DevOps Engineer
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DevOps and IT Engineer with over 9 years of leadership experience in designing innovative business solutions. Proficient with Configuration Management tools and in developing CI/CD pipelines. Demonstrated mastery in evaluating requirements for business application integration and service activation.
Finex Investment, Lagos| Current (since Apr 2019)
Managed development of a robust cloud platform sitting on AWS architecture.
Deployment and configuration of Web Applications: IIS 5.0 and 7.0, Apache on Amazon Web Services
(AWS), Azure Web App, Azure App Service
Infrastructure deployment as code using ARM templates, PowerShell Built and maintained network infrastructure consisting of Windows, Linux and virtual products.
Deployed metrics, logging, and monitoring systems in Kubernetes environment using Prometheus and Grafana.
Managed 100% of existing AWS Cloud environments, automation, monitoring metrics, disaster recovery/backups, and capacity planning.
Built and deployed Docker containers to break up monolithic apps into microservices, improve developer workflow, increase scalability, and optimize speed.
Built, deployed, versioned and configured cloud infrastructure and platforms using open-source infrastructure as code software tools such as Terraform, Ansible.
Version control with GIT & Bitbucket, AWS Code pipelines.
Scripting: Shell, Ant and Python.
Automated multiple servers’ configurations using Ansible.
Configuration of Load Balancer (Internal and External) and using Application Gateway for SSL
Offloading.
Ensure 100% of all project documentation was created and updated, including design, development and deployment documentation.
Solid experience in Linux Administration. (Ubuntu, CentOS).
Finex Investment, Lagos | April 2018 – March 2019
Designed and architected serverless web applications using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB and Security Token Service (STS)
Demonstrated understanding of AWS and Azure data migration tools and technologies, including Storage
Gateway and Routers.
Configuration and troubleshooting of VM, Storage Accounts, Application Gateways, Load Balancers,
VNETS, Subnets.
Ensuring cost-effective service delivery by automating critical processes, including server deployment,
configuration, monitoring, and problem resolution.
Makintouch Consulting, Lagos | Mar 2017 -April 2018
Meet with clients to understand their needs, determine gaps between those and technical functionality, and collaborate with all stakeholders to generate mutually agreeable and advantageous solutions.
Responsible for setting and collaborating on cloud vision; providing thought leadership in cloud infrastructure and cloud services architecture to meet operational objectives for cloud solutions.
Suggested architecture improvements and recommended orchestration process improvements.
Defined cloud network architecture using AWS virtual network (VPC), VPN, and express routes to establish connectivity between on-premise and cloud.
Define cloud security controls for the AWS environment at an Enterprise level for SecOps
Secure network resources through the use of a fully stateful AWS Firewall, Security Group and Web
Application Firewall (WAF).
Assist leadership with the ongoing development of policies and procedures for the purpose of consistent product delivery.
Improved performance of existing software, helping organizations remain agile in the face of changing needs.
Actively manage, improve, and monitor cloud infrastructure on AWS and RDS, including backups,
patches, and scaling
Deployed, automated, maintained and managed AWS cloud-based production systems to ensure the availability, performance, scalability, and security of production systems using AWS Automation, Ansible and Terraform.
Skye Bank, Lagos | Jan 2016 – Feb 2017
Collaborated with Agile teams and helped prioritize and scope feature requests to ensure that the biggest impact features are worked on first
Built and collaborated on extensive test coverage for new features in applications, which also help to reduce customer complaints.
Worked alongside other developers to implement RESTful APIs in Python (Django), which enabled the internal analytics team to increase reporting speed by over 11%
Provided technical support for AWS, Azure IaaS environments, including assessment and implementation of new capabilities.
Using Selenium for unit testing on application infrastructure.
Built internal tools using NodeJS and pupetter.js to automate QA and monitoring of daily tasks web-app for non-banking hall staff.
Tested software for bugs and operating speed, fixing bugs and documenting processes to increase efficiency.
Web App Development and Software Engineering
Soft-Quests Systems Limited | Jan 2014 - Nov 2015
Designed and developed webpages and apps using HTML, AJAX, PHP, Django (Python)
Maintained routine backups, disaster recovery of client’s Web Application
Web and mobile app development.
Web and Java Developer Intern (Freelance)
Stacks Studio, Lagos | June 2013 - Dec 2013
Gathered requirements based on the functionalities required.
Used JSP page to query the database and create Xml.
Included a servlet and a servlet filter for simple generation of PDF's from XML or JSP pages.
Developed prototypes for the application based on the requirements using HTML (TR/TD and DIV concepts) and JavaScript.
Used cascading CSS2 style sheets to control the look and feel.
Deployed the application on WebSphere application server.
Masters of Science: Computational Chemistry
Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom | Mar 2012
