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Olalekan Afolabi

@olalekanafolabi

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I build secure, highly available cloud platforms and automated DevOps delivery across AWS and Azure.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to build secure, highly available cloud and hybrid infrastructure, automate delivery and operations, strengthen DevSecOps practices, and improve reliability and observability for mission-critical enterprise platforms.

At Capital One, I lead cloud infrastructure initiatives for mission-critical AWS applications, architecting multi-tier environments that achieve 99.99% uptime. I reduced provisioning time by 85% through Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.

I build secure delivery platforms with Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, CI/CD automation, and DevSecOps controls including SAST, DAST, SCA, OPA, and Terraform Sentinel. My observability work with Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, CloudWatch, and New Relic reduced MTTR by 60%.

Previously at Analog Devices and Fannie Mae, I automated cloud infrastructure and release pipelines, cutting deployment times by 70% and improving release efficiency by 75%. I’ve supported high-availability AWS, Azure, and hybrid-cloud environments, disaster recovery, production incident response, and compliance-focused operations.

My foundation is Linux and enterprise infrastructure, including administering more than 4,000 Linux virtual machines at T-Mobile and Red Hat environments at Vanguard. I bring hands-on experience across AWS, Azure, VMware, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, Bash, Python, and PowerShell.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior DevOps Engineer

Current

Capital One

Feb 2025 - Present (1 year 7 months)

Lead cloud infrastructure engineering initiatives supporting mission-critical enterprise applications across highly available AWS environments. Architected resilient multi-tier AWS solutions achieving 99.99% uptime and reduced infrastructure provisioning time by 85% through Infrastructure-as-Code.

AWS Terraform CloudFormation Kubernetes Amazon EKS DevSecOps SAST DAST SCA OPA (Rego)Terraform Sentinel Prometheus Grafana Splunk Cloudwatch New Relic IAM KMS Azure Key Vault Windows Server 2022 BASH PowerShell Python

Senior DevOps Engineer

Analog Devices

Sep 2023 - Feb 2025 (1 year 5 months)

Designed and maintained AWS cloud infrastructure supporting mission-critical semiconductor manufacturing and enterprise applications. Built Infrastructure-as-Code solutions and implemented CI/CD pipelines, reducing deployment times by 70% and manual effort by 80%.

AWS Terraform CloudFormation Jenkins GitHub Actions Bitbucket Docker Kubernetes Ansible BASH Python DevSecOps Prometheus Grafana Dynatrace Cloudwatch IAM Encryption

DevOps Engineer

Fannie Mae

May 2022 - Sep 2023 (1 year 4 months)

Supported enterprise Linux production environments providing 24x7 operational support for mission-critical systems. Developed automated CI/CD pipelines and implemented disaster recovery strategies, improving release efficiency by 75%.

AWS EC2 VPC S3 IAM Cloudwatch AWS CodePipeline CodeBuild Code Deploy Terraform Ansible Puppet Chef Cross Region Replication AWS Backup CloudWatch Monitoring Azure Hybrid cloud

Linux System Administrator

T-Mobile

May 2021 - Mar 2022 (10 months)

Administered and supported over 4,000+ Linux virtual machines across enterprise environments. Automated server provisioning, patching, and configuration management using Ansible and Bash scripting, and performed vulnerability remediation using Nessus scans.

Linux Ansible BASH Nessus RHEL CentOS DNS NFS Apache HTTP Server Zabbix Big Brother Solarwinds LVM RAID Amazon VPC Security Groups Apache Tomcat MySQL PostgreSQL Python

Red Hat System Administrator

Vanguard

Apr 2019 - Apr 2021 (2 years)

Administered Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7/8 environments supporting enterprise production systems. Managed VMware ESXi and vCenter infrastructure and automated server deployments using Kickstart and Ansible, reducing provisioning effort by 70%.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux VMware ESXi VCenter Kickstarts Ansible Amazon VPC Route Tables Subnets Internet Gateway BASH Cron Nagios Solarwinds Zabbix Big Brother SCP Rsync Jira Confluence

Help Desk Analyst / Linux Administrator

Creative Options Inc

Jun 2014 - Nov 2018 (4 years 5 months)

Delivered Tier-1 and Tier-3 support for Linux and enterprise infrastructure environments. Installed and maintained Apache, Samba, Tomcat, DNS, and NFS services, and implemented monitoring solutions using Nagios, CheckMK, and OMD.