Hi, I’m
Joseph Anyetei Sowah
Accra
The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of a mistake
Meg Whitman
Summary
DevOps Engineer with over 3 years of experience in building platforms that bridge the gap between developers and operations, resulting in enhanced efficiency in software delivery. Demonstrated proficiency in Kubernetes, cloud computing, and automation, coupled with a commitment to adhering to best practices.
Overview
6
years of professional experience
1
Certificate
Work History
GenkeyAccra
DevOps Engineer
09.2020 - Current
Job overview
- Deployed a full-fledged registration system in partnership with the World Bank. This has been used to register thousands of Madagascar citizens to help track, manage, and distribute resources.
- Configured a reverse proxy for all backend services using nginx.
- Building efficient CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Jenkins to enhance software delivery at Genkey, ensuring new features are well tested and rapidly deployed.
- Implemented comprehensive monitoring and logging solutions for containerized applications using Elasticsearch, Kibana and Logstash(ElkStack).
- Successfully built a REST testing framework that automated API testing, reducing the testing time by 60% and improving testing accuracy.
- Developer and maintainer of an automated testing framework for Genkey's Automated Biometric Identification System and Kubernetes infrastructure.
- Leveraged tools such as Ansible, Python and shell scripts to rapidly deploy applications into both staging and production.
- Collaborated with a QA team to build an automated test framework for front-end applications, reducing testing time by 20% and improving product quality.
- Researched and implemented advanced monitoring tools such as Zabbix to enhance Genkey's QA environments improving efficiency and effectiveness.
- Created and documented Ansible playbooks for Zabbix server and agent installation.
- Mentored and coached interns, two of whom developed an in-house food ordering app, fostering their growth and creating a successful product used in-house.
Solidaridad Network
DevOps Engineer
11.2022 - 03.2023
Job overview
- Built infrastructure from scratch on AWS for the Harvestalert app, achieving 99.99% uptime, resulting in improved performance and scalability.
- Developed shell and python scripts to automate CI/CD workflows. Streamlined development with a robust CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions, resulting in a 50% reduction in deployment time and enabling rapid deployment to test and production environments.
- Implemented centralized logging with ElkStack, which helped the team easily analyze and monitor the deployment.
- Configured, managed, and monitored cloud-based services such as AWS EC2, S3, EBS, ELB, RDS using Terraform, and Ansible.
- Assisted the development team with timely solutions.
Link Exchange Micro-Credit LimitedAccra
Software Engineer Intern
01.2018 - 08.2018
Job overview
- Gained knowledge about building Enterprise application using Java EE .
- Developed a student registration app with Java, JSF framework and Payara server and MYSQL Database.
- Explored authentication methods for application security and their implementation.
- Developed REST API for a school management system.
- Shadowed team engineers to learn new skills.
Education
Ghana Institute of Management And Public Administration
BSc. Computer Science
11-2020
University Overview
GPA: 3.63/4.00
Accomplishments
- Certified in Cybersecurity by ISC2.
- Awarded Certificate for serving diligently as a member of SRC Committee in the School of Technology in 2018.
- Awarded Applied Computer Science Certificate Program in Network Administration, African Virtual University in 2017.
- Deployed a sticky notes app to Kubernetes using, Tekton, Kaniko, ArgoCD for Digital Ocean's Kubernetes Challenge, showcasing expertise in containerization and it orchestration.
- Made valuable contributions to open-source projects through code contributions and documentation. One of those is contributing to the development of the Pycon Ghana 2022 website.
- IBM Mainframe challenge level 2 in 2018, 2019, and 2020.
Certification
- Certified Cybersecurity(CC) - 2023
- Cloud Developer, Udacity & ALX Africa, - 2023
- Gitops Certified for Argo, Codefresh -2023
- Google Cloud Certificate, Andela & Google Cloud, 2022
- Cloud DevOps Engineer, Udacity & ALX Africa - 2022
- Containers & Kubernetes, IBM - 2021
- Introduction to Networks: Linux/UNIX and Networking and DNS - 2018
- Awarded Certificate for serving diligently as a member of SRC Committee in the School of Technology - 2018
- Applied Computer Science Certificate Program in Network Administration, African Virtual University - 2017
Timeline
DevOps Engineer
Solidaridad Network
11.2022 - 03.2023
DevOps Engineer
Genkey
09.2020 - Current
Software Engineer Intern
Link Exchange Micro-Credit Limited
01.2018 - 08.2018
Ghana Institute of Management And Public Administration
BSc. Computer Science
Volunteer Activities
- Acting secretary of Python Ghana Community
- Organizing member of Pycon Ghana - Oct 2022
- Volunteered to help host Pycon Africa - Aug 2020
- Organized class to help prepare student who were now entering senior High School Jul 2017
Projects
- DigitalOcean Kubernetes Challenge
Projects link : https://github.com/1Jayso/kubernetes-challenge - Ansible Playbook for Zabbix Server and Agent
Project Link : https://github.com/1Jayso/zabbix
Deployed automated cloud infrastructure & full-stack app with streamlined CI/CD pipeline
Project Link : https://github.com/1Jayso/aws-cicd-deployement
Deployed a serverless Todo App to AWS cloud
Project Link : https://github.com/1Jayso/sls-aws-todoApp. - Medical Image Image Analysis App for Pneumonia patients
Project Link :https://github.com/1Jayso/Medical-Image-Analysis-App-for-Pneumonia-Detection.
