EDWARD K. TAM 1146 West 35th Street Apt. B ● Los Angeles, CA 90007 ●
[email protected] ● (808) 220-6883
TECHNICAL SKILLS Languages: Tools: Platforms:
C, C++, CSS, HTML, Java, JavaScript, jQuery, MySQL, Objective-C, PHP, Python Ansible, BootStrap, Chef, Eclipse, EM7(Certified), GitHub, JUnit, Salt, Selenium Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux (RedHat,CentOS,Ubuntu), Mac OS, OpenStack, Scalr, VMware, Windows, WordPress
WORK EXPERIENCE NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory – Software Engineer – Pasadena, CA December 2014 – Present Design and develop selenium scripts in python that monitors over 100 internal JPL websites which resulted in saving $93,000 each fiscal year Deploy Salt for the Enterprise Business Information Services team which automatically configures 200+ servers in their production environment
Develop and redesign the front end of the monitoring website using web technologies (HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, BootStrap) and the back end (MySQL)
Write documentations and create workflow charts as needed for upper management
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory – Software Engineer Intern – Pasadena, CA June 2014 – December 2014 Migrated the current OTRS ticketing system and updating it to the newest version on RedHat 6 Developed python scripts to have Scalr launch instances on both OpenStack and Amazon Web Services (GovCloud) to create redundancy Automated adding and removing JPL GitHub users by accessing GitHub API’s and querying LDAP Developed a script to automate multi-mission project template generation Interacted with technical and non-technical users daily to troubleshoot various issues that arise Edmunds.com – System Operations Intern – Santa Monica, CA January 2014 – May 2014 Developed a python script which authenticates over 500 users that logs onto the active directory daily Documented all risks and deficiencies onto the confluence page to alert management of immediate needs Assisted with NetApp storage migrations by using the snapmirror feature
PROJECTS Personal Website Design a personal website using WordPress, HTML5, and jQuery
January 2015 – Present
Amazon Web Service Projects Integrated Chef with AWS virtual server to create and bootstrap a virtual machine (VM) Developed a python script to automate the process of creating virtual servers on AWS
Fall 2014
Maze Runner Spring 2011 Designed and implemented a simulator for testing a MicroMouse moving in a maze in C/C++ Led a team of three to program a mouse to detect wall collisions and designed an algorithm to reach the center of the maze
EDUCATION B.S Computer Science University of Southern California
December 2014 Los Angeles, CA
