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David Popoola

Plano,TX

Summary

Highly skilled and Certified AWS Cloud Engineer with 8+ years of experience in overall cloud development, cloud migration, and implementation of various cloud management products and services. Cloud engineer with experience in cloud administration, user management, open-source software installation and configuration, operating systems, application hardening, and change management. Strong skills in providing operations and maintenance support for AWS cloud resources, which includes launching, maintaining, and troubleshooting EC2 instances, S3 buckets, Virtual Private Clouds (VPC), Elastic Load Balancers (ELB), Relational Database Services (RDS), backups, automation via Puppet, code deployment via git, configuration, maintenance, monitoring via CloudWatch, CloudTrail, New Relic and Nagios and third-party tools like terraform.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

AWS Cloud Engineer

CIGNA
05.2022 - Current
  • Build and improve the current architecture.
  • Implementing and maintaining resources using terraform
  • Creation of reusable modules with Terraform as an IAC.
  • Writing of lambda functions for auto remediation
  • Hardening of service like AWS Textract, AWS Service Workbench
  • Writing POSIX style System
  • Demonstrated consistent hard work and dedication to achieve results and improve operations.
  • Utilize Java, Enterprise Java Bean, Java EE, and Apache Struts Web applications to develop fully automated client management systems for the efficient maintenance of client accounts.
  • Oversee all phases of the development of the new Java-based vendor application system for the financial services industry, from conceptualization and design to progress and deployment.
  • Building CICD pipelines and automation tools
  • Creating Ansible playbooks, and deployment
  • Setting up HPC Clusters and Slurm Deployment
  • Run Infrastructure as code using Terraform for various CSP’s and CloudFormation scripts to build AWS Infrastructure and resources.
  • Migrating On-prem to the AWS cloud
  • Creating multi-account strategy using AWS Control tower or Organization
  • Writing scripts to implement auto remediation for security violations.
  • Performed Branching, Tagging, Release Activities on Version Control Tools: GITLAB.
  • Build and managed server deployment on ICP Cloud with Rundeck deployments.
  • Configured and maintained Rundeck and Docker for Continuous Integration and end to end automation of all build and deployments.
  • Worked on Docker containers for various internal application and deployed on IC k8s environment.
  • Created Docker images using a Docker file, worked on Docker container snapshots, removing images, and managing Docker volumes.
  • Preformed end to end Architecture & implementation assessments of various AWS services like Amazon EMR, Redshift, S3.
  • Designed and developed Security Framework to provide fine grained access to objects in AWS S3 using AWS lambda, DynamoDB.
  • Set up and worked on Kerberos authentication principals to establish secure network communication on cluster and testing of HDFS, Hive, Pig and MapReduce to access cluster for new users.
  • Implemented the machine learning algorithms using python to predict the quantity a user might want to order for a specific item so we can automatically suggest using kinesis firehose and S3 data lake.
  • Used AWS EMR to transform and move large amounts of data into and out of other AWS data stores and databases. such as Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon DynamoDB
  • Used Spark SQL for Scale & amp python interface that automatically converts RDD case classes to schema RDD.
  • Import the data from different sources like HDFS/HBase into Spark RDD and perform computations using PySpark to generate the output response.
  • Creating Lambda functions with Boto3 to deregister unused AMIs in all application regions to reduce the cost for EC2 resources.
  • Implemented a Continuous Delivery pipeline with Docker, Rundeck and GitHub.
  • Working knowledge on cluster managers: Kubernetes/Docker.
  • Integrated GITLAB into Jenkins to automate the code check-out process.
  • Implemented POC'S for various deployment strategies and worked on enhancement of the existing system.
  • Implementation of New services and resources such as Docker, building CICD pipeline etc.
  • Linux Administrator, updating and patching systems.
  • Implementing changing as IAC using terraform
  • Worked on infrastructure with Docker containerization.
  • Kubernetes is being used to orchestrate the deployment, scaling, and management of Docker Containers.
  • Worked on Micro Services deployments on AWS ECS and EC2 instances.
  • Actively worked on Docker and deploying and maintaining Micro services in Dev & QA environment.

