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Tunmise Ayoola

Houston,TX

Summary

Microsoft certified solutions Architect with strong knowledge of various cloud services including IaaS, PaaS, SaaS. Results-driven Azure Cloud Engineer with a strong foundation in cloud architecture and automation. Proficient in designing, implementing, and optimizing cloud infrastructure solutions to enhance efficiency, scalability, and security. Skilled in Infrastructure as Code practices, with expertise in Terraform, Azure Resource Manager (ARM), and configuration management tools. Adept at integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines and orchestrating complex cloud processes.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
Certification

Work History

Azure Cloud Engineer

Alteryx
10.2021 - Current
  • Ensuring adequate governance and security within Azure landing zone to allow business unit work autonomously by leveraging built-in and custom Azure policies.
  • Creating Azure blueprints by combining multiple artifacts like Resource Groups, Policy, Arm templates, and Role-based access controls to deploy resources required in our landing zones in compliance with company standards.
  • Implement Conditional Access Policies and Privileged Identity Management across enterprise Azure Active Directory. Privileged Identity Management helps with Just-in-Time access and limit permanent assignment of elevated roles to users.
  • Customized Kusto Query Language (KQL) for complex data analysis and automated alerting systems.
  • Configuring Azure Virtual Networks, subnet, DNS, Network Security Groups, Load Balancers, Application Gateway and Traffic manager..
  • Successfully tested and deployed azure virtual desktop infrastructure used by offshore developers.
  • Developed terraform module that creates landingzone subscriptions with several components including virtual networks, vnet-peering, subnet, route table and route table association, and all RBAC assignments.
  • Design and implement cloud-based solutions using Azure services such as App Services, Functions, and Logic Apps
  • Developing terraform modules for deploying various Azure services such as virtual hub connection, virtual machines, virtual network, virtual wan, policy assignment and role assignments. This allows us to have faster and scalable deployments through reusable codes.
  • Worked with Network Architects in setting up Azure ExpressRoute circuits, DNS zone setup, VNets, subnets with appropriate NSG.
  • Developed methodologies for cloud migration, implemented best practices and helped to develop backup and recovery techniques for applications and database.
  • Design and implement backup and disaster recovery solutions using Azure backup and recovery services vault.
  • Utilized automation accounts to develop a tailored solution for monitoring and promptly alerting on the expiration of Azure service principal secrets. This proactive approach enabled us to renew the secrets prior to their expiration, resulting in a significant 80 percent decrease in pipeline failures caused by expired secrets.

Information Technology Specialist

United States Army Reserve
11.2019 - Current
  • Supporting and maintaining Windows Server 2016, Active Directory, DNS and Group Policies, including auditing and problems diagnosis.
  • Managing computer hardware and software issues.
  • Utilizing Microsoft 365 and office 365, including Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive and assigning licenses to users as needed.
  • Coordinating proper dissemination of unclassified information.
  • Providing troubleshooting for personnel in areas of IP conflicts, password reset, electronic workflow, data path transmission and other technical issues.
  • Maintaining electronic file system and ensuring that critical information is stored in compliance with DoD standards.
  • Creating user accounts for new soldiers, permanent change of station soldiers and civilian employees.
  • Issuing, replacing and configuring Military common access card for soldiers and civilian personnel.
  • Conducting analysis and maintenance of multifunctional and multiuser information processing system.
  • Periodically verifying computers and other hardware inventories and updating database to reflect accurate information about available resources and future needs.

