Godwill Ocheme

Administered and expanded AWS GovCloud environments for government contractor clients, ensuring compliance with NIST and RMF-aligned security requirements.
Implemented AppGate policies and entitlements and troubleshooting workflows, enabling secure zero-trust access to AWS resources.
Optimized IAM role management with Okta and Authentik, streamlining user provisioning and enforcing least-privilege access across multiple accounts.
Conducted advanced AWS security assessments leveraging Security Hub, GuardDuty, and Palo Alto, strenthening compliance posture.
Collaborated across teams using Jira, Confluence, Slack, and Teams to deliver secure automated cloud solutions.
Improved code deployment efficiency by automating processes with CI/CD pipelines.
Automated manual tasks through scripting languages such as Python or Shell, boosting team productivity levels.
Maintained version control systems like Git or SVN for seamless collaboration among developers and engineers during project lifecycles.
Automated AWS infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and CloudFormation, reducing deployment effort by 60%.
Integrated security checks into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab and GitHub Actions for code quality and vulnerability scanning.
Designed IAM and Okta GovCloud role-based access to support contractor client applications with strict compliance requirements
Implemented AWS cost optimization and compliance monitoring policies with tagging strategies for governance and accountability.
Provided troubleshooting expertise across hybrid networking setups involving Transit Gateway, VPN and Palo Alto firewalls.
Performed quarterly system upgrades and patching to maintain optimal performance of Company's VMs in the Cloud.

• Collaborate with cross-functional development team members to analyze potential system solutions based on evolving client requirements.
• Working with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance.
• Collaborate closely with product development teams and other stakeholders, using effective communication and active listening skills.
• Working with teams of talented software engineers to define, build and maintain cloud infrastructure.
• Understanding client needs and objectives by conducting proactive customer and data analysis.
• Identified, analyzed and resolved infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues.
• Working with cloud architect to generate assessments and develop and implement actionable recommendations based on results and reviews.
• Set up hardware and software in optimal configurations to meet network performance requirements.
• Improved overall user experience through support, training, troubleshooting, improvements and communication of system changes.
• Updated department documentation such as license databases, infrastructure maps and FAQs to maintain consistent response levels.
• Diagnosed and executed resolution for network and server issues.
• Monitored network hardware operations to evaluate proper configuration.

• Designed ECS clusters with ALB and auto-scaling, improving application resilience.
• Troubleshot deployment issues for cloud-native apps, reducing downtime by 30%.
• Collaborated with client stakeholders on compliance reporting and remediation plans.
• Developed Ansible playbooks for automated patching and configuration management across AWS and on-premises systems.
• Monitored infrastructure using Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch, ensuring SLA adherence.