Daniel Ocean
Github: https://github.com/dvsocean
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvsocean
E-mail: dvsocean@icloud.com
Aspiration: NerdSchool

Nirvana:
Skilled in planning, designing, administering, and maintaining infrastructure, websites, and online applications across a wide range of programming languages and tools. I’ve picked up many abilities along the way, but at my core, I’m a server‑side specialist.

Ambition:
My passion is networks and servers—both virtual and physical. This very page is served by a machine I built myself, but more than anything, I’m driven to share what I’ve learned. Teaching is where I come alive.

NerdSchool is a modern Linux environment that gives every student their own account and the opportunity to learn real microservice architecture, build front‑end applications, and create API communication with backend services. Students work with containers and deploy their projects—hands‑on, all in one place, and they can access their work on the web instantly.

Sure, there’s no shortage of tutorials. You can watch YouTube videos and learn on your own. But the real challenge is motivation—it fades. That’s where NerdSchool shines. I don’t just teach web development; I share my story, walk with you through the process, and push you until you succeed. If it worked for me, it will work for you too.

Education:
Mathematics, Micro-computer applications Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
Object-Oriented Design, Software architecture Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
LAMP, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, VB, Python, PHP, C++ Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
Software Quality Assurance Portnov Computer School, Los Altos, CA

Technical skills:
Cloud: AWS, IBM, Akamai, Heroku
AI: Model hosting, Model training, Torch, Transformers. CoPilot, Gemini, ChatGpt, Perplexity. GitHub Copilot and built-in features..
Tools, IDEs, WorkBenches: dotnet tools/cli, amazon services (esc, ecr, lambda etc..) mobile tools (terminal, SQL, Rest, AWS)
Docker, Nginx, Kubernetes, IntelliJ, AndroidStudios, xCode, Eclipse, PhpStorm, Atom, Rider, RubyMine, VSCode, Sublime, Splunk, SqElectron,
DataGrip, WorkBench, Jenkins, Apache
Languages: C#, Ruby, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Shell, Groovy, Kotlin, Typescript, SQL, VB, C++
Rest, Markup: Json, YML, HTML, XML
Styling: CSS, SCSS, Plugins
Operating systems: Linux, Mac, Windows
Shell: Zshell, Bash, Scripting, Cron
Defect Tracking: Rally, Elementool, Jira

Frameworks, stacks and tools:
- Node, npm/npx
- Express, http-server (node_modules..)
- EJS
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Exporters: Node, SQL, Redis
- Container Advisors
- Traefik
- Redis
- .NET
- Automation via Shell Scripting
- docker
- docker-hub
- docker-compose
- ollama
- kubernetes orchestration
- ASPNET CORE
- EntityFramework
- Laravel
- SQL
- SQL Servers
- SQL Lite
- LAMP Stack
- Protractor
- Gradle, Maven
- Java Spring MVC, Spring cloud, PACT
- Automation with Java, Ruby, Cucumber, RestAssured, RestClient,
- TestNG/Junit, Selenium, Selenide, Appium
- SauceLabs, Fitnesse
- Wiremock, MockMvc
- Bootstrap
- jquery/UI networking/ajax/jsx

Professional Experience

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Experian, May 2019 - Present Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Experian’s Boost and Personal Finance products. Collaborated with third‑party providers and managed both new feature development and enhancements to existing functionality. Primarily worked within AWS environments using Ruby, Python, and C#.
- AWS
- Ruby
- C#
- Python
- NoSQL, SQL
- Integrated microservices
- Splunk
- Harness
- DataDog
- RestClient
- Containerized

Verys, assignment for Experian, May 2018 - May 2019 Subject Matter Expert (SME) for direct‑to‑consumer systems, with extensive experience developing and maintaining solutions primarily in Java.
- AWS
- API expert, comfortable with backend and frontend.
- NoSQL
- SQL
- CRUD operations
- Dynamic stubbing
- Mock server, static mappings (some testing involved recording http traffic)
- Rest controllers, transfer objects (http)
- Proficient with the JVM
- Jenkins
- Docker
- Spring Web MVC

Verys, assignment for American Airlines, July 2017 - May 2018 Worked with Unix‑based systems at aa.com, developing both front‑end and back‑end functionality. Conducted pipeline executable testing and served as QA Lead, collaborating with business stakeholders to create and maintain user stories.
Responsibilities:
- IBM certified
     Cloud Application Developer
     IBM Cloud Garage Explorer
     IBM Cloud Garage Advocate
     Microservice Practitioner
- Same day flight change
- Deep linking
- Appium
- Javascript, testing frontend submissions
- Selenium
- Track your bags
- Java, validation fixtures
- Backend error validation
- Java system validation
- Flight status notification links
- Selenium, locale and browser verification
- Flight schedule changes and notifications
- General notification links
- Reservation changes
- Fit framework
- New test frameworks (POM, Selenide and TestNG)
     Reporting
     Listeners, annotation based methods
     Dependency injection
     Wiremock, RestAssured
- Pipelines
- Timeout modals
- Typescript
- SauceLabs
- Advisement messaging

Other responsibilities:
- Document spikes/road blocks
- Responsive design
- Mobile devices
- Xcode/Android studios
- Documentation, point of reference, onboarding
- Maintenance and content updates of internal website

Zenar Studio, Inc., October 2015 - July 2017 Delivered a wide range of software testing services to U.S. and international clients developing web and mobile applications.
Responsibilities:
- Test cases
- Requirement matrix
- Test data variations
- End-to-end regression
- Troubleshooting, production issues
- GUI testing
- Business Requirements, Documents and Functional Design Documents
- Functional, Regression, Integration, and User Acceptance
- Interact with developers, address quality problems
- Defect reporting, tracking and resolution
- Post deployment UAT
- SQL
- Manual to automation conversions