Dillon Adabie

DevOps and Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with 3+ years of hands-on experience building, automating, and operating cloud environments on GCP and AWS. Deep expertise in Terraform-based infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes orchestration, and observability. Experienced supporting enterprise clients across fintech, healthcare, and e-commerce - working cross-functionally with engineering, security, and data teams to deliver reliable, scalable infrastructure.

Passionate about automation, continuous improvement, and building systems that enable engineering teams to move faster and safer.

Cloud Operations Engineer at Ancoris (Google Cloud Partner) (2022-08 – 2025-01)

Owned cloud infrastructure operations, CI/CD automation, and observability for enterprise clients across fintech, healthcare, and e-commerce on GCP and AWS, working cross-functionally with engineering, security, and data teams.

• Built and maintained infrastructure as code using Terraform modules with environment separation, safe rollout patterns, and consistent standards — directly supporting the infrastructure automation remit of this role.
• Designed and implemented end-to-end monitoring and alerting pipelines using Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, Cloud Logging, and BigQuery, improving visibility and time-to-detect across distributed multi-service architectures.
• Deployed and managed Kubernetes workloads on GCP GKE and AWS EKS, including pod deployments, service configuration, health probes, and debugging workload issues in production environments.
• Built CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions to automate infrastructure provisioning, reducing manual effort and improving deployment consistency and reliability.
• Wrote Python and Bash automation scripts to reduce operational toil including health checks, cost optimisation routines (15% AWS cost reduction via right-sizing, S3 lifecycle rules, and Lambda automation), and policy remediation tooling.
• Conducted internal ISO 27001 pre-audit across GCP environments using Security Command Center and custom scripts, identifying vulnerabilities and delivering Terraform-implemented remediation across multiple client environments.
• Worked cross-functionally with developers, DBAs, security teams, and project managers to diagnose platform issues, coordinate infrastructure changes, and ensure smooth delivery of platform improvements.
• Produced runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and standard operating procedures to support BAU operations and reduce repeat escalations.

Google Cloud Platform Instructor at Generation UK&I, Google Cloud Katalyst Programme (2023-03 – 2023-06)

• Delivered technical training to 25 learners on GCP fundamentals, networking, IAM, Terraform basics, containers, and platform troubleshooting. Achieved a 90% certification pass rate.
• Developed strong technical communication and documentation skills essential for collaborative engineering environments.

Associate Technical Support Engineer at Ancoris (Google Cloud Partner) (2022-02 – 2022-08)

• Provided frontline cloud support across Google Workspace and GCP, diagnosing infrastructure, API, and access issues using logs, scripts, and monitoring tools.
• Automated repetitive support workflows using Python and Bash, reducing resolution time and forming the foundation for later infrastructure automation work.
• Escalated bugs with structured technical notes covering reproduction steps, logs, and root cause hypotheses.

AWS re/Start Graduate at Generation UK&I (2021-10 – 2022-01)

• Built foundational AWS skills across EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch, and VPC through real-world simulation labs, security best practices, and incident response exercises.

BA (Hons) in Economics and Politics – University of Essex