Pop Kwasau
@popkwasau
DevOps engineer specializing in AWS, automation, and cloud reliability.
NigeriaWhat I'm looking for
I am a DevOps engineer with 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and operating resilient AWS and Linux-based infrastructures across oil & gas, aviation, and financial services. I specialize in automation, IaC, CI/CD, and observability, and I have delivered measurable reliability, cost optimization, and recovery improvements—such as reducing MTTR by 32%, cutting idle costs by 15%, and improving deployment frequency by 45%.
My background includes systems and network engineering, disaster recovery design, and team mentoring; I hold an MSc in Mechatronics & Robotics Engineering that reinforces my systems-thinking approach. I prioritize cross-team collaboration, security and compliance (SOX, NIST), and continuous improvement to help organizations scale and operate mission-critical platforms.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Network Technician
M.R.S. Oil & Gas
May 2012 - Sep 2024 (12 years 4 months)
Maintained refinery LAN/WAN and firewall controls, standardized network configurations to improve uptime by 20%, automated network health checks to reduce diagnostics time by 30%, and supported SCADA–IT integrations.
DevOps Engineer
The AA
May 2022 - Jun 2024 (2 years 1 month)
Streamlined AWS-based CI/CD and IaC workflows, improving deployment frequency by 45% and achieving 99.9% uptime through autoscaling and resilient Kubernetes architectures while reducing MTTR by 32%.
Systems Engineer
Caverton Helicopters
Aug 2016 - Sep 2020 (4 years 1 month)
Administered enterprise Linux and VMware environments, automated provisioning and patching with Ansible and scripts, and implemented DRP and hybrid backups to reduce recovery times by 60% and accelerate deployments by 45%.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
De Montfort University
Master of Science, Mechatronics & Robotics Engineering
2022 -
Completed an MSc in Mechatronics & Robotics Engineering with a project developing a domestic assistive robot integrated with IoT home sensors.
University of Lagos
Bachelor of Science, Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical & Electronics Engineering with a final-year project on an RFID-based security system with SMS alert.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
AWS IAM
Microsoft Azure
GitHub
GitLab
Kubernetes
AWS CodePipeline
Jenkins
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
AWS CodeBuild
PostgreSQL
AWS CodeDeploy
Gmail
Node.js
Terraform
Azure DevOps
Jira
JavaScript
Python
PowerShell
Logstash
PagerDuty
Grafana
Kibana
Prometheus
Ubuntu
CentOS
Linux
iOS
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL
Elasticsearch
Ansible
Amazon RDS
sso
Docker
Bandwidth
AWS Backup
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
SQL
VMware ESXi
Port
Availability
Location
NigeriaAuthorized to work in
Job categories
Skills
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