Hi, my name is

Brendan Beck

I write code the right way.

RESUME

ABOUT ME

  • Name:

    Brendan Beck

  • Phone:

    (503)583-7964

  • Email:

    [email protected]

  • Website:

    www.brendanbeck.com

  • Location:

    Canby, Oregon

Hello There!

I am currently a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer working in Nike's Global Technology Cloud Acceleration department.

I am a software engineer from Canby, Oregon. I grew up on a small farm, where hard work and being creative and resourceful in order to solve a problem is essential. I recently graduated from George Fox University with a B.S. in Computer Science with a concentration in Cyber Security and a minor in Digital Marketing. I'm currently looking for a software engineering position where I can demonstrate the skills I learned at one of the premier CS schools on the west coast.

I am a fast-learning, personable, quick-thinking extrovert who loves to see the result of hard work. I have already had a wide range of jobs that have equipped me with the ability to learn quickly, and not be afraid to ask for help when I cannot find out the answer on my own.

Technologies I have been working in at Nike:
  • Python 3

  • Packer, vulcan (Nike's closed source Packer wrapper)

  • AWS AMIs and EC2 instances

  • Packaging and Publishing custom Debian packages

  • Bash scripting (Primarily interacting with systemd services)

  • Referee (Nike's closed source Canary Deployment built on Spinnaker)

  • Jenkins curated multi-branch pipelines

  • Work Experience

  • Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

    Nike (on contract from FLEX Pro Unlimited)
    Oct 2021 - Present

    Build and maintain shared Ubuntu Linux and Docker images for use across the enterprise.

    Build and maintain shared cloud infrastructure tooling to support our customers to create applications on top of our foundation machine images.

    Write reusable, tested, and efficient software code and scripts.

    Write automated tests to validate changes, and manually test those changes.

    Troubleshoot and resolve technical problems and code defects.

    Use a variety of tools to manage source code, builds, and deployments.

    Provide technical support for tools and systems owned by the team.

  • Software Engineer

    @TZ Medical w/ George Fox University
    Fall 2019 - Spring 2020

    Automated the testing process of Clarus series ambulatory cardiac monitor firmware.

    Led a team of Comp Sci and Comp Eng students in facilitating a full stack redesign, implementing a PY Flask backend and the Vue.js frontend.

    Served as the main liaison between my team and the client (TZ).

  • Web Developer & Graphic Designer

    @Canby Alliance Church
    Summer 2018 - Current

    Worked closely with church staff to design, develop, and manage their website into a tool they can use for their ministry.

    Refreshed branding to make it more appealing to the younger generations.

  • Web Developer & Graphic Designer

    @Design Port Inc.
    Summer 2018

    Acted as site admin for 5 different startups under the umbrella of Design Port.

    Worked with customers to create a brand for wide range of products. Responsibilities included: Brand identity creation, Packaging design, Creating a storefront website, and Market research.

    Created graphics for 3 trade shows for 4 different product lines.

  • Web Designer

    @George Fox University
    Summer 2016

    Worked with a team of designers to create and maintaine webpages on the main George Fox University website as well as the George Fox Athletics site.

    Created Graphics for the George Fox Athletics social media.

  • Education

  • Bachelors Degree

    George Fox University
    2016 - 2020

    Major: Computer Science with an emphasis in Cyber Security.

    Minor: Marketing.

    See Relevant Courses for more detailed breakdown of my course work.

  • Honors Diploma

    Canby High School
    2012 - 2016

    6 AP Credits (Calculus and Physics)

    GPA: 3.68

Projects

01.
Mocker

A full feature docker clone, Isolates: processes, hostnames, and filesystem.

02.
Huffman Compressor

A super basic example of huffman compression done in python3. Compresses and decompresses using the huffman table that is generated.

03.
This Website

This website is a dockerized node app using express and ejs. It has a small REST api built in, with room for scalability. It is deployed on AWS