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DONALD NEBA

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Summary

AWS CERTIFIED SOLUTION ARCHITECT Highly motivated and result driven certified AWS Solutions Architect with over 5years of professional experience in Cloud Architecture and maintaining IT infrastructure, database management and integrating into AWS Cloud Solutions in large and medium sized enterprise environment. An outstanding performer in building high quality solution that is scalable and highly available and fault tolerant tailored towards an enterprise goal. Proficient in DevOps, Cloud Engineering and Cloud Security with proven success in automating, building and deploying process for operational excellence. Accomplished in guiding the classification, plan, implementation, growth, adoption and compliance to enterprise architecture strategies, processes and standards.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Cloud DevOps Engineer

Thompson Reuters
11.2019 - Current
  • Collaborated with the Architectural Team to design and implement a comprehensive cloud infrastructure, facilitating the seamless migration of on-premise applications to a cloud-based environment
  • Spearheaded initiatives for server provisioning, storage allocation, network configuration, and security measures
  • Achieved enhanced scalability, flexibility, and security, while also enabling robust disaster recovery capabilities and reducing overall costs
  • Engineered and deployed AWS CloudFront distributions to optimize content delivery and minimize latency across web applications
  • Implemented SSL/TLS certificates as a cornerstone of a robust security policy, safeguarding CloudFront distributions from cybersecurity threats
  • Utilized AWS CloudWatch for real-time performance monitoring, and established automated alerting mechanisms to proactively inform teams of performance issues or security anomalies
  • Liaised with the Security Team to execute CIS Controls assessments, proactively identifying and mitigating security vulnerabilities
  • Implemented CIS-aligned security frameworks, fortifying network infrastructure, endpoints, and cloud environments to meet rigorous security standards
  • Orchestrated the configuration, maintenance, and testing of CI/CD pipelines, focusing on automating build and release processes
  • Implemented a Maven-based build environment to streamline software development
  • Enabled continuous integration and deployment across a hybrid cloud infrastructure, thereby enhancing software delivery and expanding integration coverage for an enterprise-scale, software-defined infrastructure
  • Engineered and deployed critical AWS resources including EC2, VPC, ELB, S3, and RDS, leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) through Terraform and Ansible
  • Instituted real-time monitoring solutions to maintain optimal performance, availability, and security
  • Delivered round-the-clock systems support by participating in a rotational on-call schedule, ensuring uninterrupted service and system availability
  • Conducted scheduled maintenance, upgrades, and recovery operations during off-peak hours to minimize business disruption
  • Spearheaded the implementation and ongoing maintenance of sophisticated monitoring and observability solutions, enhancing visibility into server and application-level operations
  • Employed a robust technology stack including New Relic, Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic Suite (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, & Logstash) to proactively identify and resolve operational issues
  • Actively contributed to the development and maintenance of automation tools, including Ansible, Jenkins, and Terraform, to streamline infrastructure management processes
  • Enhanced operational efficiency through the automation of repetitive tasks and orchestration of complex workflows
  • Implemented Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and Single Sign-On (SSO) to bolster access controls, thereby significantly reducing unauthorized access to cloud resources
  • Architected and deployed a Zero Trust Security model for cloud and on-premises environments, effectively minimizing the attack surface and improving data confidentiality and integrity
  • Championed cost-optimization strategies across cloud resources, leading to a 25% reduction in monthly cloud expenditures
  • Implemented Reserved Instances, Spot Instances, and auto-scaling features, and conducted regular cost audits using tools such as AWS Cost Explorer and Cloud Health
  • Engineered a robust reliability framework for cloud services, incorporating auto-scaling, load balancing, and failover strategies, resulting in a 99.9% uptime over a 12-month period and significantly improving customer satisfaction rates
  • Led the architecture and execution of a multi-phase migration strategy, transitioning monolithic applications to microservices and serverless architectures in AWS
  • This resulted in a 35% increase in application scalability and reduced time-to-market for new features by 50%
  • Engineered a sophisticated VPC architecture on AWS, implementing features such as private and public subnets, NAT gateways, and route tables to create a secure, scalable, and highly available network environment
  • Enhanced security measures further by configuring Network Access Control Lists (NACLs) and Security Groups, resulting in a 60% reduction in unauthorized access attempts.

