Prisca Akondi
Takoma Park, MD ***** 240-***-**** ad31j7@r.postjobfree.com
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www.linkedin.com/in/prisca-akondi-966a5a225
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Cloud Engineer DevOps Engineer Detail-oriented, experienced, and passionate professional, seeking to apply acquired knowledge on AWS cloud computing services to provide businesses with the most innovative, scalable, highly available, secure, cost-effective, and fault-tolerant system. Looking forward to implementing the most recent technology on their IT infrastructure, operations, and applications on the AWS cloud platform. Critical thinking DevOps Engineer with extensive understanding of high availability architecture and concepts. Purpose-driven professional with capacity to be strong team player plus work effectively independently. Respectful self-motivator gifted at finding reliable solutions for software issues. Experienced in CICD and spunk, Datadog, cloudwatch and offering skills in Git and ansible. Fluent in English and accustomed to working with cross-cultural, global teams. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
SKILLS
Python
Kubernetes
AWS
VPN
VPC
Senior
Cloud engineer
Solutions Architect
Oracle cloud
SQL
Terraform
Cloud formation
DevOps
CI/CD
Ansible
Windows
Linux
Oral
Communication
Leadership
Strong interpersonal skills
Demonstrated critical thinking
Azure
Or other cloud environment
NoSQL
Application architectures - 3 tier
Jira
Confluence
ServiceNow
Infrastructure as Code
Automation scripting using Python
PowerShell
API
SaaS
Network
Compute
Storage
EC2
ELB
RDS
Route53 & S3
IaaS
PaaS & SaaS
AWS Control Tower
AWS Organization
AWS Systems Manager
AWS CloudWatch
AWS CloudFormation
Jenkins
Artifactory
Git
Bash
AWS Platform: VPC, EC2, ELB, RDS, S3, Route 53, CloudFront, AWS Auto Scaling Groups
Cloud Orchestration/Automation: Have developed working competencies in AWS CloudFormation, AWS Lambda, AWS Systems Manager, AWS SSM Parameter Store, Terraform.
Identity and Access Management: AWS Organization, AWS IAM, AWS AD Connector, Active Directory, AWS Workspaces, AWS Secrets Manager.
Governance and Compliance: AWS Config Rules, AWS Organization, AWS Control Tower, AWS Trusted Advisor, AWS Well Architected Tool, AWS Budgets, AWS License Manager.
Monitoring and Event Management: AWS CloudWatch (Events and Logs), AWS SNS, AWS SQS.
AWS Security: AWS Security Hub, AWS Guard Duty, AWS Shield, AWS Firewall Manager, AWS Inspector.
Network: VPC, VGW, TGW, CGW, IGW, NGW
Programming Languages and File Types: Python, Bash, JSON, YML
WORK HISTORY
DEVOPS ENGINEER/ ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT 09/2022 to CURRENT
Infosys Richardson, TX
Designed secured, cost optimized, highly available and fault tolerant infrastructure in AWS
Architected and configured Dev/Stage/QA environments in AWS (VPC, subnets, security groups, EC2 instances, load balancer, RDS, route53, etc
Implemented security best practices in AWS including multi factor authentication, access key rotation, role-based permissions, enforced strong password policy, configured security groups and NACLs, S3 bucket policies and ACLs, etc
Optimized cost through reserved instances, selection and changing of EC2 instance types based on re-source need, S3 storage classes and S3 lifecycle policies, leveraging Autoscaling etc
Leveraged EC2 Create Snapshot API call to create snapshots of EBS Volumes on scheduled intervals
Configured CloudWatch alarm rules for operational and performance metrics for our AWS resources and applications
Setup and configured logs files for detail monitoring and alerts notification when changes are made
Monitoring from end-to-end view of runtime systems CPU, Memory Usage, disk space and Storage Deployed and configured infrastructure using Terraform and CloudFormation Conducted periodic capacity planning assessments to predict infrastructure needs and scale resources accordingly
Implemented and maintained secure FTP, SSH, and SSL configurations, safeguarding data transmission
Evaluated diverse organizational systems to identify workflow, communication, and resource utilization issues
Compiled research data and gave professional presentations highlighting finds and recommended optimizations
Conducted thorough reviews of operations to devise and deploy improvement strategies
Delivered outstanding service to clients to maintain and extend relationship for future business opportunities
Supported clients with business analysis, documentation, and data modeling
Integrated technology and business operations to identify targeted solutions to customer issues
Implemented practices and procedures to reduce expenditures and increase savings
Automated system e-commerce features to improve client sales
Managed multiple deadlines across several businesses to meet dynamic needs of multiple clients
Collaborated with teams to define, strategize, and implement marketing and web strategies
DEVOPS ENGINEER / CLOUD ENGINEER 05/2020 to 09/2022
LIFEMATTERS LLC Silver Spring, MD
Architected high availability environment with auto scaling in conjunction with S3 as storage and route 53 as DNS.
