Falonne Ngassam

(***) *** - **** adtvzh@r.postjobfree.com Concord, CA 94521

QUALIFICATIONS

-Qualified for a Cloud Architect/Solutions architect position where I would utilize my knowledge, experiences and skills to grow my career.

-Approaches all work activities with deliberate focus ensuring each task is completed correctly, efficiently and effectively.

ACQUIRED SKILLS

Knowledge in configuring and managing core Amazon Web Services - Identity and Access Management (IAM), Simple Storage Service (S3), Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), Autoscaling, Cloudfront. Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), RDS, Route53, Cloudwatch, Trusted Advisor

Knowledge of AWS well architecture framework and best practices

Experience with version control systems - Git, GitHub

Skilled in server configuration - Amazon Linux, Windows Server 2016 or higher

Acquainted with Infrastructure as a Code tools – CloudFormation, Ansible

Versed with containerization technology – Docker, Kubernetes, EKS

Experience with DevOps tools -Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, ECS

Ansible, GitHub, Git, CloudFormation, CI/CD pipeline, AWS CodeCommit, AWS Code Build, AWS Code Deploy, AWS CodePipeline

Experience customizing, managing, scaling and monitoring, metrics collection and graphing systems.

Ability to build a secure solutions using architectural design principles based on customer requirements and to strategically design well-architected distributed systems that are scalable, resilient, efficient, and fault-tolerant

Basic networking concepts

Basic Linux concepts

Python, Proficient level

Ability to learn fast

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Proven analytical, process improvement and team building, planning and management skills.

Ability to collaborate and work effectively in a distributed team

EXPERIENCE

CloudSpace Consulting, LLC - Manassas, VA

Cloud Engineer September 2020– Present

Creation and Configuration of IAM user accounts and creation of IAM roles

Created AWS Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and security groups lockdown

Participate and lead project in architecting and configuring secure cloud VPC in private and public networks through subnets in AWS Cloud.

Created VPCs and Set up AWS site-to-site VPN connection between data center and AWS

Provide best and cost effective solutions to clients based on-demands

Provide storage solutions according to the requirements of the customers

Created S3 buckets, management of buckets policy

Usage of S3 and Glacier for storage and backup solutions on AWS

Create cloudfront distributions

Designed and deployed cost-efficient, fault-tolerant, and scalable distributed systems on AWS.

Implemented application and infrastructure monitoring and responsiveness using AWS CloudWatch and SNS

Performed auditing of the AWS infrastructure using Trusted Advisor.

Designed, built, deployed, and maintained Infrastructure on AWS using Infrastructure as Code.

Wrote Ansible Playbooks to Manage Configurations of AWS Nodes and Tested Playbooks on AWS instances

Led project to design AWS CloudFormation templates where I created a custom sized VPC, S3, EC2 instance, subnets, to ensure successful deployment of Web applications and database templates

Build and maintained fully automated CI/CD pipelines for code deployment using CodePipeline, CodeCommit, CodeBuild and CloudFormation

Containerized and deployed an Apache web application using the Docker software platform

Create Kubernetes clusters/nodes to run containerized application

Create and used Kubernetes as a container Orchestration tool to run and scale multiple containers

I used LINUX to create files, download files, to create directories, to move files into directories;

I used Linux to copy, rename and delete directories; I also used Linux to modify directories permissions

Safeway Inc. – Bay Point, CA

Bakery Clerk October 2018 – August 2020

Conduct quality tests regularly to check the appearance, taste and quality of the products

Attend to customer's needs, queries and choices. Liaise between the bakery staff and the customers as required

Greet the customers in pleasant tone and in friendly manner

Perform several clerical, accounting and customer service functions, required to manage the routine functions of the bakery.

TANTY FOODS (Yaounde – Cameroun)

Human Resources October 2016 – April 2017

Oversaw the recruiting, hiring and onboarding process of new associates by conducting interviews, and facilitating orientation

Accomplished various human-resource-related activities, including coaching, counseling, benefit explanation and performance optimization.

Assist with global initiatives including performance management and the annual employee engagement survey;

Create, manage, and maintain employee files;

Coordinating associate events.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

AWS Certified Solutions Architect July 2022

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner May 2022

ESSEC at University of Douala

Master’s degree in Human Resources 2015-2018

University of Douala – Cameroon

Master’s degree in Sociology 2013-2015

University of Douala - Cameroon

Bachelor in Sociology 2011-2013

ADDITIONAL

Languages: English / French

Others: Reader, Travel, internet research, IT, Arts

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