headers_home = Home headers_cv = RΓ©sumΓ© headers_publications_projects = Publications/Projects headers_about = About headers_language_buttons_english = πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ English headers_language_buttons_german = πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ German home_card_name = Tuan-Dat Tran home_card_gender = (He/Him) home_card_text = Hey there! πŸ‘‹πŸ»πŸ‘‹πŸΌπŸ‘‹πŸ½πŸ‘‹πŸΎπŸ‘‹πŸΏ Welcome to my little place on the internet My name is Tuan and I'm passionate about Linux, system security, automation, performance tweaking and all things tech. home_card_contact_button = Get in touch. cv_introduction_title = DevOps Engineer | Homelab Enthusiast cv_introduction_0 = A results-driven DevOps Engineer with a career in technology spanning over 8 years. My journey began with foundational part-time roles in software development (C#, Python) and academic research during my university studies. Now, I apply this deep technical understanding to my full-time DevOps role, where I specialize in building and maintaining scalable, high-availability SaaS infrastructure using Kubernetes, Azure, ArgoCD, and Ansible. DevOps Engineer and Software Developer with a strong academic background in networking technologies and software development. Specialized in Kubernetes, Ansible, Azure, and modern cloud technologies. Hands-on research experience in Software-Defined Networking, 5G, and Machine Learning. Passionate about efficient IT infrastructures, automation, and innovative software solutions. cv_introduction_tools = Favorite Tools: cv_workexperience_title = Work Experience cv_workexperience_se1_gefeba_title = Software Engineer @ gefeba Engineering GmbH cv_workexperience_se1_gefeba_time = 2013 - 2015 cv_workexperience_se1_gefeba_description = After a school internship I got offered a job as a Software Engineer. I mostly worked on internal ERP projects, designed a tool which aided in managing project related mail traffic and worked on the internal master data management tool. cv_workexperience_student_fse_title = Student Council Member @ UDE (Volunteer) cv_workexperience_student_fse_time = 2016 - 2019 cv_workexperience_student_fse_description = As a student council member I participated in faculty committees and organized social events. My main responsibilities as a member were the management of the IT infrastructure and supporting students, be it organizationally or subject-specific. cv_workexperience_se2_gefeba_title = Software Engineer @ gefeba Engineering GmbH cv_workexperience_se2_gefeba_time = 2018 - 2020 cv_workexperience_se2_gefeba_description = As a software engineer at gefeba Engineering I worked on the companies main software product, which was a frame-based data exchange system to monitor industry machinery using C# and Entity Framework. Another project I worked on was a real time log visualization application for the same machinery. cv_workexperience_mentoring_ude_title = Mentoring @ UDE cv_workexperience_mentoring_ude_time = 2021 - 2022 cv_workexperience_mentoring_ude_description = As a mentor for students enrolling into the computer science program of the University Duisburg-Essen I regularly introduced groups of ~20 freshmen to their new academic environment at the beginning of each semester. Offering additional organizational and technical guidance for their first year in university. cv_workexperience_ra_ude_title = Research Assistant @ UDE cv_workexperience_ra_ude_time = 2021 - 2024 cv_workexperience_ra_ude_description = While working at the Network Communication System Research Group at the University Duisburg-Essen as a research assistant I've assisted in research around software defined networking, 5G, congestion control algorithms and federated machine learning. I've established and managed the research groups on-premise and cloud infractructure, inventory system and online presence. cv_workexperience_dd_devops_title = DevOps Engineer @ DextraData cv_workexperience_dd_devops_time = 2025 - now cv_workexperience_dd_devops_description = As a DevOps Engineer, I was responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable infrastructure solutions across multiple SaaS product environments. This involved standardizing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines and establishing robust monitoring frameworks to ensure high availability and performance. My work focused on a "shift-left" approach, empowering development teams with self-service capabilities and streamlined operational workflows as well as