Rikkie Patrick

• Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Azure Pipelines to automate application deployment, reducing delivery timelines by 30%.
• Designed and delivered mission-critical infrastructure to maintain consistent availability and performance.
• Automated infrastructure provisioning and management using Terraform to ensure consistency and scalability across multiple environments.
• Developed automated runbooks to streamline execution of operational tasks, improving incident response times by 40%.
• Monitored cloud infrastructure using Prometheus and Grafana, optimizing performance and identifying system bottlenecks.
• Led cross-functional teams to resolve architecture issues, enhancing system reliability and uptime.
• Utilized Python to handle debugging and automation scripting tasks.
• Provided status updates to keep upper management informed and to reach goals.

As a DevOps Engineer with Branding Personality , I am part of five members DevOps COE team. My role is to migrate the legacy applications to AWS cloud using DevOps tools like GitHub, Jenkins, Maven, Nexus, JIRA, Docker, SonarQube and Slack, Travis-CI, Rancher, Helm.

• Maintained git workflow for version control
• Set up Git repositories and SSH Keys in Bitbucket for Agile teams.
• Developed and maintained automated CI/CD pipeline for code deployment using Jenkins Setting up Jenkins master, adding the necessary plugins and adding more slaves to support scalability and agility.
• Deploying to Test and Prod environment using Docker Containers. Provisioned servers and deployed features using CM like Terraform, Ansible Orchestrated Docker Container using Kubernetes/Docker Swarm.
• Maintaining Helm Charts and Monitoring Kubernetes Clusters using Rancher. Provisioning Static and Dynamic Persistent Volumes for stateful Kubernetes clusters.

• Designed and deployed scalable CI/CD pipelines for clients, leveraging Azure DevOps and Jenkins to automate application deployments, achieving a 40% reduction in release cycles.
• Implemented infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible, ensuring consistent, secure, and scalable cloud infrastructure across multiple client environments.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to address system-level issues and provide architecture recommendations, leading to improved system reliability and reduced downtime.
• Automated testing workflows to validate infrastructure and application functionality, enhancing system quality and accelerating delivery timelines.
• Monitored and optimized cloud environments using Prometheus and Grafana, proactively identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks.
• Developed runbooks and playbooks for operational tasks, improving incident response times by 50% and standardizing operational processes.
• Managed deployment strategies for Azure cloud platforms and core services, ensuring seamless upgrades and minimizing service disruption.
• Provided guidance and mentorship to client teams on DevOps best practices, helping them adopt continuous delivery strategies and improve team efficiency.
• Improved network configurations and troubleshooting processes, aligning with client security and compliance requirements.