Hi 👋, I'm Walter Lee.

A passionate Clouds ☁️, Kubernetes ☸, DevOps, AI🧠/ML👨‍💻, Data 📊, Web/Mobile 🤳 performance 💯 software 💻 engineer 👨‍🔧 from San Francisco 🌉, USA.

Google Developer Expert (GCP), Google Cloud Champion Innovator (Modern Architecture), Microsoft Certified Azure Trainer, AWS Community Builder, CKA, CKS, Certified in 3xAWS, 6xAzure, (11+2)xGCP, 5xOCI, 2xKubernetes, 4xCalico, terraform, Istio, Envoy, Aviatrix, Argo CD, Chaos Engineering, Splunk, Akamai, Redhat, Java, Oracle.

Samsung Mobile App. (2013) and Akamai Edge Serverless (2022) Hackathon Winner, Twilio Developer Champion, Calico Big Cat Ambassador, Google Next and Dev Group SF Speaker, SF Python Speaker, Mentor, Coach, Writer, Speaker.

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🔭 I’m currently working on Speaking engagements, codings, technical writings, more cloud certification exams : )
2023 Accomplishments:
- 2023-01 and -02: Delivered 4 technical talks on different topics, e.g. From Cloud Zero to Hero, Google Cloud for Startups, reviewed 10+ books, joined GCP Google Developer Experts (GDEs) Program, wrote 2 new slide decks (GCP and AWS for Startups), ...
- 2023-02: Passed Google Professional Workspace Admin certification
- 2023-03: Passed Google Professional Machine Learning and Database Admin certification (FULLY GCP certified!) and wrote new slide deck (GCP for Students), Delivered a webinar/workshop to Santa Clara U, ...
2022 Accomplishments:
- 2022-01: passed Certified Kubernetes Security (CKS) exam and earned Calico Bigcat Ambassador honor
- 2022-02: earned Aviatrix Multicloud Network Automation Specialty badge
- 2022-03: won Grand Prize for North America Akamai Edge Serverless Hackathon contest
- 2022-04: passed Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer cert exam
- 2022-05: passed Google Cloud Professional Cloud DevOps and Developer cert exams
- 2022-06: earned 4x Solo.io certificates/badges in eBPF, Cilium, Istio and Envoy and passed GCP ACE cert exam
- 2022-07: passed Terraform and Azure AZ-104 Admin cert exams
- 2022-08: passed Google Cloud Professional Security cert exam and earned Lifelong Learning award by CertiProf
- 2022-09: passed Google Cloud Professional Cloud Network cert exam and earned Istio Ambient Mesh cert by Solo.io
- 2022-10: passed Google Cloud Professional Architect cert exam
- 2022-11: passed Amazon Web Services (AWS) Professional Security Specialty cert exam
- 2022-12: earned Google Developer Expert (Google Cloud) Honor and Google Cloud Champion Innovator (Modern Architecture) Honor
- Read and reviewed 16+ technical books in AWS, GCP, Azure, k8s, ...
- filed 5+ PRs in Cilium, Azure, Google, GCP, tfsec, ... repos
🌱 I’m currently learning Clouds: AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, k8s, web perf, DevOps, SRE, SEO, AI/ML, Data Analytics, Serverless, k8s networking.
👯 I’m looking to collaborate on Clouds, Kubernetes, DevOps, GitOps, SRE, AI/ML, Data, web/mobile perf.
🤝 I’m looking for help with Edge Serverless Computing and some APIs
👨‍💻 All of my projects are available at https://github.com/leewalter
📝 I regularly write articles on https://www.linkedin.com/in/walterwlee/ and Table of Contents at #table-of-contents-of-blogs
💬 Ask me about Clouds, Kubernetes, SRE, DevOps, AI/ML, Data, web/mobile perf, Calico, Twilio.
📫 How to reach me https://www.linkedin.com/in/walterwlee/
📄 Know about my experiences https://www.linkedin.com/in/walterwlee/
🧑‍🎓 Know about some of my certifications and badges:
⚡ Fun fact I like to play basketball/tennis, eat good food, watch NFL, NBA and MLB games. Hiking in the weekend. Play Chess and video games. Love puppies.