DevOps Engineer

KPI

Full-timeMay 2023 - PresentCurrent

Design, automate, and optimize systems to ensure performance and reliability.

Key Responsibilities

Main duties and responsibilities in this role

Maintained, optimized, and secured cloud infrastructure on AWS to ensure scalability and high availability
Managed and deployed containerized applications using Docker across multiple environments
Automated CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins to streamline integration, testing, and deployment processes
Monitored system performance, identified bottlenecks, and implemented solutions to improve reliability
Collaborated closely with development teams to design efficient deployment workflows and improve release velocity
Ensured infrastructure compliance with security and cost optimization best practices

Key Achievements

Notable accomplishments and impact made

Reduced monthly AWS costs by 20% through strategic adoption of Savings Plans and resource right-sizing
Implemented a modern monitoring stack with Prometheus and Grafana, improving system visibility and reliability metrics by 40%
Upgraded legacy GitLab Omnibus to the latest stable version, strengthening CI/CD security and improving performance by 30%
Cut deployment times by 50% using parallelized Jenkins builds and optimized AWS instance configurations
Developed a Python CLI tool to automate database schema synchronization across dev, staging, and production environments, reducing manual work and human error
Developed a custom Prometheus exporter to surface key business metrics in Grafana dashboards for data-driven decision-making
Improved incident response time by 60% through proactive alerting and centralized log aggregation