Frank Mogbuk
Senior DevOps/Security Engineer
Summary
Experienced Cloud Operations/Network Security Engineer with over 9 years of experience in software development, infrastructure and users management. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction.
Dedicated DevSecOps professional with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language
Work History
Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
UN World Food Programme
Rome, IT
05.2022 - Current
- Identified, analyzed and resolved infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues.
- Utilized Terraform code and modern cloud-native deployment techniques to design, plan and integrate cloud computing and virtualization systems.
- Reviewed existing Node.js Opsworks application stack and made recommendations for migration to containers running on AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS).
- Maintain operational software and tooling, including Jira, Confluence, Metabase and Airbyte running on Docker Swarm.
- Worked with teams of talented software engineers to define, build and maintain cloud infrastructure, and third-party software including Honeycomb, Braze and Crowdin.
- Set up a Jira Service Desk to provide an IT help desk and security incident triage and response.
- Created policies and procedures for emerging security technologies and proposals.
- Designed and implemented effective database solutions and models to store and retrieve data using RDS Proxy.
- Collaborated on ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) tasks, maintaining data integrity and verifying pipeline stability using BigQuery on Google Cloud Platform.
Senior Software Engineering Manager
Zer0Paper Foundation
Tallinn
02.2022 - Current
- Led team for software engineering services and supported key clients in development efforts, establishing standards, determining specifications and creating Service and Operational Level Agreements (SLA) and (OLA).
- Played a key role in ongoing network design, reevaluation and optimization to keep pace with company growth.
- Analyzed network security and current infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform to assess areas in need of improvement and develop solutions.
- Reviewed and assessed architecture design, implementation, testing and deployment needs to identify project requirements and costs.
- Drove high-level strategic planning of development efforts across multiple projects to optimize resource utilization and shorten development times.
Senior Cloud Security Engineer
Kendi
Austin
03.2022 - 10.2022
- Worked with cloud architect to generate assessments of TCP/IP networks & firewalls and develop and implement actionable cyber security recommendations based on results and reviews.
- Automation using Python, building & deploying CI/CD pipeline on Gitlab CI, providing L3 DevOps support and implementing security policies, and building dashboards and monitors for security alerting.
- Experience with ethical hacking, container security and credential management solutions including Qualys, Bitwarden and Anchore.
- Integrated HIDS and NIDS tools including Snort and OSSEC into cloud architecture solutions to prevent network and data breaches.
- Partnered with infrastructure teams on code reviews, evaluation and feasibility assessments of new systems and technologies.
Senior Cloud Operations Engineer
Trilogy
Austin
03.2021 - 03.2022
- Collaborated on Jira and Confluence with software developers and testing team members to design, develop and deploy robust DevOps solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance using Terraform state files, Ansible & Bash scripts and Terraform Sentinel policies on Central Docker Hosts.
- Worked closely with other business analysts, DevOps and CloudOps team members to deliver high-availability solutions including Galera Cluster, XtraDB cluster, ProxySQL, and HAProxy for mission-critical applications on Amazon Aurora, EC2 and VMWare instances.
- Maintain operational software and tooling, including Jira, Confluence, Zabbix, Jenkins, Nexus, PasswordState and Active Directory/Adaxes.
- Designed and built EYK (engine yard kontainers) automation tools and applications to deploy next-gen Kubernetes containers.
- Provided on-call (including weekends) L2 & L3 support, monitoring and incident management for mission-critical software including Jive, Kayako and School Loop.
- Installed and maintained commercial firewall solutions and 3rd-party SIEM providers including Kerio VPN and Twistlock, working with security vendors to consistently maintain network security, and predict and mitigate threats.
Quality Assurance Engineer
Trilogy
Austin
04.2020 - 12.2020
- Applied knowledge of SDLC, QA processes, defect tracking, and software release cycle while working with different projects using Testrail and Jenkins.
- Gained experience in automation environment setup using BigQuery, Jenkins, Postman, and Selenium (Python) Webdriver with Junit and TestNG frameworks.
- Created detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test cases and automated test scripts using Gherkin for integration, regression, and functional testing on mobile (iOS & Android) web platforms that increased code coverage by 35% in a span of 2 months.
- Worked on multiple projects simultaneously, helping other testing teams meet deadlines while assuring the quality of major releases, service packs and customer-requested product enhancements.
DevOps Engineer
eHealth4everyone
Birmingham
06.2018 - 06.2019
- Experience in Kubernetes, BigQuery, Nginx, Docker Swarm, Traefik, Apache Tomcat, ELK, Jenkins, Python, and Bash.
