Solutions Architect Aws

Elias Enow Ayukegba

Email: *********@*****.*** Tel: 214-***-****

Career

Certified AWS Solutions Architect with experience also on Azure. Help organizations optimize and implement Cloud Solutions. Have worked on projects migrating Databases, tables and datasets from ON PREM into AWS. Automated the build of code (CI) and deployment (CD) of applications through Jenkins, AWS DevOps tools. Leverage S3 as a staging area for structured, semi-structured and unstructured data. Used ETL tools and AWS services like GLUE, GLUE STUDIO, REDSHIFT, ATHENA. Leverage transform to build secured infrastructure across platforms on Azure and AWS

I possess Excellent communication skills. Worked with developers, Scrum masters and Product owners to fulfill business needs. I am an excellent and flexible team player with the ability to switch roles, handle multiple tasks simultaneously and work in a constantly changing agile environments.

Major strengths include (but not limited to):

Technical Strength

Troubleshooting errors while building cloud infrastructure using Terraform

Manipulate CSV, Parquet data types while loading data into Data warehouse

Writing and editing SQL logic for data migration

Liaise with Product Owner and business on business concepts. dimension and fact tables

Strong problem-solving skills and ability to multi-task and switch roles

Provide technical assistance to development team in the evaluation and build of Data Pipelines

Migrating terabytes of data from on prem Data centers onto aws

AWS Solutions Architect

Migrating Databases from on premise networks into clouds using AWS DMS, SCT through Direct connect (Hadoop ecosystem )

Used s3 as object storage. Expose data with Glue and Athena

Manage clusters, create objects, pods namespaces to run applications with Kubernetes

Runtime Docker containers

Jenkins to deploy applications

Leverage Design Dynamo DB for Apps

Developed Cloud Formation scripts using terraform to build on-demand EC2 instance formation

Designed EC2 instances architecture to meet high availability application architecture

Create instances in VPC and securing them with ACL and security groups

Interact with API endpoints using postman

ACL and security groups

EXPERIENCE

AWS Platform Engineer

Kasasa

2022.01 – 2024-02

Used Terraform, to build infrastructure in AWS

Deploy, manage and troubleshoot clusters in Kubernetes environment

Deploy secured instances in VPC, behind Security groups. IAM, RBAC

Migrated data from legacy applications (BVA MYSQL) (CRM) to S3

Migrating large data sets from Data centers on-prem into aws cloud

Exposed data sitting on s3 buckets with Glue and athena services

Converted data types to match requirement in new Data storage

Built ECDP AWS platforms using Jenkins (CI/CD)

Proficiently managed CI/CD pipeline automation, Jenkins artifacts in Nexus, and deployed artifacts using Ansible on AWS ECS.

Planned and built advanced CI/CD pipelines utilizing tools like AWS Code Pipeline, AWS Code Deploy, Jenkins, and GitLab for automated code deployment across multiple environments.

Integrated CI/CD with Git version control systems, implementing efficient Git branching strategies for code management.

Logged daily jobs into JIRA, created stories and groomed backlog stories

Terraform modules, managing terraform files and making use of terraform provisioners

Maintaining different versions of terraform, migrating code making sure code works in latest terraform versions

Modify and fix terraform versions to make sure code works during and after migration

Used airflow to trace and troubleshoot migration jobs

Ran DAGS to ingest tables into AWS. Airflow

Deploying load balancers for network access and traffic to backend applications

Created SQS to automate jobs in aws

Created release tickets for Data Vault tables built in the Data Warehouse (Redshift)

Created tables in Athena to leverage data in S3

Used postman as a client to interact with api endpoints

Design platforms for IOT data collection and transformation

Proficient in Kubernetes concepts such as Pods, Deployments, Services, etc.

Container security. Using namespaces, security groups to isolate apps

Implementing security measures specific to containerized applications

Experience with Kubernetes orchestration tools like kubectl, Helm, etc

Knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker

Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, Azure for Kubernetes deployment.Securizing Containers (DevOpssec)

Strong Troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in Kubernetes Environments.

Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack

Scripting experience with Bash, Python, or similar languages for automation tasks.

