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Jason Polanco

During their tenure, Pola Jaso engineered end-to-end automation for EKS performance testing and observability in the aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent and aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-test repositories. They developed scalable workflows using Go, Bash, and GitHub Actions to automate EKS cluster scaling, manage Helm-based observability add-ons, and orchestrate large-scale performance tests. Their work included robust metrics validation and integration testing, ensuring reliable monitoring and deployment safety. Pola also implemented SSM integration tests and contributed to a CloudWatch Agent release with enhanced EC2 metadata support and improved stability. Their contributions demonstrated depth in infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and test automation, strengthening release readiness and operational reliability.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

100%Features

Repository Contributions

6Total
Bugs
0
Commits
6
Features
6
Lines of code
1,891
Activity Months2

Work History

October 2025

2 Commits • 2 Features

Oct 1, 2025

2025-10 Performance Summary: Delivered two high-impact features and strengthened QA and release readiness across two repos, enabling safer deployments and improved observability. Key features delivered: - AmazonCloudWatch-ManageAgent SSM integration tests implemented in aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-test with new configurations, helpers, and test cases to validate start/stop/configure workflows. Commit: 9bbdb9fbd0cad88f9ce2eb2329efbfa0f0998d6f. Major bugs fixed and stability improvements: - CloudWatch Agent Release 1.300061.0: fixed merging logic, goroutine leaks, Windows startup issues; released with user-facing enhancements (EC2 metadata, AutoScalingGroup dimensions, usage_metadata). Commit: d962aada308be59fafafcb000d2829180b3300e2. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Improved deployment safety and onboarding: faster issue detection, better observability, and more flexible agent configuration. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Test automation, integration testing, release engineering, and concurrency debugging.

July 2025

4 Commits • 4 Features

Jul 1, 2025

July 2025 performance summary: Delivered end-to-end automation for EKS performance testing and observability across two repositories, enabling scalable, reproducible testing cycles, optimized resource usage, and robust metrics validation. Key outcomes include automated scaling, Helm addon management, large-scale test orchestration, and enhanced metrics validation.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness90.0%
Maintainability86.6%
Architecture86.6%
Performance83.4%
AI Usage30.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

BashGoTextYAML

Technical Skills

AWS CLIAWS EKSAWS Systems Manager (SSM)CI/CDCloudWatchDocumentationEKSGitHub ActionsGoGo ProgrammingHelmInfrastructure as CodeIntegration TestingKubernetesPerformance Testing

Repositories Contributed To

2 repos

Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline

aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent

Jul 2025 Oct 2025
2 Months active

Languages Used

BashYAMLText

Technical Skills

AWS CLIAWS EKSCI/CDGitHub ActionsHelmInfrastructure as Code

aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-test

Jul 2025 Oct 2025
2 Months active

Languages Used

GoYAML

Technical Skills

CloudWatchEKSGoPerformance TestingAWS Systems Manager (SSM)Go Programming

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