Hello, I'm

Simon Leung

Sr DevOps Engineer

Results-driven DevOps professional with over 13 years of expertise in CI/CD, cloud technologies, and containerization. Experienced in international leadership roles supporting mission-critical infrastructure at scale.

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Simon Leung | Dallas, TX | US citizen
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AWS, Kubernetes, Docker
Terraform, Ansible, Python
CI/CD, GitOps, SRE
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13+ years in tech
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Where I've Worked

Experience

Sr DevOps Engineer

Zoom Communications

May 2022 - Present
  • VoIP DevOps Engineer leading/managing global hybrid cloud SIP infrastructure supporting real-time audio and video for Zoom Meetings
  • Use GitOps to review code and MOPs to deploy new software and configure 1000+ bare metal and cloud VMs
  • Manage SIP infrastructure: SBC, Telephony Gateway, Media Servers and Conference Room Connector
  • Implement CI/CD pipeline for scalable architecture with capacity planning and traffic forecasting
  • Automate deployments using Git, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, Python on Docker/AWS EC2
  • Deploy Docker containers for E2E calls to test service availability across AWS, OCI, GCP and On-prem

Distinguished Cloud Engineer

Verizon Wireless

Mar 2019 – Apr 2022
  • Planned, designed, and supported Virtual Subscriber Profile Controller (vSPC) and Identity Management Server (vIDMS) in Verizon Cloud Platform
  • Managed VM-based vSPC for 180M subscribers hosted in 100+ Couchbase DB VM instances
  • Application owner of Kubernetes/Docker based vIDMS serving 50k subscribers using OpenShift
  • Automated deployments using Jenkins, Ansible, Python, and Bash
  • Served as acting manager during manager's medical leave (four months)

Principal Member of Technical Staff

Verizon Wireless

Jun 2016 – Feb 2019
  • Supported Verizon Cloud Platform (VCP Edge) private cloud, ensuring adherence to VCP and ETSI MANO requirements
  • Assisted VNF teams with VCP Infrastructure queries, facilitating smooth Cloud onboarding
  • Contributed to building VCP OpenStack lab for efficient OS/hardware maintenance on HPE servers

Engineer III

Ericsson US

Mar 2009 – May 2016
  • Led a team of five testers with $1.5M project budget for acceptance testing at Verizon Maintenance Engineering lab
  • Setup load testing environment for virtual ETAS (vETAS) to ensure resilience under high loads
  • Implemented Scrum methodologies to optimize coordination and enhance team efficiency

Technologies I Work With

Skills

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS OpenStack OCI Google Cloud Kubernetes Docker Terraform

Programming & Automation

Python Django Ansible Bash Golang Java

Databases

MySQL Oracle DB PostgreSQL Couchbase Redis

DevOps & Monitoring

Git Jenkins Prometheus Elasticsearch Kibana Zabbix PagerDuty

Networking & Security

Wireshark Nginx F5 vLB/vFW TCP/UDP DNS SIP/VoIP

Operating Systems

Red Hat Ubuntu macOS Windows

Professional Credentials

Certifications

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Azure AI Fundamentals

Jan 2024
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HashiCorp Terraform Associate

Nov 2022
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Certified Kubernetes Administrator

Feb 2021
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AWS Solutions Architect – Associate

Jun 2017
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Certified Scrum Master

Apr 2017
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Mirantis OpenStack Administrator (MCA200)

Feb 2016

🎓 Education

MBA

Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden

June 2013

Computer Science (Master)

Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Dec 2008 • Ranked #74 QS World University

🏆 Awards & Recognition

Verizon Network Reliability Award

Annual Network Reliability, Performance and Security

2020 & 2021

Jujutsu Kai Black Belt (1st Dan)

Certified instructor for kids classes

Apr 2004

Swedish Armed Forces

Squad Leader, 10 months Military Service

Nov 2003

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Let's Connect

I'm currently open to new opportunities and always happy to discuss DevOps, cloud architecture, or potential collaborations.

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