Tommy (Tuan) Nguyen
Engineering Manager & Tech Leader
Costa Mesa, California, United States
Tech Leader
Kubernetes & Cloud Infrastructure
Marathon Runner
Discipline & Endurance
Solopreneur
Innovation & Independence
tuannvm@hotmail.com
https://tuannvm.com
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About
As an Engineering Manager with a focus on cloud technologies, I collaborate closely with teams to build scalable,
resilient infrastructure and optimize systems. With expertise in Kubernetes, cloud platforms, and DevOps
practices, I lead technical initiatives while mentoring team members to achieve both business objectives and
personal growth.
Experience
Engineering Manager
Current Position
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Lead engineering teams focusing on cloud infrastructure and platform reliability
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Drive technical strategy and architecture decisions for infrastructure projects
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Collaborate across technical and non-technical teams to deliver robust solutions
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Mentor and develop engineering talent with focus on cloud technologies
DevOps Engineer
Previous Position
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Maintained & operated systems serving 500k+ customers across 6 countries
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Successfully migrated backend applications from legacy Elastic Beanstalk platform to Kubernetes
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Active contributor to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
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Implemented centralized secret management for kubernetes clusters using Vault
Certifications
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Prometheus Certified Associate (The Linux Foundation, 2022-2025)
- Confluent
Certified Developer for Apache Kafka (Confluent, 2022-2024)
- CKS:
Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (The Linux Foundation, 2021-2023)
- Google
Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect (Google, 2019-2021)
- Certified
Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) (The Linux Foundation, 2018-2021)
- Certified
Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) (The Linux Foundation, 2018-2021)
- SUSE
Certified Linux Professional (Novell, 2013-2018)
- MCPS:
Microsoft Certified Professional (Microsoft, 2012-2018)
- LPIC-2
(Linux Professional Institute, 2013-2018)
- LPIC-1
(Linux Professional Institute, 2012-2017)
Skills
Kubernetes
AWS
Google Cloud
Cloud Architecture
DevOps
SRE
System Architecture
Team Leadership
Prometheus
Kafka
Golang
Python
Shell
Linux
CI/CD
Education
Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City University of Science (HCMUS)
Electronics & Telecommunications
Computer & Embedded System
2006 – 2011
The program is based on the academic system delivered in English.