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Ryan Tawiah

@ryantawiah

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DevOps engineer specializing in CI/CD, Azure, and Kubernetes automation for reliable, scalable deployments.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to build and improve reliable, secure CI/CD systems across Azure and Kubernetes. I want to architect automation with IaC, mentor teams, and deliver faster, more predictable releases with strong observability and quality scanning.

I’m a results-driven DevOps engineer with over six years of experience building automation and deployment strategies in agile environments. I specialize in architecting CI/CD pipelines, managing Azure resources, and leading Kubernetes-based infrastructure to improve reliability and release velocity.

In my most recent role, I led and mentored offshore engineers on troubleshooting and independently building CI/CD workflows. I diagnosed and resolved 120+ Jenkins pipeline failures, reducing CI/CD build and deployment failure rates by ~40% and improving pipeline stability.

I’ve architected end-to-end Jenkins pipelines for Function Apps, Web Apps, and Ignition systems, cutting manual deployment effort by more than 60%. I also strengthened security by integrating scanning into CI/CD—reducing high-risk open-source AKS vulnerabilities by 35%—and enforcing standards like GitHub branching, Jenkins CI/CD practices, and secure release controls.

I’m hands-on across the stack, using Terraform, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Helm, and Kubernetes (AKS) to deliver consistent environments. I’ve integrated observability and operational tooling (Grafana/Prometheus/Loki/Mimir) and supported teams with automation that reduces deployment errors, improves monitoring, and enables scalable, predictable production releases.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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DevOps Engineer - Contractor

Current

Pratt & Whitney

Dec 2024 - Present (1 year 7 months)

Led and mentored offshore engineers on CI/CD pipeline build, maintenance, and troubleshooting to improve deployment efficiency. Diagnosed and resolved 120+ Jenkins pipeline failures, reducing CI/CD build and deployment failure rates by ~40% and improving pipeline stability.

Jenkins CI CD Azure Azure DevOps Kubernetes AKS Terraform GitHub GitHub Actions Helm Docker PowerShell Microsoft Entra ID Azure SQL Database Azure Data Factory Black Duck Loki Mimir Promtail Certificate Management

Deployment Engineer - Contractor

Neural Concept

Oct 2024 - Jul 2025 (9 months)

Deployed and supported the NC Studio AI application across multiple client environments and provided installation/configuration guidance for secure infrastructures. Built and maintained CI/CD workflows and Kubernetes deployments using Terraform, Helm, GitLab CI, and GitHub Actions, and provided deployment troubleshooting to minimize downtime.

BASH PowerShell Python Terraform Kubernetes Helm YAML Gitlab CI GitHub Actions SonarCloud Grafana RabbitMQ Loki Mimir AWS Azure Cert Manager Ingress jFrog ECR Neo4j Memgraph IAM Entra ID

DevOps Engineer - Contractor

Baxter International Inc.

Dec 2023 - Sep 2024 (9 months)

Deployed and maintained Kubernetes clusters, and managed Linux-based production environments including user access, permissions, system services, and process optimization. Owned Azure-based CI/CD pipeline work using Terraform and Azure DevOps to provision infrastructure and deploy applications across environments.

Kubernetes AKS Helm Linux Azure Blob Storage Subnets Microsoft Entra ID Terraform PowerShell Azure DevOps CI CD YAML Loki Mimir Promtail SonarCloud TCP IP DNS Firewalls Load Balancers

Cloud Architect - Contractor

Mattang

May 2023 - Sep 2023 (4 months)

Implemented reusable Azure ARM templates to provision and deploy cloud infrastructure for Azure Functions, Web Apps, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL Database, AKS clusters, and Entra ID policies. Built deployment and operations support scripts and managed CI/CD pipeline components, including Helm charts and container image pulls for reliable deployments.

DevOps Engineer - Permanent

Data Service Group

Dec 2019 - May 2023 (3 years 5 months)

Created and maintained 15+ Kubernetes clusters using AKS and ARM templates, and built Helm charts for cluster monitoring with Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, and Mimir. Automated Python application deployments with Flask and Docker and improved CI/CD deployment speed by incorporating GitHub Actions into Azure DevOps.

Kubernetes AKS IAM Microsoft Entra ID Helm Grafana Prometheus Loki Mimir Python Flask Docker Azure DevOps GitHub Actions Jenkins GitHub Java Maven Istio Flannel Terraform DevOps Automation

Cloud Engineer - Permanent

Data Service Group

Dec 2018 - Dec 2019 (1 year)

Designed cloud monitoring and alerting for Azure resources to improve observability and reduce downtime. Migrated on-premise workloads to Azure and AWS using automated CI/CD pipelines and built Azure infrastructure with security controls using Azure Policies, Web Application Firewall, and Key Vault.

Azure AWS Kubernetes AKS CI CD Jenkins SonarQube Selenium Azure Policy Key Vaults Terraform Azure SQL Database Docker Helm Observability Monitoring And Alerting

Linux Administrator - Permanent

GBK Collective

Apr 2018 - Dec 2018 (8 months)

Administered and maintained RHEL-based virtual machines, including patch management, security compliance, and high availability across production Linux environments. Monitored core services (DNS, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Apache) and supported client-facing systems by troubleshooting application and network issues, while also managing Linux distributions in virtualized environments.