Devops Engineer Azure

KEMI OJERANTI

AWS & Azure DevOps Engineer Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Innovative and results-driven Cloud Infrastructure Engineer/SRE with 7+ years of experience in architecting, automating, and optimizing mission-critical deployments across AWS, Azure, and hybrid cloud environments. Currently driving cloud-native transformations at TurboTax, aligning strategies with business goals to enhance scalability, system reliability, and security. Expertise in Kubernetes (EKS/AKS), Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, and monitoring solutions such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk. Adept at modernizing legacy applications using HELM, implementing ETL pipelines with Databricks/Spark, and enhancing infrastructure security using AWS Security Hub. Proven track record of reducing deployment times, improving performance, and ensuring compliance with HIPAA, SOC2, and PCI-DSS.

SKILLS

Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, ECS, EKS), Microsoft Azure (VMs, AD, AKS, Azure DevOps, Azure Monitor, App Services, Azure Blob Storage, ARM Templates), Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation: Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure ARM Templates, Pulumi, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Python, Bash, PowerShell

CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps Pipelines, CircleCI, Bitbucket Pipelines, Travis CI, ArgoCD, Spinnaker, AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy

Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS/AKS), OpenShift, Helm, ECS, Podman

Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Splunk, Datadog, New Relic, Fluentd

Security & Compliance: AWS Security Hub, IAM, MFA, RBAC, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, Azure Security Center, Key Vault, Secrets Manager

Collaboration & Project Management: Trello, Slack, Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Teams, Notion, Asana, Monday.com

Scripting & Programming: Bash, PowerShell, Python, YAML, JSON, Groovy, Go, JavaScript, Git (version control), REST APIs, Webhooks

Big Data / ETL: Apache Spark, Databricks, AWS Glue, Amazon Redshift, S3, RDS, Azure Data Factory, Snowflake

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TurboTax – Senior AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer/SRE

January 2024 – Present

Designed and deployed scalable .NET microservices on AWS EKS using HELM, reducing deployment time by 30%.

Led implementation of Kubernetes (EKS) clusters to ensure high availability and automated scaling.

Built GitLab CI/CD pipelines improving deployment efficiency by 40%.

Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and CloudFormation, reducing provisioning time by 60%.

Integrated AWS Security Hub for security compliance and automated alert remediation workflows.

Enhanced observability using Prometheus and Grafana, reducing incident response time by 35%.

Developed ETL pipelines with Apache Spark on Databricks for processing large datasets (S3, RDS, Redshift).

Utilized AWS Glue for schema discovery and data cataloging across Databricks datasets.

Migrated legacy .NET apps to EKS with HELM standardization, achieving zero-downtime updates.

EMTEC Inc – Senior AWS & Azure Cloud DevOps Engineer/SRE Jan 2020 – Jan 2024

Migrated legacy systems to containerized workloads on Amazon EKS, improving scalability and reducing deployment overhead.

Automated deployments using GitLab CI/CD, integrating vulnerability scanning to ensure compliance.

Strengthened cloud security with AWS Security Hub and IAM policy enforcement, reducing vulnerabilities by 40%.

Deployed centralized monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana, improving system uptime by 30%.

Implemented PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and SOC2 monitoring via Splunk across multi-cloud infrastructure.

Used Azure AD, Monitor, and AKS to manage and secure Azure workloads and access control.

Deployed Spark jobs on AWS EMR and Azure Databricks for big data processing and predictive analytics.

Automated backups, disaster recovery processes, and CI/CD security checks—boosting recovery times by 20%.

Integrated Fluent Bit with Splunk for log indexing across AKS/EKS, improving observability.

CDW – AWS Build & Release / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Jan 2019 – Jan 2020

Built AWS microservices deployed on Kubernetes (EKS), ensuring 99.99% uptime for production systems.

Streamlined CI/CD using GitLab and Jenkins, cutting deployment times by 50%.

Developed automation scripts in Shell and Python to accelerate testing and deployment.

Implemented centralized logging and monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to optimize cost, scalability, and performance.

Improved MTTD by 50% and MTTR by 60% with automated alerting and incident response systems.

Deployed auto-scaling, caching, and fault-tolerant architecture using AWS load balancers and ASGs.

Ensured environment consistency and repeatable deployments through infrastructure-as-code best practices.

Lambda IT Consult – IT Auditor Sept 2017 – Jan 2019

Conducted SOX and Segregation of Duties (SOD) audits, identifying compliance gaps and control deficiencies.

Led audit phases: planning, execution, reporting, and follow-up with actionable recommendations.

Evaluated internal controls across Linux/Unix-based systems and network infrastructures.

Provided security recommendations that strengthened overall audit readiness and compliance posture.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Economics

University of Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria – March 2015

CERTIFICATIONS

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (2024)

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (2024)

AWS Certified Security – Specialty (2024)

Google Professional Cloud Architect (2024)

Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate (2024)

Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert (2024)

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (2024)

CompTIA A+ Server+

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)

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