Tapiwa Z. Ushe

Tapiwa Z. Ushe

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Diagnosing complex application issues, writing RCAs, and keeping enterprise clients unblocked, ensuring 99% uptime.

📧 [email protected] 📲 (647) 527-2892

Work History

Senior Application Support Engineer · Paymentus
Mar 2025 – Dec 2025 · Calgary, AB Fintech SaaS

Advanced technical support for Paymentus' flagship fintech SaaS platform, diagnosing and resolving complex application issues for enterprise clients.

  • Root cause analysis using SQL, Linux logs, and bash scripts; delivered solutions with minimal client disruption.
  • Managed support cases via Salesforce; coordinated with TAMs, developers, and security analysts for high-impact escalations.
  • Documented incidents in JIRA and contributed to post-incident reviews for continuous improvement.
  • Wrote and maintained internal bash scripts and automation tools to enhance support workflows.
  • Participated in after-hours on-call rotations for time-sensitive production issues.
Applications Support Business Systems Analyst · Sovereign Insurance
Jul 2024 – Mar 2025 · Calgary, AB Contract

System optimizations and 2nd-level enterprise application support across GuideWire, AS400, and Atlassian tooling.

  • Second-level support for GuideWire product issues; maintained Legacy AS400 database for operational continuity.
  • Led JIRA–ServiceNow integration project, establishing a JIRA database and optimizing queries using JQL.
  • Migrated and centralized documentation in Atlassian Confluence, improving accessibility across teams.
  • Reduced SLA response times by 15% through operational redundancy elimination and process restructuring.
Technical Support Engineer · Instacart
Aug 2023 – Mar 2024 · Calgary, AB Contract
  • 2nd level technical support: troubleshooting, incident response, bug triaging, and production deployments.
  • PostgreSQL CRUD operations and RESTful API usage for client data management and system interoperability.
  • Cloud automation via Kubernetes for scheduled tasks (chain syncs, cron jobs).
  • Python scripting for task automation, data ingestion, caching, config updates, and data export.
  • Platform integration reduced load times 15% and improved reliability by 25%.
Applications Support Analyst · RESOLVER Inc.
Jan 2022 – Apr 2023 · Toronto, ON GRC SaaS
  • 2nd level support for web-based applications (SSO, API, backend) for clients including Meta, NFL, Kraken, and JP Morgan.
  • GRC compliance management: ISO27001, GDPR, NIST, SOC2, PCI via RESTful API integrations.
  • PowerShell scripting for data retrieval, purging, and Active Directory management.
  • Customer data management via AWS (CloudWatch, X-Ray, CloudTrail); met ISO27018 standards.
Systems Support Analyst · BROKERLINK Inc.
May 2021 – Nov 2021 · Toronto, ON Contract
  • 2nd level MS Exchange, SharePoint, and MS Office support; LDAP user access control and verification.
  • Integrated new insurance companies through M&A; configured VLANs and permissions for secure file sharing.
  • Developed front-end website features (HTML & CSS); leveraged Citrix and Azure for virtualized network support.
Sales Technical Support · Rogers Communications Inc.
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 · Toronto, ON Telcom Sales
  • Surpassed sales targets through upselling networking equipment, IoT hardware, and services to warm/cold customers.
  • Managed remote inbound support cases; escalated unresolved issues to on-site service calls.
  • Assessed infrastructure compatibility for new software; evaluated programs and provided strategic recommendations.

Education

Athabasca University — Faculty of Business
Bachelor of Commerce (General)
Calgary, AB · Expected May 2029 | Bach.
Core areas: marketing, statistics, finance, accounting, information systems, organizational behaviour, commercial law.
Seneca Polytechnic — School of Software Design & Data Science
Diploma, Computer Programming
Toronto, ON · December 2020 | Dipl.
C/C++, C#, Java, Python, TypeScript/JS, Systems Analytics, IT Project Management, SQL, Web Design, AI.

Skills & Qualifications

5+ years in IT support & enterprise application environments
Programming, networking, hardware & IT security
Homelab server management, IoT & hydroponics projects
Sales goals & technical product demonstrations
GRC policy analysis and content management
Pre-Sales/Sales strategies and SaaS product demos
Geospatial analysis: QGIS, ArcGIS, GeoPandas
3D Modeling & AV: Blender, Unity, OBS, Adobe CC

Tech Stack

Ubuntu · RHEL · Arch · Windows 10/11 · macOS
C · C++ · C# · .NET · Java · Python
HTML & CSS · SCSS · JavaScript · TypeScript
NodeJS · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · OracleSQL · DB2
Azure · GCP · AWS · Docker · Kubernetes
Bash · PowerShell · Perl · Ruby · Rust
JIRA · Salesforce · ServiceNow · Confluence
Datadog · Splunk · Papertrail · Dynatrace · Wireshark

Projects & Accomplishments

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Decentral Labs — Self-Hosted Homelab

Active

A personal homelab running TrueNAS Scale — a self-managed infrastructure stack for hosting services, experimenting with decentralized technologies, and building a resilient home cloud. Platform for learning enterprise-grade sysadmin, networking, and DevOps practices in a real environment.

💾TrueNAS Scale
ZFS-backed NAS OS — storage pools, snapshots, and dataset replication.
🐳Docker / Apps
Containerized services via TrueNAS app catalog and custom compose configs.
🌐Networking
VLAN segmentation, DNS, Nginx reverse proxy, firewalls, and VPN tunneling.
📊Monitoring
Health dashboards, alerting, and log aggregation for service uptime visibility.
🔐Security
SSL/TLS certs, IAM, SSH hardening, and network-level access control policies.
⛓️Web3 / IPFS
Decentralized app hosting, IPFS node pinning, and blockchain tooling experiments.
TrueNAS Scale Local LLM ZFS Docker Nginx GNU/Linux VLAN WireGuard IPFS Bash SSL/TLS IAM