Emele Ikemefula
Lanham,MD
Summary
8+ years of professional IT experience in system configurations and maintenance, design, develop, build and deployment of web applications. DevOps Engineer with 6+ years of hands-on experience supporting, automating, and optimizing mission critical deployments, leveraging configuration management, CI/CD, and DevOps processes. Flexible hard worker ready to learn and contribute to team success.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
DEVSECOPS ENGINEER
Insight Global/Dept of Health and Human Services
01.2022 - Current
- Monitored automated build and continuous software integration process to drive build/release failure resolution
- Created custom Airflow operators and sensors to support data processing needs
- Responsible for operating a diverse set of cloud security controls and monitoring processes, as a Devsecops engineer worked directly with security architecture teams to improve security posture and automation capabilities
- Managing cloud security tools such as WAF, Anti-virus, Data-Dog monitoring, vulnerability scanning and cloud/security compliance monitoring frameworks
- Designed and developed complex data pipelines using Apache Airflow
- Performed static code quality analysis with tools such as SonarQube
- Collaborated with development teams to integrate security into CI/CD pipelines, resulting in secure software releases
- Operated and managed AWS IAM permission, based on defined roles and responsibilities
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance
- Implemented the setup for master slave architecture to improve the performance of Jenkins
- Automated security compliance checks for cloud infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform.
DEVOPS ENGINEER
LASELLE NETWORK
CHICAGO, IL
03.2019 - 12.2021
- Typical Duties include establishing and updating CI/CD pipelines for each sales team as a District and making proper implementations to each specific Slack Channel
- Automating the delivery of each new sales promotional tool/online marketing campaigns as Developers complete tasks
- Continually inspected applications for any code quality issues, or errors within the automated architecture
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance
- Set up Git repositories and SSH keys in GitHub for agile teams
- Implemented and maintained CI/CD pipelines for application deployment to different Dev environments
- Utilized tools such as Jenkins, Maven, SonarQube, Docker, Nexus, Artifactory, and Slack
- Integrated GitHub web hooks into Jenkins to automate the code check-out process
- Monitored automated build and continuous software integration process to drive build/release failure resolution
- Utilized Docker containers to establish micro services, improving developer workflow and scalability
- Setup Kubernetes clusters using Amazon EKS
- Automated infrastructure provisioning on AWS using Terraform.
DEVOPS ENGINEER
NTT DATA
WASHINGTON, DC
04.2017 - 01.2019
- Set up CI/CD pipelines for Microservices and integrated tools such as Maven, Bitbucket, SonarQube, Nexus, Docker, Slack for providing immediate feedback to DEV teams after code check-in
- Wrote Ansible playbooks from YAML
- Installing, setting up & Troubleshooting Ansible, created and automated platform environment setup
- Built and deployed Docker containers to break up monolithic apps into micro services, improving developer workflow, increasing scalability, and optimizing speed
- Set up Git repositories and SSH Keys in GitHub for Agile teams
- Implemented the setup for master slave architecture to improve the performance of Jenkins
- Gained experience in migrating applications into AWS and Azure cloud pipelines
- Setup repos on Azure Git, merging code from develop branch to master branch and make it ready for deployment
- Created and built quality gates with integration to code quality tools such as SonarQube.
DESKTOP SUPPORT
MOTIR SERVICES INC
05.2015 - 03.2017
- Exercised strong customer service and administrative skills when resolving customers’ issues related to WINDOWS 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, XP, 2000, and UNIX, Windows Servers
- Effectively communicated to senior management about the status of various projects through status reports and presentations
- Effectively communicated technical guidance to client services, product management and professional service groups through email correspondence and phone interactions
- Drafted how-to-guides and standard operating procedures for the IT solutions I derived
- Printers, scanners and software re-installations both on-site and remotely
- Desktop reassembling and redeployment
- Troubleshooting and diagnosing problems
- Downloading and installation of appropriate scanners and printer drivers
- Post migration follow-ups to fix any possible issues if need be
- Communication with vendors especially on software’s not windows,10 compatible before and after migration
- Effective communication and comprehensive reports and feedback to my supervisor on every project carried out through calls and emails
- Configuration of systems, wireless cards and Toughbook to their assigned networks.
Education
Skills
- Strong Interpersonal and Communication Skills
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Continuous Integration Systems
- Integrated Development Environment
- Some experience in Linux Environments and Administration
- Debugging and Troubleshooting
- Experience with integration tools such as Jenkins, Maven, Github, SonarQube, Nexus, Docker, Slack, and Salesforce
- Hands on training within AWS and Azure platforms
- Experience with Docker containers and implementing micro-services architecture
- Experience with provisioning Kubernetes clusters in Amazon EKS
- Existing application migration into Azure Devops pipelines
- Hands-on experience implementing release workflow for QA and productions environments
- Creating Quality Gates in SonarQube dashboard and enforcing in established pipelines to reduce deployment failures
- Cost Analysis
- System Troubleshooting
- Technical Reporting
- Technical Writing
- Process Development
- Design Development
- Product Development
- System Design
- Quality Control
- Root Cause Analysis
- Schematic Reading
- Project Estimation
- Process Improvement
- Project Planning
- Engineering Documentation
- Design Troubleshooting
- Machine Learning
- Fluid Mechanics
- Advanced Mathematical Abilities
- Environmental Compliance
- CAD Proficiency
- Programming Languages
- Electrical Systems
- Material Selection
- Design Optimization
- Quality Assurance Controls
- Project Management
- Construction Oversight
- Data Warehousing
- Failure Analysis
- Manufacturing Processes
References
Upon Request
Certification
- SCRUM MASTER
- AWS
Timeline
DEVSECOPS ENGINEER
Insight Global/Dept of Health and Human Services
01.2022 - Current
DEVOPS ENGINEER
LASELLE NETWORK
03.2019 - 12.2021
DEVOPS ENGINEER
NTT DATA
04.2017 - 01.2019
DESKTOP SUPPORT
MOTIR SERVICES INC
05.2015 - 03.2017
- SCRUM MASTER
- AWS
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