Wes Portrait

Hello, I'm Wesley. I'm a Technical Support Professional with 8+ years of deep experience in support, site reliability, cybersecurity, management (technical accounts and support), and technical writing. I enjoy working with people. I am currently honing my skills in DevOps Engineering and building DevOps projects.

about me

A long way off from a computer science degree, I originally graduated with a degree in English. This degree has given me a great foundation in the ability to comunicate. After 3 years as a teacher and writing coach, I decided to pursue a new career in technology. I am a proud graduate of the Launchcode program through UMKC. Due to my studies in English and my love of helping others, I have excelled in client/team focused roles such as Technical Support, Management, and Technical Writing. All of these have been intrinsic to my professional career. Working for great companies has provided me with a robust tool set for taking on technical challenges. I am currently working as a SaaS Automation Engineer and Cybersecurity GRC Analyst.

In my downtime, I enjoy spending time with family and friends, making music, smoking some barbecue, and reading. I'll also bust out some DJ skills if the right person asks. When I am not engaged in those activities, I enjoy learning new things. I am currently studying Site Reliability / DevOps Engineering.

coding and writing projects

Onspring API/SDK Python Library

When I worked for Onspring, I developed and scripted several API projects. This project was a library I built for the Onspring SDK.

  • Python
  • API/SDK
  • MongoDB
Project I worked on

HTTP Healthcheck Script

This is a project I did as part of training for site reliability engineering. I developed both the project and documentation.

  • Python
  • HTTP Requests
  • YAML
  • Terminal
Project I worked on

Grafana Monitoring Doc

This is documentation I wrote that provides a detailed breakdown of a configured monitoring system using Prometheus and Grafana.

  • Confluence
  • Jira
  • Grafana
  • Github
Project I worked on

Site Down Recovery Plan

This document was developed as part of a real strategy to provide technical support engineers a line by line process in the event of an entire client site disruption.

  • Confluence
  • Jira
  • Github
Project I worked on

This Site

In my off time from my current job, I have developed this site.

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Next.js
  • Tailwind
  • Framer Motion
Project I worked on

my skills

contact me on Linked or atwesley.peak@gmail.com