Elvis Tafoh Ngunjoh
Summary
Highly skilled and dynamic DevOps Engineer with extensive hands-on experience in Cloud Technology. Possessing a natural talent for navigating challenges, brings strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to every new task. Adaptability, creativity, and results-oriented mindset consistently lead to successful outcomes. Committed to making meaningful contributions and advancing organizational goals, dedicated to delivering exceptional results in the field of DevOps engineering.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
AWS Cloud Engineer
Vodaphone
10.2015
- Lead the DevOps activities to identify, plan and implement automation of an on-prem infrastructure onto AWS using Terraform
- Create common Terraform modules (referencing other Github modules) for use across multiple AWS environments
- Configuration Management undertaken using Ansible/Puppet
- Helping in the Digital Transformation from On-Premise to the Cloud
- Toolset: Git, Docker, Jenkins, Terraform, AWS, PostgreSQL, Linux
- Worked alongside team to develop product’s operational capabilities
- Deliver automation and tools for our platform and developers
- Undertook some scripting in Python
- Occasional out of hours support required
- Scripted and automated the new hardware infrastructure with Cloud Formation
- Worked with DBAs to migrate onside databases to Amazon RDS
- Design multiple DR strategies which met the RTO and RPO of different applications
- DR strategies included Backup and restore on S3/Storage gateway, Pilot Light and multi-site
- Redeployed and secured several internal websites
- Managed the allocation of A, and Cnames records
- The generation and assignment of SSL certificates on IIS and Apache web servers
- Reviewed and updated cloud security policies covering Security groups, Network ACLs, Bastion servers, NAT Gateways, IAM policies and encryption
- Implemented systems that are highly available, scalable, and self-healing on the AWS platform
Solutions Architect
Cardan Manor (Assisted Living)
04.2022 - 06.2022
- Designed the cloud infrastructure for Phase1 of the Cardan Care Platform (CCP)
- Design and development of the APIs (Application programming interfaces) to read data from sensor logs into the CCP platform on AWS
- Data is aggregated, analyzed and used to alert care staff of changes in resident level of activity, and to provide insights used for care planning
- Real-time Internet of Things (IoT) Monitoring undertaken to Detect and Analyze Performance
- AWS IoT Core configured to provide authentication and end-to-end encryption throughout all points of the connection between sensors data and the AWS Cloud
- AWS IoT Events set up to continuously monitor IoT devices data by detecting failure or changes in operation and trigger alerts to respond when events occur
AWS Solutions Architect
Tata Consulting
01.2019 - 11.2021
- Analyzed and defined clients’ business strategy and determined system architecture requirements to achieve business goals
- As a key member of the business development and sales team, ensured success in building and migrating applications, software and services on the AWS platform that were secure, scalable, reliable, cost effective, and operationally excellent
- Educated customers on the value proposition of AWS, and participated in deep architectural discussions to ensure solutions were designed for successful deployment in the cloud
- Gathered detailed business requirements and use cases, and translated product requirements into technical specifications
- Created team strategies and establish project scopes of work
- Communicate project deliverable timeframes and benchmarks to clients
- Designed and implemented base network infrastructures and services in AWS
- Lead development teams in designing cloud centric solutions – CI/CD Pipeline, Autoscaling infrastructure
- Designed multiple Disaster Recovery strategies which met various RTO and RPO requirements
- Able to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly
AWS Devops Engineer
Smith News
04.2013 - 08.2015
- Background: Smiths News is in the process of developing a new capability which extends its core business operating model
- The extension is from only delivering newspapers to include the delivery of parcels from Amazon
- This extension required a Smith News hybrid AWS VPC cloud integration with core Amazon Corporate services
- Owned and led the definition and implementation of the infrastructure application and data architecture which supports this strategic business vision
- Designed and implemented base VPN network infrastructure and services in AWS
- Configured security groups, routing tables and Network ACL’s
- Provisioned three EBS backed reserved Windows servers (instances) for Apache web server, SQL server2009 and a parcel tracking app server
