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CATHERINE GICHUHI

Summary

I'm a results-driven DevOps, Cloud, and Site Reliability Engineer with 5 years of experience in designing and implementing scalable infrastructure solutions. Specializing in cloud-based architectures (AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud), I optimize development pipelines, automate deployments, and ensure system reliability. Proactive in identifying and mitigating operational challenges, my collaborative approach fosters a culture of innovation. I am eager to contribute my skills to elevate organizational efficiency and exceed business objectives.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Devops Engineer (Remote)

TD Synnex, Fremont, CA
12.2019 - Current
  • Optimized dust, temperature, and humidity controls for installed systems.
  • Coordinated deployments of new software, feature updates, and fixes.
  • Estimated work hours and tracked progress using Scrum methodology.
  • Conduct regular post-mortems after incidents to identify root causes and prevent recurrence.
  • Developed Terraform manifest YAML files to automate the provisioning of infrastructure on AWS, including EKS clusters, EC2 instances, IAM roles, VPCs, S3 buckets, and various other resources.
  • Implemented Apache and Nginx webservers, optimizing security by configuring AWS ELB SSL to redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS.

Site Reliability Engineer (Remote)

ACME Technologies, San Jose, CA
06.2017 - 11.2019
  • Ensured compliance with relevant industry regulations regarding data privacy standards by actively participating in audit assessments.
  • Recorded daily events and activities in the site diary to evaluate processes and improve productivity.
  • Contributed to the ongoing refinement of internal processes and procedures within the site reliability engineering discipline through regular reviews, updates, and knowledge sharing activities.
  • Mentored junior engineers, sharing knowledge of best practices for site reliability engineering methodologies.
  • Analyzed survey reports, maps, blueprints, and other topographical and geologic data to plan infrastructure and construction projects.
  • Implemented cost-saving measures by optimizing resource utilization across cloud-based infrastructure environments.

Education

• Bachelors Degree - Computer Science

University of Nairobi

Graduate Professional - Diploma in DevOps And Cloud Engineering

Landmark Technologies

Skills

  • Operating Systems: Redhat, CentOS, Ubuntu, and Windows
  • Version Control System: Git/Github
  • Build Tool: Maven
  • Scripting Languages: Shell Scripting
  • Application Servers: Apache Tomcat, JBoss, and WildFly
  • Continuous Integration Tools: Jenkins
  • Configuration Management Tools: Ansible
  • Containerization Tool: Docker
  • Cloud Services: AWS (EC2, S3, EBS,ELB,IAM,AMI)
  • IAAC Tool: Terraform
  • Monitoring Tools: Prometheus and Grafana, New Relic
  • Static Code Analysis Tool: SonarQube
  • Artifactory Storage: Nexus, JFrog
  • Container Orchestration Tool: Kubernetes
  • Ticketing Tool:Jira
  • Webservers: Nginx, Apache, and HAProxy
  • Compatibility Testing
  • Performance Optimization
  • Ractivejs
  • Technical Writing
  • CRM Software
  • Hardware Configuration
  • Process Improvement
  • Cost Coding
  • Databases: Oracle, MongoDB

Timeline

Devops Engineer (Remote)

TD Synnex, Fremont, CA
12.2019 - Current

Site Reliability Engineer (Remote)

ACME Technologies, San Jose, CA
06.2017 - 11.2019

• Bachelors Degree - Computer Science

University of Nairobi

Graduate Professional - Diploma in DevOps And Cloud Engineering

Landmark Technologies

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