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Eric M.
DevOps Engineer
Eric is a DevOps, Cloud, and Software Engineer with six years of experience. He has worked across diverse industries, including fintech, agriculture, B2B, B2C eCommerce, data science, telecommunication, health insurance, hospital management, disaster recovery, and HR.
One of Eric's most notable projects was the creation of a Spring Boot, ETL, REST API for Salesforce data collection. This project involved integrating with the Rutter API for transactions via a Feign client and generating data records on AWS S3 and Snowflake.
His professional experience spans several countries, including Kenya, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, the UK, Bulgaria, South Africa, and Malawi.
Eric's interests include blockchain, FinOps, compliance, F1, cricket, and football.
Main expertise
- AWS 6 years
- Azure 4 years
- DevOps 6 years
Other skills
- Dimensional modeling 4 years
- Convolutional neural network 3 years
Selected experience
Employment
Cloud and Infrastructure Automation Engineer
Safaricom PLC - 1 year 4 months
- Developed and implemented highly efficient and scalable automation solutions.
- Led cross-functional teams in designing and deploying cloud-based solutions.
- Streamlined and standardized DevOps processes by implementing CI/CD pipelines.
Technologies:
- Technologies:
AWS
Azure
Terraform
Google Cloud
Ansible
- Microservices
Golang
Principal Lead DevOps
CloudSmiths / Dotmodus - 9 months
- Developed and executed highly effective strategies to automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management, utilizing advanced tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Docker.
- Established and meticulously monitored essential DevOps metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Streamlined the software development process by expertly implementing automated deployment pipelines.
- Developed and flawlessly executed an infrastructure-as-code strategy.
- Spearheaded the implementation of continuous integration and continuous deployment practices.
Technologies:
- Technologies:
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AWS
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Azure
Linux
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Terraform
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Google Cloud
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Ansible
PostgreSQL
MySQL
MongoDB
Git
Scrum
Agile
- Team leading
DevOps / BlockChain / Backend Engineer
IcareX - 1 year 2 months
- Led successful implementation of DevOps practices, resulting in a 50% reduction in deployment time and streamlining the software development lifecycle.
- Developed and maintained secure and scalable decentralized applications using Solidity and the Ethereum platform, managing robust blockchain smart contracts.
- Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Ansible, Docker, and Kubernetes, enhancing scalability and reducing deployment errors by 70%.
- Implemented scalable DevOps practices to streamline deployment processes.
- Developed and maintained resilient backend systems on cloud-based infrastructure.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design and implement automated CI/CD pipelines.
- Designed and implemented distributed consensus algorithms.
Technologies:
- Technologies:
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AWS
Kubernetes
Python
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Git
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Scrum
Helm
Education
BSc.Computer Technology
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology · 2017 - 2023
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