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Meka Ait

DEVOPS ENGINEER
Chicago,IL

Summary

Experienced DevOps Engineer with a proven track record in deploying and optimizing operations across complex multi-cloud environments, including AWS and GCP. Proficient in infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, automating processes, and expediting deliveries. Skilled in building and managing CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Docker, and excelling in Kubernetes-based container orchestration. Proactively monitor systems using Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog for reliable performance. Committed to driving growth and success in fast-paced environments.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

DevOps Engineer

AHEAD
05.2020 - Current
  • Deployed containers using Helm Charts
  • Configured ELK stack on Kubernetes to manage applications logs
  • Created and used Terraform modules to deploy resources on Cloud and Kubernetes clusters
  • Automated build and deployment processes with Jenkins for CI/CD
  • Designed and developed continuous deployment CI/CD pipelines, integrating Terraform, Git, Jenkins
  • Implemented Docker based micro-service deployments using Helm Charts into Kubernetes Cluster
  • Managed Kubernetes on GCP and AWS
  • Used Jenkins for CI and CD on K8s
  • Built and maintained Kubernetes on AWS using Terraform

DevOps Engineer

Ticketmaster
06.2018 - 03.2020
  • Have basic experience in Python scripting
  • Leveraged AWS cloud services such as EC2; auto-scaling
  • Used Ansible for cloud provisioning, configuration management
  • Experience in Bash scripting with a focus on DevOps tools
  • Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) to manage GCP/AWS resources
  • Automated deployments of instances using Terraform and Ansible
  • Deployed Ansible Tower for automation on AWS infrastructure
  • Automated build and deployment processes with Jenkins
  • Configured Ansible playbooks with Ansible Tower
  • Configured CI and full end to end automation using Jenkins
  • Containerized applications using Docker on cloud agnostic environment
  • Experience working with S3, DynamoDB, Lambda, API Gateway, IAM, and other core AWS technologies
  • Built and deployed Docker containers to break up monolithic app into microservices
  • Working on AWS ASG providing high availability of applications and EC2 instances based on the load
  • Utilized Jenkins to automate build process of the Docker images
  • Experienced in development and configuration of software provisioning tools like Ansible Tower, Docker
  • Provisioned AWS services using Terraform defining EC2, S3, VPCs, ECS, Auto-Scaling Policies/Groups, Security Groups
  • Deployment and orchestration of Docker containers on the cloud platform
  • Built and GKE and EKS on AWS/GCP using and Terraform

Project Manager Team Leader

Peaksoft
06.2017 - 04.2018
  • Design technical proposals
  • Creating product roadmap and user stories
  • Utilized project management skills to monitor relevant metrics and manage stakeholder expectations
  • Resolution of conflicts and promotion of a safe working environment
  • Maintain and establish quality metrics for leadership review and reporting to stakeholders
  • Facilitate discussion for conflict resolution amongst diverse teams and personality types
  • Mentored teams to be self-organizing to empower the team on Agile/Trello/Scrummethodologies

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

DeVry University
Downers Grove, IL

Skills

    Scripting:

  • Bash
  • Python

    • CI/CD:

  • Jenkins
  • GitHub Actions
  • Azure DevOps

    • Cloud:
    Amazon Web Services
    Microsoft Azure
    Google Cloud Platform
    VMware

    Automation:
    Ansible
    Terraform
    Bash

    Containers:
    Docker
    Kubernetes

    Monitoring:
    Grafana
    Prometheus
    Amazon CloudWatch

Languages

English
Proficient
C2

Additional Information

| Delivering successful projects through adept leadership and communication

| Expertise in risk management/team collaboration/on-time delivery

Timeline

DevOps Engineer

AHEAD
05.2020 - Current

DevOps Engineer

Ticketmaster
06.2018 - 03.2020

Project Manager Team Leader

Peaksoft
06.2017 - 04.2018

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

DeVry University

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