Kenneth Mariano

Solutions Architect | Backend Developer

AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional) with 10+ years professional experience in software development

Work Experience

Etrading Software Philippines, Inc.

Makati, Philippines
Senior Software Developer
2023 - present

Technologies:
AWS (S3, Lambda, Glue, etc.), JavaScript (NodeJS, TypeScript), Java (Spring Boot), PostgreSQL, Auth0

Responsibilities:
One of the key developers of the company's Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP) project, designed to serve as bidding material for the UK/EU CTP initiative.

Maya Philippines, Inc.

Mandaluyong, Philippines
Senior Lead
Software Engineer
2017 - 2023

Technologies:
AWS, JavaScript (NodeJS, SailsJS), Java (Spring Boot), JPA (Hibernate), MySQL, PostgreSQL, Neptune, Microservices, Serverless, RESTful

Responsibilities:
Leading a team of software developers and quality engineers maintaining Maya's backend authentication systems highly utilized by the company’s main products: Maya, and Maya Business.

Started out as a software engineer and got promoted to senior software engineer (Jan 2019), software engineering specialist (Sep 2020), lead software engineer (Jan 2021), and senior lead software engineer (Jul 2022).

DEVCON Community of Technology Experts (DCTx)

Makati, Philippines
Cloud Infrastructure
Engineer
2020

Technologies:
AWS, Serverless

Responsibilities:
Responsible for maintaining ReliefAgad’s infrastructure: deploying and monitoring in production, provisioning AWS resources needed by the development team, and extracting database records to generate reports.

Designed a web application, SAP Search, that allows SAP (social amelioration program) beneficiaries to inquire about the disbursement status of their cash assistance.

Asia Pacific College (APC)

Makati, Philippines
Part-time Instructor
2017 - 2018

Technologies:
Android, Java, Gradle, Firebase

Responsibilities:
Taught mobile application development using Android to 2nd year college students. Developed a comprehensive course outline in lieu of the college's standards. Prepared course materials, hands-on exercises, and project-based thesis.

Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) Philippines, Inc.

Pasay, Philippines
Software Engineer
2014 - 2017

Technologies:
Java (Spring MVC), JPA (EclipseLink), JavaScript (ExtJS), Oracle PL/SQL, RESTful, SOAP

Responsibilities:
Worked as a full-stack developer responsible for maintaining UI & backend web services, development of core modules, and 24/7 on-call support.

Conducted onboarding and training sessions for new hires.

Banco De Oro (BDO) Unibank, Inc.

Makati, Philippines
Programmer
2013

Technologies:
Java, Web Services

Responsibilities:
Responsible for maintaining the reference number validation module of the web service used by the bank’s bills payment service.

Professional Skills

Top Skills

7%

JavaScript & Java

Expert, 10 years
90%

Amazon Web Services

Senior, 7 years
80%

DevOps

Senior, 5 years

Other Skills

NodeJS Java Python Spring Boot Hibernate Open Policy Agent RESTful OAuth 2.0 OpenID Connect
SQL MySQL PostgreSQL Oracle PL/SQL MongoDB
AWS Lambda AWS API Gateway AWS Glue AWS S3 AWS RDS AWS ECS AWS DynamoDB Docker Microservices Serverless
CICD GitHub Actions GitLab CI
Scrum Agile Development Methodology JIRA

Education & Certification

Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
AWS
2024 - 2027

  • Extensive knowledge of the entire AWS platform
  • Proficient in delivering best practice recommendations for the architectural design of cloud systems and applications
  • Skilled in designing hybrid architecture solutions, implementing continuous integration and deployment processes, and building data platforms using key AWS technologies
Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
AWS
2020 - 2023

  • Comprehensive understanding of AWS services and technologies
  • Demonstrated the ability to build secure and robust solutions using architectural design principles based on customer requirements
  • Able to strategically design well-architected distributed systems that are scalable, resilient, efficient, and fault-tolerant

Certified Cloud Practitioner
AWS
2019 - 2023

  • Fundamental understanding of IT services and their uses in the AWS Cloud
  • Demonstrated cloud fluency and foundational AWS knowledge
  • Able to identify essential AWS services necessary to set up AWS-focused projects
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Information Technology
Asia Pacific College
2010 - 2014
  • Graduated with academic distinction (3.33 out of 4.0 GPA)
  • Developed an ordering system consisting of a website and a mobile application for a project-based thesis that was awarded as the Best Project of the Year.
  • Competed and won several programming contests held by internal organizations.

Portfolio

Get in touch

I'm currently taking on freelance work.

I can help you with the following:

  • Cloud solutions using AWS
  • Web development with NodeJS and Spring Boot
  • Databases

Drop me a line at jkmariano14@gmail.com