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Ugochukwu Ihekwoaba

Floral Park,NY

Summary

  • 8 Years of overall IT experience in Design and Development of Web, Desktop, Service and Cloud based applications for small companies as well as for large enterprise.
  • Years of hands on experience in Amazon Web Services including EC2, VPC, S3, EBS, ELB, Cloud-Front, IAM, RDS, Cloud Watch.
  • Project experience of designing and architect server less web application using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Dynamo Db and Security Token Service(STS).
  • Hands on experience of BASH Shell scripting on Ubuntu Linux environment with Amazon AWS CLI.
  • Good understanding of Web Application deployment and maintenance of IIS 5.0 and 7.0, Apache on Amazon Web Service(AWS).
  • Demonstrated understanding of AWS data migration tools and technologies including Storage Gateway, Database Migration and Import Export services.
  • Good understanding of networking concepts including TCP, VPN, VPC, NAT, Bastion Host, Subnet, DNS, Gateways and Routers.
  • Excellent knowledge of source control management concepts such as Branching, Merging, Labeling/Tagging and Integration, with tool like GIT and TFS.
  • Good experience on using Kubernetes to design self-service application, autoscaling the infrastructure base on the workloads and support users around the clock on Azure and AWS cloud.
  • Using Terraform as a tool for building, changing and versioning infrastructure safely and efficiently in Azure and AWS cloud.
  • Good knowledge of full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) stages in a Waterfall and Agile environment.
  • Good at Relational database design, stored procedure, triggers, user-defined functions, SQL jobs.
  • I am self-motivated, team oriented professional who can work independently, also I am confident of my ability to quickly learn and implement modern technologies in no time.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

AWS Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solutions
Jackson
11.2019 - Current
  • Working as team member within team of cloud engineers and my responsibilities includes.
  • Setup & Managing windows Servers on Amazon using EC2, EBS, ELB, SSL, Security Groups, RDS and IAM.
  • Managing VPC, Subnets; make connection between different zones; Blocking suspicious IP/subnet via ACL.
  • Managing CDN on Amazon Cloud Front (Origin Path: Server / S3) to improve site performance.
  • Create & Managing buckets on S3 and store db and logs backup, upload images for CDN server.
  • Setup databases on Amazon RDS or EC2 instances as per requirement.
  • Managing AMI/Snapshots/Volumes, Upgrade/downgrade AWS resources (CPU, Memory, EBS).
  • Creation of POCs and architecture for upcoming engagements.
  • Partnered with sales team to design solutions for customers and drive AWS adoption and revenue.
  • Monitored costs and optimized cloud deployment expenses against business needs.
  • Implemented and maintained virtual private networks.
  • Analyzed network traffic and performance metrics to optimize system performance.
  • Developed and documented network policies, procedures and standards.

Technical Lead

Accenture Contractor Jobs
09.2018 - 10.2019


  • Worked on in-house project like CUX Products, Cubbuzz Products as well as for clients such as RedBull, CommonWealth Bank of Australia, United Airlines, Netgear.
  • I got to work upon wide array of technologies including AWS S3, EC2, ELB, VPC, Terraform, cloudformation, AWS CLOUD and AZURE.
  • Application was responsive in nature and directly talking to micro services deployed on EC2 instances.
  • REST APIs were used to PUT, ADD and DELETE operation and APIs were deployed on Amazon web services.
  • The applications displayed images from Amazon S3 server, all the image operations were done using .NET based AWS SDK.I performed the role of Project Lead & Developer at the same time.
  • Cubbuzz Products was a TCS's Social Networking and Promotions Platform, which used to enable companies to conduct engaging marketing promotions on multiple channels, measure the effectiveness of their promotional activities and steer the campaign in real time on the basis of its response.
  • Build standalone supporting apps as an individual, one of them was XBX Kinect based interface.
  • RedBull Engagement was Web Application that keept the information of all athletes, sports, culture and events which take place around the globe and hosted by RedBull.
  • The applications contained all sport videos which could be streamed online of athletes for different events. These videos were stored on Amazon S3.
  • Built, tested and deployed scalable, highly available and modular software products.
  • Using Terraform, CICD, to build, change and versioning using infrastructure as a code.

Sales Representative

Neimeth Pharmaceuticals
Nigeria
02.2015 - 02.2018
  • Trained and mentored new sales representatives.
  • Met with existing customers and prospects to discuss business needs and recommend optimal solutions.
  • Created professional sales presentations and seminars to effectively demonstrate product features and competitive advantages.
  • Developed and delivered engaging sales presentations to convey product benefits.
  • Used customer insights to develop innovative sales strategies to increase sales.
  • Generated new leads through networking and attending industry events.
  • Utilized CRM software to manage customer accounts and track performance metrics.
  • Developed and implemented sales strategies to increase profits.
  • Developed and maintained comprehensive understanding of products, services and competitors to enhance sales presentations.
  • Negotiated contracts with clients and developed relationships with key personnel.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify and address customer needs.
  • Generated weekly and monthly reports on sales performance to provide recommendations to meet sales goals.

Education

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate - Certification

Amazon Web Services
2016

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) - Pharmacy

Madonna University.
Nigeria
2011

Skills

  • Programming Languages: C#, Bash Shell Scripting, Java Script
  • Public Cloud : Amazon Web Service VPC, EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, EBS, RDS, IAM, Route53, Cloudfront, Dynamo DB, CloudWatch
  • Web Servers : IIS, Apache
  • CI/CD/CM Tools: TeamCity, OpsWorks, Cludformation, Chef, JIRA, Confluence
  • Terraform: Jenkins, Infrastructure as a code
  • Database Concepts : MS SQL Server, PL/SQL, DB Backup & Maintenance
  • Azure: Azure ExpressRout, Azure virtual Network, Azure Traffic manager, Azure Provided DNS
  • Networking : TCP-IP, Network Security, Subnets, VPN, DNS, Routing
  • Methodology : Enterprise Architecture, Agile, Software Design, Software Engineering, RDBMS, OOPs, MVC Architecture and Data Modelling using UML
  • Technologies : REST API, SOAP, XML, JSON, WSDL, Payment Gateways, Windows Services
  • Operating Systems : Linux/Ubuntu and Windows 7/8/10

Timeline

AWS Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solutions
11.2019 - Current

Technical Lead

Accenture Contractor Jobs
09.2018 - 10.2019

Sales Representative

Neimeth Pharmaceuticals
02.2015 - 02.2018

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate - Certification

Amazon Web Services

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) - Pharmacy

Madonna University.

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