Komlan Tekando
Hamilton,OH
Summary
Efficient Cloud Engineer with years of experience assembling cloud infrastructure. Utilizes strong managerial skills by negotiating with vendors and coordinating tasks with other IT team members. Implements best practices to create cloud functions, applications and databases.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cloud Engineer
The Hillman Group Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
04.2023 - Current
- Developed and implemented cloud-based solutions for clients using Amazon Web Services.
- Configured, monitored, and maintained cloud infrastructure such as virtual machines, networks, and storage.
- Performed system administration tasks to maintain high availability of cloud services.
- Created automated scripts to deploy applications in the cloud environment.
- Assisted with troubleshooting and resolving issues related to cloud systems.
- Monitored performance metrics of cloud environments to ensure optimal utilization of resources.
- Designed cost-effective solutions that leverage public clouds while meeting customer requirements.
- Managed access control policies for users accessing data stored on the Cloud platform.
- Implemented cloud policies, managed technology requests, and maintained service availability.
- Selected appropriate AWS service based on compute, data or security requirements.
- Secured cloud applications and data using IAM policies and encryption methods.
Cloud Architect
Tosca
West Chester, OH
03.2022 - 04.2023
- Collaborated with developers and other stakeholders to ensure successful deployment of applications on the cloud platform.
- Resolved complex problems related to infrastructure scalability, availability, latency, and cost optimization in the cloud environment.
- Designed automated processes using Infrastructure as Code tools, such as Terraform, for provisioning resources in AWS environments.
- Monitored system performance metrics such as CPU utilization rate, memory usage, and disk I/O using monitoring services like CloudWatch.
- Managed multiple projects simultaneously while ensuring that deadlines are met within budget constraints.
- Communicated with clients to understand system requirements.
IT Support Engineer
Neturen America Corporation
Hamilton, OH
01.2019 - 12.2021
- Delivered local and remote Tier 1 IT support for hardware and software to company personnel.
- Assisted customers with various types of technical issues via email, live chat, and telephone.
- Evaluated existing networks against industry best practices for security purposes.
- Implemented security measures to protect organizational data from unauthorized access.
- Performed troubleshooting to diagnose and resolve complex technical problems.
- Installed, configured, tested, and maintained operating systems, application software, and system management tools.
Education
AWS Cloud Computing
WESKILLUP
Dallas, TX02-2022
Master of Science - Agronomy Science
University of Lome
Lome, Togo12-2017
Bachelor of Science - Food Science
University of Lome
Lome, Togo12-2012
Skills
- Modeling languages and tools: JSON, Terraform, and AWS CI/CD Pipeline
- Networking: VPN, NACL,
- Database Technologies: DynamoDB, MySQL
- Version Control System: Visual Studio, Git, GitHub, GitLab, CodeCommit
- Operating Systems: Microsoft, Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian, Redhat)
- Cloud Computing: VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, CloudWatch, Lambda, Step function
- Soft skills : Good Team collaboration and communication, Technical support and assistance, Critical thinking
Projects
- Migrate from RDS MySQL to Aurora MySQL in near zero downtime: Set up web application, Create Aurora Read Replica, Change RDS DB instance to Read-only mode, Confirm the Replication is complete from RDS to Aurora, Promote Aurora Read Replica to Standalone Cluster, and Redirect Application to use Standalone Aurora Cluster.
- Provision AWS infrastructure using Terraform (By HashiCorp), an example of web application logging customer data : Deploying the Terraform template to spin up the infrastructure (APi Gateway, Lambda function, Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose, S3, Dynamo table, Cloudwatch) and Testing (post a sample request to the exposed API Gateway endpoint).
Certification
- AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate - Progress
Languages
French
Native/ Bilingual
English
Professional
Timeline
Cloud Engineer
The Hillman Group Inc.
04.2023 - Current
Cloud Architect
Tosca
03.2022 - 04.2023
IT Support Engineer
Neturen America Corporation
01.2019 - 12.2021
AWS Cloud Computing
WESKILLUP
Master of Science - Agronomy Science
University of Lome
Bachelor of Science - Food Science
University of Lome