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Kenechukwu Ijenwagu

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Critical thinking DevOps Engineer with extensive understanding of high availability architecture and concepts. Purpose-driven professional with capacity to be strong team player plus work effectively independently. With 7+ years' experience in managing source code management systems, automating builds and regression testing, building tools and monitoring software deployments, coordinating, and pushing new releases to the production infrastructure in both AWS and Azure Platforms. Software Development Engineer with hands-on experience in experience in software systems, programming, database development, and infrastructure development and administration. Excels in writing complex code, building infrastructure as code, work with immutable "cloud" based environments, and build the supporting automated tool sets to test and deploy the systems. Automation Engineer with a passion for developing scripts and CI server templates to automate multi language CI processes, including build, test, static analysis, packaging, and artifacts distribution. Database experience, including knowledge of SQL and NoSQL, and related data stores such as Postgres. Experience with assessment, implementation, optimization, and documentation of broad set of security technologies and processes such as data protection, cryptography, key management, identity and access management, systems security, network security within IaaS, PaaS and SaaS environments and CI/CD pipeline tooling and deployments.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

DevOps Engineer

Verizon Wireless Systems
11.2021 - Current
  • Utilize Kong APIM, Nginx, and Open Rest to configure Kong for Azure AD as the authentication provider and implement OAuth2 or JWT authentication for your APIs 50%
  • Use Azure Key Vault 60% to securely store API keys, secrets, and SSL certificates required for Kong's configuration
  • Implement the infrastructure as code with Terraform for several EC2 instances, Lambda Functions, Message Queues, S3 buckets, ECS, ECR, and VPCs as part of documentation and developer portal setup 50%
  • Lead the organization's automated testing efforts, embedding the knowledge within the teams to use test-driven development, automated testing during build, performance, and load testing as well as automated regression testing 65%
  • Advance our CICD through cutting-edge container and server less automation pipelines in AWS Code Deploy and Code Pipeline 40%
  • Develop scripts to manage Cloud Infrastructure using Python or other frameworks for Cloud native development by 40%
  • Design application authentication and authorization solutions, including Single Sign-On, Multi-Factor Authentication, OAuth, OpenID Connect, and related technologies by 55%
  • Perform end-to-end automation from Continuous Integration (CI) to Continuous Delivery (CD) on AWS platform, Kubernetes/Docker containers 40%
  • Develop BASH scripts to redact sensitive data from Apache access and error logs using a sed expression, deploy WAR files to environments in parallel by 40%
  • Establish, maintain, and evolve concepts in continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for existing and new services by 50%
  • Design and implement an adaptive remote testing framework for multi-tenant cloud environment installation, customization, and data source integration by 50%
  • Improve system response time by 20% by using SQL profiler to identify long-running SQL queries and addressing them by either rewriting or adding indexes to the appropriate tables
  • Improved code deployment efficiency 40% by automating processes with CI/CD pipelines.
  • Reduced system downtime for critical applications by implementing robust monitoring and alerting tools. 35%


DevOps Engineer

Liberty Mutual Finance
07.2016 - 04.2021
  • Orchestrated data extraction and presentation by 50% of system KPIs and reports
  • Designed, developed, and maintained automation workflows using scripting languages by 40% to enhance DevOps processes
  • Addressed security, stability, and scalability challenges for high-profile, high-traffic web services within the cloud-based ecosystem 30%
  • Delivered ad-hoc analytics and data reports, including sales and timeline data analysis 40%
  • Performed structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data querying and analysis using Big Data technology by 20%
  • Established and managed a DevOps environment to streamline software development through automation and complex problem-solving 35%
  • Leveraged cloud-native technologies on platforms like AWS and Azure, emphasizing automation and orchestration using Docker, Kubernetes, NGINX, and NoSQL solutions by 25%
  • Maintained up-to-date product knowledge, including website requirements, data sets, and API functions necessary for optimal user experience by 45%
  • Collaborated with Support, Development, QA, and Operations teams to troubleshoot and resolve escalated production issues by 35%
  • Ensured business growth, value creation, and cost-effectiveness through process optimization, new initiatives, and improved operational workflows by 25%
  • Managed ERP systems like Oracle and SAP in cloud or hybrid environments by 50%
  • Reduced system downtime for critical applications by implementing robust monitoring and alerting tools 50%.
  • Improved code deployment efficiency by automating processes with CI/CD pipelines 40%.


