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Valery Kouegou Asah

Summary

Highly skilled and motivated Senior DevOps Engineer with extensive experience in Linux, Windows, Kubernetes, and AWS, seeking a challenging position at Softrams. I aim to be an integral part of a collaborative and agile team, contributing my expertise in delivering and supporting virtual infrastructure for mission-critical health IT solutions. With a proven track record of excellence, I am eager to drive innovation and efficiency in a dynamic work environment. Summary: Highly skilled and motivated DevOps Engineer with 7+ years of experience in designing, implementing, and managing CI/CD pipelines. Proficient in leveraging AWS Cloud services and Java microservices to streamline development workflows and enhance system reliability. A collaborative team player with excellent communication skills, capable of working effectively with various stakeholders to achieve common goals.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

DevOps Engineer

BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL
06.2020 - Current
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design, deploy, and maintain virtual infrastructure for mission-critical health IT solutions
  • Developed and implemented robust CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab to automate software delivery processes, reducing deployment time by 50%
  • Been part of a migration of on-premises applications to AWS cloud, achieving cost savings of 30% and enhancing scalability and reliability
  • Implemented Kubernetes clusters for container orchestration, managing applications efficiently and ensuring high availability
  • Utilized Terraform to define and provision infrastructure as code, optimizing resource utilization and enhancing configuration management
  • Monitored and maintained system health, performance, and security using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and AWS CloudWatch
  • Conducted regular security audits and implemented necessary measures to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations
  • Mentored and provided technical guidance to junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional development.

Cloud Engineer/Build and Release Engineer

DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION CHARLLOTTE NC
12.2018 - 04.2020
  • Collaborated with development teams to streamline the build and release process, resulting in a 40% reduction in deployment failures
  • Implemented automated testing strategies using tools such as Selenium and JUnit, enhancing software quality and reducing manual errors
  • Managed and maintained AWS cloud resources, optimizing cost, and performance
  • Assisted in troubleshooting production incidents, ensuring prompt resolution and minimizing downtime
  • Improved system monitoring and alerting by setting up ELK Stack for log analysis and alert notifications
  • Conducted regular performance tuning and optimization of servers, databases, and applications.

Systems Engineer/ Cloud Architect

Verizon
06.2016 - 11.2018
  • Design and develop AWS cloud architectures, including network configurations, storage, virtualization, and security, to support business applications and workloads
  • Set up and configure AWS services and resources, such as EC2 instances, S3 buckets, VPCs, load balancers, and auto-scaling groups, following best practices
  • Implement strategies to ensure high availability and disaster recovery for critical applications and data hosted on AWS, utilizing services like Amazon RDS, AWS Backup, and multi-region deployment
  • Implement robust security measures and best practices to protect AWS environments from unauthorized access, data breaches, and other security threats
  • Ensure compliance with relevant security standards and regulations
  • Optimize AWS infrastructure costs by analyzing resource utilization, right-sizing instances, and utilizing AWS Cost Management tools effectively
  • Set up monitoring and alerting mechanisms to proactively monitor the health and performance of AWS resources
  • Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks to ensure optimal system performance.

Education

Advanced Certification in Cloud Computing -

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Indian

Bachelor of Engineering – BE - Computer Science

Landmark Metropolitan University
2013

Skills

  • Operating Systems: Linux, Windows
  • Cloud Platforms: Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS DevOps, GCP and Azure
  • Containerization: Kubernetes, Docker
  • Experience deploying to Kubernetes
  • Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible
  • CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub, Argo CD
  • Monitoring and Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, AWS CloudWatch
  • Scripting Languages: Bash, Python, PowerShell
  • Security: Compliance, Auditing, Incident Response
  • Agile Methodologies: Scrum, Kanban
  • Collaboration Tools: Jira, Confluence, Slack
  • Proficiency in cloud computing technologies, such as AWS and Azure
  • Customer experience solutions design and implementation

Certification

  • Certified AWS Solution Architect, Amazon Web Service -2023/January2026
  • Certified AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional, Amazon Web Service -2023/January2026

Timeline

DevOps Engineer

BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL
06.2020 - Current

Cloud Engineer/Build and Release Engineer

DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION CHARLLOTTE NC
12.2018 - 04.2020

Systems Engineer/ Cloud Architect

Verizon
06.2016 - 11.2018

Advanced Certification in Cloud Computing -

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

Bachelor of Engineering – BE - Computer Science

Landmark Metropolitan University

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