GERARD EKLU
GA
Summary
DevOps & Cloud Engineer with 5+ years of experience delivering scalable infrastructure, automated CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native systems across AWS and GCP. Strong expertise in Terraform, Docker, and CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and TeamCity. Former Software Engineer at The Home Depot with proven experience improving deployment workflows, enhancing system reliability, and supporting production applications. Passionate about automation, cloud architecture, and building secure, resilient engineering solutions.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Independent DevOps, Cloud & Full-Stack Projects
Self-Employed / Independent Contractor
Atlanta
03.2025 - Current
- Provisioned and managed cloud infrastructure using Terraform on GCP and AWS, including VPCs, subnets, firewall rules, and VM provisioning.
- Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Jenkins for Node.js and Java services.
- Dockerized applications and deployed to EC2 via automated workflows.
- Implemented monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana for containerized workloads.
- Collaborated on a contract-based full-stack web application with another engineer, contributing to frontend features, API integration, and cloud deployment via AWS Amplify.
- Led development and deployment of a production Next.js + TypeScript marketing website for an HVAC client, using Tailwind CSS and Framer Motion; integrated Jobber for appointment booking and deployed to Vercel.
Software Engineer
The Home Depot
Atlanta
09.2019 - 03.2025
- Deployed cloud infrastructure using Spinnaker, Terraform, and GCP (GKE).
- Automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and TeamCity.
- Implemented application security scanning using SonarQube and Fortify.
- Managed secrets using HashiCorp Vault and automated cloud scheduling.
- Upgraded Angular applications (v5/6 to v14) and built React UIs with Material UI and Vite.
- Integrated Medallia for customer feedback and supported Android test platforms.
- Developed reusable UI components and refactored legacy codebases.
- Delivered unit-tested systems within Agile sprints and documented workflows in Confluence.
Software Engineer Apprentice
The Home Depot
Marietta
07.2018 - 09.2019
- Supported React and Node.js development for enterprise applications.
- Implemented automated build and deployment processes.
- Participated in Agile ceremonies and software best practices.
- Tested and deployed scalable and highly-available software systems.
Education
DevOps & AWS Cloud Engineering Program -
NewEra Education
Information Technology -
Central Texas College
Skills
Core DevOps and Cloud
- Terraform, infrastructure as code, remote state, workspaces
- CI CD Automation, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, TeamCity
- Cloud Infrastructure, AWS and GCP
- Linux and Bash scripting
- Git and version control
- Docker and containerization
- Kubernetes, GKE, deployments, services
- Container registries, ECR, Docker Hub
- AWS, EC2, ALB, IAM, VPC, S3, ECR
- GCP, Compute Engine, GKE, VPC, IAM
- Networking, VPCs, subnets, security groups, load balancers
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Application and infrastructure monitoring
- Logging and alerting
- Production troubleshooting
- Trivy image scanning
- SonarQube code quality
- Secure CI CD pipelines
- Secrets management, Vault, environment secrets
- Nodejs and Express
- REST APIs
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
Websites
Languages
Native speaker, Native speaker, Highly proficient
Personal Information
Title: Senior DevOps & Cloud Engineer
Skills
Experienced, Expert, Experienced, Experienced, Experienced
Timeline
Independent DevOps, Cloud & Full-Stack Projects
Self-Employed / Independent Contractor
03.2025 - Current
Software Engineer
The Home Depot
09.2019 - 03.2025
Software Engineer Apprentice
The Home Depot
07.2018 - 09.2019
DevOps & AWS Cloud Engineering Program -
NewEra Education
Information Technology -
Central Texas College