Thiện Trần

Thiện Trần

DevOps | Infrastructure | Cloud Engineer

Automating infrastructure, optimizing deployments, and building reliable cloud solutions with Terraform, Docker, CI/CD, and AWS.

About Me

Fresher DevOps and Cloud Engineer with hands-on experience delivering production deployment pipelines and automation workflows for web applications. Strong foundation in Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, configuration management using Ansible, containerized delivery with Docker and Docker Compose, and CI/CD with GitHub Actions and Jenkins. Familiar with AWS (EC2, S3, IAM), Nginx, SSL/TLS, and monitoring stacks using Prometheus and Grafana. Focused on reliable deployment, infrastructure consistency, and operational visibility with minimal downtime.

Core Technologies

Terraform Ansible Docker Docker Compose GitHub Actions Jenkins AWS EC2 / S3 / IAM DigitalOcean Prometheus Grafana Nginx SSL / TLS Bash CI/CD Linux

Technical Skills

Infrastructure as Code

  • Terraform

Configuration Management

  • Ansible

Containerization

  • Docker
  • Docker Compose
  • Multi-stage builds
  • Container networking

CI/CD

  • GitHub Actions
  • Jenkins
  • Webhooks
  • SSH deployment

Cloud

  • AWS (EC2, S3, IAM)
  • DigitalOcean

Monitoring and Observability

  • Prometheus
  • Grafana

Web and Networking

  • Nginx
  • Reverse Proxy
  • SSL/TLS
  • Let's Encrypt

Programming

  • Bash
  • YAML
  • JavaScript (Node.js)

Professional Experience

DevOps Intern - Brain-Life

Internship Experience | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

  • Supported deployment automation tasks for web services using Linux-based server workflows, Bash scripting, and environment configuration.
  • Contributed to container-based setup and service orchestration improvements to streamline local and test environment consistency.
  • Assisted in CI/CD pipeline maintenance and webhook-based build trigger flow for faster and repeatable release execution.
  • Helped monitor runtime health metrics and service logs to improve issue detection and reduce manual troubleshooting time.

Featured Project

MERN Stack Production DevOps Deployment

Production deployment and automation project

  • Provisioned infrastructure with Terraform to standardize environment setup and reduce manual provisioning errors.
  • Applied Ansible playbooks for server configuration management and repeatable application environment preparation.
  • Dockerized React frontend, Node.js backend, and MongoDB services with Docker Compose orchestration for consistent multi-service deployment.
  • Implemented reverse proxy routing via Nginx Proxy Manager and automated SSL/TLS certificate issuance with Let's Encrypt.
  • Built CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Jenkins, including webhook-triggered build jobs and SSH-based deployment automation.
  • Integrated Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, and Node Exporter for monitoring, alerting, and deployment observability.
  • Optimized deployment flow to support minimal downtime release updates and stable service availability.

GitHub: github.com/thientr18/mern-todo-devops

Demo: youtu.be/OB8-fbmG0Go

Education

Bachelor of Engineering of Information Technology

International University - Vietnam National University HCMC

  • GPA: 3.14 / 4.0
  • Period: September 2021 - December 2025 (Waiting for graduation certificate)