DevOps Engineer

PraaktisGo

FreelanceJanuary 2025 - PresentCurrent

Design, automate, and optimize cloud infrastructure and deployment workflows for scalable, reliable systems.

Key Responsibilities

Main duties and responsibilities in this role

Led the migration of existing AWS cloud infrastructure to a new AWS account and region, ensuring scalability, security, and cost-efficiency
Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins to automate testing, integration, and deployment workflows
Implemented end-to-end monitoring and alerting solutions to ensure system reliability, availability, and performance visibility
Collaborated closely with development teams to streamline build, release, and automation processes
Optimized cloud infrastructure costs and enforced security best practices across environments
Documented architecture, deployment processes, and operational guidelines to improve team efficiency and continuity

Key Achievements

Notable accomplishments and impact made

Completed AWS infrastructure migration with zero downtime and no data loss
Secured $100K in Google Cloud credits through the 2024 GFS Cloud Program, expanding multi-cloud flexibility
Received $10K in AWS Activate Portfolio credits to accelerate infrastructure growth and experimentation
Awarded a 1-year free Google Workspace Business Plan, reducing operational costs by 15%
Reduced deployment time by 50% through CI/CD pipeline automation and environment standardization
Achieved 99.9% system uptime through proactive monitoring and incident prevention measures
Implemented cross-cloud cost tracking and performance monitoring to guide future hybrid-cloud strategy