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Orok B. Duke

Gaithersburg,MD

Summary

Critical thinking DevOps Engineer with extensive understanding of high availability architecture and concepts. Purpose-driven professional with capacity to be strong team player plus work effectively independently.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

DevOps Engineer

Dominion Systems
07.2018 - Current
  • Led a team of 4 engineers in the successful migration of on-premises infrastructure to an automated cloud environment, resulting in a reduction of operational costs by 5% and improved scalability and reliability
  • Designed and implemented infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using Terraform, automating the provisioning of cloud resources on AWS
  • Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, enabling seamless and efficient application deployments
  • Implemented configuration management using Ansible, reducing manual intervention and ensuring consistent infrastructure configurations
  • Collaborated with development teams to containerize applications using Docker and deployed them on
  • Kubernetes for efficient scaling and orchestration
  • Implemented monitoring and logging solutions using ELK Stack, enabling real-time visibility into system performance and troubleshooting
  • Conducted security audits and implemented necessary measures to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations
  • Mentored and provided technical guidance to junior team members, fostering their professional growth and enhancing overall team productivity
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including developers, operations, and security, to define and implement best practices for cloud infrastructure and DevOps processes.
  • Monitored automated build and continuous software integration process to drive build/release failure resolution.

Linux System Administrator

Teradyne
02.2013 - 05.2017
  • Tasks Performed
  • Interacted directly with users to diagnose and correct major system issues and address concerns.
  • Designed disaster recovery systems, enabling continuity in event of power outages.
  • Conducted regular performance and security assessments, identifying areas for improvement and implementing necessary enhancements.
  • Maintained smooth operation of multi-user computer systems through collaboration with hardware and network engineers.
  • Resolved vulnerabilities by making improvements to network security.
  • Installed system-wide hardware components, confirming interoperation and compatibility with Linux-based software distribution.
  • Resolved trouble tickets to reduce backlogs

Education

Master’s Degree - Petroleum Engineering

Coventry University England

Skills

  • Git
  • Terraform
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Jenkins CI
  • Continuous Deployment
  • AWS
  • Maven

Timeline

DevOps Engineer - Dominion Systems
07.2018 - Current
Linux System Administrator - Teradyne
02.2013 - 05.2017
Coventry University England - Master’s Degree, Petroleum Engineering
Orok B. Duke