Maruf Salaudeen

Results-driven Cloud & DevOps Engineer with 8+ years of experience across FinTech, payment technology, production support, database management, cloud infrastructure, automation, and software delivery. Hands-on across AWS and Microsoft Azure, with strong experience in Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Terraform, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation, Nginx, Python, and Git. Began this path in a FinTech/payments environment at Cellulant, progressing from production and database support into Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and CI/CD.

Currently applying that foundation to cloud infrastructure automation, containerized deployments, and production reliability at Reef Financial Solutions.

DevOps / Cloud Engineer at Reef Financial Solutions Ltd (2022-03 – Present)

• Provision, configure, secure, and operate infrastructure across AWS and Azure, managing mongoro production environments/servers.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning with Terraform (Infrastructure-as-Code), reducing environment setup time by 50%.
• Build reusable Ansible playbooks and roles for server configuration, application deployment, and Docker installation, cutting manual configuration time by 60%.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines across Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps, supporting mongoro application deployments per week/month.
• Build and support containerized applications using Docker and Docker Compose; work with Kubernetes/Amazon EKS for container orchestration.
• Configure and troubleshoot Nginx as a web server and reverse proxy for production applications serving mongoro users/requests.
• Deploy and support Python/Flask applications in Linux-based cloud environments.
• Implement and troubleshoot AWS networking (VPCs, subnets, security groups, routing) and manage core AWS services: EC2, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, RDS, Route 53, ECS, EKS, Lambda.
• Lead incident investigation and root cause analysis, reducing recurring incidents by 50% and improving mean time to resolution.
• Produce technical documentation, deployment procedures, and troubleshooting guides adopted across the team.

DevOps Engineer at Toronet (2022-01 – 2022-05)

• Developed Azure DevOps and GitLab CI/CD pipelines for multi-environment deployments, supporting torenet releases.
• Automated application build, testing, and deployment processes, reducing deployment time by 40%.
• Supported Infrastructure as Code initiatives using cloud automation tools.
• Partnered with development teams to improve release management and deployment consistency.

DevOps / Software Technical Support Engineer at Cellulant Nigeria Limited (2017-08 – 2021-12)

• Provided production and application support in a FinTech/digital payments environment supporting tingg transactions/day where uptime and data integrity were business-critical.
• Managed and supported Oracle and MySQL database environments, resolving connectivity and application-to-database failures.
• Used Docker and Kubernetes to containerize and orchestrate applications, and Jenkins to automate CI/CD workflows.
• Investigated application, database, infrastructure, and deployment failures; analyzed logs to identify recurring operational issues.
• Participated in incident response and root-cause analysis, contributing to a 60% reduction in repeat incidents.
• Maintained technical documentation and troubleshooting procedures that improved support team efficiency.

Linux Technical Support at Skolak Resources (2017-01 – 2017-08)

• Administered Linux servers and Oracle Virtual Machines; configured and maintained Sendmail services.
• Performed server troubleshooting, kernel tuning, and log analysis.
• Developed Bash scripts to automate routine administration tasks, saving 20 hours/week.

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Physics Electronics – Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria (2011 – 2011)