EMMANUEL EBOLUM
Texas, United States
********@*****.*** +1-469-***-****
http://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuel-ebolum
OVERVIEW:
Performance driven, dynamic and research oriented DevOps Professional with substantial experience in automation of software delivery. Stellar track record of implementing CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins with cross-functional teams. Instrumental in planning, execution, deploying, securing and monitoring of micro-services applications in AWS using Docker for containerization and Kubernetes for deployment. Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills for building and maintaining trusted relationships with teams, management, clients and stakeholders.
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
●Have hands-on experience supporting, automating, optimizing application deployment in AWS using CI/CD pipeline.
●Hands-on experience on deployment of production ready Kubernetes cluster (EKS) in AWS.
●Experience in AWS services.
●Hands on experience with configuration and build management tools such as Git, Jenkins, Ansible and Terraform.
●Kubernetes troubleshooting
●Deploying reusable infrastructure using terraform
●Great team player and leader, always at the forefront of researching and proffering solutions to complex projects.
●Continuous learner always ready to learn and try new innovations for greater efficiency.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Kubernetes Jenkins CI/CD AWS Services Nginx Ingress Sonarqube Docker/DockerHub Git/GitHub Prometheus and Grafana Terraform Ansible Elastic Stack Helm New Relics GitOps
SOFT SKILLS
Attention to Detail Problem Solving Excellent Communication Team Oriented Interpersonal Skill Conflict Resolution
EXPERIENCE:
DevOps Engineer
JPS Health Network May 2017 – Present
●Together with DevSecOps and Systems Admins and Developers, I have pioneered launching of several kubernetes clusters with all that is needed to run highly available, secure and scalable deployment.
●Leveraged the use of Karpenter to drastically reduce the cost of production in kubernetes by running workloads on spot instances.
●Introduced the use of Ec2 spot fleet plugin in Jenkins pipeline thereby reducing downtime due to low system memory as well as reducing the cost of running pipelines.
●Automated CI/CD through the use of Ansible as automation between the jenkins pipeline, docker and kubernetes cluster.
●Leveraged various AWS resources like VPCs, IAM, etc in securing production environment
●Have directly mentored more than 10 DevOps engineers.
●Championed the implementation of GitOps and Git best practices in various teams.
●Have onboarded countless number of projects.
●Together with infrastructure teams, have configured reusable infrastructure using terraform custom modules hence running infrastructure as a code.
●Leveraged blue/green deployment and weighted DNS routing with Route53 to migrate application from self managed kubernetes cluster to EKS hence reducing cost of production.
Jr. DevOps Engineer
Dominion Systems Jan. 2016 - April, 2017
●Interacted with different development teams to provide support in deployment activities
●Leveraged various AWS resources to minimize cost of application production.
●Assisted in securing, monitoring, and auditing of cloud infrastructure
●Assisted in designing, architecting and formulating solution for internal security of projects
●Provisioned Multi-regional VPCs with private and public subnets on AWS.
Technical Support Engineer
Servers, Routers & Switches Inc. Feb. 2011 - Dec. 2015
●Configuration and Networking of On-Prem Servers, Switches and other equipment
●Consultation on subsequent site requirements of switches sizes and number of Drops, etc.
●Smart hands for Network Operations, Help desk for Remote sessions
●Installation (Rack and Stack) of Servers and Switches at Data centers
●Systems upgrade: replacing Batteries, Drives, Boards and Storage maintenance
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science Austin Peay State University Clarksville, Tennessee
Masters Business Administration Cumberland University Lebanon, Tennessee