Promise Chukwuenyem, Online Resume

Promise ChukwuenyemSenior DevOps Engineer/Cloud Engineer/DevSecOps Engineer/Site Reliability Engineer
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Profile

Senior DevOps & Site Reliability Engineer with 5+ years of experience designing, automating, and optimizing cloud infrastructure across Azure, AWS, and GCP. Proficient in Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD pipelines to ensure scalable, high-availability deployments.
Specialized in Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, and New Relic for real-time monitoring, alerting, and automated remediation, improving system observability and troubleshooting efficiency. Strong background in cloud security, compliance, and FinOps, leveraging cost management tools to optimize cloud spend without compromising performance.
Experienced in container orchestration (Docker, Helm, OpenShift), configuration management (Ansible, Chef), and automation scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell) to streamline infrastructure operations. Proven ability to enhance deployment efficiency, reduce operational overhead, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive best practices in cloud and DevSecOps. Certified across multiple cloud technologies, demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning and innovation

Professional Experience

Senior Cloud Engineer

Biznes Expert

Feb 2024 – present

•Deploying, automating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving multi-cloud infrastructures (AWS & Azure) to ensure high availability and performance.

•Automating infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Ansible, reducing setup time by 50% while improving scalability, reliability, and security compliance.

•Designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins, integrating automated testing, code validation, and security scans, reducing deployment failures by 30%.

•Managing containerized applications with Docker and Kubernetes across multi-cloud environments, boosting deployment efficiency by 45% and ensuring consistent application performance.

•Collaborating with cross-functional teams to streamline release processes, reducing manual interventions by 40% and accelerating deployment timelines.

•Implementing proactive system monitoring, log management, and alerting using Datadog and CloudWatch, reducing incident detection and response time significantly.

•Strengthening security posture through vulnerability management, access control policies, and compliance frameworks, aligning with best practices for cloud security.

•Led the seamless migration of 100+ resources from Azure Cloud to AWS Cloud using Terraform Infrastructure as Code, ensuring 99.9% uptime and optimizing cost and performance.

DevOps Infrastructure Engineer

Product Madness

Jun 2023 – Jan 2024

•Managed and optimized large-scale cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), ensuring 99.99% uptime for critical applications.

•Automated infrastructure deployments using Terraform and optimized GCP networking components for security and performance.

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•Designed and deployed containerized applications using Docker, Cloud Run, and Kubernetes, improving deployment consistency and scalability across environments.

•Worked extensively with GCP storage solutions, including BigQuery, Spanner, Cloud Storage, and SQL-based databases, to support scalable and high-performance data storage and retrieval.

•Developed and optimized CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Chef, reducing deployment failures by 30% and accelerating software releases.

•Implemented monitoring and observability using New Relic, reducing mean time to resolution (MTTR) by 20% and ensuring system reliability through proactive alerts.

•Collaborated with security and compliance teams to enforce best practices for logging, security audits, and access control, ensuring regulatory compliance and protecting sensitive customer data.

•Led disaster recovery testing and backup strategies, achieving a recovery time objective (RTO) of under 15 minutes for critical systems, minimizing downtime and service disruptions.

Senior DevOps Engineer/Senior Site Reliability

Sparkle Nigeria

Apr 2022 – May 2023

•Designed and implemented the migration of complex applications to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) using Terraform and Helm, ensuring zero downtime.

•Spearheaded cloud migration initiatives for Microsoft 365 and Azure services, optimizing performance and security while ensuring cost efficiency.

•Developed a secure and resilient cloud environment aligned with the Azure Well-Architected Framework, reducing security vulnerabilities by 25%. Worked closely with security and compliance teams to implement Azure policy, Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, logging best practices, monitoring policies, and security audits.

•Automated CI/CD pipelines for financial applications, reducing delivery timelines by 85% and enabling faster innovation. Integrated Azure DevOps for pipeline automation and leveraged Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices.

•Implemented and optimized Datadog for real-time monitoring of Azure infrastructure and Kubernetes clusters, ensuring proactive issue resolution. Designed dashboards, alerting systems, and automated remediations, improving system observability by 40% and reducing incident response time by 35%.

•Strengthened identity and access management by configuring and enforcing Entra ID security policies, GitHub teams and permissions, including multi-factor authentication (MFA), single sign-on (SSO), role-based access control (RBAC), and conditional access policies.

•Led cross-functional collaboration with developers, security teams, and infrastructure engineers to design, implement, and maintain modern workplace solutions. Acted as an escalation point for complex cloud-related incidents, ensuring end-to-end issue resolution and improving overall system reliability.

•Conducted documentation and reporting of cloud infrastructure, configurations, incident response procedures, and operational best practices to ensure knowledge transfer and compliance adherence.

DevOps Engineer

ARCA Payments Company LTD

Nov 2021 – Apr 2022

•Designed and managed CI/CD pipelines using OpenShift, AWS EKS (Kubernetes), Jenkins, and Helm, ensuring smooth and reliable deployments. This helped developers release new features faster with fewer failures.

•Improved system monitoring and visibility by 62% using Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenShift/AWS monitoring tools. This made it easier to detect and fix issues before they caused major problems.

