OLUCHI ESOMONU
ALPHARETTA,GA
Summary
Highly skilled and results-driven DevSecOps Engineer with a proven track record in full stack software administration, engineering, and production deployments. Adept at leading teams to success in both on-premises and cloud environments, with expertise in container-based solutions, cloud service provider platforms like AWS, and infrastructure-as-code tools to provide security oversight, define security standards, and lead development teams.
Expertise in mapping external attack surfaces and improving documentation practices facilitates seamless collaboration with vulnerability management tools, optimizing security operations. A comprehensive understanding of the software development cycle, including Waterfall, Scrum, and Agile methodologies, ensures the integration of security measures at every stage.
Dedicated to promoting a culture of security excellence and driving innovation in cloud security practices.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
DevSecOps Engineer
Yahoo! Inc.
12.2020 - Current
- Designed and deployed a scalable cloud security solution leveraging AWS services, leading to a 40% reduction in response time.
- Implemented automation for security scanning and monitoring procedures, leading to a 60% increase in identified and resolved vulnerabilities.
- Worked closely with development teams to incorporate security testing into the software development lifecycle.
- Performed code reviews and offered security guidance to uphold secure coding practices.
- Oversaw the management and configuration of security tools including WAF, IDS/IPS, and SIEM systems.
- Designed and Implemented AWS infrastructure and deployed CI/CD tooling and automation
- Built, automated and deployed entire Jenkins and SonarQube platforms on AWS EKS (Enterprise Kubernetes Service)
- Created and executed a thorough incident response strategy, resulting in a 50% decrease in incident resolution time.
- Conducted routine vulnerability assessments and penetration tests on both network infrastructure and applications.
Cloud DevOps Engineer
DISH
04.2018 - 11.2020
- Collaborated with QA specialists and porting Engineers to ensure consistency, testability and portability across all products.
- Increased Production uptime by 100% and performance by 30% implementing and mandating test driven development and integration and UI Testing
- Continuous Integration Expert with Jenkins, Maven, Git, ant, SVN.
- Troubleshoot and identify root cause of performance issues in data loading, database operations, application functionality.
- Create performance benchmarks and configure automated test scripts to insure those benchmarks are satisfied after each sprint.
- Work directly with business users to create effective and accurate functional and performance test plans and address functional and runtime performance issues.
- Utilize native tools and log analysis to determine root cause of production and test performance issues.
- Enterprise monitoring experience with Oracle Enterprise Manager, Dynatrace, Datadog.
- Maintain, improve and support build, deploy and release processes across multiple highly distributed environments.
- Utilize extensive knowledge of modern technologies to proactively recommend and implement changes and upgrades to existing products, services, and processes.
- Provide leadership in development and automation of new products and services offerings.
- Work with engineers and product management teams across multiple organizations to advise and influence architecture and technical strategies.
- Automate systems provisioning/management and application deployment processes.
Network Security Engineer
MTN
01.2013 - 02.2018
- Responsible for overseeing firewall configuration implementations and policy installations across all platforms, including Palo Alto and Checkpoint Firewall, within a large enterprise network.
- Collaborated with business partners to determine necessary firewall policies and guided them through the change control process.
- Addressed potential firewall issues promptly in collaboration with business partners to support business growth.
- Participated in on-call rotations as scheduled by the manager.
- Led Firewall audit projects aimed at consolidating unused or duplicate firewall policies as needed.
- Oversaw firewall deployment, rules migrations, and overall firewall administration.
- Ensured proper Patch Management by applying Hotfixes to upgrade both Palo Alto and Checkpoint systems, contributing to effective Vulnerability Management.
- Contributed to team efforts in reviewing firewall policies.
- Enhanced network security by enforcing policies and monitoring access to networked systems.
- Took part in risk management, business continuity management, policy review, and compliance audits, contributing to overall security and regulatory compliance initiatives.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering
BUK
NIG01.2012
Skills
- Software Development: Python, Java, Git for version control
- Security Expertise: OWASP Top 10, CIS Benchmarks
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet
- Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD
- Containerization Technologies: Docker, Kubernetes
- Security Testing: SAST, DAST, SonarQube, OWASP ZAP, and Nessus
- Risk Management: NIST SP 800-30and ISO 27005
- Compliance and Governance: GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, ISO 27001
- Monitoring and Incident Response: SIEM tools like Splunk, ELK Stack
- Automation and Scripting: Bash, PowerShell, Python
- Agile/Scrum Methodology
Accomplishments
- Developed Easy to use an Easy to maintain Enterprise CI/CD pipeline for 150 Dev teams and 1400 developers
- Built secure AWS infrastructure and Deployed applications on Kubernetes
- Helped Build a development culture that is responsible for their code from design to production
- Developed a comprehensive incident response plan, leading to a notable decrease in incident resolution time
- Conducted security audits and risk assessments of cloud environments, identifying vulnerabilities and recommending remediation measures.
Certification
- Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA)
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
- Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE)
- CompTIA: Security+
- CompTIA: Network+
Timeline
DevSecOps Engineer
Yahoo! Inc.
12.2020 - Current
Cloud DevOps Engineer
DISH
04.2018 - 11.2020
Network Security Engineer
MTN
01.2013 - 02.2018
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering
BUK
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