
Alexander Ikeh
@alexanderikeh
I build secure, resilient cloud infrastructure and deployment platforms across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
What I'm looking for
At Savannah by Commit, I architect and deploy multi-tenant AWS EKS infrastructure with Terraform, supporting automated provisioning and multi-AZ resilience for staging and production tenants. I build GitHub Actions pipelines for Docker builds, testing, Kubernetes deployments, and automated rollback.
I strengthen reliability through Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, on-call practices, and incident runbooks, while implementing GuardDuty, AWS Inspector, RDS encryption, and SOC2 reporting automation. My background spans AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, serverless systems, databases, backend development, and infrastructure delivery from the ground up.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Architected and deployed production-ready multi-tenant AWS EKS infrastructure with Terraform, supporting 6+ tenants across staging and production with fully automated provisioning and multi-AZ resilience. Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) to build Docker images, run tests, and deploy to Kubernetes with automated rollback on failure. Implemented and tuned monitoring and alerting
Managed multi-environment server infrastructure for high availability and performance; implemented n8n automation workflows for AI-powered user ordering and meal-rating integration. Developed AI recommendation pipeline using MindsDB and LightFM to deliver personalized meal suggestions from user order history; maintained self-hosted MongoDB and MySQL with replica sets for high availability. Designe
Worked as Product Lead - Software Developer at IntelliDigest .
hosting engaging events, providing support to community members, and driving meaningful interactions around Africa’s Talking APIs, solutions, technology, and tools.
Led DevOps initiatives including automated backup systems, security tooling implementation, and infrastructure hardening. Deployed React applications on Google Compute Engine and Node.js services on GKE for scalable production workloads; built and maintained Jenkins-based CI/CD pipelines, accelerating delivery and reducing manual deployment effort. Implemented ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, K
Worked as Software Developer at IntelliDigest .
Process and Project Manager for DevOps and Development projects. Building tools using the best DevOps practices.
I worked with the startup to build their first product from ground up which handles thousands of verified farmer's data. Also worked on designing the whole backend architecture and handled the entire deployment process on AWS with S3, CloudFront and EC2. Also implemented Load Balancing with Amazon's ALB on the Ec2 instance.
Implemented DevOps practise from scratch by introducing CI/CD to the deployment process.
Handled deployment on AWS (Ec2 & S3 and CloudFront Distribution) with AWS Load balancing integration.
Managed the DNS with Route 53
Implemented SNS
Led containerization initiatives using Docker and Kubernetes; established GitLab CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, building, and deployment. Architected AWS infrastructure with EC2, ECS, and Fargate for reliable, auto-scaling production environments; designed secure network architectures (VPCs, subnets, security groups, NACLs) following AWS best practices. Deployed and maintained Jenkins pipe
Network Engineer
44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital
Jan 2017 - Jan 2020 (3 years)
Delivered full-stack software features (React, Node.js) on schedule using Agile methodologies; collaborated with DevOps teams to optimize deployment processes and maintain production stability. Managed network infrastructure including routers, switches, and firewalls; monitored security systems (firewall rules, intrusion detection, access controls) for secure data flow and compliance.
I worked as a freelancer building web apps for clients on the platform. I worked with tools like Node.js, PHP, React, Photoshop, MySQL, Express.js, Passport.js, SendBird Api, and many others. I was able to attain a level 1 Star with over 10 projects completed on the platform. My username: alexowi
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Agriculture, Makurdi
Bachelor of Science, Physics
Udemy
AWS Solutions Architect - Associate
Issued Sep 2022
Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi
Bsc, Physics
2013 - 2017
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Amazon API Gateway
AWS CLI
AWS IAM
Amazon EC2
Google Cloud Platform
Google Compute Engine
Amazon S3
GitLab
Kubernetes
AWS Fargate
Amazon EKS
Amazon CloudFront
Jenkins
GitHub Actions
MySQL
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Amazon Route 53
Node.js
Bootstrap
Terraform
AWS CloudFormation
Mocha
React
JavaScript
Python
PHP
Go
AWS Elastic Load Balancing ...
Logstash
ExpressJS
Amazon SNS
Grafana
Kibana
Prometheus
Linux
Firebase
gRPC
Elasticsearch
AWS Lambda
Amazon RDS
TypeScript
Docker
Amazon VPC
Google Kubernetes Engine
MindsDB
N8N
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Social media
Job categories
Skills
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