DevOps Engineer

Hartford Financial Service Group
03.2015 - 08.2016
  • Monitored, and enhanced automated regression systems and tests to support high quality deployment to production 50%
  • Created and provided best practices 40% to the organization for DevOps, builds, continuous integration and deployment and infrastructure
  • Developed scripts to manage Cloud Infrastructure using python or other frameworks for Cloud-native development 15%
  • Built and supported system automation, deployment, and continuous integration tools while troubleshooting incident response for all critical service interruptions and outages 20%
  • Diagnosed the root cause for why the test is failing (is it the server, the device, a test case issue, a recent change, a bad config, bad procedure, a bug, network issue, cloud outage) 45%
  • Supported tools, such as Artifactory, as object stores used primarily by software development for building artifacts 30%
  • Automated deployment, configuration, monitoring, and lifecycle management for Cloud Components using PowerShell and python 20%
  • Created IAC solutions through AWS CDK, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CLI, or Terraform leveraging configuration management solutions such as Ansible or PowerShell 15%
  • Developed and implemented AWS CloudFormation Stack Sets, 50% to provision enterprise environments, to ensure repeatable, sustainable AWS infrastructure is effectively managed
  • Wrote tests for both backend and frontend applications with Mocha, Chai, Jest, Supersets, and Enzyme 50%

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Enugu State University of Science And Technology
Enugu Nigeria
09.2013

Skills

  • Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure
  • Scripting: Bash, PowerShell, Python
  • Web/App server: Nginx, Tomcat, Apache
  • Programming Language: Python, JavaScript, NodeJS, React
  • API Gateways: Kong APIM, Nginx, OpenRest
  • CI/CD: Jenkins, CircleCI, TravisCI, AWS CodeBuild, Azure DevOps
  • Web Frameworks: Django, Django Rest Framework, NodeJS
  • Application Performance Monitoring: Prometheus, Granada, Splunk, Datadog, Dynatrace, AppDynamics
  • Effective Communication
  • Meeting Participation
  • IT Solution Development

Certification

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
  • AWS Security Specialty
  • Azure Security Engineer
  • CISSP
  • CCSP
  • Microsoft Azure Administrator (Linux Academy)
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations
  • Cloud Engineering with Google Cloud Specialization (Coursera)
  • Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine Specialization (Coursera)
  • Jenkins Certified Engineer Training (Linus Academy)
  • Fullstack Development

References

Available Upon Request

HOBBIES

Gaming: Engaged in exploring diverse gaming platforms and genres to understand user interfaces, game mechanics, and underlying technical aspects.
Leveraged gaming experiences to enhance understanding of software design principles, graphics, and user experience, contributing to a holistic approach in IT engineering.

Driving: Utilized driving as a means of relaxation and stress relief, fostering a balanced lifestyle alongside the dynamic nature of the IT industry.
Demonstrated the ability to maintain focus, precision, and responsibility, qualities that translate to attention to detail and commitment in professional tasks.


Exploring New Coding Languages: Actively pursued learning and exploring new coding languages beyond job requirements, demonstrating a passion for continuous learning and skill development.
Applied knowledge gained from exploring diverse coding languages to adapt quickly to emerging technologies and enhance problem-solving capabilities in IT engineering roles.

Languages

English
Full Professional

Timeline

DevOps Engineer

Verizon Wireless Systems
11.2021 - Current

DevOps Engineer

Liberty Mutual Finance
07.2016 - 04.2021

DevOps Engineer

Hartford Financial Service Group
03.2015 - 08.2016

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Enugu State University of Science And Technology

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