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Joseph Mbuga Mayega

Joseph Mbuga Mayega

Burbank,CA

Summary

DevOps/Cloud Engineer with over 6 years of experience in the IT industry, specializing in Linux Administration and DevOps practices.

Automating and optimizing mission-critical deployments over large infrastructures, working with a range of modern technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS.

Demonstrated success in improving deployment frequency by 40% and reducing change failure rates by 30%.
Collaborating across teams to drive operational excellence.

Strong interpersonal skills, team-work attitude, takes initiative and very proactive in solving problems and providing the best possible solutions.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

DevOps Engineer

EK Tech Software Solutions
Houston, TX
04.2019 - Current
  • Led the design and implementation of a CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins, resulting in a 50% reduction in deployment times.
  • Orchestrated containerization strategies with Docker and Kubernetes, improving system efficiency by 35%.
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform and Ansible, leading to a 25% reduction in manual workload.
  • Spearheaded the integration of Argo CD for deployment, enhancing deployment frequency and stability by 40%.
  • Implemented comprehensive monitoring solutions using Datadog, enabling real-time system health tracking and prompt issue resolution.
  • Conducted regular AWS infrastructure cost-optimization reviews, saving the company an average of 20% on cloud expenditures.

Linux Administrator

EK Tech Software Solutions
Houston, TX
01.2018 - 03.2019
  • Maintained Linux servers with a 99.9% uptime through regular updates and optimizations.
  • Executed data backups and disaster recovery operations, ensuring data integrity.
  • Performed supportive administrative tasks by creating and managing users account, file permissions and password resetting.
  • Streamlined team collaboration by maintaining up-to-date Atlassian Confluence documentation, resulting in a 20% increase in operational efficiency.
  • Managed 100+ user and file system administration, ensuring optimal system performance.

Skills

  • Platform: Linux - CentOS and Ubuntu
  • Scripting: Bash, Python
  • Cloud: AWS
  • Version Control: Git/GitHub
  • Containerization: Docker
  • IaC & Configuration management tool: Terraform, Packer, Ansible
  • Container Orchestration: Kubernetes, AWS EKS
  • CI/CD & Monitoring: Jenkins, Maven, SonarQube, Maven, Docker hub, ECR, Kubernetes, Helm, Datadog, Argo CD, PagerDuty
  • Project management & communication: Jira, Confluence, Slack

CERTIFICATIONS

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
  • HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator

PROJECTS

OVERVIEW

  • Orchestrated a complete shift & lift to AWS cloud infrastructure, leveraging services such as EC2, S3, RDS, and EKS to enhance scalability and reliability.
  • Designed and implemented a fully automated CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins and Docker, reducing deployment times by 45% and increasing deployment frequency.
  • Deployed a Kubernetes cluster for efficient container orchestration, improving application uptime and load handling by 30%, with the use of Helm as the Kubernetes packaging manager.
  • Conceptualized Terraform for infrastructure as code, enabling consistent and rapid provisioning of cloud resources while reducing manual errors.
  • Developed Ansible playbooks for configuration management, automating routine tasks and
    ensuring standardization across environments.
  • Authored custom Python scripts for backing up Jenkins server, to rotate Kubernetes secrete keys.
  • Played a pivotal role in establishing security best practices and compliance protocols, enhancing the overall security posture of the client's infrastructure.

Timeline

DevOps Engineer

EK Tech Software Solutions
04.2019 - Current

Linux Administrator

EK Tech Software Solutions
01.2018 - 03.2019

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