Brianna Smith
About
I'm a content creator on TikTok, and I was a systems engineer at Booz Allen Hamilton.
Experiences
- TikTokTeach cloud computing and coding with fashion metaphors
On TikTok I call Python the everyday makeup look of programming: start simple, then build up from there.
- RaleighMoved to Raleigh with just one bin of clothes
I didn't expect an interview so fast, so I showed up to my automation engineer interview in whatever shirt I had.
- AWS Community Builders ProgramStudied for AWS Cloud Practitioner in 25 days on camera
AWS Community Builders accepted me for my cloud content, so I took the exam free and used credits on projects.
- Systems Engineer at Booz Allen HamiltonManaged Linux VMs and Kubernetes clusters for many teams
I wrote automation tooling in Python, Go, and Bash to keep data transfer and deployments reliable.
- UnemploymentGot asked daily if I had a job during a hiring freeze
No one congratulated my hackathon wins or internships, but everyone had opinions once I was unemployed.
- BaddieConRode an 8-hour train alone to an AI summit in Atlanta
My BaddieCon badge printed 'unemployed,' and I came by myself, so I asked everyone there to connect.
- Site Reliability Engineer at IbottaBuilt AWS networks with Terraform instead of by hand
In Denver I also researched disaster recovery for production APIs, comparing ways to keep them up.
- Computer Science at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityLed the Women's Computer Science Club as president
At the number one HBCU in America I won first place in hackathons and volunteered teaching girls to code.