Peter Khoa

Peter Khoa

DevOps / GitOps

CI/CD Pipelines

Scripting & Automation

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At a glance

FULL NAME

Tran Quang Ngoc Khoa

BIRTHPLACE

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

BORN

July 8th, 1984

RESIDENCE

Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science
in Mathematics & Computer Sciences

HOBBIES

Television, Movies, Music

About Me

DevOps Engineer passionate about cloud infrastructure and automation.

Always exploring modern web and cloud technologies.

Aiming to grow into a Solution Architect role.

"Impossible" means "I'm possible".

My Skills

  • DevOps & Cloud: AWS, Azure, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes
  • Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK
  • CI/CD & Automation: GitLab CI, Bitbucket Pipelines, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD
  • Programming: PHP, Python, Bash, JS
  • Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
  • OS & Server: Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu), Windows Server, IIS, Apache, Nginx
  • Virtualization: VirtualBox, VMWare, Hyper-V, Proxmox, Vagrant

DevOps/Cloud

CI/CD

Automation

Docker/K8s

GitOps

Monitoring

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Bachelor Of Sciences
in Mathematics & Computer Sciences

HCMC University Of Natural Sciences

4 Years

September 2004 - September 2008

Work Experience

DevOps Engineer

Personify Inc.

3 Years

May 2022 - Present
  • Designed and managed CI/CD pipelines using Bitbucket Pipelines, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD and Jenkins
  • Provisioned and maintained cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure using Terraform
  • Deployed and operated containerized applications on AWS ECS and Azure AKS
  • Improved release cycle speed by automating deployment workflows and environment provisioning

Automation Engineer

Personify Inc.

4 Years

Mar 2018 - May 2022
  • Took over DevOps responsibilities, managing AWS infrastructure (EC2, RDS, Elastic Beanstalk)
  • Integrated GitHub with Jenkins to automate test and deployment pipelines
  • Supported both web and Windows-based applications, improving delivery speed and stability
  • This transition into automation and cloud operations prepared the ground for my DevOps career

Technical Lead

THM Corp.

2 Years

Jun 2016 - Feb 2018
  • Led development of an e-commerce platform using Yii Framework 2.0
  • Managed source code, release workflows, and server infrastructure across all stages
  • Oversaw performance tuning and deployment operations for high-traffic environments

Senior Web Developer

Personify Inc.

2 Years

May 2014 - May 2016
  • Developed backend and frontend features using the Yii Framework 1.1
  • Collaborated closely with design and product teams to deliver production-ready releases
  • Maintained legacy codebase and implemented improvements in performance and maintainability
  • Built end-to-end automation for PHPUnit, Selenium, and Python-based test suites

Production Manager

April Digital

3 Years

April 2011 - April 2014
  • Led a team of 4 engineers and coordinated daily tasks
  • Managed company infrastructure: Windows & Linux servers, network systems
  • Designed and developed custom extensions/themes for Joomla, WordPress, Drupal, and Magento
  • Researched and applied emerging web technologies to ongoing projects
  • Standardized coding practices to improve maintainability and system scalability

IT Manager

Viet Nhat Consultancy Trading Co. Ltd. - Onlink Japan Group

1 Year

January 2010 - March 2011
  • Supervised a small IT team (2 members) for internal systems and infrastructure
  • Managed Linux and Windows server environments
  • Built multiple websites using Joomla 1.5, including:
    • Stock Exchange Portals: moneyvietnam.com, money-asia.com, moneylaos.com, moneysrilanka.com
    • Vietnamese Hotels Booking System: 2vie.com

Senior Web Developer

April Web and Graphic Design

2 Years

March 2008 - January 2010
  • Converted design assets (PSD) into responsive HTML/CSS2
  • Integrated animations using jQuery and Mootools
  • Developed reusable templates and extensions for Joomla 1.5
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Portfolio

Highlighted projects where I contributed in various roles — from backend development to infrastructure automation and cloud deployment:

Infocus - DevOps

Migrated legacy hosting to AWS ECS & RDS.
Automated infrastructure using Terraform.
Built CI/CD pipelines with GitLab.

StorView Cloud - DevOps

Deployed on AWS ECS, RDS & API Gateway.
Managed infrastructure with Terraform.
Built CI/CD pipelines with Bitbucket.

Personify Inc - Full scope

Built backend & frontend features.
Implemented tests with PHPUnit, Selenium.
Deployed on Elastic Beanstalk via Jenkins.

Foxconn EMS - DevOps

Deployed on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Implemented via GitLab CI and ArgoCD across multiple environments.

Connected Car Cloud - DevOps

Deployed on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Implemented via GitLab CI and ArgoCD across multiple environments.

GoGoGo.vn - Full scope

Built backend & frontend features.
Managed on-prem infrastructure.
Implemented CI/CD workflows using Jenkins.