Cloud Site Reliability Engineer

ShipVista Incorporation
09.2015 - 11.2019
  • Utilized Terraform for managing the infrastructure through the terminal sessions and executed scripts in creating alarms and notifications for EC2 instances using AWS Cloud Watch
  • Performed security monitoring, security event triage, and incident response; coordinate with other team members and management to document and report incidents
  • Enabled Cloud Trail across all geographic regions and AWS services to prevent activity monitoring gaps
  • Enabled access logging for Cloud Trail S3 bucket so that you can track access requests and identify potentially unauthorized or unwarranted access attempts
  • Converted existing Terraform modules that had version conflicts to utilize Cloud formation templates during deployments, worked with Terraform to create stacks in AWS, and updated the Terraform scripts based on the requirement on regular basis
  • Built a new CI pipeline, Tested and deployed automation with Docker, Jenkins and Ansible
  • Integrated SonarQube in the CI pipeline to analyze code quality and obtain combined code coverage reports after performing static and dynamic analysis
  • Utilized Terraform for managing the infrastructure through the terminal sessions and executed scripts in creating alarms and notifications for EC2 instances using AWS Cloud Watch
  • Designed, deployed, managed and operating scalable, highly available, and fault tolerance system on AWS
  • Implemented containerization strategy using tools like Docker and Kubernetes
  • Migrated data from NoSQL Cassandra database to AWS Dynamo database utilizing a combination for tools like AWS Schema conversion tool and database migration service
  • Provisioned cloud networking architectures in a DEV/QA/PROD environment, utilizing Virtual Networks, VPN, Express Route/Direct Connect, Network Security Groups, and Load Balancers
  • Proactively monitored resources and applications using AWS CloudWatch including creating alarms to monitor metrics for services like EBS, EC2, ELB, RDS, S3
  • Analyzed code and communicate detailed reviews to development teams to ensure a marked improvement in applications and the timely completion of projects

System Administrator

UBA Bank
09.2012 - 07.2015
  • Administered and optimized a Linux server environment, managing multiple distributions (Ubuntu, CentOS, Red Hat) to support enterprise-level applications which I achieved uptime across all servers
  • Implemented automation scripts using Bash and Python, streamlining routine tasks such as server provisioning, backup, and patch management, reducing manual intervention which increased efficiency in daily task
  • Engineered a robust security framework for Linux servers, incorporating SELinux policies, iptables firewall rules, and regular vulnerability scanning, which decreased the system attack surface
  • Upgraded Linux server kernels and applications, staying compliant with the latest security patches and updates, and ensured seamless rollbacks to maintain system stability
  • Implemented Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) for centralized authentication, user management, and Group Policy deployments, improving security and administrative efficiency
  • Configured and maintained Windows-based virtual environments using Hyper-V, optimizing resource allocation and scalability, while reducing hardware costs
  • Utilized Windows Performance Monitor and System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) for real-time system monitoring, proactively resolving issues before impacting business operations.

Education

Certified AWS Cloud Solutions Architect -

Centennial College
Toronto, ON
2023

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

2018

Bachelor of Science - Computer Software Technology

National Polytechnic
2013

Skills

  • Source & Version Control: Git and GitHub
  • Artifactory Storage: Nexus, ECR
  • Operating Systems: Linux, Windows Application servers: Tomcat, Jboss, Jfrog
  • Configuration Management: Ansible
  • CI/CD: Jenkins, Gitaction
  • Container Orchestrator: Kubernetes, Docker Swarm
  • Code Analysis: SonarQube
  • Containerization Platforms: Docker
  • Ticketing: Jira , Service now
  • IAC: Terraform, CloudFormation
  • Documentation: Confluence
  • Build Tools: Maven, Ant, Gradle
  • Monitoring: CloudWatch ,Prometheus,New Relic
  • Scripting: Bash , Python

Timeline

Cloud DevOps Engineer

Thompson Reuters
11.2019 - Current

Cloud Site Reliability Engineer

ShipVista Incorporation
09.2015 - 11.2019

System Administrator

UBA Bank
09.2012 - 07.2015

Certified AWS Cloud Solutions Architect -

Centennial College

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor of Science - Computer Software Technology

National Polytechnic

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