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DevOps engineer specializing in CI/CD, cloud automation, and scalable infrastructure.

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What I'm looking for

I seek a DevOps/cloud role focused on automating CI/CD, scalable infrastructure, cross-team collaboration, and opportunities to optimize cost and reliability.

I am a detail-oriented DevOps engineer with over 3 years of experience automating software delivery, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and managing cloud infrastructure. I have designed and maintained Jenkins pipelines, implemented GitOps workflows, and leveraged Terraform and CloudFormation to provision resilient environments.

My hands-on experience spans Docker containerization, Kubernetes orchestration (EKS, KOPS), configuration management with Ansible, and monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch. I have driven measurable results—reducing deployment time by 40%, cutting deployment failures by 30%, and achieving 75% operational cost savings through cloud migrations.

I collaborate effectively across teams to enforce code quality (SonarQube), streamline release cycles, and document robust procedures in Jira and Confluence. I am committed to continuous improvement and delivering secure, high-performing, and highly available systems.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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DevOps Engineer

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Zenith IT Solutions

Nov 2022 - Present (2 years 10 months)

Designed and maintained Jenkins CI/CD pipelines reducing deployment time by 40% and led incident response to cut downtime below 2 hours; migrated microservices to AWS achieving 75% operational cost savings and improved system stability by 30%.

Jenkins AWS Docker Kubernetes Terraform Prometheus Grafana SonarQube

Build and Release Engineer

Zenith IT Solutions

Dec 2021 - Nov 2022 (11 months)

Developed and maintained Jenkins/Maven CI pipelines and Nexus artifact flows, automated nightly builds with SonarQube quality gates, and deployed Java apps to Tomcat to improve deployment reliability and feedback loops.

Jenkins Maven Git Nexus SonarQube Shell Scripting Tomcat Kubernetes

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

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Bachelor of Arts, Bilingual Studies; DevOps and Cloud Engineering

Activities and societies: Professional development courses: Udemy - Terraform; Udemy - Kubernetes; Udemy - AWS Solutions Architect

Bachelor of Arts in Bilingual Studies and completed a Diploma in DevOps and Cloud Engineering plus professional courses in Terraform, Kubernetes, and AWS Solutions Architect.