Derrick ParkerInformation technology

NJIT · IT student · Cloud & platform direction

Cloud systems.
Practical projects.

I’m Derrick, an IT student at NJIT focused on cloud systems, Linux and networking. I’m developing practical experience through projects in RAG, Docker, CI/CD and server configuration.

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01 / Selected work

Projects with something to show.

Applications, infrastructure and the evidence behind them.

Individual RAG projectHosted demo

Newark Civic Pulse

A source-grounded assistant for a small collection of Newark council records. An ETL pipeline turns official records into versioned passages; retrieval supplies evidence for answers with citations.

  • RAG & ETL
  • Python / FastAPI
  • SQLite
  • OpenAI
Inspect the workSource records, a five-question comparison, real generated answers and documented limits.
Try the chatbot Methods & results Code review
Personal projectCase study

LWDGY ASTERI

A storefront and administration project that connects application features with the infrastructure and release work needed to support them.

  • Docker
  • Server configuration
  • Signed releases
  • Web application
The case-study focusContainer configuration, proxy/DNS/TLS setup, automated checks and a signed build/test/release workflow.
Read the case study
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Coursework / Cloud foundations

Docker & server deployment

A deployment learning project documenting containers, proxy routing, server setup and checks.

Repository & setup evidence
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Coursework / Application security

Accounts & permissions

FastAPI signup, sessions and server-enforced member/admin access, including checks for direct requests and changing permissions.

Inspect the role checks

02 / Skills & evidence

Connect the skill to the work.

Concrete examples from personal and learning projects.

01 RAG & data pipelines
Official source import, chunking, embeddings, retrieval and cited answers in Newark Civic Pulse.Follow the pipeline
02 CI/CD & verification
Automated Linux/Windows checks in the Newark repository, alongside ASTERI’s signed build, test and release workflow.See a checked revision
03 Docker & server configuration
Containerized applications, reverse-proxy routing and documented setup in the hosting project and ASTERI work.Read the deployment record
04 Access control
Separate public, member and administrator routes, enforced by current server-side permissions.Review the implementation

03 / About the direction

Cloud & platform IT,
grounded in project work.

My current direction is cloud and platform IT. I’m using coursework and personal projects to develop practical skills in Linux, networking, application deployment and data-backed systems.

LWDGY ASTERI adds a product and infrastructure case study alongside Newark Civic Pulse’s RAG work. The ASTERI case study follows the application architecture, Docker/server decisions and documented signed-release checks.

These are personal and learning projects. The project records disclose AI assistance, checked behavior and work that remains in progress.

Career research & portfolio plan

Still taking shape

Group project case study

A separate case study will be added when the shared system and my individual contribution are ready to show.

Planned