CHIDINMA NWAFOR

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PROFILE Dedicated and experienced DevOps Engineer with over five years of industry experience. Adept at software configuration management, risk management, and leading cross-functional teams. Proven ability to provision and support cloud environments, implement CI/CD pipelines, and enhance security configurations. Skilled in a range of DevOps tools and Site Reliability technologies EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Feb 2022 — Present DevOps Engineer, Planview, Inc.

• Provisioned and supported various environments used during the development lifecycle using IaC

(Infrastructure as a Code) such as Terraform to provision Infrastructure in AWS cloud services such as EKS, IAM, ECS, VPC, EC2, S3 bucket.

• Proposed and implemented the migration from monolithic architecture to microservices.

• AWS provisioning via Terraform included defining VPCs, EC2 clusters, Auto-Scaling and Security Polices

/Groups.

• Configured continuous monitoring using Datadog and Splunk.

• Working knowledge of scripting languages such as python and bash.

• Adapted and optimized Ansible playbooks and automation scripts to align with evolving project requirements.

• Setting up Kubernetes cluster, working with pods, Replica sets, Deployments, and Services.

• Configured Docker containers using Docker Images and created Docker images by using Docker files.

• Worked on ticketing tools such as JIRA to track vulnerabilities and requests.

• Configured the Maven Build tool for creating artifacts like war, jar, files which are automated through Jenkins CI (Continuous Integration) and Rundeck processes.

• Demonstrated expertise in version control with GIT and GITHUB, encompassing repository management, change tracking, performance monitoring, and source code security practices.

• Designed and developed APIs and database models using Python to construct responsive web applications, with MYSQL for data querying.

• Proficiently handled the creation and installation of SSL certificates to enhance security measures. Jan 2021 — Feb 2022 Devops Engineer, Kay Express Logistics

• Extensive experience in setting up CI/CD pipelines in AWS and AZURE using tools such as Jenkins, Maven, Docker, Artifactory, Slack and implement DevOps best practices in the entire infrastructure.

• Experience making use of splunk to manage logs and trace across the infrastructure to optimize system health and performance, Aws config to monitor configuration changes.

• Leverage Datadog as a part of an extensive monitoring suite to gain real-time performance insights and rapidly troubleshoot issues.

• Setting up Jenkins master, adding the necessary plugins, and adding more agents to support scalability and agility.

• Automated deployment of applications to Kubernetes using Helm charts and configured pods and services.

• Provided operational support to nodes running in the production environment using Linux and scripting languages such as python and bash.

• Monitored automated build and continuous software integration process to drive build/release failure resolution.

• Integrating HashiCorp Vault with other tools, services and platforms used within the organization such as cloud providers, databases, CI/CD pipelines and application frameworks.

• Ability to troubleshoot and debug complex software and system issues. Oct 2018 — Dec 2020 Junior Devops Engineer, Kay Express Logistics

• Utilized AWS services including EC2, ELB, S3, Lambda, VPC, RDS, and CloudWatch to build and manage cloud environments.

• Orchestrated Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) processes with Jenkins and Groovy scripting, automating routine tasks and deployments.

• Conducted thorough testing and configuration management to ensure reliable deployments.

• Involved in AWS cloud migration from on prem to landscapes.

• Involved in setting CI/CD Pipelines using Jenkins, Maven, GitHub, Docker, and Jfrog.

• Responsible for administration of GIT version control and Perform activities branching, tagging, backup, restore.

• Troubleshot deployment issues and performed root cause analysis, prioritizing security and reliability.

• Provided technical support during incident response and assisted in implementing security patches and updates.

• Developed and maintained Infrastructure as Code (IAC) scripts and templates (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) for cloud resource provisioning with a strong focus on security configurations. Sep 2017 — Sep 2018 Database Analyst, Zoom Mobile

• Experience in SQL Server Administration and Design.

• Develop and utilize Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) tools for seamless data integration.

• Interacts with clients, application team and project managers to design, implement and support solutions to meet client needs.

• Enforce data privacy regulations like GDPR OR HIPAA by implementing appropriate policies and procedures.

• Windows and SQL patching of servers with the latest Service packs available.

• Develop Queries, utilize reporting tools and build data visualization solutions to present data in a meaningful and actionable format.

Dec 2013 — Aug 2017 Assistant Project Coordinator, Lagos State Ministry of The Environment

• Identify opportunities for streamlining project processes, enhancing project and delivery efficiency. Monitoring the daily progress of projects.

• Providing detailed updates to project managers or other stakeholders.

• Ensuring team members have the supplies and resource they need to complete their assigned tasks on time and within their budget limits.

• Organizing reports invoices, contracts, and other financial files for easy access. Planning meetings and organizing project logistics.

• Performing billing and bookkeeping tasks.

EDUCATION

Dec 2015 — Feb 2017 University of Lagos

MSC, Environment Toxicology

Aug 2008 — Sep 2012 Abia State University

BSC, Animal and Environmental biology

SKILLS Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure Skillful

Framework/DevOps tools:

Maven, SonarQube, Artifactory,

Jenkins, Datadog, Slack, Splunk

Skillful

Versioning Tools: GitHub,

Bitbucket

Skillful

IAC Tools: Ansible Tower,

Terraform

Skillful

Containers: Docker, Kubernetes Skillful

Application/Web Servers:-

Apache 2.x/1.3.x, Tomcat, Nginx

Skillful

Operating Systems: Ubuntu

Linux, Windows

Skillful

Database: SQL Server, MySQL,

Postgres, DynamoDB

Skillful

Scripting & Other Tools: Git

Bash, Mobaxterm, VS code,

Python/Bash

Experienced

Networking: TCP/IP Suit, OSI

Model, DNS, DHCP, CDN,

ARP, FTP, Router, Switch.

Skillful

Good knowledge of

IDS/IPS, Firewalls, Vulnerability

Management, Incident

Responses

Skillful

Feb 2023 HashiCorp Certified:Terraform Associate(002) Credly.com/badges/cff54c6a-f180-452d-9075-a3427c1914bc/linked_in_profile Jun 2023 CompTIA Security+

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