Jeffrey Rodriguez Viaña
About Jeffrey Rodriguez Viaña
Jeffrey Rodriguez Viaña is a Senior Software Engineer and SRE, currently affiliated with The Apache Software Foundation as a Committer and PMC member for the Apache Knox Project since 2017. He has extensive experience in software engineering, having worked at notable companies such as IBM and Adobe, and holds multiple degrees in engineering and computer science.
Work at Adobe
Currently, Jeffrey Rodriguez Viaña serves as a Senior Software Engineer / SRE at Adobe, a position he has held since 2019. His role involves developing and implementing solutions that enhance the efficiency and reliability of Adobe's software products. He works in San Jose, CA, contributing to various projects that leverage his extensive experience in software engineering and system reliability.
Work at The Apache Software Foundation
Jeffrey Rodriguez Viaña has been a Committer and PMC member at the Apache Knox Project since 2017. He previously contributed to The Apache Software Foundation as a xerces-j xalan committer from 2000 to 2002 and as an Apache Knox Contributor from 2015 to 2017. His involvement includes overseeing projects that enhance security and data access within the Apache ecosystem.
Experience at IBM
Jeffrey Rodriguez Viaña has an extensive history with IBM, having worked there in various capacities from 1995 to 2018. His roles included Software Engineer, Software Engineer in DB2 Development, and Senior BigData Security Leader/Developer. He contributed to the development of data science tools and was involved in key projects related to big data security and database management.
Education and Expertise
Jeffrey Rodriguez Viaña holds multiple degrees, including a B.S. in Geophysical Engineering and a B.S. in Mathematics from Colorado School of Mines. He also studied Ingenieria Electronica at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and earned an MSCIS in Computer Information Sciences from the University of Phoenix. Additionally, he has taken extension classes in Bioinformatics and Computer Science at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Technical Contributions and Projects
Jeffrey Rodriguez Viaña has made significant technical contributions throughout his career. He served as the primary point of contact for Spark migration projects, overseeing the migration of Hive to Spark. He developed automation scripts in Python for Cloudera CDP Azure and implemented solutions in Kotlin microservices. His work includes automating JupyterHub deployment and developing metrics gathering for Hive on Tez and Apache Spark.