Robert Djurasaj
Cloud Architect DevOps Lead IT Specialist at U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Colorado, United States
Summary
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RockstarRobert Djurasaj is a Cloud Architect and DevOps lead with 15 years of experience designing and delivering resilient cloud-native systems for the U.S. Geological Survey. He combines hands-on engineering—contributing features to high-profile open-source projects like the AWS CDK and esri-leaflet—with leadership in delivery and operations, driving infrastructure-as-code, security, and CI/CD at scale. His background spans full-stack/web/GIS development and program-level delivery management, enabling him to translate field data needs into auditable, automated cloud workflows. Based in Colorado, he brings practical performance optimizations and documentation rigor to both code and processes, and even moonlights conceptually as an "interstellar traveler" in his GitHub bio, reflecting a curiosity for exploration and big-picture systems thinking.
16 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (23)
git10
amazon-rds10
javascript10
rds10
aws-cdk10
leaflet10
api-design10
esri-leaflet10
technical-writing10
aws-lambda10
cloud-infrastructure10
arcgis10
esri10
infrastructure-as-code10
web-development10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
aws/aws-cdk
Mar 2019 - Dec 2022
The AWS Cloud Development Kit is a framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Cloud Engineer
Back-end Developer & Cloud EngineerContributions:97 reviews, 92 commits, 137 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Robert primarily contributed to the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) by implementing new features and enhancements related to AWS services. Their work included adding support for new Fargate versions, integrating existing security groups into RDS clusters, and adding support for new Lambda runtimes. Furthermore, the user added the ability to specify SSM Parameter tier and provided the capability to create IAM role descriptions.
awscloud-development-kitcloud-infrastructureinfrastructure-as-codetypescript
Esri/esri-leaflet
Jun 2014 - Feb 2016
A lightweight set of tools for working with ArcGIS services in Leaflet. :rocket:
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:29 commits, 3 PRs, 3 comments in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Robert primarily contributed to the development of the `esri-leaflet` library, focusing on adding and refining the "Find" task for querying features. Their work involved implementing the core logic for the "Find" task, updating the API, and integrating it within the `MapService` and `DynamicMapLayer` components. The user also updated documentation and examples to showcase the new features, demonstrating a focus on both functionality and usability. Furthermore, the user refactored and optimized the code base for performance.
arcgisleafletesri-leafletjavascriptleaflet-plugins
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