Brandon Dupitas

Software Engineer 2 | Enterprise Automation & Platform Engineering

Software Engineer with 4+ years of experience building scalable automation platforms, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure at Dell Technologies. I deliver org-wide engineering frameworks that improve reliability and accelerate software delivery. Outside of work you'll find me travelling, hitting theme parks, or hunting for great food.

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What I Can Do

Technical Skills

Languages

Java, Python, JavaScript

Frameworks

Spring Boot, Spec-Driven Development

Testing & Automation

JUnit 5, Mockito, Selenium, Playwright, CI/CD

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS (EC2), Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Jenkins, Elasticsearch

AI-Assisted Development

GitHub Copilot, Devin, Windsurf, LLM-powered code generation

Education

California State University, Northridge

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Graduated: May 2021

Experience

Software Engineer 2

Dell Technologies — Disaster Recovery | March 2025 – Present | Irvine, CA

Architected reusable DR automation and spec-driven development frameworks adopted by 5–6 engineering teams, eliminating 50–60 hours of manual validation per sprint and reducing environment bootstrap time by 80% through AI-assisted code generation.
Implemented automated audit tracking and error-detection frameworks for long-running DR operations, improving CI/CD signal quality by separating real defects from automation noise.
Mentored 3 junior engineers and partnered with 8+ cross-functional teams to standardize DR verification practices and drive org-wide adoption of reusable automation.
Owned 140+ Jira tickets spanning critical defects and cross-team blockers; reviewed 10–25 PRs monthly and led root-cause analysis across distributed services, improving platform reliability by 80%.
Received the Game Changer Award (July 2025) for establishing organization-wide automation standards and resilient DR verification practices across 5+ product lines.

Software Engineer 1

Dell Technologies — Disaster Recovery | November 2021 – March 2025 | Irvine, CA

Built automated testing platform using Java and Spring Boot that expanded test coverage by 40% and increased automation throughput by 75%, driving adoption across 2 product teams.
Reduced test environment failure rates from 55% to <1% through timing-model improvements, environment hardening, and stronger exception handling — establishing 99%+ pipeline reliability.
Automated deployment pipelines with Python, Jenkins, and Ansible, saving engineering teams 3–4 hours of manual work daily while accelerating delivery cycles.
Raised code coverage from 35% to 60% by implementing JUnit 5 and Mockito test suites, catching 15+ critical bugs pre-production.

Computer Lab Technician

University Student Union, CSUN | August 2019 – August 2021

Provided one-on-one assistance to lab patrons across software programs, internet services, and computer-related issues.
Assisted with equipment and software training for USU employees and facilitated computer training classes for CSUN students.
Troubleshot hardware and software problems to maintain lab uptime.

Key Achievements

Game Changer Award

Dell Technologies · July 2025

Recognized for resetting the organizational automation baseline and standardizing resilient DR verification practices across 5+ product lines.

Platform Reliability

Reduced environment bootstrap time by 80% and environment failure rate from 55% to <1%, achieving 99%+ pipeline reliability across the DR platform.

Cross-Team Impact

Owned 140+ critical tickets, mentored 3 engineers, reviewed 10–25 PRs/month, and enabled 8+ cross-functional teams through automation frameworks and knowledge sharing.

Projects

Concert

MERN Stack Web Application

A collaborative platform for students to interact virtually with features including tutoring access, study rooms, virtual whiteboards, and chat functionality.

React Node.js MongoDB

August 2020 - Spring 2021

Weather Application

React Weather App

A responsive weather application that provides current conditions based on zip code, utilizing React components and integrating OpenWeatherMaps API.

React Express APIs

August 2020 - December 2020

Portfolio Website

Personal Portfolio

A responsive portfolio website designed to showcase work experiences and projects, built with HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap.

HTML/CSS Bootstrap Responsive

June 2020 - Present