About Me
Hardworking, highly motivated professional eager to lend combined knowledge and skills to enhance business performance. Over 15 years IT experience with hands-on cloud expertise. Operates well in both individual and team capacities, leveraging seasoned work ethic to quickly adapt to different processes and drive company objectives. Resourceful and results-driven with a passion for growth and efficiency to meet company needs and increase service value. Committed to lifelong learning and going the extra mile to facilitate continuous improvement
Work Experience
- Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using GitOps principles with GitHub, Git, and ArgoCD for automated and secure application delivery.
- Proficient in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Helm, Ansible, and Shell scripting to provision and manage cloud and Kubernetes resources.
- Led end-to-end management of multi-tenant Kubernetes environments, enabling scalable and secure container orchestration.
- Implemented centralized monitoring, logging, and alerting using ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana, and AWS CloudWatch for production-grade observability.
- Extensive experience architecting and managing complex multi-account AWS environments, leveraging a wide array of AWS services (EC2, EKS, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudTrail, Route53, etc.).
- Strong focus on cloud cost optimization and security hardening using DevOps best practices, automation, and continuous improvement.
- Spearheaded the migration of critical workloads from on-premises data centres to AWS, ensuring high availability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
- Maintained hybrid cloud infrastructure, managing AWS Direct Connect, site-to-site VPNs, and legacy on-premise systems as part of a broader cloud transformation strategy.
- Administered MySQL, Tomcat, and Nginx to ensure high availability, performance, and reliability of critical applications.
- Implemented and enforced security best practices to protect infrastructure, ensuring resources remained secure and uncompromised.
- Managed WAN/LAN environments, including Sophos firewalls, VPNs, and AWS networking resources, supporting secure and scalable connectivity.
- Oversaw distributed storage systems, including Ceph for on-premise workloads and cloud-native solutions for scalable, redundant storage.
- Deployed monitoring and alerting systems to track performance and availability of applications, services, and network infrastructure.
- Maintained robust backup and disaster recovery strategies for both on-premise and cloud environments to ensure data resilience.
- Handled access and identity management, implementing least-privilege principles across cloud and on-premise environments.
- Automated infrastructure tasks and streamlined operations using Bash scripting, improving efficiency and reducing manual intervention.
- Centralized deployment, configuration, and lifecycle management of Apple macOS/iOS devices using MDM solutions (Jamf) and integrated patch management workflows.
- Oversaw IT asset management, including hardware/software inventory tracking and lifecycle planning.
- Automated user provisioning and deprovisioning processes, integrating with identity platforms for consistent and secure access control.
- Administered user access management across systems, enforcing role-based access and auditing controls.
- Conducted hardware and software testing to ensure reliability, compatibility, and performance of deployed systems.
- Maintained secure endpoint environments using anti-malware, encryption, and compliance enforcement tools to protect against threats and data loss.
- Delivered expert support for Apple devices, servers, software, and peripherals across individual users, educational institutions, and enterprise environments.
- Integrated macOS and Windows systems into small to large-scale networks, ensuring compatibility, security, and unified management.
- Managed and troubleshot both open-source and proprietary software used in the administration of Apple platforms.
- Implemented and maintained storage infrastructure, including RAID, NAS, and SAN systems for performance and redundancy.
- Automated infrastructure tasks and centralized macOS device management using MDM solutions (e.g., Jamf), Bash scripting, and structured patch management.
- Administered Apache web servers, cloud-based services, and on-premise network infrastructure, ensuring reliability and uptime.
- Trained and mentored junior team members, providing coaching and hands-on support to upskill them in infrastructure tools, scripting, and device management workflows.
