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I'm Stefaan Davis.
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Engineer designing reliable systems, cloud platforms, and tools that deliver impact.

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# about

Infrastructure Engineer and AI Engineer focused on backend and cloud technologies.
Microsoft Student Ambassador for Florida International University.
National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and Open Source Contributor.

  • location: Miami, FL, United States
  • role: Infrastructure Engineer
  • status: open to opportunities
  • Hobbies: Field Hockey • Running • Soccer • Powerlifting

# experience

  1. Company One logo

    Eight Twelve Consulting LLC

    2026 — present

    1. Infrastructure Engineer

      2025 — present
      • Administered and optimized Linux systems in production environments, focusing on kernel tuning, low level performance, and networking.
      • Automated server provisioning and configuration management using Ansible, with supporting scripts in Python and Bash.
      • Deployed and tested applications in Docker containers; supported orchestration and scaling with Kubernetes.
      • Managed cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure, ensuring secure, scalable, and reliable environments.
  2. Microsoft logo

    Microsoft

    JUL 2026 — Present

    1. Student Ambassador

      JUL 2026 - Present
      • Represented Microsoft as a Student Ambassador, promoting technology adoption and fostering inclusive learning communities.
      • Organized and facilitated workshops, hackathons, and peer‑learning sessions to empower students with practical cloud and AI skills.
      • Collaborated with faculty and student groups to bridge academic learning with industry tools, increasing engagement and career readiness.
  3. Company Two logo

    Handshake AI (Contract)

    OCT 2025 — MAR 2026

    1. Ai Trainer Fellow (contract)

      OCT 2025 — FEB 2026
      • Evaluated and annotated large language model outputs, refining datasets to improve accuracy and alignment.
      • Designed and validated training schemas, boosting reproducibility and model performance by 30%, while removing workflow bottlenecks to increase team efficiency by 25%.
      • Implemented custom reward systems and adjusted model parameters to enhance reinforcement learning outcomes and improve robustness under distribution shifts.

# certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) Terraform Associate (004) Microsoft Student Ambassador

# Projects

Serverless Logistics Automation

2025

Serverless automation with AWS Lambda, Terraform, and Docker to streamline shipping workflows at scale.

  • Python
  • Flask
  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS Step Functions
  • AWS DynamoDB
  • AWS S3
  • Terraform
  • Docker
  • GitHub Actions
  • Pytest

fedora-bootstrap-suite

2025

Fedora Linux bootstrap suite for automating system setup and configuration management.

  • Linux
  • Bash
  • RHEL
  • Fedora
  • Scripting
  • Ansible

Hybrid Cloud Performance Lab

2026

Built a hybrid cloud performance lab using Terraform, Ansible, and Azure Arc to deploy Linux servers across Azure, then tuned kernel and networking settings to improve real-time workload performance.

  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Azure Arc
  • Azure Monitor
  • Log Analytics
  • Azure VMs
  • CentOS
  • Grafana
  • iperf3
  • sysbench

# tech stack

Automation / IaC

  • Python
  • Bash
  • PowerShell
  • Terraform
  • Ansible

Systems / Networking / Cloud

  • Linux / Unix (RHEL)
  • TCP/IP
  • DNS
  • Routing
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • VPC / Subnetting

Systems Programming

  • Operating systems
  • Process lifecycle
  • Memory management
  • Sockets

CI/CD / DevOps / Containers

  • GitHub Actions
  • Jenkins
  • Docker
  • Git

Performance / Debugging

  • gdb
  • perf
  • DTrace
  • eBPF
  • SystemTap
  • Troubleshooting

# contact

Open to roles, collaborations, and interesting problems.

stefaandavis21@outlook.com GitHub ↗ LinkedIn ↗