AWS Cloud Engineer

12/2018 - 04/2022 Wells Fargo –
12.2018 - 04.2022
  • Built and improved the reliability and performance of cloud applications and cloud infrastructure deployed on Amazon Web Services.
  • Created VPCs and attached all applicable components needed to build a fault tolerance and highly available environment.
  • Applied auto scaling and elastic load balancing to create high availability and fault tolerance to EC2 instances
  • Installed and configured Atlassian products (Jira and Confluence) and LAMP application on EC2 instances and perform various software installations.
  • Provisioning users accounts using IAM in collaboration with enterprise Active Directory.
  • Perform full AMI backups for all provisioned instances for critical workloads.
  • Managed security keys using AWS KMS to manage cryptographic keys to control user access in a wide range of AWS services.
  • Performed system monitoring using Nagios, CloudWatch and New Relic
  • Participated in change management on JIRA to help track daily work activities
  • Deployed code via GIT and worked with the DevOps team to help push codes to GitHub.
  • Created and attached volumes into EC2 instances and make sure all attached volumes have EBS snapshots initialized
  • Installed and configure Apache, Nginx, Drupal, and WordPress on Ubuntu and Amazon Linux instances
  • Run Infrastructure as code using Terraform for various CSP's and CloudFormation scripts to build AWS Infrastructure and resources
  • Install and configure Atlassian products (Jira and Confluence) and LAMP application on EC2 instances and perform various software installations
  • Launch and configure local and external database servers on EC2 and RDS instances
  • Experience working with tools like Git, Jenkins, Ansible and Jira
  • Provision user accounts using IAM in collaboration with enterprise Active Directory
  • Worked with various scripting language like Python and Bash Perform full AMI backups for all provisioned instances for critical workloads
  • Participate in change management on JIRA to help track daily work activities
  • Deploy code via GIT and worked with the DevOps team to help push codes to GitHub
  • Experience in Linux Administration Installation, Configuration, Tuning and Upgrades of Linux (RedHat and Oracle)
  • Performs necessary systems maintenance in accordance with Sun and RedHat best practices and Company change management policies
  • Implemented AWS Cloud platform and its features which includes EC2, VPC, EBS, AMI, SNS, RDS, EBS, Cloud Watch, CloudTrail, Cloud Formation AWS Config, Autos calling, Cloud Front, IAM, S3, R53
  • Worked on cloud-based servers like AWS, AZURE and Rackspace
  • In-depth understanding of the principles and best practices of Software Configuration Management (SCM) processes, which include compiling, packaging, deploying and Application configurations
  • Extensively worked with Version Control Systems CVS, SVN (Subversion), GIT
  • Extensively worked with automation tools like Hudson, Jenkins and Build Forge to implement the End-to-End Automation
  • Implemented cloud services IAAS, PAAS, and SaaS which include Openstack, Docker and Openshift O AWS and OpenStack to provision new machines for clients
  • S3 Storage Services on AWS
  • Server provisioning, automation (Puppet/Chef/Ruby), maintenance and performance tuning Hands on experience in installing and administrating CI tools like Hudson/Jenkins, Team city, Bamboo and ALM tools like Anthill Pro and TFS
  • Performed integration of Code Quality Analysis Techniques like Find Bugs, MD, Cobertura with CI tools
  • Proficient with container systems like Docker and container orchestration like EC2 Container Service, Kubernetes, worked with Terraform
  • Managed Docker orchestration and Docker containerization using Kubernetes
  • Used Kubernetes to orchestrate the deployment, scaling, and management of Docker Containers
  • Good Knowledge in Shell, Python, Perl & Expect scripting
  • Provided release engineering support for Java SE and Sun middleware products
  • Improved build-test-release process through automation and productivity tools development
  • Experience in administering and supporting the CM tools including Git, Subversion, Perforce, CVS on UNIX and Windows environments
  • Experience customizing JIRA projects with various schemas, complex workflows, screen schemes, permission schemes, and notification schemes
  • Created custom AWS Lambda functions to integrate AWS Connect with backend CRM and databases
  • Enabled screen pops and real-time data lookups for agents
  • Led security reviews and compliance processes for AWS Connect platform
  • Ensured adherence to corporate and regulatory policies.

