Aaron Were
Full stack software developer with experience in systems engineering both on-prem and in the cloud. This site built with VueJS and hosted by AWS & CloudFlare. I like a nice strong macchiato!
Experience
IT Manager & Programmer
Managing the IT Department, develop new applications and maintain existing web properties. Building solutions with Google Kubernetes Engine, Amazon Lambda and EC2/RDS etc, with on-prem servers and services.
IT Systems Administrator
Infrastructure administration, user-support, server hardware and networking
Field Engineer
Responsible for installing, maintaining and repairing telecommunications infrastructure in challenging environments.
Systems Administrator
Maintaining infrastructure, backups, user-support and application development
Education
Victoria University - Melbourne Australia
Waikato University - Hamilton NZ
Skills
- I don't claim to be an expert on every language and technology, however I have good familiarity and I have used the listed stacks to build production services.
- Mobile-First, Responsive Design, Full-Stack Engineering
- Cross-browser testing & debugging
- Cross-functional teams
- Project Management
- Leading small teams
- Agile & Waterfall development
- Systems Engineering
- I'm also quite skilled with Mikrotik, I'm a massive fan of their work!
Interests
An avid gamer, I love to crawl around in virtual worlds and annihilate demon hordes, while stealing their treasure!
I spend a lot of time volunteering for the Victoria State Emergency Service, in both operational and non-operational roles with the admin and training teams for our unit.
I am an avid reader, and spend far too much on novels, audiobooks and ebooks (ask about my kindle!)
I love my Dog, and we walk for miles every morning, she is not a fan of the time I spend working on Open Source projects, as I tend to get into the zone and not give enough pats.
Spent a lot of time developing plugins for osTicket, we started using it at work, and I was enjoying myself making things in my spare time that made it better. Other people seem to like my work as well, loads of stars on GitHub for them.
Awards & Certifications
- Google Cloud Certified Developer
- AWS Training
- Coxswain of Rescue Boat - VICSES 2018
- Rescue, Search, Navigation, Chainsawing, Working @ height, EVS, Boating & Swift Water - VICSES
- Medium Rigid Truck License - VicRoads 2018
- Project Management Training attendance cetificate - yay
- UK Driving License & OSHA card
- Advanced Diploma of Computer Systems Engineering - VUT Melbourne 2007
- Incomplete Batchelor of Management Studies & Computer Science - Waikato University NZ 2001