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Alvin-Bevan Chana

Spring,TX

Summary

DevOps Engineer with 5+ years of experience specializing in cloud infrastructure, configuration management, and container orchestration. Proficient in Azure, AWS, Terraform, Ansible, Python, and Kubernetes. Adept at collaborating with internal and external development teams, with strong communication skills. 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.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

DevOps Engineer | SRE Engineer

Cisive
11.2022 - Current
  • Increased code quality through integration of automated testing and code review tools, such as SonarQube and GitLab, into development process
  • Reduced lead time for changes by streamlining development-to-production process and implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible
  • Trained and mentored junior DevOps engineers, helping them become proficient in DevOps practices and tools, such as Jenkins, Terraform, and Kubernetes, Utilized configuration management and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible)
  • Programmed in Python and developed Python scripts
  • Provisioned and maintained distributed systems using Kubernetes and containers
  • Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Automated monitoring and observation of software reliability in production environments
  • Employed Ansible for configuration management and automated deployment processes
  • Managed deployment and scaling of Golang Daemon using Kubernetes
  • Packaged Golang dependencies and daemon using Docker for deployment across multiple machines
  • Managed Dockerfile on GitHub and implemented Dockerfile best practices
  • Provisioned and managed resources using Terraform as primary IAC tool.

Cloud Engineer

Staples
01.2022 - 11.2022
  • Implemented containerization using Docker and K8s for clusters
  • Assisted with estimating work efforts for each phase of agile projects
  • Participated in review sessions for technical guidance with architects, peers, and clients
  • Created new pipelines that dynamically deployed various application versions
  • Worked with security experts to integrate pipelines with tools like Checkmarks and Aqua
  • Security
  • Coordinated learning opportunities, such as presenting at conferences, community groups, and writing blog articles
  • Monitored application health with Prometheus and Grafana for graph analysis.
  • Identified, analyzed and resolved infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues.

DevOps Engineer | SRE Engineer

Dominion
01.2018 - 12.2021
  • Utilized Azure and AWS as primary cloud providers
  • Advocated for DevOps culture, tooling, delivery methods, and cultural practices
  • Managed GitHub repositories and implemented appropriate branching strategies
  • Built pipelines with Jenkins, Gitlab-CI, and GitHub Action for CI/CD and deployment
  • Collaborated with internal and external development teams to create CI/CD pipeline integration using Jenkins and Gitlab
  • Uploaded artifacts and dependency jar files to Nexus remote repositories
  • Verified deployment logs to check for successful deployments
  • Used Ansible for configuration management, Terraform for resource provisioning, and
  • Kubernetes for cluster deployment
  • Designed environments at scale with reliability, performance, availability, and security
  • Utilized AWS SAM and serverless framework for deployment and automation
  • Managed container health with Kubernetes and worked with AWS EKS and clusters.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of Buea
Cameroon
03.2018

Skills

  • Technical Skills
  • Cloud Computing:
  • AWS, Azure
  • Infrastructure: EBS, S3, EC2, Elastic IP, Route 53, VPC, IAM, Caching
  • Scripting: Bash, Python
  • Networking: SSH, VPN, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP(S), network routing and subnets
  • Container Orchestration: Kubernetes
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, CloudFormation
  • Verbal and Writing Communication
  • Operations Planning
  • Disposition Procedures Implementation
  • Standards Determination
  • Continuous Integration Tools: Jenkins, AquaSec, Jfrog, SonarQube, Cloud Formation, GitLab
  • Critical Thinking

Certification

  • Licensed AWS Solution Architect

Timeline

DevOps Engineer | SRE Engineer

Cisive
11.2022 - Current

Cloud Engineer

Staples
01.2022 - 11.2022

DevOps Engineer | SRE Engineer

Dominion
01.2018 - 12.2021

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of Buea

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