Nothando Ndlovu
@nothandondlovu
DevOps & Platform Engineer who accelerates secure cloud delivery with AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, and GitOps automation.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I’m a DevOps and Platform Engineer with 5+ years of experience designing cloud infrastructure, building CI/CD pipelines, and operating containerized workloads in production. I focus on automation that reduces deployment friction while improving security and reliability, especially through self-service infrastructure and strong IaC standards.
At Konnetta, I authored reusable Terraform modules that cut new-environment provisioning time by 40% and enforced consistent tagging, encryption, and least-privilege defaults. I designed safe CI/CD using plan/apply workflows and environment-scoped secrets, integrating SAST, dependency scanning, and secret detection to align deployments with SOC 2 and ISO 27001 controls.
I also improved operational outcomes by scaling production RDS PostgreSQL during off-peak hours with near-zero downtime and resolving sustained 85% memory utilization. I built CloudWatch Logs–driven alerting to Slack, implemented SQS Dead Letter Queues for faster visibility into failed Lambda invocations, and deployed AWS WAF protections across public-facing API/CDN endpoints—while eliminating long-lived CI/CD credentials using OIDC and role-based access.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
DevOps Engineer
Konnetta
Jul 2023 - Present (2 years 11 months)
Authored reusable Terraform modules that cut new-environment provisioning time by 40% and enforced tagging, encryption, and least-privilege defaults. Built GitHub Actions plan/apply CI/CD with PR validation, scaled RDS PostgreSQL with near-zero downtime, and implemented CloudWatch/SNS/Lambda-to-Slack alerting for faster incident response.
DevOps Engineer
AlertAI
May 2021 - Jun 2023 (2 years 1 month)
Led Kubernetes adoption for two teams, defining standards and deployment patterns that reduced release cycle time by 40%. Containerized Java and Node.js services with multi-stage Docker builds, cutting image sizes by 60% and build times by 35%, and established IaC and security controls using Terraform, OIDC, and CI/CD checks.
Linux Administrator
Greyfly
Feb 2020 - Apr 2021 (1 year 2 months)
Managed AWS infrastructure (EC2, ELB, RDS, VPC, S3, and Auto Scaling) to support production availability and scaling. Administered Red Hat/CentOS systems and automated provisioning with Kickstart while implementing Jenkins-based CI/CD and Kubernetes/Helm deployment workflows.
Remote System Administrator
SouthPole Consulting
Jan 2017 - Dec 2019 (2 years 11 months)
Provided 24/7 infrastructure support for a VMware environment with 10,000+ Linux and Windows VMs. Migrated document servers from Windows to Linux to reduce licensing costs, and standardized VM provisioning using ESXi templates and Kickstart automation to cut deployment time from hours to minutes.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
National University of Science and Technology
Bachelor of Science (Honours), Applied Physics
Earned a BSc (Honours) in Applied Physics at the National University of Science and Technology in Bulawayo.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
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