Ola David
Phone: +1-437-***-**** Email: **********@*****.***
Ontario, Canada
P R O F E S S I O N A L S U M M A R Y
Dynamic DevOps Engineer with 7 years of experience optimizing web server reliability, performance and security in sectors like fintech and enterprise solutions. Proven expertise in cloud infrastructure and automation, reducing response times by 25% and security incidents by 30%. Proficient in cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP), DevOps tools (Jenkins, Terraform, Docker), and scripting (Python, Bash). Successfully led cross-functional teams on projects exceeding $500,000, improving deployment efficiency by 40% and frequency by 50%.
A R E A S O F E X P E R T I S E
● Cloud Technologies & Services: AWS (RDS, EC2, S3, Cognito, Lambda, API Gateway, Amplify, SQS, SNS), Azure (AKS, ACI, Azure DevOps, Resource Manager), DigitalOcean, Heroku.
● DevOps Tools & Practices: Jenkins, Docker, Terraform, Kafka, Apache Airflow, Ansible, Kubernetes, Azure DevOps
● Programming & Scripting: Bash, Python, Node.js, JavaScript
● Database Management: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Dynamodb, MongoDB, Redis, OpenSearch
● Testing: JMeter, Steadybit, Nessus, SonarQube
● Linux Administration: Experienced in managing and optimizing Linux environments.
● Web Servers: Nginx and Apache web servers.
● Version Control: Git, Github, Bitbucket, CodeCommit, Gitlab
● Observability: ELK stack, Cloudwatch, Datadog, Grafana, Instana C A R E E R E X P E R I E N C E
Senior DevOps Engineer Dec 2021 – Mar 2024
3Line Card Management Limited
• Led a team of engineers in architecting a scalable, cost-efficient, and sustainable microservice architecture on AWS ECS Fargate for one of Nigeria's largest fintech firms, processing billions of payment transactions daily while reducing operational costs by 45% and compute/service bills by 55%.
• Guided cross-functional teams to design and deploy containerized microservices using AWS Fargate, Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring seamless scalability and high availability.
• Led the integration of AWS CodeDeploy, Jenkins and GitHub Actions for CI/CD pipelines, cutting production bugs by 30% and increasing release frequency by 25%.
• Optimizing resource allocation and usage achieved cost savings of $5,000 across AWS accounts.
• Developed and maintained comprehensive documentation and best practices for infrastructure provisioning, deployment processes, and troubleshooting.
• Deployed and managed containerized workloads in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Container Instances (ACI) to ensure seamless scalability and availability across cloud platforms.
• Enforced best practices for infrastructure provisioning, deployment processes, and troubleshooting, improving team efficiency and system reliability.
DevOps Engineer Mar 2019 - Nov 2021
Darey.io
• Implemented containerized microservices architecture using AWS Fargate, Docker, EKS, AKS, GKE, resulting in a 40% reduction in infrastructure costs and a 50% increase in application scalability.
• Led security initiatives by configuring AWS IAM with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), ensuring secure access management across AWS and Azure environments.
• Deployed web applications on Amazon EC2, providing secure, scalable cloud-based compute capacity.
• Configured secure workload management using Azure Container Instances (ACI) for dynamic scaling of microservices.
• Maintained and improved CI/CD processes to ensure continuous integration and smooth delivery of services.
• Spearheaded disaster recovery planning and business continuity efforts, ensuring minimal downtime.
• Automated deployments using Terraform, cutting provisioning time by 60% and improving network reliability by 35% across Azure and AWS environments. DevOps Engineer Dec 2016 - Feb 2019
Meristem Securities Limited
• Enhanced AWS and Azure cloud infrastructure, leading to a 99.9% uptime and a 15% reduction in infrastructure-related costs.
• Deployed scalable workloads in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and managed container lifecycle using Azure CLI
• Managed Elasticsearch clusters and RDS instances, resulting in 98% uptime for data services and reducing data storage costs by 10%.
• Spearheaded the successful integration of AWS CodeDeploy, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions to establish efficient CI/CD pipelines, resulting in a 30% decrease in production bugs and a 25% increase in release frequency.
• Engineered AWS VPN tunnels, achieving a 20% improvement in data transfer efficiency between on-premises data centers and AWS cloud resources.
• Implemented Terraform, contributing to a 98% uptime for infrastructure services and achieving a cost-saving of 15% through efficient resource provisioning and automation. E D U C A T I O N
Ontario Graduate Certificate in Cloud Computing, Humber College Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Landmark University C E R T I F I C A T I O N S / T R A I N I N G
● AWS Certified Solution Architect- Associate (in view)
● MERN Stack Udemy Course Certificate of Completion
● Udemy Ultimate AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate 2022
● Shell-Scripts-for-Beginners-Course-Certificate-Kode-Kloud
● The-Linux-Basics-Course-Course-Certificate-Kode-Kloud
● Docker-for-the-Absolute-Beginner-Course-Certificate-Kode-Kloud
● Ansible-for-the-Absolute-Beginners-Course-Course-Certificate-Kode-Kloud