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Samson Bakare

@samsonbakare

Platform & DevOps Lead at XOps Maestros, building version-controlled AWS infrastructure and automated deployments for a cloud learning platform.

United Kingdom

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At XOps Maestros, I provisioned production-grade AWS infrastructure with Terraform, creating version-controlled, reproducible environments for a cloud learning platform. I also orchestrated deployments for a microservices architecture with a Next.js frontend, 14 Rust backend services, and PostgreSQL.

At HNG Engineering, I built a Python-based DDoS detection engine that detected threats in an average of 3.2 seconds and automated iptables remediation. I integrated Prometheus metrics and Grafana monitoring to make alerts visible in real time.

At Darey.io, I modernized delivery pipelines with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and ArgoCD, reducing deployment times by 70%. I also provisioned AWS EKS infrastructure with Terraform, Helm, and Kustomize, and designed a PCI-DSS-compliant deployment workflow.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Platform & DevOps Lead

Current

XOps Maestros

Jul 2026 - Present (3 months)

Architected production-grade AWS infrastructure using Terraform and orchestrated a microservices architecture with Next.js, Rust, and PostgreSQL. Authored technical architecture specs and AWS Cloud Infrastructure proposals for enterprise go-to-market execution.

AWS Terraform GitHub Actions Next.js Rust PostgreSQL Microservices Architecture

DevOps Engineer

HNG Engineering

Oct 2025 - Jun 2026 (8 months)

Enforced multi-layered Linux server security and built a real-time DDoS detection engine with automated iptables remediation. Designed a 6-stage GitHub Actions pipeline with Trivy scanning and zero-downtime deployments, and standardized monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki.

Linux SSL TLS UFW SSH Python IPtables Prometheus Grafana Loki GitHub Actions Trivy fastAPI NodeJS Redis Nginx Chaos Testing

DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer

Darey.io

Dec 2024 - Oct 2025 (10 months)

Modernized delivery pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and ArgoCD, reducing deployment times by 70%. Provisioned AWS EKS clusters with Helm and Kustomize, wrote modular Terraform scripts, and designed a PCI-DSS-compliant deployment workflow.

GitHub Actions Jenkins ArgoCD AWS Amazon EKS Helm Kustomize Terraform Ansible Trivy OWASP PCI DSS

Systems & Operations Lead

Splinx Planet

Dec 2020 - Dec 2024 (4 years)

Spearheaded infrastructure and delivery practices across mobile and backend engineering teams. Enforced Git branching strategies, automated CI/CD checks, and deployment approval workflows across production repositories.

Git CI CD Mobile Backend Infrastructure Deployment