Tools:

Postman

Tello

Gitbucket

Gitlab

IAM (RBAC)

Kubernetes

Terraform

Airflow

Kubectl

AWS Cloud Platform Engineer

Virtusa 2021.01 – 2022-01

Modify legacy on prem code in Terraform, to build data pipelines

Having the right naming convention for files

Working on bad structures terraform files. Avoiding all .tf files put in one single file and named main.tf

Maintaining good terraform file structures providers.tf, variable.tf, ec2.tf

Copy command to load data onto redshift

Implementing security to users and service accounts through IAM (RBAC

Built ECDP AWS platforms using Jenkins (CI/CD)

Logged daily jobs into JIRA, created stories and groomed backlog stories

Worked on Autosys workflows to help broke down target data tables and their dependencies

Migrated workflows from auto sys to Airflow

Leveraging Namespaces, RBAC and services in Kubernestes to build secure applications (DevSecOps)

Logged dependencies of those tables into Confluence and made documents for different departments

Used airflow to trace and trouble migration jobs

Apache airflow for orchestration

Ran DAGS to ingest tables into AWS

Leveraged S3 as a staging area for migration and used Redshift as a data lake

Created SQS to automate jobs in aws

Integrate on prem health check system to work with AWS Cloud Watch (self healing instances

Skills / Technology:

Proficient in Kubernetes concepts such as Pods, Deployments, Services, etc.

Experience with Kubernetes orchestration tools like kubectl, Helm, etc

Knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker

Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, Azure for Kubernetes deployment.

Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in Kubernetes environments.

Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack

Scripting experience with Bash, Python, or similar languages for automation tasks.

Glue and Athena

HDFS

Jenkin/ Jules

IAC Terraform

Intelli J IDEA Python

AWS IAM

Midas / looker

Confluence

DIVERSANT/BOA (Contract) 2019.06 – 2021-01

AWS\ AZURE Security architect \ Solutions Architect

Help tenants onboard on AZURE and AWS (EC2) Compute platform

Help various tenants of the AWS shared platform adhere to bank policies

Analyse Standards and Base lines for clouds platforms through governance

Work with a broad variety of tools onboarding Hadoop, SPARK Data analytics platform

implementing Security and compliance for applications through Security groups, namespaces, RBAC (DevSecOps)

Building fault tolerant and scalable applications in private and public VPC

Container security. Using namespaces, security groups to isolate apps

Developed and adopted DevOps Model and CI/CD workflow in integrating Git, Bit Bucket, Maven, SonarQube, Tomcat, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes clusters in automated deployments.

Make sure logging to NAS and Data Base is for authenticated and authorized users

Using Power brokers to give temporary access to users and applications

Active Directory on premise and AAD (Azure)

Working with GIS on change policies at different LLE, DEV, UAT and Production environments

Creating Modules with terraform (IAC).. HCL coding to deploy resources

Identity access management AWS

Implemented network security on clusters, Kubernetes ( INGRESS, EGRESS, ACL)

Network Isolation .Access control through network isolation (LDAP, Active directory)

Ensure that resources are properly tagged

Creating Python environment variables, dictionaries to automate security on IBM spectrum compute platform

Editing python scripts in LLE as part of compliance Governance (Testing environment)

Skills / Technology:

Agile methodology, scrum framework, SAFe environment

Agile Management Tools (JIRA, Visual Studio)

Using skype,Outlook and Webex for meetings

AWS Apache

Spark compute platform

Apache Azure Spark compute platform

Dbaas, Iaas, Paas

Azure

Jupiter Notebooks

Apache Spark

IAC Terraform

Intelli J IDEA Python

AWS IAM

CTG/IBM (Contract) 2017.10 – 2019.05

AWS Solutions Architect (Clouds Migration)

Bentonville,Arkansas

Using IAM Policies and roles with Cloud Formation to build stacks

IOT data collection using kinisis and moving data into S3

Used ETL tools Athena, Glue to extract, transform data on s3, Redshift (Elasticsearch)

Making sure users have right permission to build resources (VPC,IGW,EC2,RDS,ECS) etc

AWS OpsWorks configuration management using Chef and puppet

Building fault tolerant and scalable applications in private and public VPC

Editing Jason and YAML policy templates in Terraform deployments

Installing software on our instances using Metadata in Cloud Formation (LAMP)