•Reduced release times by 35% by automating infrastructure setup with Terraform and OpenShift GitOps (ArgoCD) for OpenShift clusters and AWS EKS, streamlining application deployment.

•Managed and optimized both OpenShift and AWS Kubernetes clusters, improving system stability, scaling performance, and reducing downtime. This led to a 25% increase in customer satisfaction as services became more reliable.

•Upgraded and maintained OpenShift and AWS Kubernetes environments, handling security patching, certificate rotations, and storage upgrades using NetApp Trident, ensuring a secure and high-performing platform.

DevOps and Ruby on Rails Engineer

Venture Garden Group

Jan 2019 – Oct 2021

•Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Azure DevOps, automating 70% of manual build processes and increasing team efficiency.

•Migrated APIs to Azure services, enhancing scalability and improving developer productivity by 30%.

•Automated system updates with Ansible, saving administrative time by 30% and ensuring system consistency and compliance.

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•Ensured high availability and performance for APIs processing over 5 million transactions per quarter through proactive monitoring and optimization.

•Conducted cost analysis and optimization, reducing cloud infrastructure expenses by 15%.

•Built, improved, and deployed several Ruby on Rails applications for the education sector, enhancing system functionality and user experience.

Software Design Lead

Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF)

Jul 2018 – Dec 2018

•Revamped the web development curriculum for YTF Academy, leading to a 23% increase in return on investment from program participation. This initiative contributed to the 40% average increase in academic performance among YTF Academy students. 

•Improved the PeaceOpoly forum portal, enhancing citizen engagement in governance and increasing user participation by 15%. This project aligned with YTF’s commitment to empowering youth and women to create solutions for community challenges. 

•Mentored junior developers, improving their proficiency in front-end technologies and project management. This mentorship supported YTF’s goal of uplifting youth by providing customized training programs that expand economic opportunities. 

•Contributed to the integration of 3D printing technologies into the 3D Africa program, enabling students to develop practical skills in additive manufacturing. This effort contributed to 55% of YTF Academy graduates pursuing technology-related fields.  

Education

B. Tech in Information Technology

Federal University of Technology Owerri

2012 – 2017 | Owerri, Nigeria

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Certificates

CEH v11: SQL Injection Concepts & Attacks - Skillsoft131559397
Important DevSecOps Tools - Skillsoft131477101
CEH v11: XSS, Web Shells, APIs & Webhooks - Skillsoft108693386
CKAD: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer - The Linux FoundationLF-me818ok2fw
Agile Principles and Methodologies - Skillsoft95229235
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003) - HashiCorphttps://www.credly.com/badges/259d0d77-1b53-495f-a98b-359209f01750/public_url
Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect - Associate - Amazon Web Services (AWS)5F3LGKQ17JQQ1DWF
CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator - The Linux FoundationLF-t6cn4l9hw6
Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate - Microsoft1F2B72A1CF2D2D13
Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert - MicrosoftBE8542DE5A27E3F
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt - GoLeanSixSigma.com96258898
Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate - MicrosoftEA82C62C0035C1B4
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals - Microsoft8DB94AB432F6FE74
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner - Amazon Web Services (AWS)NHECCKG27M4111CW

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Skills

Monitoring
Datadog, New Relic, Grafana, Loki, Kibana, Thanos, Prometheus, Nagios
Project Management:
Agile Methodology, JIRA, Azure Boards
Search Engines
Elasticsearch
Leadership
Six Sigma Methodology
Operating Systems
Windows, Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Web Development/Frameworks
Rails, Django, VueJS, Microservices
Git Provider
BitBucket, GitHub, GitLab
Containerization & Orchestration
Docker, Kubernetes, Nexus Artifactory, OpenShift, Helm, Podman
Identity Management
Okta, Microsoft Entra ID
Cloud Cost Management
FinOps, Azure Cost Management, Budgeting, Optimization
Microsoft Azure Tools
App Service, Virtual Machine, SQL Server, Static Web Apps, Functions, Container Apps, Kubernetes Service (AKS), Container Registry, Cache for Redis, Database for MySQL, Database Migration Service, API Management, Event Grid, Logic Apps, Application Gateway, Bastion, DNS, Front Door, Web Application Firewall, Virtual Network, VPN Gateway, Key Vault, Storage Accounts
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)/Management
Terraform, ARM Templates, AWS Cloudformation, Packer
Security
SonarQube, Cloudflare, Certificate Manager
Networking
Load Balancer, Virtual Private Network (VPN), Subnet, DNS, Routing, SSL, Firewall
Configuration Management
Ansible, Chef, Puppet
Programming Languages
Python, Ruby, Bash, PowerShell
Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery
GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, ArgoCD, Octopus Deploy, GitOps, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos
Cloud Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Databases
PostgreSQL, MySQL
Data Analytics
Google Analytics, Apache Spark, Microsoft Power BI, Snowflake
Amazon Web Services Tools
Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Dynamo DB, CloudFront, Cognito, Elastic Compute Service (ECS), Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), Athena, Simple Storage Service (S3), API Gateway, Load Balancer, Route53, Simple Notification Service (SNS), Simple Queue Service (SQS), Relational Database Services (RDS), Lambda, CloudWatch, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Kinesis, Inspector, ElastiCache, Web Application Firewall

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