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Stephen Narh

Worcester,MA

Summary

Detail-oriented and experienced AWS Infrastructure Support and Systems Administrator adept at architecting, designing, and maintaining cloud-native AWS platforms. Skilled in automating system deployment, operation, and maintenance using Infrastructure as Code, with a proven track record in system administration and DevOps engineering.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

AWS Infrastructure Support and Systems Administrator

Global Life Science
05.2021 - 04.2024
  • Provided AWS Infrastructure support and Systems Administration for new and existing products using IAM, EC2, S3, AWS Networking, Terraform, Cloud Formation templates, and Security tools
  • Monitored and maintained cloud infrastructure resources for compliance with AWS Well-Architected Framework, including Security Pillar
  • Developed and maintained Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) pipelines using Bitbucket Pipelines, GitHub, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, and ECS
  • Managed Infrastructure as Code (IAS) services for creation of ephemeral cloud-native infrastructure on AWS and GCP using AWS Cloud Formation, Google Cloud Deployment Manager, and scripting languages
  • Ensured 99.99% uptime of cloud-based infrastructure through effective management, maintenance, and monitoring utilizing AWS services such as IAM, Cloud Watch, Event Bridge, SSM, SQS, SNS, Lambda, Step Functions, RDS, S3, Docker, Elasticsearch, and
  • Implemented cybersecurity compliance and surveillance measures using AWS services, scripting, and security tools like Tenable, Crowd Strike EPP, EPP, and Wiz CSPM
  • Designed and coded technical solutions to improve scalability, performance, and reliability of Data Acquisition pipelines integrating various APIs and AWS services.

Network Engineer

Eaton Corporation
01.2024 - 04.2024

• Configure VLANs, TCP/IP networks,

• routing protocol, and network protocols such as OSPF, EIGRP, BGP and IP-Sec VPN, GRE, RSTP, VTP, DTP, CDP, DHCP.

• Configure and support Local Area Network

• (LAN), Wide Area Network, Wireless Local area network (WLAN) and Implementing application layer protocols such as FTP, SNMP Installation of switches and routers such as, Cisco 2960 series, 35 series, 2811 series, 1841 series

• Imaging, configuring and deploying laptops and desktops

• Set up and take down of new workstations by setting up computers and necessary peripherals

• Design, configure and test Network and computer hardware

• Plan and implement network security, manage host security and regulate file permissions

• Keep records of assets purchased in

• Troubleshoot hardware, network connectivity and desktop applications issues for end users via ticketing system, phone calls, emails and face-to-face

• Configuring and troubleshooting Access control List (ACL)

• Troubleshoot network issues, desktop hardware and network hardware failures

• Configure and managed SD-WAN network, WAN and MAN network

• Configuring firewalls, Routers and Switches

• Monitoring Network performance and making necessary upgrades

• Creation of new user account, reset of user password and managing computers in Active Directory.

  • Monitored network capacity and performance to diagnose and resolve complex network problems.

Education

Bachelor of Science - COMPUTER SCIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF GHANA
GHANA
05.2022

Skills

  • AWS Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer certifications
  • Proficient in Terraform, Cloud Formation
  • Experienced with Agile methodologies Scrum
  • Knowledgeable in security and compliance standards (PCI, SOC)
  • Exceptional analytical and communication skills
  • Strong ability to interact with Engineering and Business stakeholders
  • Exceptional analytical and communication skills
  • Strong ability to interact with Engineering and Business stakeholders
  • Exceptional analytical and communication skills
  • Strong ability to interact with Engineering and business stakeholders
  • Exceptional analytical and communication skills

Certification

Aws certificate

ComPTia certificate

Cisco certificate

Timeline

Network Engineer

Eaton Corporation
01.2024 - 04.2024

AWS Infrastructure Support and Systems Administrator

Global Life Science
05.2021 - 04.2024

Bachelor of Science - COMPUTER SCIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF GHANA
Stephen Narh