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Owusu Bright Debrah

@owusubrightdebrah

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Senior DevOps/MLOps engineer and cloud architect focused on automating secure, cost-optimized cloud infrastructure.

Zimbabwe

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a senior DevOps/MLOps or cloud architecture role where I can lead migrations, build secure cloud landing zones, automate CI/CD (including ML workflows), and drive strong observability, reliability, and cost optimization with cross-functional teams.

I’m a results-driven Senior DevOps/MLOps Engineer, Cloud Architect, and Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with 8+ years of hands-on experience designing and implementing mission-critical workloads. I optimize and automate cloud operations to streamline delivery and drive significant cost savings.

I build and run cloud landing zones and migration factories, including migration discovery, dependency mapping, wave planning, and cutover sequencing. I’ve designed high-availability and disaster recovery solutions on Azure, established observability with Azure Monitor/Application Insights, and automated discovery and reporting using PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Python.

I also lead end-to-end CI/CD for microservices and ML workloads, including model training, validation, and deployment using Azure ML and Databricks. Security and governance are core to how I work—I collaborate with security/compliance teams, implement policy-as-code concepts, and apply tooling and controls (e.g., Azure WAF/Defender for Cloud/Key Vault) to keep systems resilient. I’ve contributed to measurable improvements like reducing response time by 40%, cutting operational overhead by 25%, and managing hybrid cloud infrastructure supporting 50+ microservices.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Sr. DevOps Engineer | MLOPS

Current

Scholastic Company Limited

Jan 2026 - Present (6 months)

Led end-to-end migration discovery and designed Azure landing zones aligned to governance and Cloud Adoption Framework best practices. Delivered Azure migration, HA/DR, observability, and ML workload CI/CD and infrastructure automation using Azure services.

Azure Cloud Adoption Framework Azure Landing Zone PowerShell Python Azure Migrate azure monitor Application Insights Azure ML Databricks Azure Container Apps Terraform Policy as Code

Sr. Cloud Architect | DevOps/MLOps

Scholastic Company Limited

Oct 2023 - Sep 2025 (1 year 11 months)

Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines and container orchestration for microservices and ML workloads on Azure. Implemented monitoring/observability, security controls, and cloud migrations to improve scalability and reduce infrastructure costs.

Sr. Cloud Architect | Sr. Cloud Engineer

Galts Sudoers

Sep 2022 - Oct 2023 (1 year 1 month)

Designed and deployed scalable Azure infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring/logging. Managed security and disaster recovery, including multi-region resilience and hybrid-cloud operations with Azure Arc.

Sr. Cloud Architect | Sr. Cloud Engineer

Prime Insurance Company Limited

Feb 2017 - Jul 2022 (5 years 5 months)

Architected and implemented Azure environments emphasizing high availability, scalability, disaster recovery, and security. Built automated CI/CD workflows and AKS-based container orchestration using Terraform and Azure tooling, and performed on-premises migration assessments.

Azure Jenkins Azure Repos Azure Site Recovery BASH Python CI CD Azure Pipelines GitHub Actions Terraform azure monitor SRE DevOps Principles SonarQube Azure DevOps Azure Resource Manager Disaster Recovery

Cloud Engineer

BIC Technology Limited

Mar 2016 - Jan 2019 (2 years 10 months)

Developed RESTful APIs and web applications using Flask and implemented cloud solutions across Azure and AWS. Built CI/CD and serverless architectures using Azure Functions and AWS Lambda to reduce operational overhead and improve scalability.