DevOps & SRE Platform Engineer

OFOSU PRINCE

DEVOPS ENGINEER SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER PLATFORM ENGINEER CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER

Brampton, ON 437-***-**** **************@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/ofosuprince806124162

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

DevOps, Site Reliability, Platform, and Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with 7+ years of combined infrastructure and engineering experience, specializing in automating cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, and CI/CD delivery. Hands-on experience across AWS, Azure, and GCP, with deep expertise in AWS/EKS, Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Docker, Helm, ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI. Proven background standardizing deployment workflows, operating production Kubernetes environments, implementing GitOps, improving observability, and troubleshooting complex Linux, cloud, and application delivery issues. Strong focus on secure, repeatable automation, deployment reliability, high availability, and remote cross-functional collaboration.

CORE TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cloud & Multi-Cloud: AWS (EC2, EKS, ECS, ECR, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, ALB/ELB, Route 53, CloudWatch, EFS), Azure, GCP, multi-account and multi-region infrastructure

Kubernetes & Containers: Kubernetes/EKS, Docker, Helm, ArgoCD, Kustomize, RBAC, workload scaling, rolling and blue/green deployments, cluster operations

Infrastructure Automation: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Python, Bash/Shell, YAML, reusable modules, provisioning, patching, configuration management

CI/CD & GitOps: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline, Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, Maven, Nexus, SonarQube, automated build/test/scan/promotion/deployment/rollback

Observability & SRE: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK/EFK, CloudWatch, SLIs/SLOs, alerting, incident response, RCA, post-mortems, HA/DR, performance and capacity analysis

Security & Linux: IAM, Kubernetes RBAC, secrets management, CIS hardening, SAST/image scanning, least privilege, Red Hat, CentOS, Ubuntu/Debian, SSH, networking, backup/recovery

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DevOps / Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Apex Alliance Technologies - Colfax, NC

Dec 2024 - Present

Engineer and operate highly available AWS environments spanning EC2, EKS, ECS, ECR, ALB/ELB, VPC, IAM, Route 53, CloudWatch, subnets, NAT gateways, and security groups.

Build and streamline end-to-end CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI, automating build, test, quality validation, artifact management, environment promotion, deployment, and rollback workflows.

Design and operate Kubernetes/EKS platforms using Docker, Helm, and ArgoCD; apply GitOps practices, RBAC, environment isolation, workload scaling, rolling updates, and blue/green release strategies.

Automate and standardize cloud infrastructure with Terraform and CloudFormation; develop reusable infrastructure patterns and Ansible automation for OS patching, configuration, and application operations.

Integrate SonarQube and Nexus into delivery pipelines to strengthen code-quality controls, artifact governance, and repeatable software promotion across environments.

Implement production observability with Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK, and CloudWatch; build actionable dashboards and alerts for infrastructure and application health.

Lead production troubleshooting, incident response, root-cause analysis, performance reviews, and post-mortems; automate recurring remediation to reduce operational toil.

Partner with developers, SRE, and security teams on platform architecture, system hardening, identity management, deployment standards, operational readiness, and technical documentation.

Cloud & DevOps Engineer

Stunnerz Global Limited - London, UK

Jan 2022 - Apr 2024

Migrated legacy workloads to containerized microservices on AWS EKS and standardized application deployment patterns across environments.

Built reusable Terraform provisioning frameworks for scalable multi-region AWS infrastructure and used CloudFormation for repeatable cloud resource deployment.

Designed GitLab CI and Jenkins pipelines to automate build, testing, deployment, validation, and rollback for Java, Node.js, and Python workloads.

Automated EC2 and container workload patching, configuration, and operational tasks using Ansible, Python, and shell scripting.

Implemented Kubernetes RBAC and AWS IAM controls for least privilege, workload isolation, and secure access across environments.

Deployed CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and centralized logging to improve production visibility, alerting, and incident detection.

Implemented zero-downtime blue/green deployment patterns, backup/DR readiness for RDS and EFS, incident RCA, and cloud cost/right-sizing reviews.

Linux System Administrator / Junior DevOps Engineer

Zentech IT Solutions - Accra, Ghana

Sep 2021 - Jan 2022

Installed, configured, patched, secured, and troubleshot Red Hat/CentOS and Ubuntu Linux servers across physical and virtualized environments.

Automated provisioning, patching, and configuration management with Ansible and Bash; deployed Docker containers and Kubernetes workloads.

Created Jenkins pipelines integrated with Git and implemented Prometheus/Grafana monitoring for server and application health.

Performed log analysis, backup/recovery, performance troubleshooting, operational scripting, and supported migration toward microservices-based application delivery.

SELECTED ENGINEERING PROJECTS

AWS Kubernetes Platform Modernization: Built reusable Terraform infrastructure for VPC, EKS, IAM, load balancing, and monitoring; deployed workloads with Helm and ArgoCD GitOps workflows, RBAC, rolling updates, and standardized environment controls.

CI/CD & Release Engineering: Implemented automated Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI pipelines covering build/test, SonarQube quality controls, Nexus artifact management, container image creation, environment promotion, deployment validation, and rollback.

SRE Observability & Incident Management: Implemented Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK/EFK, and CloudWatch dashboards and alerts; used production telemetry for incident response, RCA, post-mortems, performance analysis, and reliability improvements.

Infrastructure Automation & Linux Fleet Management: Developed Terraform/CloudFormation patterns and Ansible/Bash automation for provisioning, patching, configuration management, server hardening, and repeatable environment setup.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

B.Sc., Computer & Information Sciences - University of Education, Ghana Aug 2019

Certificate, IT & Cloud Computing - Zentech IT Solutions Jan 2020

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