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OSEREME OKOJIE

Abuja,Nigeria

Summary

Senior DevOps & Cloud Engineer with 8+ years of experience building and managing scalable, secure cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure. Skilled in Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, and CI/CD automation, with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and cost efficiency. Experienced in supporting high-traffic systems in FinTech and enterprise environments

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
2021
2021
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Cloud Engineer

Moniepoint
02.2025 - 05.2025
  • Led GCP infrastructure optimization initiatives achieving 30%+ cost reductions, leveraging custom cost analysis tooling, resource right-sizing, committed use discounts, and proactive spend governance.
  • Designed and managed production-grade Kubernetes clusters on GCP at scale, integrating Kafka, Istio service mesh, autoscaling policies, and secure multi-tenant architecture.
  • Automated and maintained MongoDB Atlas administration, including replica set configuration, performance tuning, backup strategies, and Kafka-based data ingestion pipelines.
  • Built and maintained advanced CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and CircleCI, embedding automated tests, security scans, and Terraform-driven Kubernetes infrastructure deployments.
  • Developed resilient Kafka streaming architectures for real-time data processing, incorporating schema validation, consumer group optimization, and secure inter-service communication.
  • Championed infrastructure-as-code and GitOps practices, enabling repeatable, version-controlled deployments and improved operational visibility across development and production environments.

Hybrid Cloud Engineer (Contract)

United Nations
Valencia, ESP
07.2024 - 02.2025
  • Managed and maintained an Azure environment consisting of over 2500 servers, ensuring optimal performance and security.
  • Utilized Terraform and Azure DevOps while managing multiple environments for efficient and reliable pipeline creation and deployment, enhancing the overall development process.
  • Leveraged Azure Batch for parallel and high-performance computing, effectively managing large-scale applications.
  • Employed Azure Update Manager for consistent and automated patch management across the Azure environment, keeping all systems up to date.
  • Managed Azure infrastructure efficiently, including VMs, storage accounts, and SQL databases.
  • Resolved tickets promptly and effectively, demonstrating strong problem-solving skills and a commitment to excellent customer service.
  • Collaborated with a global team to support the United Nations' mission, showcasing strong teamwork and communication skills.
  • Designed and secured cloud architectures on AWS and Azure, implementing advanced network security protocols.

Senior Cloud Solutions Engineer

Descasio
Abuja, NG
01.2024 - 07.2024
  • Engineered and deployed secure, scalable cloud solutions using serverless architectures with Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), resulting in a 40% improvement in operational efficiency and a 50% reduction in deployment times.
  • Displayed hands-on experience in Implementing Spring Boot containerized API Service architectures (SOAP, RESTful with JSON) and Kubernetes.
  • Successfully led the migration of databases and critical applications to the cloud, employing advanced SQL tech. Achieved a seamless transition and a 30% enhancement in data retrieval times.
  • Automated AWS infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and integrated Azure Active Directory with AWS Single Sign-On, resulting in a 50% increase in login speed and improved security efficiency.
  • Streamlined development and QA processes by establishing Dev, Staging, and Production environments, leveraging Docker for containerization and Kubernetes for orchestration.
  • Implemented HTTPS redirection and security enhancements using Nginx and Cloudflare, significantly enhancing web application security and user trust.
  • Assisted team technically around automation of access, incident, problem management, CI/CD pipelines, secret automation, and problem management which provided site reliability services while supporting operations and CI/CD of platform.

Senior DevOps Engineer

Analogue Shifts
Abuja, NG
02.2021 - 12.2023
  • Developed CI/CD pipeline with GitHub, Jenkins build, Artifactory and Ansible to facilitate rapid deployment and testing of infrastructure and configuration changes, while utilizing DevOps practices including CI/CD, automation, infrastructure orchestration, and cloud service delivery. Managed AWS infrastructure, delivering 20% annual cost savings through optimization.
  • Led a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a team of developers with deep experience in machine learning, distributed microservices, and full stack systems to create solutions that helped meet regulatory needs.
  • Provided AWS cloud technical leadership for re-engineering effort consisting of components written in C++, Java, and python to run on AWS with concentration on providing AWS native observability, instrumentation and testing.
  • Maintaining and monitoring network infrastructure between AWS and different analogue shifts locations while working closely with Development and IT Operations teams to provide needed tools and resources.
  • Maintained records of system performance, combining raw information into useful and beneficial performance report for monthly board meetings. Automated code scanning, vulnerability scanning, dependency scanning and container image scanning.
  • Managed Azure infrastructure efficiently, including VMs, storage accounts, and SQL databases.

DevOps Engineer

Aitech
Remote
01.2019 - 12.2020
  • Built and maintained serverless compute like ECS, Lambda functions and Fargate for dynamic application workloads.
  • Developed monitoring scripts, reducing downtime by 30% through early issue detection and resolution.
  • Boosted team productivity by 20% through script automation of routine tasks like updates and backups.
  • Optimized Jenkins build agents, reducing build times by 25% and minimizing developer wait time.
  • Developed Bash, python and Nodejs automation scripts to facilitate Api-driven deployments.
  • Improved CI/CD pipeline efficiency by 30% through the design and implementation of GitLab CI templates.
  • Enhanced software release reliability, reducing failures by 20% and elevating customer satisfaction by 15%.
  • Led cloud migrations, completing projects 20% ahead of schedule with zero data loss.
  • Conducted system assessments with a 95% success rate in astutely overcoming migration challenges.

Jr DevOps

Dominion Systems
Canada, Remote
01.2017 - 11.2018
  • Automated software deployments and infrastructure provisioning using Ansible and Terraform, achieving a 30% decrease in time required for deployment.
  • Built and configured CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub, leading to a 20% increase in deployment frequency and a 15% reduction in manual errors.
  • Collaborated with development teams, reducing mean time to recovery (MTTR) by 20% for application deployment issues.
  • Implemented new technologies, resulting in a 15% improvement in overall infrastructure efficiency and a 10% increase in scalability.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - PEE

University of Benin

Skills

  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
  • Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm)
  • Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Monitoring and Logging (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack Datadog)
  • Scripting and Automation (Bash, Python, PowerShell)
  • Version Control (Git)
  • Security Practices
  • Databases (MongoDB Atlas MySQL, PostgreSQL)
  • Network Configuration

Certification

  • Google Cloud - Professional Cloud Security Engineer May 2025
    https://www.credly.com/badges/6b8fc220-b357-4982-b15a-da474c87efea
  • Google Cloud - Professional Cloud Architect April 2025
    https://www.credly.com/badges/d937440b-1e7f-42a8-818d-ffecfae95907
  • AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional May 2024
    https://www.credly.com/badges/656fd340-9175-4f95-9b4d-e2657a15e9d8
  • AWS Solutions Architect - Associate March 2022 https://www.credly.com/badges/fb9ee02c-3286-48a1-8e13-7d0fcdff110b

Timeline

Cloud Engineer

Moniepoint
02.2025 - 05.2025

Hybrid Cloud Engineer (Contract)

United Nations
07.2024 - 02.2025

Senior Cloud Solutions Engineer

Descasio
01.2024 - 07.2024

Senior DevOps Engineer

Analogue Shifts
02.2021 - 12.2023

DevOps Engineer

Aitech
01.2019 - 12.2020

Jr DevOps

Dominion Systems
01.2017 - 11.2018

Bachelor of Engineering - PEE

University of Benin
OSEREME OKOJIE