Josue Flores

Interests

Data Mining , Cloud Computing , Cyber Security , Pixel Art , Web Design

Skills

Languages and Tools: Java, Javascript, Python, Angular, STATA, HTML, CSS, Python, Numpy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, Pytorch, Scipy, Docker, git, github, BeautifuSoup, Selenium, Kubernetes, ServiceNow, PowerBI, MS Office Suite

Education

Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

B.A., Computer Science, Economics

Work

Engineer I, The TJX Companies

L3 Support Engineer for Internal Applications

  • Maintained operational stability by fostering relationships across Infra/Ops, ensuring all relevant parties are aware of any potential changes / patches
  • Align team members on high severity calls to resolve incidents as quickly as possible and leverage technical knowledge to assist in troubleshooting.
  • Led initiative to implement monitoring and alerting on critical business services, increasing MTBF and decreasing MTTR for respective applications

2021 - 2023

Engineer II, The TJX Companies

L3 Support Engineer for Internal Applications

  • Automated validation of critical business reports, cutting down manual validations and saving 10 hours on weekends
  • Led initiative to implement monitoring and alerting on critical business services, reducing MTBF/MTTR
  • Maintained all certificates within the Merchandising area, allowing continous availablity of business applications allowing users to allocate and ship products in the US and EU

2023 - Present

Web Scraper, The Associated Press

Scraped Live Election Results

  • Scraped live election results from dozens of counties across the US in a timely fashion, ensuring accurate and up to date election results were broadcast to major news networks across the US

2022 - Present

Co-Founder, Verified Teachers LLC

verifiedteachers.com/

Co-Founded a tech platform to connect licensed individuals from various professions to clients

  • Designed and implemented a web scraper / automated email service used to scrape tens of thousands of names and emails from over 600 online directories.
  • Troubleshooted low rankings and developed on-site body content, meta descriptions, and page titles in support of SEO strategies at large, increasing relevant click through rates by 70%.
  • Led the collaborative design and implementation process of the company website. Specifically in regards to user authentication, payment verification, and product organization.

2020 - 2021

Activities

Co-Founder / Organizer, HTX Youth Summit

www.facebook.com/htxyouthsummit/

Co-Founder and Organizer

  • Developed and organized a conference with a panel of experts on relevant topics with the intent of promoting local activism amongst Houston's inner city youth.

2016 - 2022

References

Available upon request