Devops Engineer Cloud

Usmanu Achu

Cloud DevOps Engineer

Email: ad5p00@r.postjobfree.com Contact: +1-240-***-****

SUMMARY

As a skilled Cloud DevOps Engineer with 8+ years of experience, I am committed to delivering robust and scalable solutions for complex cloud infrastructures. My expertise lies in designing and implementing cloud architectures, automating processes, and ensuring high availability and reliability of critical systems. I have a deep understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS and a proven track record of successful cloud migrations, deployments, and optimizations. With strong skills on infrastructure as code tools like Terraform and cloudformation, I have implemented numerous CI/CD pipelines and automation workflows, reducing deployment times and increasing productivity. I possess excellent communication and collaboration skills, working effectively with cross-functional teams, and providing technical guidance to stakeholders. As a driven individual, I am always eager to learn new technologies and methodologies to stay ahead of the curve.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

•AWS Cloud: Ec2, Bastion Host, Load Balancing, EFS, VPC, RDS, S3, Glacier, IAM, Kinesis, CloudFront, Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, Cloud Formation, DynamoDB, Aurora, Memcached, Lambda, Route53, SNS, SQS, API Gateway, Elastic cache, Redshift, Document DB, ASG, WAF, Shield, AWS Config.

•Monitoring Tools: Data sync, STC, DMS, SMS, AWS Discovery services, DR strategies, Migration Hub

•DevOps/CICD Tools: GitHub, Code Commit, Code Pipeline, Code Build, Code Deploy, ECR, EKS, ECS, SSM (systems manager), Terraform, Harness, GitHub Actions, Git, Bitbucket, Maven, Kubernetes, Ansible and Docker.

•Migration Tools: Data sync, STC, DMS, SMS, AWS Discovery services, DR strategies, Migration Hub

•Networking Tools: CIDR Block range, VPC Subnets, switches, Routers, transit gateway, VPC endpoint, VPC peering, Site to Site VPN, direct connect, VPG, NACLS, Bastion Host, Subnetting

•Databases: MYSQL, Dynamo DB, Amazon Aurora.

•Scripting Languages: Python, YAML, JSON, BASH Scripting

•AWS Organization user management: SSO with OKTA, Cognito, AWS Organizations, Control Tower, AWS manage AD, STS.

•Ticketing tools: Jira (agile/scrum methodology)

•Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Ubuntu, Red hat, Centos

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS

Presbyterian University of Cameroon

•Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science.

•Aws Solutions Architect

•Terraform 003 Certification

•AWS Devops associates

•Msc in Progress

WORK EXPERIENCE

Accenture – Arlington, VA

Cloud DevOps Engineer – 02/2020 - Present

•Hands on experience in Harness typically creating and managing delivery pipelines using the Harness platform. This involves defining the stages, tasks, and automation steps required to move code from development to production.

•Successfully Implement a complete multi-tier architecture on AWS using terraform.

•Set up and managed AWS resources for a complete CI/CD pipeline to effectively ship a web application to AWS cloud using CloudFormation

•Provision Kubernetes cluster with pods, replica set, deployments and service

•Designed and implemented multi-tier system architecture with AWS cloud using cloud best practices. Developed and documented security guardrails for AWS Cloud environments.

• I have solid experience working with the Open Policy Agent (OPA) and its associated Policy Language (Rego).

•Employed AWS control tower to automate the setup of new landing zones using AWS best practices blueprints for federated access, identity, and account structure on migration projects.

•Employed AWS Organizations to centrally manage, secure, and audit across accounts environments; also, centrally managed permissions across organizational units and multiple AWS accounts as per Service control policies.

•Managed cloud network infrastructure through Amazon Virtual Private Cloud to provide a safe, secure, and private network. Implemented security best practices in AWS, including multi-factor authentication, access key rotation, encryption using KMS, firewalls- security groups and NACLs, S3 bucket policies and ACLs, and DDOS attacks mitigation.

