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Olawale Tofade

@olawaletofade

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DevOps/Site Reliability Engineer with 6+ years of experience.

Nigeria

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for a role that fosters innovation and collaboration, with opportunities for growth and impactful projects.

I am a DevOps/Site Reliability Engineer with over 6 years of experience in building and operating production infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure. My expertise lies in Kubernetes, Terraform, and cloud automation, where I focus on scalability, security, and reliability. I am passionate about automating processes, improving CI/CD pipelines, and enhancing observability to ensure seamless operations.

Throughout my career, I have successfully designed and implemented efficient CI/CD pipelines, achieving significant reductions in deployment times and enhancing infrastructure performance. My experience includes managing hybrid cloud infrastructures, enforcing security policies, and ensuring compliance with SOC2 and ISO 27001 standards. I thrive in dynamic environments and am committed to delivering high-quality solutions that drive operational excellence.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Current

Freelance

Jun 2024 - Present (11 months)

Automated cloud infrastructure provisioning with Terraform, designed CDN strategies, developed custom Kubernetes CRDs and Operators, and managed hybrid cloud infrastructure operations focusing on security and availability.

Terraform AWS Azure Kubernetes Go CDN Cloud Security Automation Infrastructure Management

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Superside

Jul 2022 - Jun 2024 (1 year 11 months)

Designed CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, achieved high uptime, enforced security compliance, and implemented monitoring solutions, significantly improving infrastructure performance and reducing downtime.

Gitlab CI AWS Kubernetes Datadog SOC2 ISO 27001 CI CD Infrastructure Monitoring Automation Security Compliance

Senior DevOps Engineer

Venture Garden Group

Jan 2021 - Jul 2022 (1 year 6 months)

Containerized applications using Docker, designed disaster recovery solutions, maintained CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, and managed Kubernetes clusters, ensuring high availability and system visibility.

Docker Azure DevOps CI CD Kubernetes Prometheus Grafana Terraform Ansible Disaster Recovery Automation

Software Engineer / DevOps Engineer

Venture Garden Group

Dec 2018 - Jan 2021 (2 years 1 month)

Collaborated with development teams to troubleshoot infrastructure issues, established monitoring systems, enforced DevSecOps practices, and led incident response efforts, enhancing deployment success rates.

DevSecOps Monitoring Incident Management Automation Collaboration Root Cause Analysis Security

Software Developer

Upwork

Mar 2016 - Aug 2020 (4 years 5 months)

Managed end-to-end project development, collaborated with clients on requirements, architected software solutions, and implemented DevOps practices for efficient application deployment.