Utilized Docker to containerize applications, leading to a more scalable and portable infrastructure.
Securely deployed MySQL Primary DB and it read replica in private subnet with Muti AZ for disaster recovery and best practice.
Configured and maintained monitoring and alerting solutions with Prometheus and Grafana, enabling proactive issue identification and faster incident response.
Utilized Helm charts to streamline application deployment and management processes.
Migration of high availability webservers and databases to AWS EC2 and RDS with minimum or no downtime Developed automation scripts in Python and Bash to streamline repetitive tasks, resulting in improved team efficiency
Ensured data recoverability by automating systems snapshot, AMIs, RDS Replicas and application-level backups
Conducted load testing and fine-tuned Istio configurations to ensure service mesh scalability and reliability
VPC build with Private and Public Subnet based on requirements, for example Internet Gateways, NAT Implemented node selectors and affinity rules to optimize resource allocation and improve application performance
Set up and maintained Amazon ECR repositories for efficient container image management and distribution
VPC peering with other Accounts allowing access and routing to service and users of separate account to communicate
Aide setup for and configured for logs files detail monitoring and alerts notification using AWS CloudWatch and CloudTrail Successfully leveraged Auto scaling groups to right-size EC2 pools to match the level of demand and helped to manage costs by eliminating excess capacity to maintain optimal level of resources Used EC2 Lifecycle Manager to create snapshots of EBS Volumes on scheduled intervals for backup and define a retention period as a cost saving measure Applied security best practices in AWS including multi factor authentication, access key rotation, role-based permissions, enforced strong password policy, configured security groups and NACLs, S3 bucket policies and ACLs Troubleshot system issues ranging from booting, network, firewalls, and disaster recovery using rescue & single user mode
setup and configuration of Istio service mesh to manage microservices communication and observability.
Security groups configured and locked down to the various authorized subnet and IP addresses in AWS.
CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER/ DEVOPS ENGINEER 01/2017 to 04/2020
CITI BANK MD, MD
Designed secured, cost optimized, highly available and fault tolerant infrastructure in AWS
Architected and configured Dev/Stage/QA environments in AWS (VPC, subnets, security groups, EC2 instances, load balancer, RDS, route53, etc
Setup and configuration of Istio service mesh to manage microservices communication and observability.
Implemented security best practices in AWS including multi factor authentication, access key rotation, role-based permissions, enforced strong password policy, configured security groups and NACLs, S3 bucket policies and ACLs, etc.
Optimized cost through reserved instances, selection and changing of EC2 instance types based on re-source need, S3 storage classes and S3 lifecycle policies, leveraging Autoscaling etc.
Leveraged EC2 Create Snapshot API call to create snapshots of EBS Volumes on scheduled intervals
Configured CloudWatch alarm rules for operational and performance metrics for our AWS resources and applications
Managed Kubernetes clusters, scaling applications, and implementing rolling updates to maintain high availability and optimize resource utilization
Worked closely with engineering teams to ensure compliance with network policies and industry standards
Setup and configured logs files for detail monitoring and alerts notification when changes are made
Monitoring from end-to-end view of runtime systems CPU, bandwidth, disk space and log files Deployed and configured infrastructure using Terraform and CloudFormation
CERTIFICATIONS
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
AWS DevOps Professional
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Collaborated with team of 12 in the development of CICD project.
Documented and resolved Automated CICD deployment of servers using Docker, Kubernetes and AWS. which led to smooth deployment
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science Computer Science 10/2010
University of Buea, Cameroon
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