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Sunryeok Kim

Sunryeok Kim

Technical Support Engineer
Shibaura, Minatoku

Summary

Dynamic Technical Support Engineer at VMware with expertise in log analysis and effective customer communication. Proven track record in troubleshooting complex issues and collaborating with development teams to enhance product performance. Multilingual in Japanese, Korean, and English, committed to continuous skill development in programming and virtualization technologies.


Flexible Technical Support Engineer with 6 years of experience helping clients maintain smooth operations. Expertise in on-premise virtualized systems and cloud-native containerized environments. Commended for rapidly and effectively resolving downtime and efficiently integrating new hardware and components.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
7
7
Certifications

Work History

Technical Support Engineer

Datadog Inc.
07.2024 - Current
  • Maintained up-to-date knowledge of industry trends, ensuring the provision of cutting-edge solutions to client challenges.
  • Conducted root cause analysis of recurrent problems to prevent future occurrences and improve overall system stability.
  • Developed comprehensive documentation for internal, simplifying complex concepts and procedures.
  • Assisted sales team with pre-sales technical consultations, demonstrating product capabilities to potential customers.
  • Managed escalated cases efficiently, liaising between customers and development teams to ensure prompt resolution of issues.


The role required in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience in the following technical areas, all of which I am proficient in:


  • Cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, and Azure
  • Containerization and orchestration technologies including Kubernetes, Docker, and ECS/Fargate
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform and Helm
  • Log, metrics, and trace monitoring using Datadog’s observability platform
  • Scripting with Python
  • Distributed tracing and performance profiling for web applications
  • Security monitoring using technologies such as eBPF, AppSec, and Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
  • Network monitoring and troubleshooting (e.g., TCP/IP, DNS, TLS handshake analysis)
  • CI/CD pipeline integration and monitoring (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD)
  • Troubleshooting runtime environments across Linux, containers, and cloud-native applications
  • Customer-facing debugging and root cause analysis of complex distributed systems


Technical Support Engineer

VMware
04.2019 - 01.2024
  • Conducted root cause analysis of technical issues, implementing preventive measures for future occurrences.
  • Developed comprehensive troubleshooting guides for internal use, improving team knowledge and performance.
  • Provided remote real-time session to clients, ensuring timely resolution of software and hardware concerns.
  • Mentored junior members of the team on best practices in issue resolution techniques.
  • Served as an escalation point for challenging technical inquiries, demonstrating expertise in product knowledge and problem-solving abilities.
  • Provided operational advice regarding resource management, patching/updates, deployment, and/or configuration of virtualized server infrastructure
  • Worked with development team for root-causing newly found bug and arranging future fix


The role required in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience in the following technical areas, all of which I am proficient in:

- Log and memory dump analysis
- Storage system such as iSCSI, FCoE, NFS, LVM
- File system such as VMFS, xfs, ext4
- Monitoring through SNMP, Zabbix
- TCP/IP network, VLAN, load balancing
- TLS/SSL certificate, encryption algorithm
- Windows Server, Redhat, Ubuntu, Photon
- Active Directory, Open LDAP
- Security vulnerability Issue
- Traceability management using Syslog
- Upgrade and patching
- Shell script (bash etc.)
- Device driver and firmware
- BIOS and UEFI, OS boot sequence
- IPMI, CIM and hardware sensor
- Programming language such as C, C++, Java, Python
- Web related technologies including Tomcat, Apache, nginx
- GUI framework such as Angular, Clarity
- Issue reproduction using testbed environment.
- Bug reporting and interfacing with development team
- Real time trouble shooting on Zoom

Machine Learning Engineer Intern

Cyberbrain
07.2018 - 09.2018

Education

Master of Engineering - Bioengineering And Robotics

University of Tokyo
Tokyo
04.2017 - 03.2019

Exchange Student - Mechanical Engineering

University of California, Davis
USA
08.2014 - 06.2015

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

Hosei University
Tokyo
04.2011 - 03.2016

Skills

    Technical troubleshooting

    Effective customer communication

    Multilingual proficiency in Japanese, Korean, and English

    Continuous skill development

    Programming in C, C, and Python

Certification

TOEIC 975 (IIBC)

Timeline

Technical Support Engineer

Datadog Inc.
07.2024 - Current

Information Security Specialist (IPA)

11-2022

Network Specialist (IPA)

03-2022

VMware Certified Implementation Expert - Data Center Virtualization (VMware))

12-2021

LPIC-2 (LPI)

08-2021

Applied Information Technology Engineer Examination ( IPA )

05-2021

Double VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization & Network Virtualization (VMware)

08-2019

Technical Support Engineer

VMware
04.2019 - 01.2024

Machine Learning Engineer Intern

Cyberbrain
07.2018 - 09.2018

Master of Engineering - Bioengineering And Robotics

University of Tokyo
04.2017 - 03.2019

TOEIC 975 (IIBC)

02-2017

Exchange Student - Mechanical Engineering

University of California, Davis
08.2014 - 06.2015

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

Hosei University
04.2011 - 03.2016
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