Azure Infrastructure Engineer

ProServe Solutions
11.2018 - 10.2021
  • Provided technical guidance to enterprise customers interested in incorporating Microsoft Azure into their overall cloud strategy, specifically, infrastructure (IaaS) deployments.
  • Designed Network Security Groups(NSGs) to control inbound and outbound access to network interfaces (NICs), VMs and subnets. Creating and managing Network security Groups for Virtual machines and Virtual Networks to control inbound and outbound traffic.
  • Extensively used Terraform to deploy infrastructure as code. Also wrote terraform modules from scratch for several azure resources including function app, express route, Virtual network peering and virtual machines.
  • Configuration and troubleshooting of VPN connections such as Site to site, Point to Site, Vnet-to-Vnet and Vnet Peering.
  • Leveraged built in and custom Azure policies to ensure compliance with company standards and creating exemptions to those policies based on reasonable business justification.
  • Remediating non-compliant resources identified by Azure policy and informing product owners of any impact that may occur.
  • Assigning RBAC permission to users at resource level keeping the concept of least privilege in mind.
  • Developed Terraform configurations to define AKS infrastructure as code (IaC), enabling consistent and reproducible deployments.
  • Creating and managing availability sets, auto scaling and load Balancer as per project requirement.
  • Designed and implemented Azure back-up and disaster recovery plan for clients by leveraging tools like recovery service vault and Azure storage archive
  • Designed User Defined Routes with custom route tables for specific cases to force tunneling to the Internet via On-premise network and control use of virtual appliances in the customer’s Azure environment.
  • Provided consulting and cloud architecture for premier customers and internal projects running on Microsoft Azure platform for high-availability of services, low operational costs.
  • Developed methodologies for cloud migration, implemented best practices and helped to develop backup and recovery techniques for applications and database.
  • Architected monitoring, logging and alerting for cloud infrastructure and applications using application insights, vminsights, action groups and log analytics workspace.

IT Administrator

Texas Southern University
02.2016 - 08.2018
  • Provided technical assistance to students on inbound telephone tech support calls.
  • Walked students and staff through step-by-step process for troubleshooting hardware issues and used remote access to perform troubleshooting.
  • Performed tests of functionality, security and performance of different workstations and devices.
  • Managed PC setup and deployment for new employees using standard hardware, software and Active Directory account management.
  • Communicated with multiple departments simultaneously to plan meetings and prepare new student welcome packages.
  • Implemented improved assessment and analytical techniques for further achievement of identified departmental goals.

Azure Cloud Specialist

Warri Refining & Petrochemical Company
03.2013 - 11.2015
  • Manage and Create Storage Account and Affinity Group using the Azure portal.
  • Created Network Security Group and configured inbound and outbound rules.
  • Troubleshoot and identify performance, connectivity and other issues for the applications hosted in Azure.
  • Assigning Policies to resources to ensure compliance with company standards and remediating none compliant resources.
  • Configured Azure Load Balancer and availability sets for virtual machine.
  • Administering Azure AD users, group, devices, configuring conditional access policies, reviewing and dismissing user risky user alerts.
  • Created Recovery service vault and performed backup and restore operations by using Azure backup.

Education

Master of Public Administration (MPA) - Human Resources

Texas Southern University
Houston, TX
05.2018

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Afe Babalola University Ado
Nigeria
10.2015

Technical Skills

Scripting and Automation: JavaScript, PowerShell. Bash, Python, GoLang

Networking: IPV4/V6, TCP/IP, VLAN, STATIC IP, DHCP, DNS, Load Balancing SSL,IPSEC Site-to-site VPN.

Operating System: Linux, Windows (7, 8, 10), Windows Server (2008, 2012, 2016, 2019) Mac OS.

Infrastructure as Code - Terraform, Arm Template, Ansible.

Cloud Hosting: Microsoft Azure.

Revision Control: GitHub, GitLab, AzureDevOps.

Security and Compliance: GDPR, HIPAA, NIST.

Database Management: SQL Server, MySQL, Cosmos DB, SQL Managed Instance.

Certification

Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect (AZ305)
Microsoft Azure Security Technologies (AZ500)

Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ104)

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ900)

Timeline

Azure Cloud Engineer

Alteryx
10.2021 - Current

Information Technology Specialist

United States Army Reserve
11.2019 - Current

Azure Infrastructure Engineer

ProServe Solutions
11.2018 - 10.2021

IT Administrator

Texas Southern University
02.2016 - 08.2018

Azure Cloud Specialist

Warri Refining & Petrochemical Company
03.2013 - 11.2015

Master of Public Administration (MPA) - Human Resources

Texas Southern University

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Afe Babalola University Ado

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