Ellen Park
About Ellen Park
Ellen Park is a Software Engineer at Fannie Mae in Washington, D.C., with a background in Computer Science from James Madison University and experience in AWS services and serverless web applications.
Current Role at Fannie Mae
Ellen Park serves as a Software Engineer at Fannie Mae in Washington, District of Columbia. In this role, she is responsible for leading the development of serverless web applications using AWS services. Her work includes using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, Cognito, CloudFront, SES, IAM, and CloudWatch. Ellen has presented demos of her projects to executives and principals at Fannie Mae and has built technical architectures and business cases for client applications.
Education Background in Computer Science
Ellen Park holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from James Madison University. During her time at university, she gained valuable experience and practical knowledge, which she has carried into her professional endeavors. Her academic background has provided a solid foundation for her career in software engineering.
Past Professional Experience
Ellen Park has a diverse professional background. She worked as a Technology Intern at Infinitive in 2021, where she gained hands-on experience in the tech industry. Additionally, she has served as a Computer Science Teaching Assistant at James Madison University from 2019 to 2020. Earlier, she worked as a Summer Clerical Assistant for the City of Harrisonburg, VA, in 2019. These roles have contributed to her broad skillset and technical expertise.
AWS Projects and Cloud Expertise
Ellen Park has extensive experience with AWS services. She led the development of a serverless web application, utilizing services like Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, Cognito, CloudFront, SES, IAM, and CloudWatch. She created a REST API in Amazon API Gateway to trigger Lambda functions written in Python and implemented user authentication and access control using Cognito in a React application. Ellen developed IAM Roles and Policies following the Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP), demonstrating her understanding of security best practices. She has also completed AWS Business, Technical, and Cloud Economics accreditations.