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SEDEKIE KAMARA

Knoxville,Tennessee

Summary

Enthusiastic System Engineer offering many years of experience in project management, scripting and Remote Desktop Services. Polished and highly educated with desire to work within industry sector. Deep understanding of operational dependencies of applications, networks, systems, security, and policy.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Enterprise Solution Architect/DevOps Engineer

Support Solutions Inc.
Knoxville, Tennessee
07.2016 - Current
  • Work closely with development teams to ensure application deployments adhere to best practices for scalability, reliability and high availability on the AWS platform.
  • Design fault-tolerant architectures that are resilient to failures or outages in any one region or availability zone within an AWS Region.
  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of emerging technologies related to cloud computing platforms such as Amazon Web Services.
  • Migrate customers to latest virtual servers and storage technologies to improve performance.
  • Collaborate with sales team to understand customer requirements, boost product sales and provide sales support.
  • Ensure compliance with industry regulations such as PCI DSS, HIPAA and HITECH by implementing appropriate safeguards into the architecture design.
  • Assisted developers in troubleshooting issues related to their applications running on the cloud environment.
  • Lead discussions with vendors and suppliers on technical deliverables, processes and standards.
  • Develop automated scripts using CloudFormation templates to deploy and configure AWS resources such as EC2 instances, S3 buckets, IAM policies.
  • Implement cost optimization strategies in order to reduce overall costs associated with running applications on AWS.
  • Create additional targeted business solutions in high demand areas for disaster recovery and cloud backup.
  • Create detailed diagrams for existing and proposed architectures, including network topology, server configurations and security models.
  • Configure auto scaling groups based on predefined thresholds defined by customers in order minimize costs while ensuring adequate levels of service availability.
  • Assist with new hardware and software deployments, system upgrades and virtual environment upgrades.

Department Supervisor

American Water Heater (O.A. Smith)
Johnson City, Tennessee
02.2013 - 07.2016
  • Created employee schedules to align coverage with forecasted demands
  • Submitted reports to senior management to aid in business decision-making and planning
  • Oversaw employee performance, corrected problems, and increased efficiency to maintain productivity targets
  • Managed team of 28 employees, delegated tasks and held each employee accountable for completing assignments
  • Mentored team members to enhance professional development and accountability in the workplace
  • Tracked and prioritized work orders to meet daily production requirements
  • Spearheaded initiatives aimed at reducing operational costs without compromising service quality or employee morale
  • Provided ongoing training opportunities to keep staff up to date on best practices in their respective roles, resulting in improved overall performance ratings across the board
  • Managed budgets with careful planning, monitoring expenses closely to avoid overspending while ensuring necessary resources were available for daily operations
  • Conducted performance evaluations for employees, providing constructive feedback and identifying opportunities for growth or improvement

Education

MBA - Business Administration

South College
Knoxville, TN
05.2017

Bachelor of Science - Health Services Administration

East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN
05.2014

Skills

  • Versioning Tracking: Git
  • Ticket Tracking - JIRA/ServiceNow
  • Containerization: Docker
  • AWS Services - EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, ELB, EBS, Auto Scaling, API Gateway, Lambda, SNS, AWS Config, Event Bridge, Amazon Bedrock for Gen AI, etc
  • Azure Services - Vnet, VMs, Block Storage, etc
  • Scripting languages: SQL, PowerShell, Python, YAML, and HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL)
  • Web server: Apache Tomcat, IIS, etc
  • Database: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, etc
  • API design and management
  • Business solutions
  • Client relationship management
  • Cloud computing expertise
  • Process optimization
  • DevOps implementation: CI/CD pipeline
  • Artificial intelligence implementation
  • Serverless architecture: ECR, ECR Cluster
  • Infrastructure automation: (CloudFormation, Terraform)

Education

Johnson City, TN,Knoxville, TN

Contact

Knoxville, Tennessee 37917

Timeline

Enterprise Solution Architect/DevOps Engineer

Support Solutions Inc.
07.2016 - Current

Department Supervisor

American Water Heater (O.A. Smith)
02.2013 - 07.2016

MBA - Business Administration

South College

Bachelor of Science - Health Services Administration

East Tennessee State University

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