Senior Cloud Solutions Architect/DevSecOps & SRE, AI-Enabled Product and Platform Initiatives
Duration: Nov. 2024 - Present
Summary: Leading architecture and engineering across cloud, DevOps, DevSecOps, SRE and AI-enabled product initiatives. Architecting and optimizing multi-cloud infrastructure across AWS, Google Cloud and Cloudflare with focus on security, scalability, and automation.
Responsibilities:
- Lead architecture and engineering across cloud, DevOps, DevSecOps, SRE and AI-enabled product initiatives, translating business needs into secure, scalable platform capabilities and delivery roadmaps.
- Architect and optimize multi-cloud infrastructure across AWS, Google Cloud and Cloudflare, including networking, DNS, CDN, WAF, identity/security controls and production workload design.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration with Terraform, Ansible, Bash and Python; build and maintain CI/CD workflows with GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins and CircleCI.
- Operate Kubernetes workloads across GKE and EKS, including ingress, load balancing, container networking, production troubleshooting and resilience improvements.
- Establish monitoring, incident-response and continuous-improvement practices using Prometheus, Grafana and cloud-native telemetry; evaluate reliability, performance, latency, security and cost.
- Partner with technical and business stakeholders on platform modernization, AI adoption, workflow automation, governance, security controls and practical implementation choices.
Technologies: AWS, Google Cloud, Cloudflare, Terraform, Ansible, Bash, Python, GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, CircleCI, Kubernetes (GKE, EKS), Prometheus, Grafana.
Senior Infrastructure Engineer/DevOps, Network & SysOps, Playground (Part-time) (Infrastructure Upgrade and DevSecOps Framework Development)
Duration: Jun. 2023 - Present
Summary: Evaluation and upgrade of infrastructure including Proxmox, virtual machines, bare metal, networking, Traefik, GlusterFS, Portainer and proxy services. Development of a DevSecOps collaboration framework across multiple teams to improve deployment frequency.
Responsibilities:
- Evaluated and upgraded infrastructure spanning Proxmox, virtual machines, bare metal, networking, Traefik, GlusterFS, Portainer and proxy services.
- Supported engineering teams with GitLab, GitHub Actions, Docker Swarm, containerization and automation while providing real-time production support.
- Developed a DevSecOps collaboration framework across five cross-functional teams, contributing to a 25% increase in deployment frequency.
Technologies: Proxmox, virtual machines, bare metal, networking, Traefik, GlusterFS, Portainer, proxy services, GitLab, GitHub Actions, Docker Swarm, containerization, automation.
Senior Cloud Solutions Architect, WorkJam (Infrastructure Routing and Optimization)
Duration: Nov. 2023 - Nov. 2024
Summary: Designed a high-performance infrastructure routing strategy supporting over 1 million API calls per day, reducing platform complexity and enabling compliant expansion into China. Led infrastructure assessment and optimization to reduce operating costs.
Responsibilities:
- Designed a high-performance infrastructure routing strategy supporting more than 1 million API calls per day while materially reducing platform complexity.
- Provided architecture leadership across DevOps, SRE, FinOps and security teams; mentored engineers and aligned technical delivery with business outcomes.
- Enabled compliant expansion into China through architecture and infrastructure changes that improved application availability and supported market growth.
- Led an infrastructure assessment and optimization program that eliminated waste and reduced annual operating costs by approximately CAD $3 million.
Technologies: SRE, API, DevOps.
Senior Cloud Specialist, Andela (Production Microservices and Secure UI Infrastructure)
Duration: Mar. 2022 - Jun. 2023
Summary: Managed and optimized production microservices on Amazon EKS and engineered secure UI infrastructure to improve deployment efficiency and operational reliability.
Responsibilities:
- Managed and optimized production microservices on Amazon EKS, strengthening resilience and operational reliability.
- Engineered secure UI infrastructure across Amazon S3, CloudFront, Route 53 and REST APIs, reducing deployment time by 40% through automation.
- Supported AWS data migration, Cognito user-pool migration, site-to-site VPN implementation, security documentation and R&D initiatives.
Technologies: Amazon EKS, Amazon S3, CloudFront, Route 53, REST APIs, AWS Cognito, VPN.
Senior Cloud Specialist/DevSecOps, Standard Chartered Bank Research (Solv) (AWS Infrastructure and Microservices)
Duration: Jun. 2022 - Dec. 2022
Summary: Administered AWS infrastructure and governed production microservices in a compliance-sensitive environment, focusing on secure infrastructure pipelines and data migration.
Responsibilities:
- Administered AWS infrastructure including VPCs, load balancers, Jenkins, SonarQube, Route 53, TLS/SSL, WAF, Nginx, ingress controllers, Aurora and MongoDB.
- Governed production microservices on EKS and built secure infrastructure pipelines for S3, CloudFront, Route 53 and REST API workloads.
- Provided technical oversight for AWS data migration and site-to-site VPN implementation in a compliance-sensitive environment.
Technologies: AWS VPC, Load Balancers, Jenkins, SonarQube, Route 53, TLS/SSL, WAF, Nginx, ingress controllers, Aurora, MongoDB, EKS, S3, CloudFront, REST APIs, VPN.
Senior Cloud Engineer/DevSecOps, Tolaram (Scalable Cloud Solutions and CI/CD Infrastructure)
Duration: Oct. 2021 - Jun. 2022
Summary: Engineered scalable and resilient cloud solutions and completed CI/CD infrastructure to optimize cloud costs and improve developer onboarding and security.
Responsibilities:
- Engineered scalable and resilient cloud solutions using Google BigQuery, CloudFront, DNS, load balancing and WAF.
- Completed CI/CD infrastructure, optimized cloud costs, improved developer onboarding and strengthened protection against phishing and DDoS attacks.
- Served as Scrum Master for a highly scalable product team, facilitating delivery and cross-functional coordination.
Technologies: Google BigQuery, CloudFront, DNS, Load Balancing, WAF, CI/CD.
Senior Cloud/Infrastructure Engineer, Airtel Nigeria (First Class Group Limited) (SRE and DevOps Consulting)
Duration: Mar. 2021 - Oct. 2021
Summary: Delivered SRE and DevOps consulting across on-premise and cloud infrastructure to improve developer experience, resource management, and security for an e-commerce platform launch.
Responsibilities:
- Delivered SRE and DevOps consulting across on-premise and cloud infrastructure, including health indicators, logging, alarms and anomaly detection.
- Improved developer experience, resource management and security while coordinating with business partners on an e-commerce platform launch.
- Designed approaches for system upgrades, configuration management and patching.
Technologies: SRE, DevOps.
Senior Data Centre/Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, Globacom (First Class Group Limited) (Data Centre Operations and Infrastructure Engineering)
Duration: Feb. 2014 - Mar. 2021
Summary: Supported L2 data-centre operations and highly available infrastructure, specializing in VMware/hypervisor installations, automated system build-outs, and application deployments.
Responsibilities:
- Supported L2 data-centre operations and highly available infrastructure; monitored applications and services for trends, anomalies and operational risk.
- Specialized in VMware/hypervisor installations, automated system build-outs and application deployments.
- Engineered scalable infrastructure solutions and managed security, availability and operational performance.
Technologies: VMware, hypervisors, automated system build-outs.
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