Cesar Moreno

About Cesar Moreno

Cloud Engineer turned Software Engineer II specializing in automation, observability, and reliability engineering. I focus on building scalable systems, improving operational readiness, and creating tooling that reduces friction for engineering and customer-facing teams.I bring a broad foundation — from help desk to systems engineering to cloud and DevOps — and I use that experience to simplify complexity, stabilize integrations, and deliver practical, resilient solutions. I enjoy designing workflows, monitoring frameworks, and CI/CD automation that help teams move faster with greater confidence.At UKG, I’ve partnered across CES, DevOps, Product, and Sales Engineering to strengthen demo environments, automate post-maintenance validation, streamline JIRA workflows, and improve visibility across distributed systems. My goal is always the same: reduce noise, improve reliability, and make engineering smoother for everyone involved.I’m big on collaboration, mentorship, and continuous improvement — always looking for ways to raise the bar through cleaner processes, better tooling, and meaningful automation.

Experience

1. Software Engineer Ii

   UKG

   Oct 2025 — Present · Fort Lauderdale, FL, US

   Promoted for delivering high-impact automation, observability, and engineering enablement solutions across CES, Sales Tech, and product teams.Key Contributions: • Designed and automated post-maintenance validation workflows used across engineering, improving release readiness and reducing regression risk. • Built monitoring and observability tooling (Datadog synthetics, dashboards, alert automation) to detect issues faster and reduce incident response times. • Developed internal automation that streamlined JIRA workflows, reporting, and operational processes, saving teams time and reducing operational friction. • Stabilized Sales Demo environments by improving integrations, configuration reliability, and monitoring coverage. • Collaborated with DevOps, CES, Product, and Sales Engineering to deliver scalable cross-team solutions with clear technical documentation and runbooks. • Contributed to UKG’s unified engineering model with automation-focused patterns that strengthen reliability and ease onboarding.

Education

• DeVry University

  Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Systems

  2007 — 2011

• Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University

  Masters, Business Administration and Management, General

  2011 — 2012

Skills

• Visual Studio
• Sql
• Visio
• Asp.net
• Javascript
• Programming
• Testing
• Software Documentation
• Visual Basic
• Microsoft Office
• Java
• Vb.net
• Microsoft Excel
• Databases
• Troubleshooting
• Web Development
• Windows
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Html
• C#
• Access
• Microsoft Access
• Dreamweaver
• Customer Service
• Css