I bring prior professional experience in QA engineering, database testing, and DevOps engineering, supported by recent hands-on portfolio work in CI/CD, containerized deployment, cloud delivery, API testing, database validation, and release workflows.

My background also includes a Bachelor's Degree in Earth System Science and Environmental Engineering and a New York State Intern Engineer (EIT) Certificate, giving me an additional engineering pathway for suitable environmental and technical roles.

I am currently focused on individual-contributor and re-entry opportunities where I can contribute with demonstrated skills, rebuild recent industry experience, and continue deepening my technical knowledge through hands-on work.

Location: Holly Springs, North Carolina • Raleigh-Durham Area

I am intentionally pursuing several related career lanes rather than limiting my search to a single job title.

Strongest alignment with my recent DevOps portfolio and prior DevOps experience:

• DevOps Engineer / Associate DevOps Engineer
• CI/CD Engineer
• Build & Release Engineer
• Release / Deployment Engineer
• DevOps Support Engineer
• Cloud Support / Cloud Operations Engineer
• Application / Production Support Engineer
• Technical Operations Engineer

Strong alignment with my prior QA experience and completed API/database testing portfolio:

• QA Engineer / Software Test Engineer
• API Test Engineer
• Database Test Engineer
• Quality Engineer
• QA Automation / Test Automation roles aligned with API, Postman/Newman, SQL, and CI/CD
• Data Quality / Data Validation roles with a strong SQL and testing focus

My environmental pathway is based on my engineering education and EIT credential rather than recent professional environmental-field experience.

I am open to suitable early-career or re-entry opportunities such as:

• Entry-Level / Staff Environmental Engineer
• Environmental Scientist
• Environmental Analyst
• Environmental Engineering / Science Project Support
• Environmental Compliance Support
• Water Quality or Remediation Support roles where training and re-entry are appropriate

For environmental roles, my goal is to apply my engineering foundation while building current field-specific experience.

A production-style DevOps portfolio demonstrating an end-to-end software-delivery workflow from source control through automated validation, container build, secure cloud authentication, deployment, post-deployment verification, rollback, recovery, and release management.

Live deployment:
Azure Container Apps — Production API

• GitHub Actions CI/CD workflow implementation and validation
• Docker image build and GHCR publishing
• Azure Container Apps deployment
• Federated OIDC authentication for GitHub-to-Azure access
• Deployment gating and immutable image traceability
• Post-deployment smoke validation
• Controlled failure investigation, rollback, and recovery practice
• Release documentation and evidence management

Explore:
Repository • Latest Release • GitHub Actions • Live Deployment

An end-to-end QA portfolio covering requirements analysis, test planning, manual/API testing, PostgreSQL validation, Postman execution, Newman automation, defect reporting, requirements traceability, GitHub Actions CI, reporting, and release evidence.

• Requirements analysis, test planning, and requirements traceability
• Functional, positive, negative, boundary, authentication, and authorization testing
• REST API CRUD testing with Postman
• Newman command-line collection execution
• CI smoke/regression quality gating
• Preservation of known findings in the complete reporting suite
• GitHub Actions automation with repository-secret credential handling
• JSON and JUnit reporting
• PostgreSQL data-integrity validation, joins, null/duplicate checks, constraints, and controlled negative testing
• Defect reporting, execution documentation, and public-safe evidence management

Explore:
Repository • Latest Release • Test Cases • Defects • Reports • Evidence • GitHub Actions

I intentionally separate recently practiced skills from prior familiarity and developing skills so that my profile reflects my current level accurately.

Used directly in completed portfolio projects and currently being reinforced through repeated review and practice:

• Git and GitHub
• GitHub Actions
• Docker
• GitHub Container Registry (GHCR)
• Azure Container Apps
• OIDC-based GitHub-to-Azure authentication
• Postman
• Newman
• REST API testing
• SQL and PostgreSQL validation
• Bash / Git Bash command-line workflows
• Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
• Defect reporting
• CI smoke and regression testing
• Git tags, releases, documentation, and evidence management

• Manual, functional, regression, integration, and database testing
• Test-case development and defect documentation
• Linux command-line fundamentals
• Shell-scripting fundamentals
• Git and source-control workflows
• AWS fundamentals and prior exposure, including EC2, IAM, VPC, and S3
• GitLab and CI/CD concepts

• Python: basic scripting and automation fundamentals; I do not position myself as a Python application/software developer

• Earth System Science and Environmental Engineering education
• New York State Intern Engineer (EIT) credential
• Engineering fundamentals demonstrated through successful completion of the FE/EIT pathway
• Environmental field-specific experience is a re-entry development area

After a family-care career break, I resumed structured technical development through hands-on portfolio work, repeated review, and ongoing technical preparation.

• Bachelor's Degree — Earth System Science and Environmental Engineering City College of New York, 2015
• Intern Engineer Certificate (EIT) — New York State Education Department

The EIT credential represents completion of the qualifying education and Fundamentals of Engineering examination requirements; it is not presented as a Professional Engineer (PE) license.

• Experience viewing software from both delivery and quality perspectives
• Structured troubleshooting and evidence-based problem solving
• Clear technical documentation and requirements traceability
• Attention to workflow integrity, reproducibility, and release safety
• Security-conscious handling of credentials and public artifacts
• Analytical engineering background
• Willingness to distinguish demonstrated skills from developing skills
• Commitment to rebuilding current experience through practical work and continuous review

I am seeking individual-contributor opportunities where my prior professional experience, recent technical portfolio work, or engineering education can provide immediate value while I continue rebuilding current industry experience.

I am especially interested in roles involving:

DevOps / Operations: CI/CD, cloud support, deployment, release engineering, application support, production support, and technical operations.

Software Quality: QA engineering, API testing, database testing, SQL validation, quality engineering, and API/CI-focused test automation.

Environmental / Engineering: early-career or re-entry environmental engineering, environmental science/analysis, compliance support, water-quality support, remediation support, or related engineering project roles where my degree and EIT credential are relevant.

• GitHub: @daryal89
• DevOps Portfolio: Production CI/CD Deployment Portfolio
• QA Portfolio: API, Database & CI Test Automation Portfolio

Open to professional networking and suitable opportunities across DevOps/Cloud Operations, Software Quality/Testing, and Environmental/Engineering re-entry.