SOFTWARE ENGINEER
DEVOPS SPECIALIST
CLOUD ENTHUSIAST

My name is Yabsera, or Yabi (Yah-bee) for short. I'm an Ethiopian born American based in Chicago, IL USA, and working as an Associate Software Engineer in the Financial Services sector.

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About

My journey in tech began at Locusview, a SaaS start-up based out of Tel Aviv, Israel. Locusview is a digital construction management platform that serves utilities companies.

Today I am a Software Engineer working at Options Clearing Corporation (OCC). OCC is a clearing house responsible for clearing exchange-listed options. My role at OCC revolves primarily around process automation, and DevOps.

Associate, Software Engineering - Deployment

Options Clearing Corporation - Chicago, IL

February 2023 to Present

  • Orchestrated K8s clusters by configuring and deploying workloads in highly available, fault-tolerant environments.
  • Maintained hybrid cloud environments, serving as a liaison between QA and DevOps teams.
  • Developed concise and scalable Java code for OCC’s proprietary SpringBoot applications.
  • Automated CI/CD pipelines, reducing deployment time by over 60%.
  • Automated test cases using Cucumber BDD, improving software quality and performance.
  • Established deployment team’s GitHub organization, reducing build/test cycle time by 60%.
  • Implemented Active Directory groups for GitHub access control and secure Jenkins service account management.

Key Technologies: Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub, Terraform, Java, AWS, Docker, Groovy, Automic UC4, Harness, Active Directory, Forgerock, Cucumber BDD

Technical Support Engineer I, II

Locusview Solutions - Chicago, IL

January 2022 to February 2023

  • Led the support team by managing over 9000 technical support cases achieving a 96% resolution rate with target SLAs.
  • Developed and maintained detailed technical documentation for both internal tools and client applications, reducing onboarding time and enabling more efficient troubleshooting for cross-functional teams.
  • Collaborated with development teams to assess, design, and implement database modifications on Locusview servers, optimizing performance and ensuring system stability.
  • Spearheaded the migration to HubSpot CRM, developing and executing workflow tests, which led to improved system integration, client data consistency, and more efficient support service delivery.
  • Automated test cases using Cucumber BDD, improving software quality and performance.
  • Enhanced support processes by identifying bottlenecks in ticket resolution workflows and recommending improvements that reduced issue resolution time.

Key Technologies: Zendesk, HubSpot, Jira, Postman API, Locusview, Kubernetes, AWS EC2, Redis, App Testing, MySQL




Northeastern Illinois University

Computer Science, B.S.

August 2020 to December 2022

City Colleges of Chicago

Computer Science, A.A.

August 2017 to June 2020

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation

Completed June 16, 2024

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03)

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Completed Aug 19, 2023

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Completed Dec 21, 2022

English

Native Language

Amharic

Fluent Speaker

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Bandera Service

Developed a microservice for the purpose of serving as a centralized CRM platform for small Auto Service Centers.

Key Technologies: Java, Swagger UI, JWT, Springboot

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Bandera UI

iOS & Web frontend interfaces to pair with the Bandera API for a unified end user experience.

Key Technologies: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform