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PETER KOECH

Nairobi, Kenya,Nairobi

Summary

Experienced and results-driven DevOps Engineer possessing a wealth of expertise in managing and optimizing cloud-based infrastructures on AWS Cloud. With a proven track record of supporting Alison's workloads; spearheaded the successful integration of Cloudflare as a CDN, NewRelic for monitoring and alerting, and Circle CI for efficient and automated testing. Deeply passionate about streamlining CI/CD pipelines and enhancing system performance. Committed to leveraging cutting-edge technologies to drive continuous improvement and provide seamless experiences for end-users.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

DevOps Engineer

Nation Media Group
2022.08 - Current
  • Migration of Legacy Applications: Coordinated the migration of legacy systems to AWS, improving the scalability, availability, and security of the applications. This led to reduction of infrastructure costs by 30% post-migration by efficient use of AWS resources.
  • Scripting and Troubleshooting: Crafted, optimized, and maintained scripts in Bash to automate tasks and manage infrastructure.
  • Conducted root cause analysis on recurring issues and implemented steps to prevent future occurrences.
  • Seamless Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborated with software engineers to understand software delivery needs and provided requisite infrastructure in an agile manner
  • Coordination: Coordinated with QA and support staff to troubleshoot and resolve production issues.
  • End-to-end Project Delivery: Managed the DevOps portion of new projects from initial business case analysis to closing, ensuring a successful rollout.

DevOps Engineer

ALISON
2022.09 - Current


  • DevOps Management: Streamlined the development process by introducing and implementing DevOps methodologies and tools, resulting in increased efficiency and speed in the software life cycle.
  • DevOps Management: Ensured high availability and reliability of the development, staging, and production environments.
  • AWS CodePipeline and CodeDeploy Implementation: Successfully led and executed a crucial business project of migrating pipelines from standard Bash scripts to using AWS CodePipeline and CodeDeploy.
  • Reduced deployment time by 60% and enhanced deployment success rate by 40% by automating deployments using AWS CodeDeploy.
  • CI/CD Pipeline Design and Management: Created resilient end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for applications by leveraging AWS CodePipeline and AWS CodeDeploy.

Cloud Architect, DevOps

INCENTRO AFRICA
2022.04 - 2023.06
  • Helped design GCP Cloud Architecture plan for clients without prior experience in Google Cloud
  • Helped re-factor monolithic application into 3 separate microservices and helped in successfully deploying applications to Google Cloud's CloudRun Serverless services and CloudSQL
  • Defined cloud architecture for deployment using Terraform to help deploy repeatable architectures (mostly web application workloads built on Laravel + CodeIgniter)
  • Collaborated with development and operations teams to develop practical automation solutions and custom modules.
  • Research and providing cloud solutions from emerging technologies to meet client expectations for their end-user needs.

AWS Cloud Engineer

NATION MEDIA GROUP
2017.04 - 2022.09
  • Working knowledge of AWS Services IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
  • Hands-on subject matter expert for DevOps and Automation in on AWS/GCP infrastructure environment.
  • Automated cloud deployments using chef and AWS Cloud Formation Templates.
  • Implemented AWS solutions using EC2, S3, RDS, EBS, Elastic Load Balancer, Auto scaling groups, Optimized volumes and EC2 instances
  • Using AWS' Lambda FaaS solution to automate application checks and monitor uptime and non-activity resulted in costs savings of up to 20%
  • Handled migration of legacy processes into AWS technologies resulting in improved productivity and throughput
  • Strong foundation of knowledge around AWS and Google Cloud Platform
  • Work with business units, software developers, security, to design and build applications and services within AWS
  • Provide daily monitoring, management, troubleshooting and issue resolution to systems and services hosted on cloud resources
  • Design and develop cloud based applications for supporting digital transformation goals.
  • Assist business development teams with pre-sales activities and RFPs
  • Manage and support full stack applications using Amazon cloud based computing environments
  • Participate in planning, implementation, and growth of infrastructure on Amazon Web Services
  • Analyzing and monitor performance bottlenecks and key metrics to optimize software and system performance
  • Act as subject matter expert on AWS and other cloud providers
  • Design, manage, and maintain tools to automate operational processes
  • Provide technical direction and oversight to developers
  • Implement and manage continuous delivery systems and methodologies on AWS
  • Providing analytics and forecasts for cloud capacity, troubleshooting analysis, and uptime
  • Performed software testing to uncover bugs and troubleshoot lag issues prior to application launch
  • Used interpersonal and communication skills in interactions, enriching team collaboration, customer relationships on Nation.Africa project
  • Implemented GitHub and AWS CodePipeline for version control across developer workflows
  • Contributed ideas and suggestions in team meetings and delivered updates on deadlines, designs and enhancements
  • Collaborated with developers and performance engineers to enhance supportability and identify performance bottlenecks

