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WILLIAM AUGUSTUS AFFUM-LARBI Affum

Accra

Summary

Bilingual DevOps Engineer with background designing, testing and implementing infrastructure and applications. Talented performer with over 5 years of experience using source control tools to identify and fix bugs in code. Consistent team player with exemplary multitasking skills.

Overview

5
years of professional experience

Work History

Medidata Solution

DevOps Engineer
03.2020 - Current

Job overview

  • Automated installation of security officers on set of EC2 instances using Terraform, AWS Systems Manager configuration, and Amazon Simple Notification Service, resulting in streamlined deployment and enhanced security measures. Achieved significant time savings and improved overall security posture.
  • Designed and developed robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance, resulting in 50% reduction in downtime and 20% increase in overall system performance and reliability by effectively identifying and resolving production issues.
  • Successfully migrated workload running in Corporate Data Centre to AWS, leveraging Amazon EC2 and RDS services, resulting in improved scalability, cost efficiency, and enhanced performance.
  • Successfully developed infrastructure script on Jenkins to seamlessly integrate Git, Sonarqube, Docker, and Kubernetes, streamlining CI/CD pipeline and enhancing overall development efficiency.
  • Developed and maintained Docker container images for microservices and applications, resulting in significant 40% reduction in application deployment time.
  • Successfully designed and implemented disaster recovery and business continuity plans by deploying to multiple regions and availability zones, ensuring uninterrupted service delivery. Achieved seamless service availability and minimized potential downtime in event of disaster or disruption.
  • Documented project design for reference and future use cases
  • Monitored automated build and continuous software integration process to drive build/release failure resolution
  • Worked with cross-functional design teams to create software solutions that improved overall functionality and performance
  • Implemented best practices to protect data and assets
  • Wrote code and developed tools and integrations to meet cross-platform user needs
  • Collaborated with team to analyze system solutions based on client requirements
  • Automated and implemented system backup and recovery procedures
  • Built automation tools and applications to deploy next-generation platforms
  • Researched and identified new technologies to use in agile development environment
  • Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance
  • Collaborated with team to determine application requirement specifications
  • Teamed with business analysts to deliver high-availability solutions for mission-critical applications
  • Investigated new and emerging software applications to select and implement administrative information systems
  • Collaborated closely with product development teams and other stakeholders
  • Directed software design and development to meet client needs for functionality and performance
  • Supervised software life cycle from preliminary needs analysis to enterprise-wide deployment and support
  • Used insight into user needs and requirements to quickly reach development prototyping stage
  • Drove project lifespan from concept to final rollout in development and deployment
  • Created secure custom coding to prevent network threats
  • Tuned systems to boost performance
  • Wrote code and supported architecture in high-throughput systems
  • Managed testing cycles and coordination of user acceptance testing for software and applications

Triumph Technology Solutions LLC

Cloud Engineer
09.2018 - 03.2020

Job overview

  • Collaborated with team of skilled software engineers to successfully define, build, and maintain cloud architecture deployments, resulting in efficient and reliable infrastructure for organization.
  • Successfully automated implementation of E-Commerce System on AWS using Terraform and Ansible, reducing deployment time and improving efficiency.
  • Successfully implemented scalable web application utilizing AWS Elastic Beanstalk, DynamoDB, CloudFront, and Edge Location, resulting in improved performance, reliability, and cost efficiency of application.
  • Streamlined and automated migration and management of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) resources, optimizing user onboarding and access control processes while ensuring enhanced security and compliance.
  • Implemented CloudWatch for monitoring AWS resources and utilized CloudTrail to record API calls for web applications and resources, leading to enhanced system reliability, improved uptime, and increased visibility into system's activity.
  • Played key role in designing and configuring over 100 Linux server environments for developers and testers, providing comprehensive support and documenting IT support procedures for enhanced efficiency and streamlined operations
  • Used metrics to monitor application and infrastructure performance
  • Worked with teams of talented software engineers to define, build and maintain cloud infrastructure
  • Worked with cloud architect to generate assessments and develop and implement actionable recommendations based on results and reviews
  • Utilized code and modern cloud-native deployment techniques to design, plan and integrate cloud computing and virtualization systems
  • Reviewed existing systems and made recommendations for improvements
  • Provided technical leadership and delivered innovative products and services to address customer specific requirements
  • Understood client needs and objectives by conducting proactive customer and data analysis
  • Partnered with infrastructure teams on evaluation and feasibility assessments of new systems and technologies
  • Identified gaps in market to spot opportunities to create value propositions
  • Monitored and tested application performance to identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions and collaborate with developers on solution implementation
  • Managed use of various types of databases and configured, installed and upgraded new ones
  • Managed and monitored installed systems for highest level of availability
  • Wrote and maintained custom scripts to increase system efficiency and performance time
  • Participated in system development life cycle from requirements analysis through system implementation
  • Oversaw development and maintenance of organization computer systems and intranet
  • Defined enterprise processes and best practices and tailored enterprise processes for applications
  • Managed installation, upgrade and deployment projects and provided on-site direction for network engineers
  • Resolved issues related to operational components for LAN, WAN and voice systems
  • Designed and implemented system security and data assurance
  • Provided 2nd and 3rd level technical support and troubleshooting to internal and external clients
  • Identified, analyzed and resolved infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues

Education

ACADA Learning
Calgary, Canada

Some College (No Degree) from DevOps And Multi-Cloud Engineering

University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Ghana

Bachelor of Science from Agriculture
2017

Skills

  • CORE SKILLS
  • Infrastructure as code: Terraform, CloudFormation
  • Configuration management: Ansible
  • Continuous integration and deployment:
  • Jenkins, GitLab, Kubernetes
  • Artifact Backup and database: Nexus, Amazon EBS, S3, EFS, RDS, DynamoDB, Redshift, MySQL, and MongoDB
  • Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
  • Cloud computing: AWS, Azure, GCP
  • Monitoring and logging: Prometheus, Grafana
  • Scripting: Python, Bash, Groovy, Powershell, YAML
  • Collaboration and communication: Jira, Slack
  • Build Tools: Maven, Gradle
  • Code Quality Testing: Sonarqube, and Junit 5
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Timeline

DevOps Engineer

Medidata Solution
03.2020 - Current

Cloud Engineer

Triumph Technology Solutions LLC
09.2018 - 03.2020

ACADA Learning

Some College (No Degree) from DevOps And Multi-Cloud Engineering

University of Cape Coast

Bachelor of Science from Agriculture

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