Yawo Folli
DevOps & Linux System/Engineer
Atlanta,GA
Summary
Skilled DevOps Engineer with 5+ years experience supporting, automating, optimizing mission, and deployments in AWS. Experienced leveraging configuration management applying CI/CD methodology and DevOps processes. Enthusiastic team player, looking for innovative and efficient engineering solutions. Energetic self-starter, collaborative, capable of working, learning quickly with minimal guidance. Looking for a DevOps Engineer position, where to work with product team and operations team to develop new products and maintain existing products, develop monitoring and reporting tools for DevOps environments, identify technical issues and areas for improvement, and automate processes wherever possible to improve efficiency.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
DevOps Engineer
Data Service Group
07.2020 - 04.2024
- Collaborated with development, operations, and QA teams to define and implement CI/CD pipelines, resulting in a 30% increase in deployment efficiency
- Designed and managed infrastructure on AWS, utilizing services such as EC2, S3, RDS, and Cloud Formation, ensuring high availability and scalability
- Implemented containerization using Docker and orchestrated containerized applications using Kubernetes, improving scalability and resource utilization
- Developed automation scripts and tools to streamline manual processes, reducing deployment time by 50%
- Implemented monitoring and logging solutions, enabling proactive identification of performance bottlenecks and system issues
- Conducted regular security audits and implemented necessary measures to ensure compliance with industry standards
System Engineer
Data Service Group
01.2017 - 07.2020
- Managed and maintained Linux-based server environment, including installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of various services
- Implemented and optimized network infrastructure, including load balancers, resulting in improved network performance and reliability
- Developed and maintained backup and disaster recovery plans, ensuring data integrity and business continuity
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to diagnose and resolve production issues, minimizing downtime and improving system availability
- Set up and administered user and groups accounts, permissions, Web servers, file servers, firewalls, and directory services with ability to diagnose basic Apache Issues
- Built, installed & configured multiple Linux machines
- Troubleshooted system and Application and other related issues
- Provided management of system processes in areas like boot process, startup, and system shutdown
- Planned and executed packages and updates installations necessary for optimal system performance
HelpDesk Technician
Gwinnett Technical College
04.2015 - 06.2017
- Performed troubleshooting using different diagnostic techniques
- Solved technical hardware and software issues
- Provided quick resolution and excellent customer service
- Provided needed information on IT products or services
- Kept record of problems and their resolution
- Provided feedback on processes and made recommendations on areas to improve
- Maintained technical documentation and services catalog on installation and configuration of hardware and software, and problem troubleshooting
- Hardware assembly and quality control
- Collaborated with IT professionals to track school assets
- Maintained Local area networks
- Monitored Operations and collaborated with employees Help Desk Level2 Tech Support Network installation & connectivity tasks for business
Education
Associate's Degree - Cyber Security & Networking Specialist(Network Administrator)
Gwinnett Technical College
Lawrenceville, GA01.2021
Skills
- Bash
- AWS
- Ansible
- Puppet
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Jenkins
- GitLab
- Terraform
- Splunk
- Prometheus
- ELK stack
- Git
- PowerShell
- DHCP
- TCP/IP
- DNS
- Load Balancing
- Effective communication
- Linux operating system
- Maintenance and troubleshooting
- Virtualization technologies
- Test automation
- Containerization technologies
- Scripting languages
- Windows operating system
- Developer collaboration
- Continuous deployment
- Continuous integration
- Script maintenance and updates
- API development
Certification
Security+ in progress
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
DevOps Engineer
Data Service Group
07.2020 - 04.2024
System Engineer
Data Service Group
01.2017 - 07.2020
HelpDesk Technician
Gwinnett Technical College
04.2015 - 06.2017
Security+ in progress
Associate's Degree - Cyber Security & Networking Specialist(Network Administrator)
Gwinnett Technical College
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