RAPHAEL TAGOUONKAM
Alberta,CA
Summary
Seasoned Senior DevOps and Cloud Engineer with 7+ years of experience specializing in DevSecOps, AWS solutions, Infrastructure as Code (IAC), and Kubernetes (EKS). Expertise in CI/CD pipelines, cloud architecture, and security enhancements. Proven track record in implementing secure, scalable cloud solutions, and driving efficiency in complex technical environments.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior DevSecOps Engineer/Cloud Engineer
NeuraFlash
01.2018 - Current
- Architected and managed secure, scalable AWS cloud solutions, leveraging serviceslikeEC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and
- EKS
- Developed and maintained Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and CloudFormation
- Implemented and managed Kubernetes clusters (EKS) for containerized applications
- Spearheaded the creation of secure CI/CD pipelines using
- Jenkins, GitLab CI, and SonarQube
- Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration management with Ansible
- Conducted security assessments and implemented
- DevSecOps practices using GitGuardian, OWASP
- Dependency-Check, and OWASP ZAP
- Devised comprehensive monitoring and logging solutions with CloudWatch and the ELK Stack.
DevOps Engineer
Coforge
06.2016 - 01.2018
- Implemented IAC with Terraform, developing reusable modules for AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Automated deployment processes with Jenkins, enhancing
- CI/CD workflows
- Managed Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications using Docker and EKS
- Utilized AWS services like VPC, IAM, Cloud Formation, and
- Lambda to build robust cloud environments
- Conducted cost optimization strategies including reserved instances and lifecycle policies.
Education
Post Graduate - DevOps
Engineer -
EDUREKA | PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor’s degree - Software Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF
DOUALA
Skills
DevSecOps: Git Guardian
- OWASP Dependency-Check
- OWASP ZAP
- AWS Services: EC2, S3, RDS
- Lambda, EKS, IAM, RDS
- DynamoDB, Route53
- IAC: Terraform, AWS
- Cloud Formation
- CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab CI
- Bitbucket
- Containerization: Docker
- Kubernetes (EKS)
- Scripting: Python, Bash
- Monitoring & Logging:
- Cloud Watch, ELK Stack
- Configuration Management:
- ansible
- Version Control: Git, GitHub
- GitLab
- Security Tools: SCA, SAST
- DAST, IAST
- Automation: Shell Scripting
- JSON, YAML
- ACHIEVEMENTS
- DevSecOps Pipeline: Successfully implemented a
Comprehensive DevSecOps pipeline, reducing deployment
Time by 40% and vulnerabilities by 95%
Cloud Migration: Led the migration of critical applications
And databases to AWS, improving scalability and reducing
Costs
- System Troubleshooting
- Root Cause Analysis
- Software Development
- Collaborative design
- Programming Languages
- Reliability
- Problem-solving aptitude
- Code Compliance
- Professionalism
- Infrastructure Improvements
- Cost Analysis
- System Design
- IAC Implementation: Transitioned from manual
- Provisioning to automated IAC, ensuring consistent
- Infrastructure and reducing deployment time
- Security Enhancements: Implemented robust security
- Measures across AWS environments, including IAM roles
- Security groups, and encryption
- Kubernetes passionate
- Design development
- Product Development
- Bid drafting
Certification
Certified DevOps Engineer
AWS Certified Solution Architect
Udemy CKA with Practice Test
Certified DevSecOps professional (in progress)
Languages
Languages
French
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
travel, reading
Passionate traveler enthusiastic about embracing new cultures and environments, enhancing personal adaptability and global perspective. I am also an Avid reader focused on expanding expertise in DevSecOps, Kubernetes and emerging tech trends.
Timeline
Senior DevSecOps Engineer/Cloud Engineer
NeuraFlash
01.2018 - Current
DevOps Engineer
Coforge
06.2016 - 01.2018
Post Graduate - DevOps
Engineer -
EDUREKA | PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor’s degree - Software Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF
DOUALA
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