Vincent Kwong

Vincent Kwong

Be the person your younger self would look up to.

Beyond the Surface

Mentorship

After overseeing training for the General Training course at Canadian Forces Base Penhold, Cadet Sorenson came up to me and said, “Thank you for these two weeks! You are the best Flight Sergeant!” before running off. That was the proudest moment of my life and the moment I realized what I want to do in this lifetime: positively influence.

Emergence

Emergence is a lifestyle brand with the vision of inspiring ambitious lifestyles among young adults. Currently, Emergence consists of Moment and Grid, two web and mobile applications in development that aim to increase motivation and mentorship relations among the youth.

Software Engineering

During my first hackathon, I knew I was home. The endless possibilities in programming, the passion filled atmosphere created by programmers of all backgrounds, and of course, the food. Since then, I have developed and shipped several web and mobile applications, although I would love to further expand my technical skillset.

Technical Skills

Languages

Java

Comfortable

Go

Familiar

Python

Familiar

JavaScript

Familiar

Bash

Familiar

GNU Octave

Familiar

Technologies

Android

Comfortable

React

Comfortable

Git

Comfortable

Node.js

Familiar

Docker

Familiar

AWS

Comfortable

Machine Learning

Familiar

Work Experience

Sept 2019 - Present

Software Engineer Intern

May 2019 - Aug 2019

Software Engineer Intern – Cloud & Data Platform

Assisting with the release to general availability of the data ingestion pipelines on the Large Scale Data Collection (LSDC) platform within Splunk Investigate

• Spun up a Dockerized mock AWS server in the CI/CD pipeline to mock out API calls for data pipeline functional tests

• Implemented special handling for data ingestion of metrics with delayed availability, reducing data loss to less than 1%

• Developed checkpoint recovery logic for multi region execution, allowing users to resume data ingestion across regions at the points of failure

Sept 2018 - April 2019

Assisted with the release to general availability of Predix Studio, GE Digital’s PaaS that enables customers to build and scale their own Industrial IoT applications.

Security Engineer Intern

Jan 2019 - April 2019

• Eliminated final LockPath risks for general availability by deploying Wazuh Agents and configuring AWS PrivateLinks to secure communication between them and the Predix Wazuh Server as an endpoint security solution with Salt and Terraform

• Mitigated OWASP Top 10 web vulnerabilities by setting up a firewall and logging infrastructure with AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF), Kinesis, S3, Clue, and Athena

• Secured communication between internal build servers and agents through the use of Elastic Load Balancers, VPCs, and SSL

Software Development & Cloud Operations Intern

Sept 2018 - Dec 2018

• Enabled cross team retrieval of AWS credentials via SAML through containerization with Packer and Docker

• Set up an alert and escalation management system by utilizing AppDynamics services to monitor cloud infrastructure

Personal Projects

Education

University of British Columbia

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Computer Engineering Student

4th year standing.

3.7 / 4.0 GPA. Dean's Honour List.

Expected Graduation: May 2021

Notable Courses

CPEN 221 - Principles of Software Construction

CPEN 311 - Digital Systems Design

CPEN 321 - Software Engineering

CPEN 331 - Operating Systems

ELEC 331 - Computer Communications