CERTIFIED ORACLE/AWS/AZURE DEVOPS/CLOUD ENGINEER

PERFORMANCE TUNING & OPTIMIZATION RECOVERY PROCEDURES HIGH AVAILABILITY

* ***** ** ********** **** technology consulting. Skilled in Cloud Administration, Cloud Orchestration, and collaborating cross functionally with high impact technical teams in complex, divergent Cloud environments. A proven record of accomplishment of success spearheading complex projects while managing cross-functional resources to drive effectiveness in technology operations. Ability to design high availability application on AWS and AZURE across availability zones, availability regions, and implementing systems that are highly available, scalable, and viable on the AWS and AZURE platform. Adept at developing innovative solutions, procedures, and service standards with an extensive knowledge of Security, identity and Access management, governance & compliance, application delivery, data protection, image and patch management while driving critical business successes.

KEY SKILL OVERVIEW

Experienced with CI (Continuous Integration) and CD (Continuous Deployment) methodologies using Jenkins and Azure DevOps in an Agile Environment.

Proficient in Amazon AWS and Azure Cloud Administration which includes servers: EC2, S3, EBS, VPC, ELB, Route 53, Auto Scaling, Security Groups, Redshift, CloudFormation, ARM Template, Logic App, Service Bus, Event Grid, Event Hub, Key Vault, App Service, Azure Sql Server etc.

Skilled using Amazon AWS API tools like: Linux Command line, AZ.

Adept configuration management harnessing Ansible; capturing the entire "Infrastructure as Code" using tools Terraform, and Packer.

Experience in design Extraction and Replication Components.

Gifted Designing and implementing container managed unit and integration test framework using Jenkins, Maven, Git, JIRA, VMWare Fusion, Docker and Ansible.

Experienced with container-based deployments using Docker, working with Docker images, Docker hub and Docker registries.

Competent deploying the code through web application servers like WebLogic, Apache Tomcat.

Strong utilization of scripting languages Bash, Shell, YML and JSON configuration

Extensive experience in designing, implementing, and managing cloud solutions across various platforms, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure.

Proficient in identifying performance bottlenecks and implementing solutions to improve resource utilization and reduce latency.

Skilled in utilizing cloud-native tools and third-party solutions to monitor, analyze, and fine-tune cloud environments.

Design and implement cloud architecture enhancements to optimize resource utilization and scalability.

TECHNICAL PROFILE

Application Delivery: Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Docker, Maven

AWS Management Tools: AWS Service Catalog, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CloudTrail, AWS Config, AWS Systems Manager, AWS CloudWatch, Azure Event Grid, Azure Even Hub

AWS/AZURE Platform: AWS CloudFormation Systems Manager, S3, VPC, EC2, ELB, RDS, SNS, Route53, CloudFront, Service Catalog, AWS Auto Scaling, CloudWatch, Azure Logic App, Service Bus, App Service, Event grid, Event Hub, Azure SQL Server, Windows Azure, Windows Server

AWS/AZURE Security: AWS Security Hub, AWS Guard Duty, AWS Shield, AWS Firewall Manager, AWS Inspector, etc.

Cloud Orchestration/Automation: AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, AWS Lambda, AWS Systems Manager, AWS SSM Parameter Store, Ansible, Packer, Docker, ECS, EKS, ECR

Governance & Compliance: AWS Config Rules, AWS Organization, AWS Control Tower, AWS Trusted Advisor, AWS Well Architected Tool, AWS Budgets, AWS License Manager, etc.

Identity & Access Management: AWS Organization, AWS IAM, Azure Active Directory etc.

Monitoring & Event Management: AWS CloudWatch (Events & Logs), AWS SNS, Azure Monitor, ELK Stack

Network: VPC, VGW, TGW, CGW, IGW, NGW, Azure VNET, Private Endpoint etc.

OS Environments: Windows, Mac, Linux/Unix managements skills

Programming Languages: Bash, JSON, YML,

Database: Oracle, MS Sql Server.

Version Control: Git

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

KPMG, Washington, DC

Sr Cloud Engineer Mar 2020 – Present

Develop and leverage baseline and custom guardrails, policies, centralized policy enforcement, tagging policies and a well architected multi account environment.

Collaborated with clients to define cloud migration strategies, assess existing on-premises environments, and create detailed project plans, resulting in successful cloud adoption for various clients.

Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines for clients using Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and GitHub Actions, accelerating software development and deployment cycles.

Key driver for serverless architecture with Lambda integrated with SNS, CloudWatch logs and other AWS services.

Harness automated DevOps tools deployment and Blue-green deployment patterns and strategies; configure CI/CD Pipelines using Jenkins connected to GitHub and build environments (Dev, stage & Prod)

Implement AWS Organization to centrally manage multiple AWS accounts including consolidated billing and policy base restrictions; Implement IAM best practices and role base access control.

Implement Control Tower Preventive and Detective guardrails and leveraged Account Factory, integrated with Lambda for new AWS account creation and setup.

Setup Ansible control and slave nodes and developed playbooks to automation configuration of servers across environments; Design secured, cost optimized, highly available and fault tolerant infrastructure in AWS.

Collaborate across multiple functional and technical teams to deliver an Agile-based project.

Work with clients to meet business needs and solve problems using the cloud.

Designed and deployed cloud infrastructure for clients, optimizing cost-efficiency and performance.

Work with developers, architects, system administrators and other stakeholders to architect and configure Dev / Stage / QA and Prod environments in AWS (VPC, subnets, Security groups, EC2 instances, load balancer, Database, Redis, Route53, etc.).

Design and implement end-to-end Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using both Jenkins and AWS pipeline.

Automate the deployment and testing of resources using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, YML and Arm Template) through pipelines using DevOps principals, allowing customers to rapidly build, test, and release code while minimizing errors.

Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to identifying and resolving performance issues.

Assessed and enhanced cloud security postures through the implementation of identity and access management (IAM), network security groups (NSGs), security groups, and monitoring solutions.

Managing Azure DevOps build and release pipeline. Setting up new repos managing the permission for various GIT branches, Deployed microservice, including provisioning Azure environment.

Develop PowerShell scripts and ARM templates to automate the provisioning and deployment process.

Troubleshoot and identify performance, connectivity and other issues for the applications hosted in Azure platform.

Collaborated with vendors and evaluated new cloud services and technologies to optimize infrastructure and reduce costs.

Utilized cloud monitoring and logging solutions such as AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, and ELK Stack to proactively identify and address performance issues.

Conducted regular security assessments, implemented IAM policies, and integrated security best practices, enhancing the security posture of cloud environments.

Leveraged containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes to containerize applications, enabling portability across multi-cloud environments.

Developing automated process for code build and deployment using Jenkins, Maven, Sonar type Nexus, Shell Script, Perl and java.

Implemented and managed CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and AWS Code Pipeline, automating code builds, testing, and deployments.

Spearheaded the design and deployment of scalable and highly available cloud solutions on AWS and Azure, ensuring optimal performance and cost-efficiency.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define cloud architecture standards, best practices, and governance policies.

Orchestrated complex infrastructure as code (IAC) using Terraform and ARM templates, reducing provisioning time by 70% and enhancing infrastructure consistency.

Conducted performance assessments and provided recommendations for enhancing application and system performance.

PC CONNECTION, Merrimack, NH

Platform/DevOps Engineer Apr 2017 – Mar 2020

Configure user accounts for Development, Test, Pre-Production (UAT) and Production environments.

Migrate multiple applications, servers, and databases from on premise to AWS cloud using migration services like Server Migration Service (SMS), Database Migration Service (DBMS) and Cloud Endure.

Build and configure a virtual data center in the AWS Cloud by provisioning a Virtual Private Cloud, Public and Private Subnets, Security Groups, NACL’s, Route Tables and Elastic Load Balancers.

Build AWS Cloud Formation templates from scratch to create multi region web applications and databases.

Develop enterprise level microservices architectures and implemented containers in AWS using ECS and complementary services including integration patterns with container-based workloads in AWS.

Experience working in Agile Scrum Software Development Lifecycle with respect to delivery operations, functional and technical specifications, development, testing and maintenance.

Configure and monitor Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery using open-source tools and services such as Jenkins, SonarQube, Nexus, Mavens and Ansible.

Spearheaded the design and implementation of continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, resulting in a 90% increase in deployment efficiency and a 50% reduction in deployment failures.

Collaborated with development teams to automate deployment processes, including containerization with Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes, ensuring seamless application scalability and high availability.