- Collaborated closely with product development teams and other stakeholders, using effective communication and active listening skills.
- Mentored cross-functional teams of Python and Javascript developers to create software solutions that elevated client-side experience and significantly improved overall functionality and performance.
- Application and implementation of dashboards and monitors for security alerting of the company's infrastructure hosted on Google Cloud Platform using Sumologic, Rollbar, Netdata, Nagios, and ELK stack.
- Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing security and DevOps perspective.
- Performed ethical hacking manoeuvres using Wireshark, Metaspoilt, and Burp Suite across all deployed company software to identify and fix security issues.
System and Database Administrator
eHealth4everyone Foundation
Birmingham
11.2017 - 06.2018
- Strong understanding of Networking, DNS, TCP/IP, IPv6 and TLS.
- Administered, supported and monitored RDBMS including PostgreSQL, Percona, Azure SQL, MariaDB and MySQL, proactively resolving database issues and maintaining servers via techniques including performance tuning, query optimization and index tuning.
- Configured laptops, mobile devices and software to set up work stations for remote employees.
- Removed malware, ransomware and other threats from laptops, desktops and cloud VMs.
L2 Technical Support Engineer
Fhi360 International
Calabar
06.2016 - 07.2017
- Administered, managed, and troubleshoot hosted Windows servers as well as local servers. Installed and configured applications on server, with integration to local computers.
- Provided high-level support to technical support engineers and healthcare clients for Electronic Medical Record systems in HIPAA-controlled environment.
- Performed initial to intermediate triage support on incoming cases via phone and email to identify problem classification, issue diagnosis, and root cause analysis on 50+ cases per week.
- Assisted clients with general support for hardware, peripherals, network connections, and external software.
- Configured hardware, devices and software to set up work stations for employees.
Systems Administrator
NEXIM Bank HQ
Abuja
05.2013 - 11.2013
- Demonstrated ability to develop, plan and execute implementation of technical solutions in Windows Server datacenter environment with SQL Server, IIS and Active Directory resources.
- Designed security solutions for internal resources on Microsoft Azure, and SharePoint to mitigate vulnerability, such as recommended preventive, mitigating, and compensating controls, to ensure appropriate level of protection and adherence to goals of overall information security strategy.
- Conducted technical risk evaluation of hardware, software, and installed systems and network.
- Assisted with testing of installed systems to ensure protection strategies are properly implemented and working as intended
- Gained valuable system administration experience on various operating systems including RHEL/CentOS, Windows Server, Ubuntu Server, and FreeBSD.
- Spearheaded inventory control measures to replenish and maintain IT equipment, supplies, tools and replacement parts.
- Automated nightly batch scripts using Active Batch scheduler and created nightly jobs for database backups.
Education
Master of Arts - Innovation And Entrepreneurship
Berlin School of Business & Innovation (BSBI)
Berlin, Germany 03.2018 - 10.2019
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Engineering
University of Benin
Benin City, Nigeria 09.2009 - 11.2014
Skills
Code reviews
Product development
Virtualization technologies
Developer collaboration
Manual test case preparation
Active Listening
Automation knowledge
Offboarding and onboarding
Technical Support
File system administration
Software change management
Web Security
Infrastructure planning
Server maintenance
Network Security Management
Remote work support
Root Cause Analysis
DDoS prevention
Python and Bash proficiency
User credential management
Decision Making
Multitasking Abilities
Quality assurance
Cultural Awareness
Analytical and Critical Thinking
Flexible and Adaptable
Timeline
Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
UN World Food Programme
05.2022 - Current
Senior Cloud Security Engineer
Kendi
03.2022 - 10.2022
Senior Software Engineering Manager
Zer0Paper Foundation
02.2022 - Current
Senior Cloud Operations Engineer
Trilogy
03.2021 - 03.2022
Quality Assurance Engineer
Trilogy
04.2020 - 12.2020
DevOps Engineer
eHealth4everyone
06.2018 - 06.2019
Master of Arts - Innovation And Entrepreneurship
Berlin School of Business & Innovation (BSBI)
03.2018 - 10.2019
System and Database Administrator
eHealth4everyone Foundation
11.2017 - 06.2018
L2 Technical Support Engineer
Fhi360 International
06.2016 - 07.2017
Systems Administrator
NEXIM Bank HQ
05.2013 - 11.2013
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Engineering
University of Benin
09.2009 - 11.2014