Hi, I'm Bassim Beshry
Aspiring Network Engineer focused on bridging on prem and cloud infrastructure
About Me
I'm Bassim Beshry, an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and Computer Science graduate from UBC based in Calgary, and the founder of AutomaTech Solutions. I'm most passionate about computer networking and building software infrastructure focused on reliability, security and scalability.
That interest started during two years in UBCO's Aerial Robotics club, working on autonomous, networked systems with Docker and ZeroMQ, and has grown through my homelab, where I run routing, monitoring, and containerized services. My goal is a Network Engineer role bridging on-prem and cloud infrastructure.
Outside of work, I enjoy lane swimming, skateboarding, and singleplayer RPGs like Final Fantasy and Nier Automata.
What I'm Currently Working On
Right now my focus is my own business and the flagship product coming out of it.
- Client intake form built with Tally, storing client information securely in PostgreSQL
- Client dashboard for managing and tracking cases and their statuses
- Custom eligibility engine that scores clients against federal and provincial immigration programs
- Built-in immigration RSS feed that surfaces the latest policy and program updates right on the dashboard
- Stripe billing integration for invoicing clients and collecting payments directly from the platform
My software consulting company, helping small businesses and independent professionals bring custom software to production. I design, build, deploy, and maintain every project myself, with no handoffs.
- › Custom software built around each client's workflow
- › AutoImm, case management for immigration professionals
- › Private Servers, self-hosted infrastructure
Experience
Customer Experience Associate @ Scotiabank
- - Resolved complex customer inquiries and account-related issues with urgency and accuracy, strengthening client trust and contributing to high customer satisfaction levels.
- - Identified client financial needs through meaningful conversations and provided tailored product recommendations, supporting branch sales goals and driving referral opportunities.
- - Built and nurtured long-term customer relationships by delivering personalized service and proactive financial guidance, resulting in increased client engagement and loyalty.
- - Collaborated with internal partners and specialists to address customer challenges and connect clients with appropriate banking solutions, enhancing both customer outcomes and business growth.
AI Developer @ FlyWheel Solutions
- - Developed a two-pass LLM classification system using the OpenRouter API to extract structured attributes from industrial equipment descriptions and test model efficiency, enabling automated categorization across 4 hierarchical levels and 25+ attributes
- - Built an automated LLM prompt benchmarking and evaluation pipeline in Python, tracking PDF parsing accuracy across datasets to standardize model performance measurement and identify cost optimal models
- - Iteratively refined prompts using Llama Cloud Services, improving table extraction robustness and increasing parsing accuracy by 60%, significantly enhancing downstream data quality
Software Developer @ UBCO Aerial Robotics and Rocketry Club
- - Developed an autonomous UAV flight procedure using MavSDK, C++, and Mission Planner simulations to retrieve water from a tank and navigate waypoints for wildfire suppression
- - Designed and implemented an autonomous spiral search algorithm for aerial fire detection during ground surveys
- - Troubleshooted cellular communications between the ground station and drone in order to stream FPV video footage
- - Worked with ZeroMQ for inter-process communication between the drone and ground control station.
- - Developed a camera calibration algorithm with OpenCV to fix radial distortion seen in webcam lenses
- - Trained a YOLOv7 object detection model using an online dataset and OpenCV to identify UAV landing pads; conducted supporting research on LiDAR technology for enhanced precision during autonomous landing
My Projects
Accounting application built for Lone Tree Resources to audit and track financial transactions. I used a fully containerized stack consisting of a Django backend, React frontend, and Postgres database. To start, upload your PDF invoices and PyPDF2 will extract the relevant information and store it in the database. The frontend then provides a user-friendly interface to view, search and filter transactions, as well as visualize financial data through charts and graphs. The application will automatically flag any price anomalies based on historical data and provide insights to help ensure that vendor pricing is consistent with past transactions. My full end to end testing framework made development smoother and more reliable. This project was a great opportunity to apply my skills in full-stack development, containerization, and data processing to solve a real-world problem.
Other Projects
A collection of services and infrastructure I use to learn about networking, containerization and Linux. This includes a variety of self-hosted applications such as Jellyfin, Immich and NextCloud. The homelab is running Ubuntu Server and I have containerized most services through Docker. I also use Nginx as a reverse proxy and have set up SSL certificates through Certbot.
A backend service that ingests F1 race and telemetry data, processes and stores aggregated metrics, and demonstrates CI/CD and observability practices. Metrics are visualized in Grafana dashboards.
Skills & Technologies
- TCP/IP, DNS, DHCPIntermediate
- Network SecurityBeginner
- Routing & SwitchingBeginner
- Network MonitoringBeginner
- VLANs & SubnettingBeginner
- AWSIntermediate
- Grafana & PrometheusIntermediate
- TerraformBeginner
- VPCBeginner
- JenkinsBeginner
- PythonAdvanced
- DockerAdvanced
- LinuxIntermediate
- NGINXIntermediate
- Django & ReactBeginner
Get In Touch
I'm currently looking for new opportunities and am targeting Network Engineer roles. Whether you have a question or just want to say hi, I'll try my best to get back to you!