Kamal M. Ali

DevOps Developer Intern Nuance (Microsoft)

Montreal | Sep 2022 - Dec 2022

I was lucky to have my last internship at Nuance (Microsoft), where I led a major automation project to help the company transitions into Microsoft's infrastructure.
The automated documentation pages are created in Azure DevOps by running a python tool in an ACI container with data gathered using Terraform output files and azure SDK. The page documents info about a K8s cluster that gets automatically updated with each deployment.
In this position, I built upon my previous internship at Verafin which enabled me to have high independence and bigger impact.

Cloud Automation Software Developer Intern at Verafin

St. John's | Jan 2022 - Apr 2022

At Verafin, I got introduced to Fraud and Money Laundering and how software can detect those activities.
I was involved with the Cloud Automation team, helping other teams by setting up test AWS environments as well as improving data throughput in our AWS pipelines.

Junior Programmer Analyst at InnovMarine

Remote | May 2021 - Aug 2021

During this remote work term with InnovMarine, I was responsible for continuing the development of this application by implementing new features and fixing bugs reported by customers.
I took the inititaive to investigate multiple ways to optimize the application. Previously the application can take 1.5 hours or more processing data. After my optimization, it takes less than 5 minutes.
Working in an agile environment, I also took the initiative to develop a git workflow that relies on frequent commits and the ability to use Merge Requests. To make the git workflow process easier, I worked on a Python script that automates reading and writing VBA into the Excel file.

Hardware Support Co-op at Nokia

Ottawa | Jan 2020 - Apr 2020

During my time at Nokia, I was deep within the IP Department working on Nokia's 7250 Interconnect Router.
Thanks to my time there, I got introduced to the technologies used in networking across different layers.
I also became very familiar with reading schematics and performed numerous soldering/reworking for small components like 0402 resistors.
I usually performed signal integrity tests by simulating traffic on each router port and verified the results using oscilloscopes and spread spectrum analyzers.

Research and Design Co-op at Memorial University

St. John's | Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

During my time at Memorial University's Industrial Outreach Office, I was responsible for delivering two research and design projects on my own.
The first one involved coming up with experiments to qualitatively describe the de-icing properties of a cleaning product. I enjoyed designing the experiments and solving problems on my feet.
The second project involved learning and conducting heat transfer analysis on a prototype for design verification. I enjoyed independently applying my calculus knowledge to optimize the model.