Abdullahi Wisdom Saliu
Site Reliability Engineer
Abuja
Summary
Experienced Site Reliability Engineer with over 3 years of expertise in optimizing cloud infrastructure, automating CI/CD pipelines, and maintaining high-performance systems. Proficient in AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and monitoring tools like Prometheus and Grafana. Proven ability to manage and meet Service Level Objectives (SLOs), including reducing p90 latency and ensuring high availability for critical services. Strong background in troubleshooting, system optimization, and driving automation to improve system reliability and scalability
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Site Reliability Engineer
Alfason Group Ltd.
Texas, USA
01.2024 - Current
- Reduced p90 load times for Looker dashboards by 70% through caching improvements and upgrading EC2 instances with faster EBS volumes, significantly improving user experience.
- Automated infrastructure management using Terraform, reducing manual intervention by 60% and improving deployment efficiency.
- Implemented proactive monitoring solutions using Prometheus and Grafana, detecting blindspots and reducing incident response time by 30%.
- Collaborated with development teams to review system designs, focusing on potential failure modes, edge cases, and system bottlenecks.
- Set up monitoring systems with Prometheus and Grafana to track key SLOs like JVM memory utilization, preventing node failures and reducing downtime.
- Delivered PySpark jobs to export Looker dashboard metrics, improving access for over 2000 users
DevOps & Cloud Engineer
Alfason Group
01.2023 - 01.2024
- Built automated CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitLab, reducing deployment time by 40% and improving code quality through automated testing and reviews.
- Spearheaded disaster recovery planning and implemented backup strategies, ensuring minimal data loss and improved system resilience.
- Participated in on-call rotations and led troubleshooting efforts for high-severity incidents, reducing downtime during critical outages by 35%.
- Managed Apache Kafka clusters, ensuring data integrity and fault tolerance, and automated scaling to handle increasing data traffic, resulting in 25% improvement in data processing times
DevOps Engineer
The Indian Institute Of HardWare Technologies
Lagos, Lagos
01.2021 - 01.2023
- Managed and optimized Elasticsearch clusters for fast, reliable data retrieval and improved query performance.
- Improved real use case projects for over 100 students learning DevOps on the platform.
- Automated routine tasks using Python and Bash, saving 10 hours of manual work weekly
- Documented processes and configurations for streamlined system management
Education
Bachelor Of Science (BSc) - Finance
University Of Abuja
Nigeria09-2021
Skills
Cloud Platforms: AWS, GCP, Azure
Certification
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
Timeline
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
10-2025
Site Reliability Engineer
Alfason Group Ltd.
01.2024 - Current
DevOps & Cloud Engineer
Alfason Group
01.2023 - 01.2024
DevOps Engineer
The Indian Institute Of HardWare Technologies
01.2021 - 01.2023
Bachelor Of Science (BSc) - Finance
University Of Abuja