•Grant users access to AWS resources using ADFS and Okta through IAM roles

•Work in collaboration with different teams like Devops teams, Customer success Team, architect team, Engineering team to build multiple environments by creating the cloud infrastructure, deploying applications and providing infra level maintenance to all these environments.

•Created automatic start and stop schedules for my Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS instances by using AWS scheduler.

•Defined a methodological standard for tagging individual resources for audit, tracking, and cost analysis.

•Blocked public access to S3 buckets and used bucket policies to verify and restrict access to select AWS principals, encrypting buckets, S3 Versioning, Presigned URLs and S3 Object Lock.

•Configured S3 events to set up automated communication between S3 and other AWS services

•Selected appropriate AWS services to design and deploy a microservice application based on the business requirements

•Scheduled and automated tasks to run on servers using Lambda Functions (Cron jobs).

•Supported our CI/CD pipeline running on code pipeline and ECS.

•Employed GitHub Actions, code builds as a continuous integration tool for automation of our daily process.

•Experience setting up and maintaining automated CICD pipelines using GitHub Actions, maven, docker, GitHub and Git

•Experience with Containers including tools like Docker, Kubernetes, and ECs

•Experience using REST for designing an architectural networked applications

Deloitte – Washington, DC

Cloud Engineer – 01/2016 - 02/2020

•Designed, implemented, and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab, reducing the software development lifecycle by 30%

•Automated infrastructure management tasks using Terraform, Ansible, and Python scripts, resulting in a 50% reduction in deployment time and errors

•Set up and managed Docker and Kubernetes clusters for deploying and scaling microservices in a cloud-native environment

•Implemented AWS security best practices using Identity and Access Management (IAM), Security Groups, and Network Access Control Lists (NACLs) to ensure compliance with industry standards

•Created and maintained documentation for DevOps processes and procedures, ensuring consistency and adherence to best practices

•Set up and manage Docker containers running Java and Node JS applications for deployment into Kubernetes pods. Proposed and developed solutions for application deployments by making use of AWS code pipelines for cost management.

•Set up and managed AWS resources for a complete CI/CD pipeline to effectively ship a web application to AWS cloud using cloudformation

•Provision kubernetes cluster with pods, replica set, deployments and service

•Employed AWS control tower to automate the setup of new landing zones using AWS best practices blueprints for federated access, identity, and account structure on migration projects.

•Employed AWS Organizations to centrally manage, secure, and audit across accounts environments; also, centrally managed permissions across organizational units and multiple AWS accounts as per Service control policies.

•Utilized AWS Application Migration Service to shift applications from on-premise to AWS environment; additionally, used AWS Database Migration Service to migrate a database to AWS with zero downtime.

•Managed cloud network infrastructure through Amazon Virtual Private Cloud to provide a safe, secure, and private network. Implemented security best practices in AWS, including multi-factor authentication, encryption using KMS, firewalls- security groups and NACLs, S3 bucket policies and ACLs, and DDOS attacks mitigation.

•Created automatic start and stop schedules for my Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS instances by using AWS scheduler.

•Designed self-healing architectures by leveraging autoscaling groups, load elastic load balancers, and RDS databases.

•Leverage AWS SSM to automate OS patching

•Designed an E-commerce website using AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway, DynamoDB, Amazon S3, Route 53, Cloud Front and Amazon Cognito User Pool.

Mindtree – Warren, NJ

Desktop Support Specialist – 02/2015- 01/2016

•Provide technical support for over 500 users in a LINUX, Windows and Macintosh environment

•Manage Active Directory user accounts, security groups, and computer objects

•Set up and configure desktops, laptops, printers, and mobile devices for new hires and existing employees

•Troubleshoot and resolve hardware and software issues for end-users via phone, email, remote access tools, and in-person support

•Collaborate with other IT teams and vendors to diagnose and resolve complex issues

•Conduct software installations, updates, and patches to keep systems current and secure

•Monitor and maintain inventory of hardware and software assets

•Develop and update user documentation, knowledge base articles, and standard operating procedures

•Participate in IT projects and initiatives to improve and enhance the company's technology infrastructure.

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