Resume
Patrick Nelsen
Summary
Highly skilled and motivated professional with a strong background in software engineering, infrastructure, and DevOps. Demonstrated expertise in designing scalable and secure AWS architectures, implementing automation tools, and leveraging cutting-edge technologies to optimize system performance. Seeking a challenging role as a Site Reliability Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or Software Engineer, Infrastructure.
Work Experience
Rincon Research Corporation, August 2022 - Present
Software Engineer
Tucson, AZ
- Successfully delivered a highly-available system that processed digital signals for the customer.
- Designed and implemented a scalable, cost-effective, and secure AWS architecture for a web service, utilizing EKS, Lambda, RDS, and S3.
- Streamlined deployment and reduced operational overhead by creating automated Ansible playbooks for on-premises Kubernetes clusters.
- Implemented automated deployments using Terraform and Gitlab CI/CD for AWS architecture, significantly reducing deployment time and saving manual hours.
- Developed Helm charts to ensure flexible and repeatable deployment of Kubernetes resources.
NSPARC at Mississippi State University, May 2021 - July 2022
Software Engineer
Starkville, MS
- Integrated computer vision into iOS application, enhancing athlete performance and reduce injury risk.
- Developed a highly accurate TensorFlow model to predict human 2D and 3D poses from video, providing coaches and athletes with accurate and actionable data.
- Managed Google Cloud Platform for scalable ML model training and storage.
- Created SwiftUI frontend to display human pose information, improving usability and user experience.
- Optimized training and data storage techniques, reducing training time from 6.7 days to 45 minutes.
NSPARC at Mississippi State University, June 2020 - May 2021
Student Worker (Internship)
Starkville, MS
- Designed and implemented Arduino-based wrist sensor system to measure angles during a golf swing.
- Developed an iOS app to display wrist sensor information.
Education
Mississippi State University, April 2021
Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering
Starkville, MS
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 4.0/4.0 GPA
Skills
AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, Helm, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, AWS CloudWatch, Bash, Go, C++, SQL, Git, firewall configuration, network protocols, load balancers
Certifications
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
CompTIA