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Jia Liao (Gary)

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Hi, I’m Jia Liao (Gary).

About

Hi, I’m Jia Liao (Gary). I’m a Melbourne-based Australian IT professional with 5+ years of experience designing and implementing end-to-end data solutions, including data infrastructure, data modeling, data governance frameworks, and data quality monitoring.

I also bring a solid DevOps and cloud infrastructure background, with hands-on experience managing CI/CD pipelines and provisioning scalable environments using AWS and Terraform.

  • 7 years' experience
  • Joined February 2026

Languages

  • EnglishFluent

Industry experience

  • Software & Internet
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Transportation & Logistics
  • Professional Services
  • Other

Work experience· 6 roles

DevOps Cloud Engineer · PrezzeeJan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos

Deployed and maintained the company’s AWS applications/resources using Terraform, emphasizing networking, IAM policies, CDN configuration (CloudFront), and DNS management (Route 53). Implemented ABAC in access controls, security hardening for PCI DSS, and automated delivery with Spacelift; integrated Datadog with CloudWatch for real-time monitoring and compliance logging.

DevOps Engineer (Freelance) · Dainty LogisticsJul 2023 – Jul 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

Led architecture and implementation of a commercial logistics management system from scratch using native AWS services. Designed secure 3-tier networks, automated CI/CD pipelines, and deployed with IAM, VPC, Route53, S3, ALB, and ECS. Collaborated with engineering and product teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions.

Data Engineer · Wesfarmers OneDigitalJun 2022 – Dec 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Sited in a cross-functional data platform team and worked in a data mesh model to enable self-service data. Integrated data from operational and marketing systems into the data lake, modeled membership data products across brands, supported strategic and ad-hoc data requests, and maintained CI/CD pipelines with governance and monitoring.

Data Engineer · DomainDec 2021 – Jun 2022 · 7 mos
Data Engineer · Luxury EscapesMar 2020 – Nov 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos
Reporting Analyst · Innovation GroupMar 2019 – Mar 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

Education

Master of Data Science · University of Melbourne2017 – 2018
Bachelor of Science · University of Western Australia2014 – 2016

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