Michael Ocana

Technical lead focused on developing and scaling healthcare-oriented web applications, leveraging the Ruby on Rails framework to build secure, high-availability systems within a Linux environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Application Engineering: Design and develop robust, scalable backend services using Ruby on Rails, ensuring high performance and responsiveness to frontend requests.
• Legacy System Support: Maintain and optimize existing Perl/CGI scripts, facilitating the integration or migration of legacy data into modern Rails architectures.
• Full-Stack Implementation: Create dynamic and interactive user interfaces using HTML, JavaScript, and jQuery, focused on improving the clinician and patient user experience.
• Database Management: Architect and manage MySQL databases, optimizing complex queries and ensuring data integrity for sensitive healthcare information.
• System Administration: Manage application deployment and server configuration within a Linux environment, ensuring system security and 99.9% uptime.
• Technical Leadership: Lead code reviews, mentor junior developers, and contribute to architectural decisions to maintain a high-quality, test-driven codebase.

Responsible for the stability, security, and optimization of the institution's server infrastructure and web-based systems, managing a Linux-centric environment to support international academic operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Server Management: Administer and maintain Linux-based servers, ensuring high availability, routine backups, and robust security protocols for educational databases and applications.
• System Development: Develop and refine internal tools and automation scripts using Perl/CGI and PHP to streamline administrative workflows and student data management.
• Web Administration: Oversee the frontend and backend health of institutional web portals, utilizing HTML and JavaScript to enhance user interface functionality and client-side performance.
• Network Security: Monitor system logs and implement firewall configurations to protect sensitive academic records and ensure compliance with data privacy standards.
• Technical Support & Integration: Troubleshoot complex system-level issues and integrate open-source software solutions to meet the evolving digital needs of the faculty and staff.
• Process Automation: Write and maintain server-side scripts to automate repetitive tasks, improving overall operational efficiency and reducing system downtime.