About
Cloud Architect & Developer
I build cloud-native systems at every scale — from startups to Fortune 500 infrastructure, and now autonomous vehicle software at Torc Robotics. I've led cloud, DevOps, and observability strategy across a wide range of domains. Clean architecture, observable systems, and shipping things that matter are what drive me.
- Contact: v m i n n o c c i @ g m a i l . c o m
- Degree: Master of Computer Science
- Certifications:
- AZ-400 DevOps Expert
- AZ-305 Solutions Architect
- AZ-104 Administrator
- AZ-900 Fundamentals
- AWS Solutions Architect
- AWS Developer
Skills
I've acquired many skills over the years ...
Certifications
Experience
A career built on architecting and delivering cloud-native systems at scale.
Senior Software Engineer
Sept 2024 – Present
Torc Robotics — Autonomous Vehicle Software
- Developed React applications for monitoring vehicle fault events and visualizing live truck data including cameras, lidar, and mission logs.
- Built a configuration management system to track hardware and software changes and enforce compliance across the fleet.
- Designed a REST API integrated with DynamoDB, documented via OpenAPI, enabling automated client SDK generation.
- Authored Datadog dashboards, SLOs, and Synthetic monitoring tests for observability across services.
- Wrote unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to maintain high code quality and build confidence.
Technical Advisor
Jan 2009 – Present
Southern Connecticut State University — New Haven, CT
- Serving on the Technical Advisory Committee for the Computer Science Department, providing industry perspective on curriculum, technology trends, and graduate outcomes.
Systems Architect
Dec 2020 – Sept 2024
Ancera — Branford, CT — Edge AI & Agri-tech
- Led Azure administration, DevOps strategy, and security initiatives; drove the organization to SOC 2 compliance.
- Designed edge AI solutions using Docker, NVIDIA GPUs, and Ubuntu, improving image recognition performance by 700%.
- Maintained top scores in cost, security, reliability, and performance across all Azure infrastructure.
Lead Integration Engineer
Jul 2019 – Dec 2020
Subway — Milford, CT — Global Quick-Service Restaurant
- Designed and developed APIs for mobile, web, and B2B integrations serving millions of users daily.
Principal Software Engineer
Jul 2015 – Jul 2019
Thermo Fisher Scientific — Fortune 500 Life Sciences
- Developed platform applications using Java, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS for Fortune 500 clients.
- Pioneered containerization and observability prototypes on Kubernetes, laying the foundation for enterprise-wide adoption.
Adjunct Faculty Instructor
Sep 2015 – Dec 2015
Southern Connecticut State University — New Haven, CT
- Taught CSC 443: Internet Programming in Node.js to undergraduate computer science students.
Team Lead / Senior Software Engineer
May 2009 – Mar 2014
Fiserv — Wallingford, CT — Financial Technology
- Led onshore and offshore development teams building a commercial real-time bill payment web service used by major retail establishments.
- Owned client relationships, project estimation, code reviews, and performance tuning for a system processing over $1M in daily transactions.
- Progressed from Senior Software Engineer to Team Lead over ~5 years, growing scope from individual contribution to team and delivery ownership.
Senior Software Engineer
Jun 2008 – May 2009
The Hartford — Fortune 500 Insurance
- Developed .NET enterprise applications for one of the largest insurance carriers in the US.
Software Engineer
2002 – May 2008
Neopost Technologies — Document & Postage Technology
- Designed and developed Java and .NET applications for enterprise document management and postage automation systems.
Software Engineer
Mar 1996 – Mar 2002
Ingenix (UnitedHealth Group) — Healthcare Data & Analytics
- Built healthcare data and analytics applications on ASP.NET and the MicroStrategy platform for a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary.
Education
Master of Science, Computer Science
2002 – 2006
Southern Connecticut State University — New Haven, CT
- GPA: 3.7
Bachelor's Degree, Psychology
1993 – 1996
Southern Connecticut State University — New Haven, CT