Profusely worked on version control tools GIT, clear case to track changes made by different people in source code involving concept like Branching, Merging and Tags.

Managed infrastructure as code (IAC) using tools such as Terraform and Ansible, reducing provisioning time by 70% and enhancing infrastructure consistency across environments.

Perform patching and upgrading multiple Development, Test and Production environment databases using services such as System Manager Maintenance Window.

Maintained and optimized AWS cloud infrastructure, including EC2 instances, VPCs, RDS databases, and S3 buckets, resulting in 50% cost savings through resource right sizing and reserved instance management.

Designed and architected self-healing, secured, highly available and fault tolerant infrastructure in AWS.

Solutioned VPCs for various environments including NAT Gateways, VPC Peering and Transit Gateways

Conducted regular security audits and vulnerability assessments, implementing security best practices, and enhancing system resilience against potential threats.

Monitored system performance and implemented proactive measures to ensure 99.9% uptime, utilizing tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack for log analysis.

Collaborated with development and QA teams to streamline the release process, resulting in a 70% reduction in release cycle time.

Major focus on configuration, SCM, Build/Release Management, infrastructure as a code (IAC) and as an Azure DevOps operation production and cross platform environment.

Worked closely with security teams to align performance optimizations with security requirements.

Created and delivered performance optimization training for internal teams and clients.

Conducted performance assessments and provided recommendations for enhancing application and system performance.

Implemented scaling strategies to ensure the system could handle increased loads without performance degradation.

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, Dallas, TX

Oracle Database Administrator May 2015 – Apr 2017

Incorporated SQL TRACE, TKPROF, EXPLAIN PLAN utilities for optimizing and tuning SQL queries.

Managed Datacenter Migration from old datacenter to new datacenter and migrated and upgraded single instance database to instance databases using export/import, data pump.

Analyzed data migration from databases to new systems, managed user account on Oracle 11g/12c to 19C RAC and Oracle 12.1.0.2 and 19c databases.

Assessed customer needs and goals through communication and system evaluations to modify existing databases for personalized customization with a 24/7 support.

Implemented enterprise databases on enterprise Storage Solutions utilizing Storage area Networks (SAN) and Network attached storage (NAS).

Facilitated database and application tuning, interface for application testing and code walk through respective to integrating new or changed applications into the production environment.

Directed the data integrity and security using integrity constraints and database triggers while performing space management, capacity planning, disaster recovery and overall maintenance of the databases.

Planned, engineered, configured, and deployed USER MANAGEMENT and SPACE MANAGEMENT solutions while supporting software that grants required privileges to users.

Administered data analysis and database management for Oracle systems including applications upgraded and scheduled. RMAN backups, purge jobs, Maintenance Jobs using DBMS_JOBS, DBMS_SCHEDULER, Crontab and $UNIVERSE.

Guided 24/7 network troubleshooting on 12 databases of 2.0 TB 4 Node production 10g,11g,12c and 19c RAC, restoring routine technical service and equipment problems by analyzing, identifying, and diagnosing faults.

Pioneered Logical backups EXPDP/IMPDP and persuaded conventional EXP/IMP for migrating data from 10G to 12c.

Oracle HA Stack: Install, Configure, Setup, Maintain and Support Oracle 11gR1, 11gR2, 12c and 19C RAC, Physical and Logical Standby database for Test, Development and Production for home-developed applications.

Monitored and troubleshot database issues with OEM grid control and advised database recovery using GRP (Guarantee Restore Point).

Created data verification and testing methods to resolve Golden Gate issues and prevent glitches/gaps.

Created and delivered performance optimization training for internal teams and clients.

Configured, analyzed, and maintained Oracle 12c Data Guard system for our clients.

EDUCATION

B.S. Political Science and Public Administration University of Benin, Benin, Edo State, Nigeria

TECHNICAL CERTIFICATIONS

Advance Technology Certification Maryland NOV 2013

CLOUD COMPUTING: AWS Certified Solutions Architect (SAA), AWS Certified Solution Professional (SAP), AWS Certified Developer - Associate (DVA-C01), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Azure Administrator.

DATABASE MANAGEMENT: SQL Fundamentals, Oracle Certified Associate, Oracle Certified Professional, Oracle Autonomous Database, Microsoft SQL Server 2012/ 2014, Oracle Database Administration 1 (1Z0-082).

Bowie, MD 20716

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