Eunice Socorin | DevOps Engineer
š§ eunice.socorin@gmail.com | š LinkedIn | š Melbourne, Australia
Professional Summary#
DevOps Engineer with extensive experience in AWS cloud platforms, automated testing, scripting, and development workflow optimisation. Proficient in Infrastructure as Code and designing scalable, secure cloud environments, with a strong focus on driving teams toward operational excellence. Experienced in delivering DevOps solutions within large-scale enterprise environments.
Technical Skills#
Cloud Platforms#
- AWS: EC2, Lambda, S3, CloudFront, WAF, ECS, CloudFormation, Step Functions, Elastic Beanstalk, IAM, DynamoDB, Amazon Lex, CloudWatch, EventBridge, SQS, SES, SNS, CodeBuild
Infrastructure & Automation#
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, AWS CloudFormation
- CI/CD: CircleCI, Bitbucket Pipelines, Jenkins
- Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
- Version Control: BitBucket, GitHub
Development & Testing#
- Languages: Python, NodeJS, Bash, Java, YAML
- Automated Testing: Cypress & Percy, Karate (Python)
- APIs: REST API, GraphQL
- RPA: Robotic Process Automation (UiPath)
Operations#
- Monitoring: AWS CloudWatch
- Support: On-call support experience
- Performance: Google Lighthouse testing
Professional Experience#
AWS Integration Engineer | Robert Half (Contract for HESTA) (Mar 2025 - Jun 2025)#
Key Achievements:
- Contributed to the delivery of AWS-based integration solutions as part of a team migrating legacy Boomi batch processes to cloud-native, event-driven architectures
- Developed and deployed APIs using AWS CDK (Python), integrating services including API Gateway, Lambda, EventBridge, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, and SES
- Implemented an automated regression test suite using Karate, an API testing tool built with Python, Maven, and Docker, to validate API functionality across non-prod environments
Responsibilities:
- Managed builds with AWS CodeBuild and Bitbucket Pipelines, and documented APIs using OpenAPI
- Identified and resolved bugs across the API lifecycle, collaborating closely with other integration developers to ensure quality and performance
- Refined on-boarding and technical documentation, including automated testing guides, to improve codebase maintainability and upskill the team in automated testing, supporting shift-left development
Digital DevOps and Integration Engineer | AA Insurance NZ (Nov 2020 - Jan 2025)#
Key Achievements:
- Implemented Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, enhancing platform reliability and scalability by reducing AWS infrastructure setup time for a React-based application (S3, CloudFront, and WAF) from 8 hours to under 10 minutes
- Partnered with the QA team to develop an automated testing framework using Node.js with Cypress and Percy, reducing testing time from 2 days to 5 minutes, significantly enhancing efficiency, coverage, and software quality
- Supported an Amazon Lex-based chatbot by integrating the Zendesk messaging platform and managing its deployment on AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, Elastic Beanstalk). The chatbot now handles 30% of live chat queries, improving team productivity and providing 24/7 support to customers
Responsibilities:
- Championed DevOps best practices, including the implementation of a structured branching model, improving collaboration, efficiency, and visibility across release cycles
- Optimised CircleCI and Bitbucket build pipelines, implemented code quality checks, and conducted performance testing with Google Lighthouse, ensuring smooth product releases
OSS (Operational System Support) DevOps Engineer | One NZ (Previously Vodafone NZ) (Apr 2019 - Nov 2020)#
Key Achievements:
- Championed automation in OSS operations using Python scripts and UiPath RPA, streamlining workflows and saving an average of 28 hours per month
- Developed and deployed a Python Flask application for product key management, utilising RESTful APIs, Kerberos authentication, and Docker containerisation to streamline operations and reduce licensing costs
Responsibilities:
- Provided 24/7 on-call support for in-house servers hosting OSS system software, ensuring uptime and reliability for critical network operations
- Performed maintenance tasks and fault resolution, minimising downtime and ensuring seamless operations for the network team
Education#
Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology (BICT) - Software Development
Manukau Institute of Technology (Auckland, New Zealand), 2015 - 2018
Certifications#
- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003) - HashiCorp (August 2023)
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner - AWS (December 2022)
- RPA Developer Advanced (Robotic Process Automation) - UiPath (January 2020)
References available upon request