Derik Ramirez
DevOps Engineer
- Guatemala City, Guatemala
- BS, Computer Science, Universidad Galileo
- 16Years of Experience
Professional Bio
I find technology fascinating since it enables us to build and create things with very little resources. I became a Software Engineer because it is fun and challenging, but more importantly because with technology we can change the world. I love constantly learning and innovating every aspect of our lives. My favorite language is C, and it is impressive how much of our infrastructure depends on code written with it. I'm disciplined, grateful, and friendly, and when I'm not working, I enjoy traveling and being outdoors.
Technology Expertise
Advanced
Intermediate
Featured References
Employment History
FullStack Labs January 2021 - Present
DevOps Engineer
At FullStack Labs, I'm responsible for helping clients improve, design and maintain their Software Development Life Cycle.
Emaginacion.com January 2008 - January 2021
Chief Technology Officer
Emaginacion is an agency that helps clients build web-based projects. As Chief Technology Officer, I worked on:
- IPM Sistema Afiliados, a system that manages employee relations, wages and records. I led and designed the project and created a custom CRM from scratch. My team of ten and I built the system with PHP and Apache.
- CPA Consulta Electronica, an app that provides members of the Guatemalan Accountants Professional College access to online account management. I led and developed both the web and mobile apps and built an API that was easily accessible from both Android and iOS. The app was built with PHP, JavaScript, WordPress, and Ionic.
Tibetan and Himalayan Library, University of Virginia September 2016 - January 2021
Technical Consultant
The Tibetan and Himalayan Library is a multimedia guide focused on the languages, history and geography of Tibet and the Himalayas. As a Technical Consultant, I worked on:
- Knowledge Maps, a research tool for defining ontologies and complex relations between places, subjects, and terms. I served as the project's architect and migrated all on-premise infrastructure to a containerized environment. The tool was built with Ruby on Rails, Docker, Geoserver, Solr, Nginx, and React.
- Social Networks and Archival Context, an archival tool that allows archivists to extract data related to people, companies, and families. I integrated the old system with a new framework to easily replace the old code. The tool was built with PHP, Laravel, and Vue.js.
- THL Tibetan Dictionary, a set of libraries and tools to work with the Tibetan language. It was created with Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, and C.
EBA January 2006 - December 2008
Software Engineer
EBA covers the last mile for IPS to clients using Power Lines Communication technology. As a Software Engineer, I worked on:
- A system that monitors all the devices deployed on the Broadband Power Line network and supports the auto-configuration of the nodes. The monitor was built by myself and nine other developers using C, PHP, JavaScript, Linux, VoIP Asterisk, and Nagios.
GBM Corp. January 2004 - December 2005
Software Engineer
GBM is an IT Services Leader for Central America and the Caribbean. As a Software Engineer, I worked on:
- Printing Center, a program that interfaces between clients and industrial printers. I developed and maintained the printing management system and improved the code so printing was less wasteful on tests and faster in production. It was deveoped with C.
Portfolio
Thought Leadership
Employment History
FullStack Labs January 2021 - Present
DevOps Engineer
At FullStack Labs, I'm responsible for helping clients improve, design and maintain their Software Development Life Cycle.
Emaginacion.com January 2008 - January 2021
Chief Technology Officer
Emaginacion is an agency that helps clients build web-based projects. As Chief Technology Officer, I worked on:
- IPM Sistema Afiliados, a system that manages employee relations, wages and records. I led and designed the project and created a custom CRM from scratch. My team of ten and I built the system with PHP and Apache.
- CPA Consulta Electronica, an app that provides members of the Guatemalan Accountants Professional College access to online account management. I led and developed both the web and mobile apps and built an API that was easily accessible from both Android and iOS. The app was built with PHP, JavaScript, WordPress, and Ionic.
Tibetan and Himalayan Library, University of Virginia September 2016 - January 2021
Technical Consultant
The Tibetan and Himalayan Library is a multimedia guide focused on the languages, history and geography of Tibet and the Himalayas. As a Technical Consultant, I worked on:
- Knowledge Maps, a research tool for defining ontologies and complex relations between places, subjects, and terms. I served as the project's architect and migrated all on-premise infrastructure to a containerized environment. The tool was built with Ruby on Rails, Docker, Geoserver, Solr, Nginx, and React.
- Social Networks and Archival Context, an archival tool that allows archivists to extract data related to people, companies, and families. I integrated the old system with a new framework to easily replace the old code. The tool was built with PHP, Laravel, and Vue.js.
- THL Tibetan Dictionary, a set of libraries and tools to work with the Tibetan language. It was created with Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, and C.
EBA January 2006 - December 2008
Software Engineer
EBA covers the last mile for IPS to clients using Power Lines Communication technology. As a Software Engineer, I worked on:
- A system that monitors all the devices deployed on the Broadband Power Line network and supports the auto-configuration of the nodes. The monitor was built by myself and nine other developers using C, PHP, JavaScript, Linux, VoIP Asterisk, and Nagios.
GBM Corp. January 2004 - December 2005
Software Engineer
GBM is an IT Services Leader for Central America and the Caribbean. As a Software Engineer, I worked on:
- Printing Center, a program that interfaces between clients and industrial printers. I developed and maintained the printing management system and improved the code so printing was less wasteful on tests and faster in production. It was deveoped with C.
