Kachi Nwador
Plano,TX
Summary
Senior Cloud & DevOps Engineer with hands-on experience building secure Azure and AWS platforms using Kubernetes, Terraform, Bicep, and GitOps. Leads audit-ready CI/CD, compliance controls, monitoring, and cloud migrations that improve release reliability, reduce manual work, and support HIPAA and NIST requirements.
Overview
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Certification
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years of professional experience
Work History
Cloud & DevOps Engineer
Boston Medical Center
08.2023 - Current
- Designed a GitOps deployment platform on AKS for .NET and Node.js healthcare microservices, using Docker, Helm, and Argo CD to deliver auditable releases with automated rollback.
- Led team to build HIPAA-compliant CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Jenkins, integrating NIST 800-53 change control, automated testing, static analysis, and blue/green deployments for low-risk releases.
- Built modular Terraform and Bicep code to deploy secure, scalable Azure and hybrid AWS/Azure environments aligned with NIST and HIPAA, enforcing compliance through tagging, RBAC, and policy-as-code.
- Created reusable GitHub Actions workflows that standardize CI/CD across repositories, automating container builds, Terraform deployments, security scanning, and approval gates to support HIPAA-compliant production releases and audit-ready change tracking.
- Developed modular Terraform and Ansible frameworks to provision and configure AWS (VPC, IAM, EC2, RDS) and Azure resources, supporting application modernization and cloud migration with consistent IaC standards.
- Automated monitoring and logging with Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, QRadar, ELK, and CloudWatch, facilitating root cause analysis, capacity planning, and improving incident response times.
- Partnered with developers and QA to troubleshoot application issues and review code, promoting DevSecOps practices while maintaining documentation to guide teammates and share knowledge.
- Used LLMs such as Claude or ChatGPT to generate and review Terraform, Helm, and pipeline code, validating outputs for correctness, security, and best practices.
Azure Cloud Engineer
ULTA Beauty
Dallas, TX
02.2020 - 07.2023
- Managed AKS and EKS clusters for high-traffic e-commerce micro services, using Docker and Kustomize to standardize deployments and run safe rolling updates with high availability.
- Developed and maintained infrastructure as code templates in Terraform, Bicep, and ARM, integrating with GitLab CI/CD and GitHub Actions to automate Azure and AWS deployments, enhancing deployment reliability.
- Integrated Datadog and CloudWatch alerting with Azure DevOps workflows to meet reliability targets and BSA, OFAC, and internal security requirements.
- Built a centralized logging and monitoring system with Prometheus, Grafana, and the AKS stack, giving visibility across hundreds of containerized workloads and speeding up incident detection and root cause analysis.
- Established secure-by-default cloud and Kubernetes configurations with security teams, covering IAM role design, encryption controls, container vulnerability scanning, and least-privilege RBAC.
DevOps Engineer
Micron Technology
Longmont, CO
03.2017 - 12.2019
- Implemented Terraform at scale with remote state, state locking, and workspace isolation to support multi-environment deployments with strong governance and change control.
- Modernized monolithic applications into Kubernetes microservices, configuring storage, ingress, and service mesh to enhance resilience and stability.
- Supported Kubernetes container operations by establishing Docker image standards, managing Helm-based releases, controlling Istio traffic, and implementing horizontal autoscaling for high availability during failures.
- Built ci/cd pipelines with GitHub Actions and Jenkins for containerized microservices and Node.js/Java applications, supporting blue/green and canary deployments for controlled rollouts and service continuity.
- Maintained ci/cd pipelines across GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps, integrating SonarQube for static code analysis, JFrog Artifactory for artifact versioning, and automated blue/green deployments for low-risk releases.
- Automated security patching and configuration-drift detection using Bash and Python scripts in pipelines with Slack notifications, minimizing manual work.
- Supported serverless initiatives using AWS Lambda and Azure Functions, adding Bash-based automation into pipelines to standardize deployments and improve reliability.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Eng Electronics and Computer Engineering
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Anambra State, Nigeria09-2010
Skills
- Core Technologies: Azure and AWS (AKS, EKS, IAM, VPC, S3), Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Argo CD, Python, Nodejs, Prometheus, Grafana
- Cloud and DevOps expertise
- Cloud infrastructure expertise
- Infrastructure code evaluation
- AI Model Evaluation
- Security & Compliance: IAM/RBAC, secrets management, CIS, PCI, HIPAA
- High-Volume Deployments: sustained coding annotation accuracy while processing high-volume daily task queues
- Python Scripting
- Analytical Problem Solving
- Technical Documentation
- Technical Reporting: consistently produced clear, concise reports with near-zero revision requests
- Remote Collaboration
- Technical Reporting: consistently produced clear, concise reports with near-zero revision requests
Certification
- Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
- AWS Solutions Architect: Associate certification from AWS
- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
- DevOps Engineer Professional Tableau Desktop Specialis
PROJECTS & PRACTICAL WORK
IaC Framework Implementation: Built a modular, reusable Terraform framework for multi-cloud environments with centralized state and policy enforcement; integrated Node.js scripts and NPM tooling to generate configuration templates and accelerate adoption., AI-IaC Validator: Developed an AI-powered tool to auto-generate and lint Terraform code using OpenAI; integrated Node.js and Python modules into GitLab pipelines, improving engineering efficiency and code quality., Microservices Migration: Migrated .NET and Node.js services to AKS/EKS; implemented full CI/CD with GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, and Argo CD; incorporated service mesh for traffic management and observability., Cloud Spend Tracker: Integrated custom dashboards using AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, and Prometheus; implemented Python and Node.js scripts to detect anomalies and rightsized resources, saving significant costs., Mentorship & Community: Mentored engineers on SRE principles, GitOps, Terraform, and Kubernetes; actively contributed to knowledge-sharing sessions and DevOps community events.
KEYWORDS
AWS, Azure DevOps, GCP, Kubernetes (EKS, AKS), Docker, Helm, Kustomize, Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates, CloudFormation, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Argo CD, Git, GitOps, Node.js, NPM, Python, Bash, PowerShell, SRE principles, DevSecOps, Agile/Scrum, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CI/CD pipeline automation, containerization, configuration management, monitoring, and logging, security and compliance, cloud cost optimization.
Timeline
Cloud & DevOps Engineer
Boston Medical Center
08.2023 - Current
Azure Cloud Engineer
ULTA Beauty
02.2020 - 07.2023
DevOps Engineer
Micron Technology
03.2017 - 12.2019
Bachelor of Science - Eng Electronics and Computer Engineering
Nnamdi Azikiwe University