- Introduced the use of AWS S3 and AWS Glacier for file storage and archiving with bucket lifecycle policies
- Created secured and managed IAM users, roles, groups and policies
- Modelled the structure and interaction of the enterprise's significant types and sources of data, logical and physical data models
- Created CloudFormation JSON scripts for programmatic/dynamic cloud infrastructure deployment
- Used gap analysis to identify data solutions for the target system state
- Used E-R modelling, class diagrams, and normalization techniques to create conceptual data models
- Defined baseline, transition and target data architectures with well-defined architecture building blocks
- Defined how and where enterprise data entities are created, transformed (ETL), stored, transported, and reported
- These data transformation processes were depicted by a Data Migration diagram and a Data Life-cycle diagram
- Developed a consolidated Data Flow view which represented all data perspectives in the architecture definition document
- Including and linking data storage, retrieval, processing, archiving, security, and governance
AWS Training
Cepta Infotech
09.2012 - 03.2013
- Network: VPC, VGW, TGW, CGW, IGW, NGFW VPC Peering, VPN
- Data Protection: AWS Certificate Manager, AWS KMS, Snapshot Lifecycle Manager
- AWS Security: AWS Security Hub, AWS Guard Duty, AWS Shield, AWS Firewall Manager, AWS Inspector, MFA, access key rotation, security groups and NACLs, data encryption using KMS, S3 bucket policies, mitigating DDOS attacks etc
- Monitoring & Event Management: AWS CloudWatch (Events & Logs), AWS SNS, AWS S3
- Identity & Access Management: AWS Organization, AWS IAM, AWS AD Connector, Active Directory, AWS Workspaces, AWS Secrets Manager, etc
- Governance & Compliance: AWS Config Rules, AWS Organization, AWS Control Tower, AWS Trusted Advisor, AWS Well Architected Tool, AWS Budgets, AWS License Manager
- Cloud Orchestration/Automation: AWS CloudFormation, AWS Lambda, AWS Systems Manager, AWS SSM Parameter Store, Ansible, Docker, Terraform, elastic Beanstalk
- AWS Serverless Architectures: Use Cloud front, API Gateway, Lambda Function, S3 and Amazon RDS
- AWS Platform: AWS CloudFormation, AWS Lambda, AWS Systems Manager, S3, VPC, EC2, ELB, RDS, SNS, SQS, SES, Route53, CloudFront, Service Catalog, AWS Auto Scaling, Trusted Advisor, CloudWatch CloudTrail
- Cloud Migration, Snowball family, Storage Gateway, Lift & Shift DBMS
- STORAGE: Object storage [S3], Block Storage [EBS] and File Storage [EFS]
Project Manager / Structural Engineer
Pro Structures
01.2011 - 07.2012
- Project Managed a number of small to medium-sized projects from inception to completion
- Provided structural solutions to clients on a number of new low-rise housing and commercial developments
- Liaised with Clients and developed tender documents on Engineering Projects
- Applied industry standards to all construction projects
- Generated cost estimates for projects
- Liaised with stakeholders on Engineering Projects
- Senior Engineer on projects with major national developers such as Redrow, Persimmons and Charlcombe Homes to a value in excess of20 million pounds
Senior Structural Engineer
Symonds Travers Morgan
10.2007 - 11.2010
- Liaised with and lead other members of the design team to achieve a coordinated design solution that meets the Clients objectives
- Technical lead a number of projects small and large
- Carried out structural engineering assessment and inspection of new and existing properties in steel, concrete, masonry and timber
- Undertook analysis and design using a range of software packages including Tedds Structural Designer and Fastrak Building Designer
- Ensured that quality and consistency of technical output (drawings, reports etc.) is maintained
- Prepared high quality technical reports including structural surveys
Education
M Sc - Computer Sciences
Cardiff University
B. Eng (Hons) - Civil Engineering
University of Leeds
MBA - undefined
University Of The West Of England (UWE)
07.2012
Skills
- DevOps methodologies
- AWS architecture design
- Virtualization technologies
- Continuous integration and deployment
Certification
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Certified AWS Solutions Architect
Timeline
Solutions Architect
Cardan Manor (Assisted Living)
04.2022 - 06.2022
AWS Solutions Architect
Tata Consulting
01.2019 - 11.2021
AWS Cloud Engineer
Vodaphone
10.2015
AWS Devops Engineer
Smith News
04.2013 - 08.2015
AWS Training
Cepta Infotech
09.2012 - 03.2013
Project Manager / Structural Engineer
Pro Structures
01.2011 - 07.2012
Senior Structural Engineer
Symonds Travers Morgan
10.2007 - 11.2010
B. Eng (Hons) - Civil Engineering
University of Leeds
MBA - undefined
University Of The West Of England (UWE)
M Sc - Computer Sciences
Cardiff University
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