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Internship Reflections

A collection of technical papers and reflections documenting my growth and contributions during my backend development and DevOps internship.

Integrating Security Practices into CI/CD Pipelines in a Backend Development Environment

How I embedded security into a real CI/CD pipeline using Bitbucket, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, and layered API controls.

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Infrastructure as Code in Practice: Helm, Kubernetes, and Secure Token Usage

How I updated Helm charts, handled env vars across environments, and used JWTs correctly to protect backend APIs.

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Internship Capstone: Integrating Security into Backend Development and DevOps

How my Watsco internship tied together CI/CD, monitoring, infrastructure, and cybersecurity into one backend story.

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Testing, SQL, and Dependency Patching: Strengthening Backend Reliability and Security

How I used Jest tests, SQL refactors, and a high-severity library patch to harden a production backend service.

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From Feature to Production: Secure Product Search, Login Testing, and a High-Stakes Deployment

How I built a new external search endpoint, hardened login logic with Jest, and helped ship a major inventory feature.

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Designing Alerts that Catch Real Problems: Datadog, PagerDuty, and Safer Order Workflows

How I added validation to critical order flows and built log-based alerts to spot risky behavior in real time.

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Go-Live Troubleshooting: Monitoring, Network Controls, and Real-World Risk Assessment

How I used Datadog dashboards, VPN/IP whitelisting, and config fixes to keep a new backend service online and secure.

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