RAHMAN AJAPE
Devops Engineer/Cloud Engineer/Site Reliability Engineer
Markham,Ontario
Summary
Industrious Dev Operations Engineer offering 7 year background setting up CICD pipelines and scripting deployment activities. Well-rounded and conscientious professional committed to proactively managing change and quickly deploying critical applications. Expertise in configuration management and Agile, Scrum and Waterfall methodologies.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications
Work History
SENIOR DEVOPS ENGINEER
GATESTONES & Co.
ONTARIO
08.2022 - Current
- Designing and implementing scalable and highly available Azure solutions, leveraging Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates and Azure services, resulting in improved application performance and reduced costs.
- Integrated security into cloud architecture solutions to prevent bugging.
- Created team strategy for SDLC automation, configuration management and release management.
- Maintained systems that monitored applications and infrastructure.
- Applied automated testing solutions for unit, integration and system testing.
- Maintained metrics visibility using Datadog and Prometheus/Grafana to create useful dashboards and monitors.
- Developed continuous improvements and implemented solutions to existing infrastructure, tools and processes.
- Managed AWS assets and integrated multiple AWS resources into solutions appropriate for company projects.
- Mentored DevOps engineer interns on proper engineering methods.
- Coordinated deployments of new software, feature updates and fixes.
- Tuned systems to boost performance.
- Authored code fixes and enhancements for inclusion in future code releases and patches.
- Analyzed work to generate logic for new systems, procedures and tests.
- Created proofs of concept for innovative new solutions.
DEVOPS ENGINEER
PNC EQUIPMENT FINANCE
ONTARIO
12.2021 - 08.2022
- Worked closely with application developers to design, develop, test, and deploy Kubernetes-based applications and infrastructure, ensuring scalability and reliability.
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.
- Worked with cross-functional design teams to create software solutions that improved overall functionality and performance.
- Monitored automated build and continuous software integration process to drive build/release failure resolution.
- Directed software design and development to meet client needs for functionality and performance.
- Wrote code and developed tools and integrations to meet cross-platform user needs.
- Collaborated with team to determine application requirement specifications.
- Drove project lifespan from concept to final rollout in development and deployment.
- Created secure custom coding to prevent network threats.
- Implemented best practices to protect data and assets.
- Built automation tools and applications to deploy next-generation platforms.
JUNIOR DEVOPS ENGINEER
Peridem Advisory Services
Lagos
10.2018 - 11.2021
- Deployed and managed cloud infrastructure on AWS, including compute instances, load balancers, and Cloud Storage.
- Coordinated deployments of new software, feature updates and fixes.
- Created proofs of concept for innovative new solutions.
- Optimized dust, temperature and humidity controls for installed systems.
- Designed and implemented scalable applications for data extraction and analysis.
- Conducted data modeling, performance and integration testing.
- Translated technical concepts and information into terms parties could easily comprehend.
- Analyzed work to generate logic for new systems, procedures and tests.
- Built databases and table structures for web applications.
Linux Administrator
CWG PLC
Lagos
12.2016 - 09.2018
- Managed and maintained Linux servers and infrastructure, including installation, configuration, and troubleshooting.
- Installed system-wide hardware components, confirming interoperation and compatibility with Linux-based software distros.
- Developed organization-wide administration policies to encourage continuity across multiple systems and facilities.
- Managed backup and disaster recovery through strict data control and retention policies, personally handling recovery tasks when issues arose.
- Interacted directly with users to diagnose and correct major system issues and address concerns.
- Maintained smooth operation of multi-user computer systems through collaboration with hardware and network engineers.
- Tuned system performance to optimize efficacy of new and existing hardware components.
Education
Skills
MacOSMicrosoft WindowsMySQLOracleGithubBitBucketPythonJavaBashGroovyTomcatApache (Solr)Nginx
Technical Writing
Code reviews
API design knowledge
Virtualization
Certification
CSM (Certified Scrum Master) - Udemy- Online
Timeline
SENIOR DEVOPS ENGINEER
GATESTONES & Co.
08.2022 - Current
DEVOPS ENGINEER
PNC EQUIPMENT FINANCE
12.2021 - 08.2022
JUNIOR DEVOPS ENGINEER
Peridem Advisory Services
10.2018 - 11.2021
Linux Administrator
CWG PLC
12.2016 - 09.2018