AWS Cloud Engineer

7-eleven
12.2016 - 11.2018
  • Build and improve the reliability and performance of cloud applications and cloud infrastructure deployed on Amazon Web Services
  • Create and attach volumes onto EC2 instances, and make sure all attached volumes have EBS snapshots initialised.
  • Create VPCs and attach all applicable components needed to build a fault-tolerant and highly available environment.
  • Apply auto-scaling and Elastic Load Balancing to create high availability and fault tolerance to EC2 instances.
  • Install and configure Apache, Nginx, Drupal, and WordPress on Ubuntu and Amazon Linux instances.
  • Run Infrastructure as code using Terraform for various CSP’s and CloudFormation scripts to build AWS Infrastructure and resources.
  • Install and configure Atlassian products (Jira and Confluence) and LAMP application on EC2 instances and perform various software installations.
  • Launch and configure local and external database servers on EC2 and RDS instances.
  • Experience working with tools like Git, Jenkins, Ansible and Jira.
  • Provision user accounts using IAM in collaboration with enterprise Active Directory.
  • Worked with various scripting language like Python and Bash
  • Perform full AMI backups for all provisioned instances for critical workloads.
  • Manage security keys using AWS KMS to manage cryptographic keys to control user access in a wide range of AWS services.
  • Perform system monitoring using Nagios, CloudWatch and New Relic
  • Participate in change management on JIRA to help track daily work activities.
  • Deploy code via GIT and worked with the DevOps team to help push codes to GitHub.
  • An outstanding, self - motivated professional with around 7 years of experience in IT industry with major focus on Linux/Unix administration and Software Configuration & Build/Release Management.
  • Experience in Linux Administration Installation, Configuration, Tuning and Upgrades of Linux (RedHat and Oracle).
  • Performs necessary systems maintenance in accordance with Sun and RedHat best practices and Company change management policies.
  • Implemented AWS Cloud platform and its features which includes EC2, VPC, EBS, AMI, SNS, RDS, EBS, Cloud Watch, CloudTrail, Cloud Formation AWS Config, Autos calling, Cloud Front, IAM, S3, R53.
  • Worked on cloud-based servers like AWS, AZURE and Rackspace.
  • In-depth understanding of the principles and best practices of Software Configuration Management (SCM) processes, which include compiling, packaging, deploying and Application configurations.
  • Extensively worked with Version Control Systems CVS, SVN (Subversion), GIT.
  • Extensively worked with automation tools like Hudson, Jenkins and Build Forge to implement the End-to-End Automation.
  • Implemented cloud services IAAS, PAAS, and SaaS which include Openstack, Docker and Openshift O AWS and OpenStack to provision new machines for clients. S3 Storage Services on AWS.
  • Server provisioning, automation (Puppet/Chef/Ruby), maintenance and performance tuning.
  • Hands on experience in installing and administrating CI tools like Hudson/Jenkins, Team city, Bamboo and ALM tools like Anthill Pro and TFS.
  • Performed integration of Code Quality Analysis Techniques like Find Bugs, MD, Cobertura with CI tools.
  • Proficient with container systems like Docker and container orchestration like EC2 Container Service, Kubernetes, worked with Terraform.
  • Managed Docker orchestration and Docker containerization using Kubernetes.
  • Used Kubernetes to orchestrate the deployment, scaling, and management of Docker Containers.
  • Good Knowledge in Shell, Python, Perl & Expect scripting.
  • Provided release engineering support for Java SE and Sun middleware products. Improved build-test-release process through automation and productivity tools development.
  • Experience in administering and supporting the CM tools including Git, Subversion, Perforce, CVS on UNIX and Windows
    environments.
  • Experience customizing JIRA projects with various schemas, complex workflows, screen schemes, permission schemes, and notification schemes.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Olabisi Onabanjo University
2007

Skills

  • Amazon Web Services
  • EC2
  • S3
  • VPC
  • CloudFormation
  • Elastic Load Balancer
  • Auto Scaling
  • Elastic Beanstalk
  • CloudFront
  • CloudWatch
  • CloudTrail
  • SNS
  • EBS
  • Lambda
  • RDS
  • DynamoDB
  • CI & CD processes
  • Elastic File System (EFS)
  • Route 53
  • IAM (best practices)
  • Certificate Manager (ACM)
  • Kafka
  • CLI
  • Bash/Shell Scripting
  • Python
  • Microservices (Dockers and Kubernetes)
  • Data modeling
  • Data flow diagrams
  • Data warehousing
  • BI applications
  • Analytical reporting tools

Certification

  • AWS Certified Solution Architect (Associates)
  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer (Professional)
  • AWS Certified Security (Specialty)

Timeline

AWS Cloud Engineer

CIGNA
05.2022 - Current

AWS Cloud Engineer

12/2018 - 04/2022 Wells Fargo –
12.2018 - 04.2022

AWS Cloud Engineer

7-eleven
12.2016 - 11.2018

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Olabisi Onabanjo University
David Popoola