Jerico is available for hire

Jerico Aragon

Verified Expert in Engineering

System Administration Developer

Manila, NCR, Philippines

Toptal member since November 27, 2016

Expertise

CSS LMS WordPress Development PHP JavaScript Apache HTML5 Git jQuery AWS AWS Lambda Amazon S3 Kajabi Infusionsoft

Bio

Jerico is an AWS-certified cloud engineer (solutions architect professional, DevOps engineer professional) with 4+ years of hands-on DevOps and site reliability experience. He specializes in WordPress, AWS, and scalable cloud infrastructure, with expertise in Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD. Active WordPress contributor with 5,000+ hours delivering high-quality solutions on Toptal.

Portfolio

Human Made

Amazon Web Services (AWS), DevOps, GitHub Actions, Terraform...

Freelance Work

MySQL, WordPress, PHP, CSS, HTML, Cursor AI, PostgreSQL

Instinctive Drives

WordPress, React, Laravel, .NET, AngularJS

Experience

WordPress - 7 years
PHP - 7 years
WordPress API - 6 years
JavaScript - 6 years
System Administration - 5 years
Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 4 years
Terraform - 3 years
DevOps - 3 years

Preferred Environment

Git, Vim Text Editor, MacOS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Linux

The most amazing...

...thing was adapting across full-stack development and cloud engineering, quickly delivering results in WordPress, Laravel, AWS, and DevOps.

Work Experience

Cloud Engineer

2021 - PRESENT

Human Made

Maintained Altis DXP, an AWS-hosted enterprise WordPress platform serving billions of HTTP requests each year across dedicated customer environments.
Handled on-call incident response across EC2, ECS, RDS, ElastiCache, CloudFront, and CloudWatch to keep customer sites reliable.
Improved infrastructure automation with Terraform and CloudFormation, making changes easier to review, repeat, and operate safely.

Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), DevOps, GitHub Actions, Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, PHP, WordPress, MySQL, Redis, Claude, Claude Code, AWS Lambda, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), TypeScript

Web Development Consultant

2015 - PRESENT

Freelance Work

Provided technical expertise on web development-related projects for private and government organizations.
Planned, coordinated, and handled from end-to-end product implementation.

Technologies: MySQL, WordPress, PHP, CSS, HTML, Cursor AI, PostgreSQL

Senior Full-stack Web Developer

2016 - 2019

Instinctive Drives

Supported our in-house SaaS offering. It's built on AngularJS and .NET tech stack. It is used by more than 300,000 registered users.
Managed servers of our whole technology stack; it's a mix of Windows and Linux machines.
Composed maintenance scripts to minimize downtime.
Built internal tools to help support our existing clients. This included building a custom Outlook plugin to further utilize our SaaS offering.

Technologies: WordPress, React, Laravel, .NET, AngularJS

Web Developer

2017 - 2018

LiftMedia

Created landing pages for clients with a short amount of turnaround time.
Developed membership sites from the ground up that's integrated with the client's CRM.
Ran Facebook Ads to funnel traffic to a client's landing page.

Technologies: Ads, Kajabi, Divi, Memberium, Infusionsoft, WordPress

Solutions Architect

2015 - 2016

Netfluence Corporation

Gathered and comprehended business requirements and its translation to technical specifications.
Scoped the project, provided recommendations, and did the actual implementation of the software itself.

Technologies: JavaScript, HubSpot, CSS, HTML, MySQL, PHP

Senior PHP/WordPress Developer

2014 - 2015

Design Fluent

Handled the full-stack development of Design Fluent’s client websites.
Converted complex designs to a fully-functional WordPress site that can be handed-over to the client.
Developed custom plugins and functionalities as required by the project.

Technologies: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, PHP, WordPress

Senior Front-end Web Developer

2012 - 2014

Larventech

Developed the front end of Larventech's in-house products.
Coded the product itself, accompanied by its landing pages and newsletters.
Collaborated closely with back-end developers and designers to implement functionalities across multiple products.

Technologies: Less, Stylus, Sass, JavaScript, CSS, HTML

Experience

Front-end Developer for Kajabi

I customized a Kajabi-based e-learning platform for children, ensuring it met both functional needs and COPPA compliance for data privacy. This involved deep customization of Kajabi’s themes, automation, and integrations to enhance the user experience.

HubSpot Developer

I worked with a mission-driven financial services startup to enhance and maintain their HubSpot marketing landing pages. My role involved building custom HubSpot modules and templates, ensuring they were user-friendly and easily editable by internal teams.

HubSpot Developer

I worked on upgrading a company’s brochure and sales site built on HubSpot’s COS. The project involved restructuring templates to support new messaging and design elements while ensuring easy content management for the in-house team.

WordPress Developer with D3 Experience

I updated a WordPress website on Pantheon, enhancing its functionality with JavaScript and D3.js for interactive economic data visualizations. I also streamlined a complex deployment process, ensuring smooth and efficient updates.

Cloud Engineer | DevOps for WordPress

I worked on a containerized LEMP platform on AWS that supports high-scale WordPress deployments and handles billions of requests each year. My work focused on day-to-day cloud operations, on-call support, Terraform automation, performance tuning, security updates, and maintaining reliable deployments.

WordPress Developer for Membership Platform

I maintained and improved a WordPress-based membership and learning platform, integrating Infusionsoft, LearnDash, Memberium, and BuddyPress to streamline course delivery, automate user management, and enhance engagement.

Education

2007 - 2011

Bachelor's Degree in Multimedia Arts

Mapúa Institute of Technology - Manila, Philippines

Certifications

MARCH 2026 - PRESENT

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

FEBRUARY 2026 - PRESENT

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AUGUST 2019 - PRESENT

Eskwelabs Data Science Fellow

Eskwelabs

Skills

Libraries/APIs

WordPress API, HTML5 Canvas, jQuery, React, D3.js, BuddyPress

Tools

Apache, HubSpot COS, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Memberium, PhpStorm, Adobe Photoshop, Vim Text Editor, Git, WPML, Infusionsoft, Claude, Claude Code, Stylus, Sketch, Adobe Illustrator, Google Analytics, Terraform, LearnDash, AWS CloudFormation, GitLab CI/CD

Languages

HTML5, CSS3, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, PHP, Java, Sass, Less, TypeScript

Platforms

WooCommerce, Apache2, WordPress, Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS Lambda, Shopify, HubSpot, Linux, MacOS, Kajabi, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), LEMP, Docker, Kubernetes

Storage

WP Engine, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), MySQL, Redis, PostgreSQL

Frameworks

Laravel, AngularJS, .NET, Divi

Paradigms

Agile Software Development, DevOps

Other

WordPress Plugins, Learning Management Systems (LMS), CSS3 Animation, Graphic Design, Digital Marketing, Front-end, System Administration, HubSpot Development, Cursor AI, Data Science, Ads, Google Tag Manager, Game Programming, Web Development, HubSpot CRM, CI/CD Pipelines, GitHub Actions

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