Donald Nkeh
White plains
Summary
DevOps Engineer with a strong background in designing, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Skilled in automation, scalability, and security, with a proven track record of fostering collaborative team environments. Adaptable to evolving project needs, known for strategic problem-solving abilities and reliability in driving results.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cloud Engineer
BGIS
10.2019 - Current
- Automated deployment pipelines using Jenkins, Ansible, and Chef, reducing deployment time by 50%.
- Maintained and optimized AWS cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability and scalability.
- Implemented monitoring and logging systems using Nagios, Prometheus, and Grafana, increasing system uptime by 30%.
- Collaborated with development teams to integrate code changes, enhancing collaboration and productivity.
- Diagnosed and resolved production issues, minimizing downtime and improving reliability.
- Implemented security best practices, safeguarding infrastructure and data.
- Maintained comprehensive documentation of infrastructure, processes, and procedures.
- Managed cloud infrastructure on AWS, including EC2, S3, and RDS.
- Monitored system performance and implemented optimizations to improve efficiency.
- Provided support for deployment and troubleshooting of applications.
- Implemented security measures, including encryption and access controls.
IT Service Desk Analyst
BGIS
09.2016 - 02.2019
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot complex technical problems and prevent future occurrences.
- Monitors multiple Security Tools to detect, validate and respond to malicious activity, security events, unauthorized access or use of BGIS information assets; develop solutions to prevent future re-occurrences and find innovative ways to enforce security policies and procedures.
- Proficient in monitoring various security administrative consoles as well as IT related administrative consoles to determine root causes for security events (Security Incident and Event Management, Endpoint Protection, Cloud Access Security Broker, Email Security).
- Creatively and independently provide resolution to security problems in a cost-effective manner.
- Assess and communicate any security risks associated with any purchases or practices performed by the company.
- Maintain the Information Security Risk Register and facilitate quarterly review with stakeholders.
- Support quarterly phishing campaign activities including exercise preparation, coordination with Proofpoint, end-user guidance and campaign reporting.
- Provide operational support for the Identity and Access Management program at BGIS, including the Identity Provider service (Ping Federate), Privileged Access Management service (Cyber Ark), and the quarterly attestation reporting for RealSuite.
- Liaise with DevOps, Infrastructure, Database and Network support teams to implement and enforce security technical best practices.
- Be active policy governance and compliance agent / liaison in order to expand culture of security awareness throughout BGIS.
- Remain informed on threats, trends and incidents in the security industry, including current and emerging technologies.
- Understanding and knowledge of Cloud (Azure, AWS, etc) security practices.
- Experience in dealing with 3rd party vendors and/or service providers.
- Apply security best practices and architectural recommendations as they align to written policies, guidelines or procedures.
- Provide continual updates to technical security policies to help enforce written documented security policies and guidelines.
- Contribute to annual Security Strategy collaboration sessions and recommendations.
- Liaise with DevOps, Infrastructure, Database and Network support teams to implement and enforce security technical best practices.
- Remain informed on threats, trends and incidents in the security industry, including current and emerging technologies.
- Experience with SDLC security practices and code reviews.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Cyber Security
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ11-2027
College Diploma - Cyber Security
CDI College
Edmonton Canada11-2022
Vocational Certificate - Business Administration And Management
IMIT Doula Cameroon
Douala Cameroon11-2011
Skills
- Languages: Python, Ruby, Bash
- Tools: Jenkins, Ansible, Chef, GitLab CI, Docker, Kubernetes
- Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure
- Operating Systems: Linux, Windows
- Other: Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Automation, Monitoring, Security Best Practices
Certification
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
- Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
- CompTIA Security+ - CompTIA
- CompTIA Network+ - Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA).
Languages
English
Full Professional
French
Professional Working
Timeline
Cloud Engineer
BGIS
10.2019 - Current
IT Service Desk Analyst
BGIS
09.2016 - 02.2019
Bachelor of Science - Cyber Security
Grand Canyon University
College Diploma - Cyber Security
CDI College
Vocational Certificate - Business Administration And Management
IMIT Doula Cameroon
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