Ross Nelson
Applications Engineer II
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRoss Nelson is an Applications Engineer II with 11 years of hands-on experience in DevOps and infrastructure automation, currently building resilient systems at Oracle from his base in Chicago. He brings deep practical knowledge of SaltStack, Python, Jenkins, Docker, Jinja, and Apache, and has progressed through intern and application engineer roles into his current position, demonstrating strong internal growth. Comfortable bridging operations and development, Ross pairs configuration-as-code expertise with CI/CD practice to streamline deployments and reliability. His background also includes frontend work, QA internships, and AV support at DePaul, reflecting a versatile technical foundation and an ability to communicate complex systems to diverse stakeholders. Open to full-time opportunities, he offers a pragmatic, systems-minded approach to solving production challenges.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Minor Degree, Minor Degree at DePaul UniversityTEFL Certification, TEFL Certification at Australia-Vietnam Skills & Education (AVSE-TESOL)High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Niles West High School
Japanese, English
Github Skills (17)
material-you10
firmware10
usb10
keyboard10
mvvm-architecture10
arm10
music10
atmel9
rp20409
android-music-player9
kotlin9
android9
avr9
player9
qmk7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Rossmallow/NW-Schedule-Watchface
Sep 2015 - Dec 2019
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
Rossmallow/Custom-Keyboard-Firmware
Apr 2021 - Nov 2024
Contributions:45 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 7 months
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