Senior Azure/AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

OWEN EGHAGHE

SENIOR CLOUD/ INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER / AZURE / AWS / GCP

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Experienced Cloud Engineer with 7+ years of hands-on expertise in designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable cloud infrastructures across Azure and AWS platforms. Specializes in infrastructure automation (Terraform, Bash), Kubernetes orchestration, and cloud-native security. Adept at optimizing resource usage, enforcing compliance policies, and deploying highly available systems in hybrid and public cloud environments. Strong background in containerized workloads, CI/CD pipelines, cost management, and operational monitoring. Seeking to contribute technical acumen and DevOps mindset to forward-thinking organizations driving digital transformation.

SKILLS

Cloud Platforms & Services: Microsoft Azure, Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Files, Azure App Services, Azure Front Door, Azure Key Vault Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, ARM Templates, Bicep, Azure Resource Manager (ARM), CloudFormation (basic), Bash, YAML

DevOps & CI/CD: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Git, ArgoCD, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, SonarQube Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Helm, Portainer, Kustomize Monitoring & Logging: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Grafana, Azure Sentinel, CloudWatch (basic), Prometheus, ELK Stack

Security & Compliance: Azure Key Vault, Azure Security Center, RBAC, Network Security Groups (NSG), Firewall Rules, IAM, KMS, SSL/TLS, HIPAA Compliance, Zero Trust Model Collaboration & Productivity: Trello, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Confluence, Jira, Postman, Visual Studio Code, PowerShell, Notion, ServiceNow

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Azure Cloud Operations Engineer — Anywhere365 Aug 2023 – Present

● Architected and deployed unified contact center applications using Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, accelerating delivery cycles and increasing deployment efficiency by 40%.

● Designed and provisioned scalable Azure Blob Storage and Azure Files solutions with secure access controls for application data management across global environments.

● Configured Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and integrated Grafana dashboards to enable real-time performance tracking and reduce MTTR by over 30%.

● Streamlined container management via Portainer, enhancing visibility and control over Docker and AKS workloads in development and production environments.

● Managed Terraform code repositories and implemented modular IaC designs, reducing duplication and promoting reusable cloud templates.

● Enforced role-based access controls (RBAC), Azure AD integration, and NSG/firewall rules to strengthen security posture and ensure least-privilege principles.

● Implemented traffic routing strategies using Azure Front Door and Application Gateway, improving global load balancing and fault tolerance.

● Participated in cost governance by implementing tagging strategies, cost alerts, and resource cleanup policies in Azure Cost Management.

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● Collaborated with cross-functional DevOps teams to containerize microservices, improving deployment agility and horizontal scalability via AKS.

Azure Cloud Engineer — CareSource Jan 2022 – Jul 2023

● Migrated monolithic applications to Azure-based microservices architecture, improving reliability and scaling through AKS, App Services, and Azure Functions.

● Automated end-to-end infrastructure deployments using Terraform and Bash, reducing setup time and human error across multiple environments.

● Designed custom Azure Policies, enforced RBAC, and performed periodic security assessments to maintain compliance with HIPAA and internal governance standards.

● Integrated Azure Sentinel and third-party SIEM tools for proactive threat detection, logging, and forensic incident response.

● Built and maintained monitoring stacks with Azure Monitor, Grafana, and Log Analytics, providing real-time alerting and visibility into system health.

● Managed Key Vault, enabling secure credential and certificate storage and eliminating hardcoded secrets in pipelines and codebases.

● Implemented CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, ensuring smooth application deployment and rollback capabilities across dev, test, and prod environments.

● Supported disaster recovery planning by configuring Azure Backup, Recovery Vaults, and validating restore procedures across mission-critical assets.

● Led internal cloud documentation and playbook development, enhancing onboarding speed and operational consistency across cloud teams.

AWS Cloud Support Engineer — Mizo LLC Jan 2019 – Dec 2021

● Supported the migration of legacy applications and systems to AWS, ensuring zero-downtime cutovers and maintaining system integrity across EC2, S3, and RDS services.

● Designed fault-tolerant architectures using Auto Scaling Groups, Elastic Load Balancers (ELB), and RDS Multi-AZ to achieve high availability targets.

● Hardened cloud environments through custom IAM policies, KMS key rotations, and secure network segmentation using VPC, NACLs, and Security Groups.

● Developed and deployed CloudFormation templates to standardize infrastructure provisioning and reduce manual configuration drift.

● Implemented monitoring and logging stacks using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and SNS, enabling faster incident detection and escalation workflows.

● Automated scheduled backups, lifecycle rules, and data retention policies on S3, reducing storage costs while ensuring compliance with data regulations.

● Built and maintained Jenkins pipelines and integrated CodePipeline for continuous delivery, supporting agile release cycles.

● Designed and tested Lambda functions to automate event-based workflows, such as EC2 state monitoring and resource tagging.

● Partnered with DevOps and security teams to support security reviews, access audits, and compliance controls within shared services environments.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Marine Engineering — Niger Delta University Associate Degree, Automobile & Diesel Technology — Universal Technical Institute CERTIFICATIONS

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) – LF-2y2366cxgv Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) – LF-lz2vr9f2yg Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) – In Progress

CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) – COMP001022817310

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA – 200-301) – CSCO14931002 Microsoft Certified: Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (004)

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