Joel MUKONG
Houston,TX
Summary
Motivated and results-oriented DevOps Engineer with 6+ years of experience in designing, building, and automating infrastructure and deployments for enterprise applications. Proven track record of successfully implementing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and cloud technologies to improve release velocity, scalability, and operational efficiency. Strong collaboration and communication skills with experience working effectively in cross-functional teams.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Junior DevOps Engineer
Booz Allen Hamilton
01.2021 - Current
- Managed cloud-based infrastructure, optimizing costs and ensuring high availability of services.
- Designed and implemented automated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab CI, reducing deployment time by 50% and improving release velocity.
- Automated routine administrative tasks using scripting languages (Bash, Python) to improve efficiency and reduce errors.
- Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform, resulting in faster deployments and improved consistency.
Assoc Cloud DevOps Engineer
Costco Wholesale
01.2019 - 12.2021
- Reduced system downtime for critical applications by implementing robust monitoring and alerting tools.
- Automated manual tasks through scripting languages such as Python or Shell, boosting team productivity levels.
- Enhanced application performance by optimizing infrastructure configurations based on usage patterns.
- Collaborated with development teams to streamline software releases, resulting in faster timetomarket.
DevOps Automation Engineer I
GM Financial
05.2018 - 01.2019
- Optimized production processes for increased productivity through the development of custom automation solutions.
- Reduced equipment downtime with proactive maintenance and troubleshooting of automated machinery.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify areas for automation improvement, resulting in streamlined workflows.
- Kept on track with deadlines for development cycle times.
- Troubleshot software to alleviate obstacles preventing functionality.
- Assisted maintenance personnel with complex troubleshooting.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration
University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, OKPost Graduate Program in DevOps -
Caltech
California City, CASkills
- Incident Management
- Monitoring Tools
- Security Best Practices
- Containerization Technologies
- Configuration Management
- Continuous Deployment
- Linux Administration
- Cloud Computing
- Infrastructure Automation
- Networking Fundamentals
- Version Control Systems
- Continuous Integration
- Agile Methodologies
- Source and Version Control: Git, Github
Certification
Certified devops engineer
AWS
Agile saFe
Timeline
Junior DevOps Engineer
Booz Allen Hamilton
01.2021 - Current
Assoc Cloud DevOps Engineer
Costco Wholesale
01.2019 - 12.2021
DevOps Automation Engineer I
GM Financial
05.2018 - 01.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration
University of Central Oklahoma
Post Graduate Program in DevOps -
Caltech