Chukwudinma Akabuogu
DevOps Engineer
St. John's,Newfoundland
Summary
Critical thinking DevOps Engineer with background designing, testing and implementing infrastructure and applications. Talented performer with seven years of extensive hands-on professional experience in devops processes using diverse tools and technology stack to achieve great result and make visible positive impact. Consistent team player with exemplary multitasking skills. Respectful self-motivator gifted at finding reliable solutions for software issues. Experienced in end-to-end application and software solutions, offering skills in development and deployment.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
DevOps Engineer
Dominion Systems Inc.
Toronto, ON
02.2016 - Current
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.
- Monitored automated build and continuous software integration process to drive build/release failure resolution.
- Worked with cross-functional design teams to create software solutions that improved overall functionality and performance.
- Automated and implemented system backup and recovery procedures.
- Researched and identified new technologies to use in agile development environment.
- Directed software design and development to meet client needs for functionality and performance.
- Managed testing cycles and coordination of user acceptance testing for software and applications.
- Built automation tools and applications to deploy next-generation platforms.
- Collaborated with team to determine application requirement specifications.
- Tuned systems to boost performance.
- Used insight into user needs and requirements to quickly reach development prototyping stage.
- Implemented best practices to protect data and assets.
- Collaborated closely with product development teams and other stakeholders.
- Supervised software development life cycle from preliminary needs analysis to enterprise-wide deployment and support.
- Created secure custom coding environment to prevent network threats.
- Drove project lifespan from concept to final rollout in development and deployment.
- Proposed and implemented the migration from monolithic application architecture to microservices architecture.
- Identifying and correcting issues with continuous integration, cloud infrastructure, monitoring, alerting, and solution deployment.
- Documented project design for reference and future use cases.
- Teamed with business analysts to deliver high-availability solutions for mission-critical applications.
- Performing configuration management, CI/CD deployments, patching and security management
- Implemented high-level automated devops processes which significantly saves time, reduces manual effort and maximizes Return on Investment.
- Overall extensive professional hands-on experience in providing end-to-end CI/CD process automation with required precision and accuracy.
Platform Applications Engineer
Landmark Technologies
Toronto, ON
10.2014 - 02.2016
- Managed installation, upgrade and deployment projects and provided on-site direction for network engineers.
- Managed use of various types of databases and configured, installed and upgraded new ones.
- Monitored and tested application performance to identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions and collaborate with developers on solution implementation.
- Wrote and maintained custom scripts to increase system efficiency and performance time.
- Provided 2nd and 3rd level technical support and troubleshooting to internal and external clients.
- Resolved issues related to operational components for LAN, WAN and voice systems.
- Participated in system development life cycle from requirements analysis through system implementation.
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
- Designed and implemented system security and data assurance.
- Oversaw development and maintenance of organization computer systems and intranet.
- Managed and monitored installed systems for highest level of availability.
- Defined enterprise processes and best practices and tailored enterprise processes for applications.
- Configured and maintained monitoring and security tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and New Relic.
- Developed strong organizational and communication skills through coursework and volunteer activities.
- Applied effective time management techniques to meet tight deadlines.
- Learned and adapted quickly to new technology and software applications.
- Organized and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic.
- Worked flexible hours across night, weekend and holiday shifts.
- Assisted with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members.
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
- Cultivated interpersonal skills by building positive relationships with others.
- Orchestrated integration and communication of software upgrades.
- Detailed upcoming software upgrades and system sprints to team members.
- Tested software remotely and onsite for server sets to maintain operational readiness.
- Performed software installations and upgrades to UNIX or Windows operating systems.
- Implemented internet and intranet applications on multiple platforms.
- Created nightly jobs for database backups.
- Implemented, developed and tested installation and update of file servers, print servers and application servers.
- Researched and recommended new technologies and strategies for improving system performance.
- Diagnosed and resolved hardware and software issues.
- Maximized system availability through development and testing of contingency plans.
- Diagnosed and executed resolution for network and server issues.
- Led server infrastructure development, quality assurance, staging and production systems.
- Analyzed network traffic and performance metrics to optimize system performance.
- Performed network security design and integration duties.
- Developed and documented network policies, procedures and standards.
- Monitored networks and network devices to resolve technical problems quickly.
- Installed and configured network printers and other peripheral devices.
- Maintained flexible schedule and responded to after-hours and weekend emergencies.
Education
Bachelor of Science -
Landmark Metropolitan University
Cameroon 05.2001 -
Bachelor of Science -
University of Ibadan
Nigeria 05.2001 -
Skills
Project planning
Performance Management
Developer collaboration
Effective communication
IT solution development
Maintenance and troubleshooting
Solutions deployment
Build releases
Technical Analysis
Database management software
Agile
Web-based software engineering
Database programming
Operational analysis
Virtualization
Program testing software
Testing and maintenance
Hardware and software installation
Programming
Product development
Engineering standards
Software applications
Code reviews
NET development
Sample Projects
Terraform, Ansible & Kubernetes: Integration with Jenkins - https://youtu.be/nQ1sXW_h6_k
A sample Jenkins CI/CD pipeline that brings together Git, Maven, Nexus, SonarQube, Docker and deployment to a Kubernetes cluster, provisioned with Terraform and configured with Ansible.
· Ansible Dynamic Inventory (with full automation) - https://youtu.be/qKJgAk1xXlI
Configuring dynamic inventory & automation with ansible user in host servers in AWS regions.
Career Development
* AWS Solutions Architect (Udemy)
* AWS EKS Kubernetes - Masterclass | DevOps, Microservices (Udemy)
* AWS DevOps Engineer Professional 2023 (Udemy)
* Kubernetes Administrator (Udemy)
* Terraform (Udemy)
* DevOps Foundations: Continuous Delivery/Continuous Integration (LinkedIn Learning)
* Learning Kubernetes: Kubernetes - Top Skills (LinkedIn Learning)
References
References are available on request
Timeline
DevOps Engineer
Dominion Systems Inc.
02.2016 - Current
Platform Applications Engineer
Landmark Technologies
10.2014 - 02.2016
Bachelor of Science -
Landmark Metropolitan University
05.2001 -
Bachelor of Science -
University of Ibadan
05.2001 -