Angelina O Ware
Euless,Texas
Summary
As a Cloud DevOps Engineer at EK-TECH, I develop and implement automated tools, software, processes, and frameworks for continuous integration, delivery, deployment, security, monitoring, and improvement. Leveraged skills in IaC, SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS to deliver high-quality software solutions in demanding environments. Over 7 years of experience in the IT industry, working with crossfunctional teams and using agile methodologies. Strong problem-solving and analytical mindset, proactive, purposeful, going above and beyond to reach milestones. Passionate on continuous learning and improvement. Hold certifications in Kubernetes Administration (CKA), Project Management (CAPM), and Bachelor of Applied Science degree from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Ultimate goal is to use DevOps/Cloud engineering skills and knowledge to create value and impact for organization and clients. Accomplished engineer proffering extensive cloud monitoring, deployment and troubleshooting skills. Defined, built and maintained infrastructure using vendor-neutral and platform-specific tools. Organized and focused person with extraordinary leadership acumen.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
DevOps/Cloud Engineer
EK-TECH Software
02.2020 - Current
- Configured on-demand Jenkins agent for lower environment that resulted in 65% reduction in infrastructure cost
- Wrote terraform module to provision highly available and secured Jenkins server through launch template with attached autoscaling group and load balancer
- Embedded automated testing environment in Jenkins pipeline with SonarQube and sonar scanner
- Incorporated unprivileged ports and unprivileged users in images for extra layer of security
- Replaced complex image build process with unified multistage Dockerfile that resulted in lighter images and significantly reduced engineering time
- Integrated various tools and technologies such as Git, Maven/Gradle, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS services within Jenkins pipelines to orchestrate complex CI/CD workflows
- Utilized vault to properly manage sensitive data on Kubernetes cluster for infrastructure security
- Configured cronjob to automate backup of database into cloud storage for Disaster Recovery in event of unexpected outage
- Configured Prometheus to scrape metrics from ArgoCD service and send alert to slack
- Configured s3 bucket for remote storage of terraform state file and implemented state locking with DynamoDB table to prevent corrupting state file
- Built golden machine and docker images with all required software for deployment of applications to prevent configuration drift
- Wrote terraform module to provision s3 bucket with replication to different bucket in different region for disaster recovery of critical data
- Templated helm charts for deployment of robotic microservice application into production using ArgoCD
- Modularized VPC module for cost optimization by putting constraint on of NAT gateway and elastic IP deployed unto various environments
- Wrote terraform module to deploy Aurora-Postgres database for high availability and managed database credentials with AWS secret manager.
DevOps Engineer
iCare Medical Tech.
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Configured Ansible control machine and set up remote host connection via SSH using dynamic inventory
- Wrote Ansible role to easily manage multiple tasks of patching and installing packages on 100s of target servers
- Launched local image registry with remote access via SSH for image security and efficient management
- Collaborated with cross functional teams to translate complex product requirements into automated solutions
- Deployed containerized applications in production using Docker-compose
- Designed and executed Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment pipeline frameworks using Jenkins, from coding to deployment into production environment
- Utilized terraform modules to provision various cloud infrastructure in fast and consistent manner.
Linux System Administrator
EK-TECH Software
11.2017 - 12.2018
- Conducted regular system audits and performance optimizations to ensure high availability and reliability of production systems
- Monitored system performance for memory, disk, and CPU utilization
- Wrote bash script to install several tools and software on 100s of Linux server distributions
- Provided support to senior engineers in tasks related to system setup, upkeep, and diagnostic activities
- Utilized logs to resolve intricate server and application related incidences
- Hardened servers to enhance security
- Wrote bash script to manage user accounts.
Education
Bachelor of Science - SCIENCE
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology
Kumasi, Ghana05.2012
Skills
- Software Development Life Cycle: Agile, DevOps
- Version Control System: Git, GitHub
- Continuous Integration: Jenkins, Jenkinsfiles
- Build Automation: Maven, Golang, Node
- Code Analysis: SonarQube, Sonar-scanner
- Containerization: Docker, Docker-compose
- Container Registries: Docker hub, AWS ECR, Nexus
- Container orchestration: Kubernetes, helm
- Operating system: Unix/Linux
- Package Management: Helm, Yum, Apt
- Deployment tool: ArgoCD
- Infrastructure Provisioning: Terraform
- Configuration Management: Ansible
- Script Language: Bash, Yaml, Python
- Ticketing and Documentatio: Jira, Confluence
- Cloud Platform: AWS, Azure
- Database: Redis, Postgres, Mysql, Aurora, etc
- Monitoring: Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana
- Incident Management: PagerDuty
- Status: US Citizen
- Soft skills: Interpersonal skills, Excellent communication skills, Organizational skills, Problem-solving, Analytical skills, Proactive, Flexibility, and Team player
Accomplishments
Cost Optimization Award EK-TECH Software | Houston, Texas May, 2021. Configured on-demand Jenkins agent for lower environment that resulted in 65% reduction in infrastructure cost.
Certification
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
Awards
Cost Optimization Award, EK-TECH Software, Houston, Texas, May, 2021
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
DevOps/Cloud Engineer
EK-TECH Software
02.2020 - Current
DevOps Engineer
iCare Medical Tech.
01.2019 - 01.2020
Linux System Administrator
EK-TECH Software
11.2017 - 12.2018
Bachelor of Science - SCIENCE
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
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