • Use Test Driven Development to develop license management backend; Django REST Framework + Django-Guardian
  • Developed messaging system with sound recording and attachment to facilitate communication between users by utilizing PHP (Composer), AWS S3, MediaStream Recording API and Polyfills (to support older iPads).
  • Reduced support requests by setting up Mail Server with OpenDKIM, DoveCot and Postfix and integrating automated password resets in PHP
  • Streamlined customer management dashboard to reduce onboarding time by 75%
  • Deployed development environments (LAMP Stack) to facilitate testing and development

Software Developer Team Lead

Jan 2020Apr 2020

Ministry of Attorney General (Ontario)

(4 months)

  • Developed React Native prototype app that allows querying of past court proceedings and notifies of future proceedings; Django Backend
  • Created automated web scraper and integrated Graphene to facilitate data queries via GraphQL

IT Consultant

Jul 2019Dec 2019

RK Publishing

(6 months)

  • Utilized Selenium to create automation script to reduce order processing time by 80%
  • Recovered, extracted, organized and archived key project files from various mediums
  • Setup automated backups of network share files

Education


Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons)

Sep 2016Apr 2020

Ontario Tech University

(4 year)

  • Majored in Networking and IT Security with Minor in Operation Management
  • Received President's List and Dean's List award
  • Created blockchain in Python with Secure Contract Execution (see Peth in Project Section)
  • Deployed and troubleshot multiple OpenStack environments, Networks (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, Spanning Tree) and Active Directory
  • Created Security Audit Reports from Web Penetration tests

Ontario Secondary School Diploma

Sep 2012June 2016

R. H. King Academy

(2 year)

  • Received Robotics and Control Systems award and Ontario Scholar award
  • Secured extra $10,000 in funding for Robotics via a Video Competition
  • Demonstrated SQL injection and Brute Force vulnerabilities in school website
  • Developed traffic light system in C++ utilizing parallel ports

Past Projects


Unwrapper

Dec 2020

(https://youtu.be/UaPaD6krKmU)

(2 months)

  • Created a Ethereum/Polygon bridge fee aggregator to reduce individual bridge fees by 50% using Go Ethereum, Express, Angular and PostgreSQL

Peth

Nov 2019

(https://gitlab.com/AzhanL/peth)

(1 months)

  • Developed blockchain in Python that facilitates secure contract execution using Python Classes
  • Decompiled and analyzed Python op-codes to implement security

Certifications


  • Microsoft Technology Associate: Networking Fundamentals (MTA)