Abdirahman Abdi

About the Candidate

ABDIRAHMAN ABDI
Email: abdirahman232018@gmail.com | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdirahman-a-b61bab196

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OBJECTIVE: Passion for Automation and process improvement, looking for Software Eng/DevOps/SRE roles.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming: Python, Kotlin/Java, Linux/bash, SQL, C/C++, Ocaml and assembly (MIPS, Groovy.
Development Tools and Technologies: Git, GitHub, IntelliJ, Android Studio, VS Code, AWS CLI, Jenkins, Jira, Bitbucket, AWS Console.

EDUCATION

McGill University – BSc in Computer Science and mathematics – 2024

MTHREE TRAINING PROGRAM May 2022- June 2022

Linux for Production Support
Python
Relational Database and MYSQL
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE):
o Introduction to DevOps and SRE o Identifying and Managing Toil
o Observability
o Incident Management

EXPERIENCE:

Software Engineer Coop– Sun Life Financial – 2024

Attending daily stand-up sessions to update the team progress of assigned Jira tickets.
Refactored legacy codes to bring to the standards and for easy maintenance.
Created Python utility app to automate the generation of config files to increase efficiency of scanning

process and documented user-guide.
Participated Innovation Hackathon-like to research on iceberg tables and presented technical demo to

my team.
Updating changes and documentation on the Jira board.
Completed AWS Cloud practitioner Udemy Course and Terraform required for my role.
Technologies used: AWS CLI, Groovy, Python, Jenkin, VS Code, Jira, Bitbucket, AWS console Mobile Developer Coop– Sun Life Financial – 2023
Attending daily scrum session to discuss our tasks for the 2-week sprints.
Gather technical requirements for assigned Jira-coding task.
Coding front app features using Android studio, pushing changes using Bitbucket. and git commands.
Update progress and documentation on the Jira team Board.
Supporting technical team as and when required.
Status update report sent out to senior management every week.

Worked on the second half of the coop term with the DevOps team:
Developed MS Notification for build status (both Android and iOS mobile apps)
Technologies used: Kotlin/Java, Groovy, bash, Jenkin, Android Studio, Jira, Bitbucket

Digitization Project Assistant – McGill University –2021 – 2022
Worked with managers and teams to coordinate the project and contribute to the entire project life cycle.
Performed data processing, rare book scanning and document organization.
Operated digital machines in the lab that require both technical and physical to generate pdf docs from
ancient rare materials.
Periodically updated reports to administrators
Complete all required administrative tasks such as: Data validation and input.
Featured article in the university news website as the student face of McGill Library services.
(https://news.library.mcgill.ca/the-student-face-of-library-services/ )

Hackathon Mentor – Med hacks- 2021-2021

Mentored the 2021 hackathon https://mcmedhacks.com/team/our-team-2022/ programming competition as Python mentor assisting in debugging.
Troubleshooted problems for student teams to resolve technical difficulties with the software.

PROJECTS

School Project- Home Service App – 2024
Developed a home service booking app and its database, similar to “Uber Eats” but for services such as cleaning, plumbing, electrical work, and moving.
Integrated SQL, Java (JDBC), IBM DB2, and IntelliJ for database and backend development in a service- oriented and user-friendly application.

Personal Project- Personal Portfolio website – 2022
Created responsive website https://abdirahman232018.github.io/abdirahmanabdi/index.html using html, CSS, JavaScript from various templates and customized it.
Hosted in GitHub, created bash script that updates changes and edits of the website with a click.

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Dean Connor Scholar, Sunlife – 2022/2023
Top 20 Coders in Quebec on kattis website https://open.kattis.com/countries/CAN/QC – 2022
Ranked 4th in 2k Lachine Demi-Marathon https://www.demimarathonlachine.com/en/results – 2022
TEAM award, McGill ( https://www.mcgill.ca/tpulse/tomlinson-engagement-award-mentoring-team ) -2020
Top 1 student in national exam in Dadaab, Kenya https://allafrica.com/stories/201712220680.html – 2019
World University Service of Canada Scholar ( https://srp.wusc.ca/ ) – 2019