Research Experience
Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration May 2019 - May 2020
- Research on Medical Image analysis using Computer Vision.
- Developed an app to help radiologist easily detect pneumonia from chest X-Ray images.
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
- Volunteered to help register conference attendees at DjangoCon 2023 in Zanzibar.
- Led a Django workshop, educating participants on streamlining the deployment of Django application.
- Acting secretary of Python Ghana Community.
- Organizing member of Pycon Ghana - Oct 2022.
- Volunteered to help host Pycon Africa - Aug 2020.
- Organized class to help prepare student who were now entering senior High School Jul 2017.
Languages
English: Fluent
Projects
- DigitalOcean Kubernetes Challenge
Projects link : https://github.com/1Jayso/kubernetes-challenge - Ansible Playbook for Zabbix Server and Agent
Project Link : https://github.com/1Jayso/zabbix
Deployed automated cloud infrastructure & full-stack app with streamlined CI/CD pipeline
Project Link : https://github.com/1Jayso/aws-cicd-deployement
Deployed a serverless Todo App to AWS cloud
Project Link : https://github.com/1Jayso/sls-aws-todoApp. - Medical Image Image Analysis App for Pneumonia patients
Project Link :https://github.com/1Jayso/Medical-Image-Analysis-App-for-Pneumonia-Detection.
Research Experience
Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration May 2019 - May 2020
- Research on Medical Image analysis using Computer Vision.
- Developed an app to help radiologist easily detect pneumonia from chest X-Ray images.
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
- Volunteered to help register conference attendees at DjangoCon 2023 in Zanzibar.
- Led a Django workshop, educating participants on streamlining the deployment of Django application.
- Acting secretary of Python Ghana Community.
- Organizing member of Pycon Ghana - Oct 2022.
- Volunteered to help host Pycon Africa - Aug 2020.
- Organized class to help prepare student who were now entering senior High School Jul 2017.
Languages
English: Fluent
Projects
- DigitalOcean Kubernetes Challenge
Projects link : https://github.com/1Jayso/kubernetes-challenge - Ansible Playbook for Zabbix Server and Agent
Project Link : https://github.com/1Jayso/zabbix
Deployed automated cloud infrastructure & full-stack app with streamlined CI/CD pipeline
Project Link : https://github.com/1Jayso/aws-cicd-deployement
Deployed a serverless Todo App to AWS cloud
Project Link : https://github.com/1Jayso/sls-aws-todoApp. - Medical Image Image Analysis App for Pneumonia patients
Project Link :https://github.com/1Jayso/Medical-Image-Analysis-App-for-Pneumonia-Detection.
Research Experience
Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration May 2019 - May 2020
- Research on Medical Image analysis using Computer Vision.
- Developed an app to help radiologist easily detect pneumonia from chest X-Ray images.
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
- Volunteered to help register conference attendees at DjangoCon 2023 in Zanzibar.
- Led a Django workshop, educating participants on streamlining the deployment of Django application.
- Acting secretary of Python Ghana Community.
- Organizing member of Pycon Ghana - Oct 2022.
- Volunteered to help host Pycon Africa - Aug 2020.
- Organized class to help prepare student who were now entering senior High School Jul 2017.
Languages
English: Fluent
Projects
Zabbix Server and Agent installation with Ansible
Project Link : https://github.com/1Jayso/zabbix
Deployed automated cloud infrastructure & full-stack app with streamlined CI/CD pipeline
Project Link : https://github.com/1Jayso/aws-cicd-deployement
Deployed a serverless Todo App to AWS cloud
Project Link : https://github.com/1Jayso/sls-aws-todoApp.
Medical Image Image Analysis App for Pneumonia
Project Link :https://github.com/1Jayso/Medical-Image-Analysis-App-for-Pneumonia-Detection.
Research Experience
Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration May 2020
- Research on Medical Image analysis using Computer Vision.
- Developed an app to help radiologist easily detect pneumonia from chest X-ray images.
Volunteer Activities
- Assisted in registering conference attendees at DjangoCon 2023 in Zanzibar.
- Led a Django workshop, educating participants on streamlining the deployment of Django applications.
- Acting secretary of Python Ghana Community.
- Organizing member of Pycon Ghana - Oct 2022.
- Volunteered to help host Pycon Africa - Aug 2020.
- Organized class to help prepare student who were now entering senior High School Jul 2017.
Languages
English: Fluent
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