Devops Engineer Solutions Architect

Kelvin Ikponmwosa

Georgia, USA

ad7zvy@r.postjobfree.com 470-***-**** https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuel-k-i-082a15264/ AWS SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT/AWS CLOUD/DEVOPS ENGINEER

PERSONAL STATEMENT

Result oriented AWS Solutions Architect/Cloud & DevOps Engineer with extensive experience in designing, implementing, and managing end-to-end infrastructure solutions on AWS. Skilled in optimising performance, scalability, and resilience while ensuring security and compliance. Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation for automated deployment. Proficient in CICD pipeline development with Jenkins, Ansible, and Linux server administration. Adept at troubleshooting complex server-related issues and delivering efficient, secure, and reliable solutions. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS TECHNICAL SKILLS/TOOLSET

● Project management

● Risk management

● Security

● Cost Optimization

● Teambuilding

● Devops mindset

● Troubleshooting

● Linux System administration

● AWS Infrastructure Design and Implementation,

AWS Cost Optimization and Resource

Management,

● CICD Pipeline Development (Jenkins), Ansible for Configuration Management, DAST,SAST,SCA

● AWS Service Expertise (EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda,

RDS, Route 53, etc.).

● Terraform, AWS CloudFormation (IaC)

● Jenkins, Dockers, Maven, Kubernetes,Helm.

● AWS Code pipeline, Code Commit, Code build,

Code Deploy

● Git/GitHub, Nexus, Prometheus, Grafana

● AWS Cloud Automation: Ansible, SSM

● Security Best Practices and Compliance (CIS,

NIST),

● Networking (VPC, Subnets, Security Groups),

● Disaster Recovery Planning,

● Programming/Scripting(Python“YAML”,

Bash”JSON”)

● Source Code Management (GitHub, AWS

CodeCommit),AWS Code pipeline, Code Commit,

Code build, Code Deploy, Git/GitHub, Nexus,

Prometheus, Grafana

KEY TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cloud Orchestration/ Automation: Ansible, Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Lambda Docker, Kubernetes, AWS Systems Manager (SSM), EKS, GKS

DevOps: GitHub, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Docker, Jenkins, Amazon Code Commit, Code Build, and Code Deploy Migration & Transfer: AWS Migration Hub, AWS Application Migration Service, Server Migration Service, and AWS Snow Family

Identity & Access Management: AWS IAM, Cognito, AWS Secrets Manager, Guard Duty, Amazon Macie, AWS Single Sign-On (SSO)

AWS Security: AWS Security Hub, AWS Inspector, CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs, Security Group, NACLs, WAF & Shield, and AWS Secrets Manager, Firewalls & Log Analysis

Security Scanning and Testing: SAST, DAST, SCA ( SonarQube ) Vulnerability Management: Nessus, OpenVAS

Data Protection: Key Management Service (KMS), AWS Clouds Governance & Compliance: AWS Config Rules, AWS Organization, AWS Control Tower, AWS Trusted Advisor Programming Languages: Bash, Python, JSON, Java, and YAML Networking & Content Delivery: EC2, AMI, VPC, Subnets, Direct Connect, NACL, Security Group, Route53, Elastic Load Balancer, SNS, CloudWatch, CloudFront and Elasticache Management & Governance: AWS Organizations, CloudWatch, Auto Scaling, CloudFormation, Config, CloudTrail, Systems Manager, Trusted Advisor, Control Tower, AWS License Manager Storage: Elastic Block Storage (EBS), Elastic File System (EFS), S3 (Simple Storage Service) Database: DynamoDB, AWS Aurora, Amazon Redshift,Kafka, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Splunk

WORK EXPERIENCE

AWS Cloud Engineer/Solutions Architect

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services April 2021 – Present

● Architected and deployed secure and robust applications on AWS, utilising VPC, IAM, KMS, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, API Gateways, SNS, and Route 53.

● Designed and implemented end-to-end infrastructure solutions on the AWS platform, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and resilience.

● Implemented and maintained robust CICD pipelines using Jenkins, automating the end-to-end build, test, and deployment processes, resulting in 25% faster release cycles and reduced manual errors.

● Utilised Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform and AWS CloudFormation for automated deployment and management of AWS resources, ensuring consistency, repeatability, and version control.

