Ramone Robertson

About

Role

Systems engineer

Moving into

Cloud and SRE

Experience

5+ years

I build and maintain enterprise-scale ground training and simulation systems for military aircrews in the US, Japan, and Saudi Arabia. I like the unglamorous parts: reproducible installs, clear documentation, and systems that pass their audits.

After leaving Boeing I spent time in Tokyo finishing a full-time web development bootcamp and studying Japanese. Now I'm applying that infrastructure background to Kubernetes, automation, and reliability work.

Track record

• 100+ aircrew and operators trained on a platform I led
• 40% shorter training time after a legacy system upgrade
• Months to days for in-house software setup on Kubernetes
• 50% faster laptop provisioning through automation

Areas of work

Projects

Things I've built and shipped, from a bootcamp web app to research hardware.

Experience

1. Apr 2023 – Dec 2025

   Career break: language study and web development

   • Completed a full-time coding bootcamp: HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript ES6, Stimulus.js, SQL, Git, GitHub, Heroku, and Ruby on Rails.
   • Designed, built, and shipped an Airbnb clone and a full-stack Rails final project to production.
   • Studied Japanese from beginner to intermediate, including business honorifics and reading and writing in Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji.
2. Jul 2017 – Mar 2023

   Boeing: Systems and Software Engineer

   • Led development and delivery of maintenance training and datalink testing systems for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, including the first educational ground systems training platform.
   • Directed the upgrade of ground training systems at Tinker Air Force Base, replacing legacy systems.
   • Configured Active Directory users, groups, and permissions, and wrote custom Group Policy settings to deploy policy consistently across large infrastructure.
   • Set up DHCP and DNS, Linux imaging boot servers, and Rancher Kubernetes clusters inside existing enterprise environments.
   • Managed bare-metal provisioning for Windows and Unix aircraft training systems, then built rack and network systems from architecture plans.
   • Remediated audit findings to secure a formal ATO, and advised the cybersecurity team on annual security inspections. Won company awards for inspection results.
   • Wrote the guides that took in-house software setup on Kubernetes from months to days.
   • Cut laptop provisioning time by 50% with custom Linux LiveCDs, Windows ISO builds, and PowerShell automation.
   • Served as lead technical representative in US Government system tests, and as a primary contact for client training and support.
3. Sep 2016 – May 2017

   Undergraduate researcher

   • Built a cloud-enabled media sharing Android app with Java, XML, and Firebase, handling design, development, and deployment alone.
   • Engineered a four-node Raspberry Pi cluster in C for parallel computing research. Placed 2nd overall at a regional HPC competition.
   • Presented a machine learning research poster at a statewide research day. The work is archived in the university's digital repository.

Skills

Servers and networks

Linux and Windows administration, Active Directory, Group Policy, DHCP, DNS, hardware installation

Cloud native

Kubernetes, Rancher, VMware, containerized deployment

Security and compliance

DISA STIG, ATO packages, audit remediation, inspection readiness

Automation

PowerShell, custom Linux and Windows images, Git

Web development

Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, SQL, HTML and CSS, Heroku

Working with people

Documentation, client training, mentoring, explaining technical topics to non-technical audiences