Claude Appiah-koffi
DevOps, Linux & Cloud Engineer
+1-402-***-**** *****************@*****.*** Omaha, Nebraska Self-motivated and performance-driven Linux, Cloud Engineer, and DevOps with 5 (five) years of experience providing Critical System Administration and Cloud management
(AWS) Solutions. I have practical skills with interesting technologies, tasks including building and supporting web applications solutions based on Linux/Unix. Responsible for automating that fuses software development and IT operations. In doing so, it shortens the system development life cycle and allows teams to continuously deliver (CI/CD) secure, high-quality software.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
CI/CD PIPELINES TOOLS
• Containerization : Docker, Docker Hub
• Version Control system : Git, GitHub
• Documentation : Confluence
• Languages : Bash Shell Scripting
• Continuous inspection of code quality : SonarQube
• CI/CD Tools : Jenkins, Ansible, Nexus
• SQL : MYSQL
• Ticketing Tools : JIRA
• Infrastructure as code : Terraform
• Micro services management Tool : Kubernetes
• Troubleshooting
CLOUD Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Route 53 AMIs VPC EC2 RDS EFS EBS S3 Buckets Elastic Beanstalk
• CloudWatch SNS Lambda CloudFront Autoscaling Security Group Load Balancers
OPERATING SYSTEM
• Amazon Linux AMI, CentOS, Alpine, Ubuntu, Debian, Vagrant SKILLS
Ability in administering Linux cluster System.
High knowledge of Linux top level directory structure, Computer Network and Configuration
Proficient with various development, build, testing management and deployment tools.
Strong experience in CI/CD pipelines
Ability to effectively communicate with peers and stakeholders.
Proven analytical, presentation and communication skills.
Experience in installation and configuration of most of CI/CD pipelines tools
Flexible to fit to different work schedules and quick learner to understand new work streamlines.
Experience in problem solving with well-developed analytical Skills.
Excellent troubleshooting Skills,
Experience managing application deployed using Docker containers.
Strong Skills in file manipulation using VI or VIM
Experience in creating, configuring and maintaining infrastructure on AWS Cloud Services
Commitment to continuous learning/education both on and off the job to further enhance and develop Skills and expertise.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Cloud DevOps Engineer, iCare Medical January 2020 – Present
Building CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, SonarQube, Ansible
Adding Dockerfiles, JenKinsfiles, creating images and storing it in AWS ECR
Identifying and implementing optical cloud-based solutions for our clients.
Plan and deliver infrastructure transformations and migrations by creating, implementing, and supporting scalable, high performing cloud solutions.
Build servers using AWS: importing volumes, launching EC2, RDS, creating security groups, auto-scaling, load balancers (ELB) in the defined virtual private connection.
Leverage AWS cloud services such as EC2, auto-scaling and VPC to build secure, highly scalable, and flexible systems that handle expected and unexpected load bursts.
Involved in designing and deploying applications using AWS stack (EC2, Route 53, S3, RDS, SNS, IAM) while focusing on high availability.
Involved in AWS architectural design to provision the AWS resources.
Work with development to build automation for managing the life cycle of cloud services.
Configure, monitor, and automate Amazon Web services. Linux System administration, DR financial Services January 2018 – December 2019
Installing, configuring, updating, and removing system and application software
Planning and executing maintenance on UNIX/Linux Systems, including deployment of new operating system releases Layers 2 (Middleware) components
Working on Docker engine to create and use containers.
Incident management: Resolve single and cross technology incidents independently, work with team members to resolve unusually complex or cross technology incidents.
Creating user profiles, managing user permissions and groups
Using Bash Shell Scripting to schedule and automate processes including full and incremental backups.
Troubleshooting Linux server and Operating System issues
Working closely with other development and operation teams to understand complex product requirements and translate them into automated solutions. Cybercafé manager February 2013 - November 2017
Cybercafe Dieu la gloire, Lomé-Togo
Assisting people on internet access
Troubleshooting Microsoft office and windows issues EDUCATION
Bachelor’s degree in international economy – University of Lomé (TOGO) Languages: English, French