BENJAMIN AGBANSA
Whitestown
Summary
DevOps Engineer with extensive experience in building applications, configuration, code compilation, package building, automation, managing code releases, and server deployment. Proficient in AWS infrastructure management and CI/CD pipeline development using various DevOps tools. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with meticulous attention to detail. Capable of working independently or as part of a team. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a passion for technology and continuous learning of new tools and cloud technologies to drive company growth.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
DevOps Engineer
Charter Communication
10.2021 - Current
- Infrastructure Management: Design, implement, and manage highly available, scalable, and secure AWS/Azure cloud environments using terraform, Ansible
- Automation and Tools Development: Create and maintain tools such as Jenkins, Git, GitHub/Bitbucket, Harness, Docker, K8s, … and frameworks that support the deployment and management of our platforms
- Security and Compliance: Implement and enforce data security and privacy policies to ensure data protection across all environments
- Performance Optimization: Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to scalability, performance, and system availability
- Continuously optimize automated build and deployment pipelines
- Technology and Evaluation: Stay current with emerging cloud technologies (EC2, RDS, S3, EKE, ELB …) and DevOps practices (Agile project management, CI/CD, Automation, Monitoring, Observability, Continuous feedback …)
- Evaluate new tools and vendor products, recommending improvements to existing systems
- Collaboration: Work closely with architects, developers, and stakeholders to ensure cloud solutions align with the overall IT strategy
- Provide guidance on DevOps related challenges including software builds, deployment pipelines, and applications performance
- Continuous Improvement: Suggest and implement architecture and process improvements, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of our DevOps practices
- Manage AEM content and assets using JCR and CRXDE Lite, ensuring efficiency content organization and retrieval
- Provide technical support and troubleshooting for AEM related issues, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal performance
DevOps Engineer
Icare Medical
12.2017 - 10.2021
- Automated daily tasks using shell scripts
- Utilized Jenkins for automating the build process
- Installed and configured Jenkins master and slave nodes-built CI/CD pipelines, and managed infrastructure as code with Ansible
- Created and implemented Chef cookbooks for deployment and used Chef recipes for deployment directly into Amazon EC2 instances
- Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps for various applications to reduce deployment time
- Automating infrastructure provisioning using terraform and ARM templates to improve infrastructure deployment speed
- Implementing monitoring and logging solutions using splunk and AppD, improving system visibility and troubleshooting efficiency
- Managed source code with Git
- Set up servers, workstations, clients, and wrote scripts for application deployment
- Deployed applications to Tomcat application servers and static content to Apache web servers
- Automated continuous integration and deployment using Jenkins and Docker
- Created Docker images for different environments
- Compiled source code using Maven and packaged it into distributable formats such as WAR files
- Implemented processes for release management, automated code deployment, configuration management, and monitoring
Education
Bachelor's degree - mathematics & science
University of Kara
01.2008
Skills
- Version Control: Git, GitHub, Bitbucket
- CI/CD Tools: Jenkins
- Build Tools: Maven
- Release Automation: ARA, Harness, Cherwell
- Project Management and Communication: Jira, Kanban, Chalk, Webex
- Containerization: Docker, Docker Compose
- Operating Systems: Windows, Unix/Linux
- Cloud Technologies: AWS/Azure (EC2, S3, RDS, ELB, EBS, VPC, Auto Scaling), GCP (VM Instance, VPC Network, GKE)
- Scripting Languages: Bash/Shell, Python
- Web Servers: Apache, Tomcat
- Monitoring Tools: Splunk, Prometheus, AppDynamics, Kenna, ElasticSearch
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform
- Container Orchestration: Kubernetes (K8S)
- Configuration Management: Ansible
- AEM: AEM65x, sling, JCR, CRXDE, OSGI, Packages management
Certification
- AWS Certified Solution Architect – Professional Expiration:2027-06-15
- Certify Repair Technician Issued in2017 None expire.
LANGUAGES
English Professional
French Native
Timeline
DevOps Engineer
Charter Communication
10.2021 - Current
DevOps Engineer
Icare Medical
12.2017 - 10.2021
Bachelor's degree - mathematics & science
University of Kara
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