I’m Danny Lai, a DevOps and Cloud Engineer with over 10 years of IT engineering experience, focusing on backend development using the .NET framework and .NET Core, and designing cloud-native applications on Microsoft Azure. I specialize in building scalable solutions with Azure App Service, API Management, Azure Functions, Service Bus, and Azure storage options such as Blob and Cosmos DB. My strengths include microservices architectures, Azure PaaS components, automating deployments, and leveraging Azure DevOps pipelines to ship robust, secure applications that integrate seamlessly with enterprise cloud strategies. In previous roles, I’ve delivered intelligent manufacturing solutions with strong Azure-based monitoring, implemented hybrid B2B integrations, and led cross-team collaborations across time zones. I’ve guided projects from initial setup to go-live within tight timelines (3–5 months), mentored junior developers to accelerate onboarding, and contributed to Agile initiatives. I’ve been recognized as a top-performing team member and was part of Agile Team of the Year Award 2024 in Taiwan.

Danny Lai

I’m Danny Lai, a DevOps and Cloud Engineer with over 10 years of IT engineering experience, focusing on backend development using the .NET framework and .NET Core, and designing cloud-native applications on Microsoft Azure. I specialize in building scalable solutions with Azure App Service, API Management, Azure Functions, Service Bus, and Azure storage options such as Blob and Cosmos DB. My strengths include microservices architectures, Azure PaaS components, automating deployments, and leveraging Azure DevOps pipelines to ship robust, secure applications that integrate seamlessly with enterprise cloud strategies. In previous roles, I’ve delivered intelligent manufacturing solutions with strong Azure-based monitoring, implemented hybrid B2B integrations, and led cross-team collaborations across time zones. I’ve guided projects from initial setup to go-live within tight timelines (3–5 months), mentored junior developers to accelerate onboarding, and contributed to Agile initiatives. I’ve been recognized as a top-performing team member and was part of Agile Team of the Year Award 2024 in Taiwan.

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I’m Danny Lai, a DevOps and Cloud Engineer with over 10 years of IT engineering experience, focusing on backend development using the .NET framework and .NET Core, and designing cloud-native applications on Microsoft Azure. I specialize in building scalable solutions with Azure App Service, API Management, Azure Functions, Service Bus, and Azure storage options such as Blob and Cosmos DB. My strengths include microservices architectures, Azure PaaS components, automating deployments, and leveraging Azure DevOps pipelines to ship robust, secure applications that integrate seamlessly with enterprise cloud strategies.

In previous roles, I’ve delivered intelligent manufacturing solutions with strong Azure-based monitoring, implemented hybrid B2B integrations, and led cross-team collaborations across time zones. I’ve guided projects from initial setup to go-live within tight timelines (3–5 months), mentored junior developers to accelerate onboarding, and contributed to Agile initiatives. I’ve been recognized as a top-performing team member and was part of Agile Team of the Year Award 2024 in Taiwan.

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Language

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Work Experience

Sr. Engineer at Kingston Technology
January 1, 2018 - Present
Led intelligent manufacturing initiatives with an 89% accuracy rate leveraging Azure Blob storage; implemented hybrid B2B solutions by using APIM, Azure Functions, ASP.NET Core and .NET Core; coordinated with overseas teams across diverse systems via SSO, hosting in Azure Kubernetes Service and on-prem Kubernetes, boosting efficiency by over 120%; built monitoring solutions using Azure App Insights and IoT Hub messaging to reduce operator workload and increase productivity; steered project lifecycle from setup to go-live within 3–5 months; recognized as a top-performing employee and contributed to Agile Team of the Year 2024.
Sr. Engineer at Internet Value Provider (IVP)
January 1, 2017 - March 1, 2018
Customized e-commerce packages and modularized functionalities to reduce duplication; improved legacy system performance by reducing latency from ~2s to <1s per request; coached junior developers, shortening onboarding from ~3 months to 1–1.5 months.
Sr. Engineer at Innova solutions
January 1, 2016 - June 1, 2017
Tracked and resolved issues in a timely manner; mentored junior engineers; collaborated with international teams across time zones; established and maintained domain knowledge base documents for training purposes.
IT Consultant at Xuenn
January 1, 2014 - August 1, 2016
Provided technical and 1st-tier support to ensure services ran 365 days a year; collaborated with QA to set up simulation testing environments, reducing manual effort by one week; improved service availability.
Research & Design Engineer at MOXA
January 1, 2011 - June 1, 2014
Led development of the utility department supporting over 100 devices on intranet; improved testing processes with QA; cross-functional collaboration with firmware teams to develop utilities for sales demonstrations or proofs of concept; launched toolkits across teams to enable automatic processes and workflows.
Engineer at Syscom
January 1, 2008 - April 1, 2011
Delivered a proof-of-concept for implementing Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) on Taiwanese highways; developed a vehicle model detection module with production accuracy over 99%.

Education

Master of Information and Management at National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology
January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2007
Bachelor of Information and Management at Tamkang University
January 1, 2001 - January 1, 2005

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Industry Experience

Computers & Electronics, Manufacturing, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Other