Deploy resources using terraform (HCL, Json)

Load data from s3 into Redshift (power to interact with clusters)

Using Cloud Watch to monitor AWS environment

Using Cloud Trail for auditing AWS environment

Using Security Groups and ACL to secure Instances

Deploy Jenkins images using terraform

Coding using HCL terraform

Database Migration Strategies (Homogeneous and Heterogeneous migration)

Using Terraform and Jenkins for infrastructure in a CI/CD environment

Using Kubernetes to automate application deployment (Micro services)

Install and test Kubernetes clusters

Using code commit to version control

Working with automation tools like CHEF, PUPPET,JENKINS

Cloud Front (Catching content for Dynamo DB,RDMS DB) CDN

Leveraging Lamda to run Python codes doing ETL jobs

Debugging Python codes for ETL jobs

Skills / Technology:

Agile Methodology, Scrum framework, SAFe environment

Agile Management Tools (JIRA, Visual Studio)

Deploy Java applications, Micro services (NoSQL, MS SQL DB)

Terraform, Jenkins in a CI/CD environment

Virtual Platforms: Skype for Business, WebEx, GoTo Meeting

Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Access)

Working with automation tools like CHEF, PUPPET,JENKINS

Redshift, S3, Athena… Terraform

Python Scripting (Intelli J IDEA)

Kubernetes

Apache Kafka for Data streaming

Tyson Food Springdale Arkansas 2015.01– 17.08

AWS Solutions Architect / Springdale Arkansas

Work closely with Product owners and Scrum masters in an agile environment

Work in scrum teams to implement security in AWS VPC

Helping the PO in writing accurate user stories and maintaining liaison with Development teams

IAC Leveraged Terraform to deploy resources in AWS

Leveraging CloudFormation to build infrastructure in AWS

Support Development team with deploying applications on AWS

Tracking and reporting application Integration development status and coordinating with Business to provide innovation solutions across diverse business areas

Facilitating discussion, decision making and conflict resolution

Supporting and educating the product owner and team, especially with respect to reviewing and maintaining the product backlog

Implementing security in VPC while leveraging Security Groups, Load balancers in AWS

Leveraged Intellij Iidea to debug python codes both for LLE and production environments

Skills / Technology:

Agile Methodology, Scrum framework

Agile Management Tools (JIRA, QuickSight)

Cloud Formation. Kubernetes, Terraform

Virtual Platforms: Skype for Business, WebEx, GoTo Meeting

Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Access)

Intelli J Idea IDE

Valtech Services, Plano, TX 2012.06–2015.01

Network Enginer

Designed and implemented scalable network solutions to meet business requirements, resulting in improved network performance and reliability

Configured and maintained Cisco routers and switches to ensure optimal network operation

Implemented and maintained network security measures, including access control lists (ACLs), firewalls, and VPNs

Conducted regular network audits and performance monitoring to identify and resolve issues proactively

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to plan and execute network infrastructure upgrades and expansions

Provided technical support and training to junior network engineers and end-user

Skills:

Proficient in configuring and troubleshooting Cisco routers and switches (Cisco Catalyst, Cisco Nexus)

Experience with Cisco IOS, IOS-XE, and NX-OS operating systems

Strong understanding of TCP/IP, OSI model, VLANs, routing protocols (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP), and subnetting

Hands-on experience with network security protocols such as ACLs, VPNs, and Firewalls

Familiarity with network monitoring tools (Wireshark, SNMP)

Knowledge of virtualization technologies (VMware, Hyper-V

Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills

Effective communication and teamwork abilities

Operating Systems:

Rhel 5 & 6, CentOS 5 &6, Ubuntu, x86/x64, Amazon Machine Image (AMIs)

Virtualization: VMware –vCenter, Rhev, KVM

High Availability: Big IP F5, Red Hat Cluster, AWS

Cisco routers, switches and firewalls (Networking, Security)

Configurations on Palo alto firewalls

Hadoop Framework (Hive,Spark, Apache Streams, Phoenix

Certified AWS Solutions Architect

Certified Cloud Practitioner

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