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EMMANUEL UTIBE ERNEST

@emmanuelutibeernest

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DevOps Engineer building reliable AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure with automated CI/CD.

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a DevOps role where I can own AWS/Kubernetes infrastructure, build reliable CI/CD with Infrastructure as Code, and leverage observability and AI to improve incident detection, reduce deployment failures, and strengthen cloud security.

I’m a DevOps Engineer with 5+ years of experience designing scalable cloud infrastructure, automating CI/CD pipelines, and managing Kubernetes-based production environments across fintech and transaction-processing systems. I bring proven expertise in AWS, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Linux administration, and observability engineering to improve deployment reliability, reduce operational overhead, and strengthen cloud security through Infrastructure as Code and automation.

In my most recent role, I reduced infrastructure provisioning time by 70% by designing scalable AWS environments with Terraform across EC2, VPC, ALB, and RDS. I improved release reliability by 45% using automated CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, maintained 99.9% production uptime through proactive Linux administration, and cut incident resolution time by 50% by implementing observability tooling with Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch.

I’ve also strengthened security posture using IAM least-privilege policies, AWS Secrets Manager, and WAF protection, while improving scalability through Docker and Amazon EKS. I’m currently building AI-powered DevOps tooling for intelligent log analysis, incident response automation, and root-cause detection—integrating Python-based log parsing with LLM-driven analysis to reduce debugging effort by 60%.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

DevOps Engineer (Contract)

Trihp

Jul 2025 - Mar 2026 (8 months)

Reduced AWS infrastructure provisioning time by 70% by designing scalable environments with Terraform across EC2, VPC, ALB, and RDS. Improved release reliability by reducing deployment failures 45% via GitHub Actions CI/CD, maintained 99.9% uptime, and cut incident resolution time 50% using Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch.

AWS Terraform GitHub Actions CI CD Pipelines Docker Linux Administration IAM & Security Hardening WAF

DevOps Engineer

Karrabo

Dec 2023 - Apr 2025 (1 year 4 months)

Improved infrastructure scalability and system availability by designing AWS architectures using ECS, EKS, RDS, S3, and VPC. Reduced manual provisioning errors by 80% through Terraform Infrastructure as Code, and strengthened operations with high-availability failover plus centralized monitoring and logging (CloudWatch, Grafana, ELK).

AWS ECS Terraform Infrastructure as Code CI CD Cloudwatch Grafana ELK Stack Security (IAM Secrets)

DevOps Engineer

Semicolon Africa

Oct 2023 - Apr 2025 (1 year 6 months)

Standardized cloud infrastructure provisioning using Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code workflows. Reduced deployment time by 40% with GitHub Actions CI/CD, improved visibility with CloudWatch and Prometheus, and supported production delivery by running Docker containers on Kubernetes (EKS).

Terraform Infrastructure as Code GitHub Actions CI CD Cloudwatch Prometheus Kubernetes Docker Linux Administration

DevOps Engineer

Selldome Africa

Feb 2024 - Mar 2025 (1 year 1 month)

Improved deployment efficiency by 40% using CI/CD automation with GitLab CI/CD and Jenkins pipelines. Reduced provisioning time and configuration errors using Terraform and Ansible, and enhanced operational visibility with ELK Stack and CloudWatch while improving scalability with AWS load balancing and autoscaling.