DevOps Engineer with AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD Expertise

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EBI. EBIKEME

DevOps Engineer

Houston, Texas, United States +1-346-***-**** ***********@*****.*** Professional Summary:

Results-driven DevOps Engineer with 7+ years of experience in automating infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud- native deployments. Skilled in AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Jenkins. Proven track record of reducing deployment times, improving system reliability, and enhancing release automation. Adept at cross-functional collaboration and managing end-to-end DevOps lifecycles.

Educations & Certifications:

● Master of Business Administration (MBA), Accounting Keller Graduate School of Management, Irving, TX

● Bachelor of Science in Economics

University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt

● SAFe Scrum Master (SSM)

Scaled Agile

Technical Skills:

● Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, Lambda), Azure

● Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS, Helm), OpenShift

● Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible

● CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD

● Version Control & Repos: Git, GitHub, Bitbucket

● Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, CloudWatch

● Language: Python, Java

● Configuration Management: Ansible, Chef, Puppet

● OS & Servers: Linux (Ubuntu), Windows Server

Professional Experience:

Dell Technologies Jan 2022- Present

DevOps Engineer

● Developed and maintained fully automated CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, enabling seamless deployments across environments.

● Integrated GitLab with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Prometheus, and Grafana for comprehensive DevOps automation and observability.

● Created, managed, and versioned GitLab pipelines using .gitlab-ci.yml and environment-specific variables to streamline build/test/deploy workflows.

● Automated applications build and release processes using GitLab Runners with dynamic provisioning on Kubernetes clusters.

● Created secure GitLab repository integrations for developers to push code and trigger pipeline executions upon merge events.

● Built reusable GitLab templates for infrastructure-as-code (IaC) deployments using Terraform across AWS environments (EKS, EC2, VPC, ALB, and S3).

● Developed Helm charts and Kustomize manifests to support consistent and scalable Kubernetes deployments triggered via GitLab.

● Implemented SonarQube quality gates within GitLab pipelines to enforce code quality and reduce technical debt.

● Integrated GitLab pipelines with Slack for real-time deployment alerts and Jira for issue tracking.

● Configured GitLab CI to trigger rolling updates in EKS clusters with zero downtime.

● Designed GitLab jobs for scanning vulnerabilities using Trivy and enforced security policies on container images before deployment.

● Provisioned infrastructure in AWS using GitLab Terraform pipelines, leveraging remote backends and workspaces for environment segregation.

● Set up GitLab pipeline stages to manage secrets from AWS Parameter Store securely during deployment. Resume

● Instrumented performance and monitoring metrics using Prometheus and Grafana to visualize pipeline health and resource usage.

● Troubleshot pipeline failures using GitLab logs and integrated dashboards for enhanced root cause analysis. Blue Cross and Blue Shield Nov 2018- Dec 2021

DevOps Engineer

● Create and Maintain fully automated CI/CD pipelines for code deployment using Gitlab. Extensively worked on Gitlab for continuous integration and End-to-End automation for all build and deployments.

● Configure integration between GitHub, Gitlab, Maven, Nexus, SonarQube, Ansible, Docker and Kubernetes for successful automated application deployment.

● Create repositories in SCM GitHub for developers to push code and project file after a successful authentication.

● Configure build parameters and build trigger in GitHub.

● Installing the right tools plugins in manage Jenkins for maximum functionality of Jenkins automation.

● Leveraged SonarQube for code quality review, that has yielded speedier deployments and cleaner code.

● Containerized legacy applications using Docker and deployed to AWS ECS and Kubernetes.

● Developed Ansible playbooks for configuration management and automated provisioning of environments.

● Implemented centralized logging using ELK Stack, increasing troubleshooting efficiency by 50%.

● Monitored infrastructure performance and usage, optimizing EC2 resource allocation and reducing costs by 25%.

● Supported disaster recovery and automated backup strategies for production environments. U Care Nov 2016- Oct 2018

Scrum Master

● Create and Maintain fully automated CI/CD pipelines for code deployment using Jenkins.

● Helped eliminate Impediments with the advancement of 834 EDI files from FFM & MNsure to Health Rules and IC834, and the transfer of Individual family business files from HR1 to HR-Cate.

● Led strategic dialogues, ensuring effective decision-making and adept conflict management.

● Partnered with Product Owners and key stakeholders to ensure alignment with overarching business goals.

● Championed organizational transparency by consistently disseminating project updates to relevant teams.

● Strategically positioned teams for optimal performance by swiftly addressing challenges and upholding Agile methodologies.

● Addressed production tickets on Service Now and assisted team with prioritization of production tickets.

● Facilitated Sprint Review/demo, team sync, retrospective and iteration planning.

● Provided regular status updates to senior management and stakeholders during Scrum of Scrum meetings, Agile Release Train (ART) Sync meeting and PI planning meeting.

● Maintained dashboards and reports on team performance metrics and achievements.

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