Web Applications Developer

WPP-SCANGROUP/SQUADDIGITAL
2012.08 - 2017.03
  • Developed and managed client web properties ranging from small to enterprise level web applications
  • Championed leveraging on Technical SEO to optimise clients web properties
  • Working with creative team and client service to develop award winning web properties.
  • Responsibilities included providing technical support to marketing and communications teams internally to leverage SEO techniques for optimising web applications for performance and usability.
  • Career highlight included development and delivery of KCB Bankika Web Application using SOAP service and other technologies that lead to KCB Group deliver online account opening opportunities publicly in under 3 minutes.
  • Build and test Application Program Interfaces (APIs) for applications to exchange data.
  • Researching and continually incorporating useful features and ideas to client applications.
  • Applied latest emerging technology, software and project application trends to update and maintain site applicability.
  • Designed, implemented and monitored web pages, plugins and functionality for continuous improvement.
  • Pulled from PHP, SQL, JavaScript and other back-end library knowledge to bolster programming resources.
  • Adhered to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), ensuring compliance with federal accessibility standards.

Web Designer

STANDARD GROUP LIMITED
2011.01 - 2012.01
  • Working with editorial teams to create page designs and incorporate within Drupal CMS.
  • Designed user interface and integrated into content management system to meet client specifications
  • Created style guides to standardize multiple sites around singular templates and design languages
  • Built websites leveraging original theme creation using DRUPAL and WordPress CMS.
  • Performed technical presentations for internal colleagues.
  • Designed all brand page design layouts resulting in revenue growth of over 20% for digital department

Education

Bachelor of Science -

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Tech
Nairobi City
12.2012

Diploma in Computer Engineering - Computer Engineering Technology

Kenya School of Professional Studies
Nairobi City
08.2007

Skills

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) Integration
  • AWS (EC2, ELB, RDS, S3, Cloudwatch, Lambda, CodePipeline,CodeBuild)
  • Cloud implementation
  • Node.js
  • Python
  • Bash Scripting
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC), specifically Terraform and Cloudformation
  • REST
  • DevOps
  • DevOps proficiency
  • DevOps Integration
  • DevOps principles
  • Cloud Architecture Design
  • Cloud Computing

Community Work

I am an active member of AWS Community Builders from Kenya. I create content, participate in talks with the community to help share knowledge on leveraging cloud technology in the right way.

I actively contribute to the growth of AWS and adoption of Cloud to the community. Recently I was a Speaker at the Younde Community Group, co-hosted by my peers Chiche and Paula; Recently featured in "AWS Weekly Roundup — Amazon ECS, RDS for MySQL, EMR Studio, AWS Community, and more — January 22, 2024" - https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-weekly-roundup-amazon-ecs-rds-for-mysql-emr-studio-aws-community-and-more-january-22-2024/

I shared two talks, one covering Storage in AWS and Serverless

Timeline

DevOps Engineer

ALISON
2022.09 - Current

DevOps Engineer

Nation Media Group
2022.08 - Current

Cloud Architect, DevOps

INCENTRO AFRICA
2022.04 - 2023.06

AWS Cloud Engineer

NATION MEDIA GROUP
2017.04 - 2022.09

Web Applications Developer

WPP-SCANGROUP/SQUADDIGITAL
2012.08 - 2017.03

Web Designer

STANDARD GROUP LIMITED
2011.01 - 2012.01

Bachelor of Science -

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Tech

Diploma in Computer Engineering - Computer Engineering Technology

Kenya School of Professional Studies

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