enhancement of system reliability and security. cv_socials_title = Socials cv_education_title = Education cv_education_bachelor_title = BSc Systems Engineering cv_education_bachelor_time = 2015 - now cv_skills_title = Skills cv_skills_devops_title = DevOps cv_skills_devops_ansible = Ansible cv_skills_devops_kubernetes = Kubernetes cv_skills_devops_gitops = GitOps cv_skills_software_engineering_title = Software Engineering cv_skills_software_engineering_rust = Rust cv_skills_software_engineering_python = Python cv_skills_software_engineering_csharp = C# cv_languages_title = Languages cv_languages_german = German (Native) cv_languages_english = English (C2) cv_languages_vietnamese = Vietnamese (B1) cv_languages_japanese = Japanese (A1) cv_interests_title = Interests cv_interests_coffee = Coffee cv_interests_tech_it = Tech/IT cv_interests_guitar = Guitar cv_interests_mechanical_keyboards = Mechanical Keyboards publications_projects_publications_title = Publications publications_projects_publications_rpm_title = RPM: Reverse Path Congestion Marking on P4 Programmable Switches publications_projects_publications_rpm_authors = N. Baganal-Krishna, T.-D. Tran, R. Kundel and A. Rizk publications_projects_publications_rpm_conference = IEEE LCN 2023 publications_projects_publications_rpm_url = https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2307.09639 publications_projects_publications_rpm_description = In this paper, we present Reverse Path Congestion Marking (RPM) to accelerate the reaction to network congestion events without changing the end-host stack. RPM decouples the congestion signal from the downstream path after the bottleneck while maintaining the stability of the congestion control loop. We show that RPM improves throughput fairness for RTT on heterogeneous TCP flows as well as the flow completion time, especially for small Data Center TCP (DCTCP) flows around P4 programmable ASIC switches. publications_projects_publications_iot_fuzzers_title = Overview of IoT Fuzzing Techniques publications_projects_publications_iot_fuzzers_authors = Tuan-Dat Tran publications_projects_publications_iot_fuzzers_conference = Seminar publications_projects_publications_iot_fuzzers_description = In this paper, we are comparing techniques used by IoT fuzzers to circumvent the challenges presented by IoT devices and the constraints of the solutions proposed by the IoT fuzzers. publications_projects_projects_title = Projects publications_projects_projects_bpba_title = Undisclosed Ethereum Smart Contract Fuzzer publications_projects_projects_bpba_authors = Tuan-Dat Tran publications_projects_projects_bpba_kind = Bachelor Project/Bachelor Thesis publications_projects_projects_bpba_description = In this ongoing project I am building an Ethereum Smart Contract Fuzzer. More info will follow. publications_projects_projects_dotfiles_title = .dotfiles publications_projects_projects_dotfiles_authors = Tuan-Dat Tran publications_projects_projects_dotfiles_kind = Personal publications_projects_projects_dotfiles_description = dotfiles is a slang term usually used for configuration files in Linux based systems. My dotfiles contain configurations for tools I frequently use as well as a documentation on how to set up my daily-use notebook. It provides a baseline for any personal Linux system I set up and allows for repeatability simplifies the process of setting up an ArchLinux based system. publications_projects_projects_homelab_title = Homelab publications_projects_projects_homelab_authors = Tuan-Dat Tran publications_projects_projects_homelab_kind = Personal publications_projects_projects_homelab_description = Ansible is a automation tool which allows for automatic provisioning, configuration management and application deployment. I use ansible to set up my homelab, which serves as a platform for me to try out and learn new technologies. publications_projects_projects_athome_title = This Website publications_projects_projects_athome_authors = Tuan-Dat Tran publications_projects_projects_athome_kind = Personal publications_projects_projects_athome_description = This website is a full-stack WASM site built using the Rust-based Dioxus framework and TailwindCSS. It serves both as a way to refresh web development topics and as a Rust hobby project. impressum_on = Impressum component_under_construction = This page is currently under construction footer_year = Β© 2025 footer_name = Tuan-Dat Tran footer_rights = . All Rights Reserved. footer_contact = Contact link_opens_new_tab = (opens in a new tab)