● Spearheaded infrastructure automation initiatives by leveraging Ansible, streamlining configuration management and ensuring scalability.

● Managed and maintained Linux servers in AWS, ensuring optimal performance, security, and reliability for mission-critical applications, consistently resolving complex server-related issues.

● Manage their cloud infrastructure and security configurations programmatically using python

●Implement robust security monitoring and incident response capabilities using python

● Proficiently managed EC2 instances, optimising compute configuration, performance tuning, and automated backups.

● Orchestrated efficient storage solutions using AWS S3, integrating lifecycle policies, multi-region replication, and server-side encryption.

● Administered IAM roles, policies, and groups to ensure secure and least privileged access to AWS services for users and applications.

● Leveraged AWS Lambda for serverless applications and automating AWS services.

● Developed and maintained CloudFormation templates for automated infrastructure provisioning.

● Employed Ansible for configuration management, enabling rapid and consistent application deployment across environments.

● Utilised Terraform to efficiently and safely modify cloud infrastructure.

●Foster collaboration between development, security, and operations teams using Agile

●Quickly identify and remediate security vulnerabilities through automation and continuous monitoring with Agile

● Oversaw networking components, including VPCs, subnets, route tables, and security groups, ensuring isolation, scalability, and secure communication across services.

AWS Cloud Engineer/ DevOps Engineer - PagerDuty Mar 2019 - April 2021 ·

● Design and implement end-to-end Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using both open-source Jenkins and AWS native pipeline, to automate the deployment and testing of resources using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and CloudFormation) through pipelines using DevOps principles, allowing customers to rapidly build, test, and release code while minimising errors

● Use CI/CD pipeline tools like Git/GitHub, Apache Maven, SonarQube, Nexus, AWS CLI, Ansible, and Slack/Jira for project management and continuous feedback Work with clients to meet business needs and solve problems using the cloud native tools and cloud agnostic tools

● Work with developers, architects, system administrators and other stakeholders to architect and configure Dev / Stage / QA and Prod environments with AWS resources like

(VPC, subnets, Security groups, EC2 instances, load balancer, Database, Route53, etc.)

● Work with developers to build, deploy and orchestrate infrastructure using CloudFormation and Terraform

● Setup Ansible control and slave nodes and developed playbooks to automation configuration of servers across environments

● Performed applications installation, upgrades/patches, troubleshooting, maintenance, and monitoring servers

AWS Cloud Engineer - Deloitte Jan 2018 - Mar 2019

● Built and maintained infrastructure as code automation for network and security components and configuration.

● Provided technical mentoring and knowledge transfer to other technology resources.

● Enhanced and maintained Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery pipelines (CI/CD).

● Actively troubleshooted issues during testing and production, ensuring timely resolution and issue prevention.

● Developed security architectures for AWS cloud and built security toolkits for monitoring and protecting cloud infrastructure.

● Designed and implemented robust end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeCommit, and GitHub, resulting in accelerated release times and improved software delivery.

● Leveraged GitHub, Azure Repos, and AWS CodeCommit for source code management and version control.

● Conducted comprehensive code quality analysis using SonarQube, CheckStyle, AWS CodeGuru Reviewer, and Checkov.

● Implemented Docker and Docker Compose for containerization of applications, enhancing deployment speed and environment consistency.

● Utilised Podman as a Docker alternative for secure and rootless container management.

● Conducted regular vulnerability scanning on containerized applications, identifying and mitigating security risks prior to deployment.

● Implemented Sonatype IQ Server for automated vulnerability scanning and policy enforcement.

● Integrated Sonatype IQ Server with Azure DevOps, automating security scans within CI/CD pipelines.

● Implemented distributed builds using multiple agents with different operating systems, improving build throughput and reduce build times.

● Implemented Blue-Green and Canary deployment strategies for quick rollouts and rollbacks.

● Used one-at-a-time and all-at-once deployment processes for critical applications with minimal disruption.

● Implemented secrets management in HashiCorp Vault and AWS Secrets Manager for credential protection.

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS & EDUCATION :

● AWS Solutions Architect Associate and AWS Developer Associate (In View)

● BA, Ambrose Alli University 2004 - 2008

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