About
Highly accomplished DevOps Engineer with over 3 years of experience specializing in automating complex infrastructure, optimizing operational efficiency, and enhancing system resilience across cloud environments. Proven track record of driving significant improvements in deployment times, team productivity, and security posture, including a 50% reduction in deployment time and 70% increase in productivity through automated GKE deployments. Adept at leveraging CI/CD processes, Kubernetes, Docker, GCP, and AWS to deliver scalable and robust solutions for dynamic technology platforms.
Work
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Summary
As a DevOps Engineer at Betika, Providence automates infrastructure and optimizes operational efficiency for a leading online sports betting platform across Africa.
Highlights
Automated Go and Next.js application deployments to GCP VMs and GKE, reducing deployment time by 50% and optimizing team productivity by 70%.
Mitigated 95% of security risks through preventive vulnerability scanning with Trivy and reduced configuration drift by 60% via Ansible-driven server management.
Boosted deployment frequency by 80% and accelerated feature releases from biweekly to weekly by establishing streamlined CI/CD workflows with GitHub Actions, supporting over 500 active users.
Led Confluence documentation efforts, cutting troubleshooting time by 40%, and improved onboarding efficiency by 30% through comprehensive visual deployment steps designed with Lucid.
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Summary
At Turntabl Ghana Limited, Providence engineered scalable DevOps solutions, enhancing system resilience and development productivity for a technology company specializing in software development.
Highlights
Developed a scalable CI/CD infrastructure, increasing overall team productivity by 90% and improving deployment times by 85% through Docker containerization.
Ensured 70% business continuity and system resilience by devising a disaster recovery plan for a self-hosted GitLab server.
Provisioned a self-managed GitLab Server on AWS EC2, reducing external access risks by 80% and maximizing productivity for CI/CD pipelines and source code management.
Cut AWS costs by 30% by scripting an automated cleanup process for Docker images on AWS ECR.
Elevated deployment effectiveness and consistency by 60% via application deployments to AWS Kubernetes clusters using Helm charts, and supervised deployments of various applications, cutting rollout times by 65%.
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Summary
In this role at Turntabl Ghana Limited, Providence facilitated training programs for junior software engineers, significantly boosting their satisfaction and productivity.
Highlights
Facilitated training programs for 50 new junior software engineers, achieving a 95% satisfaction rate.
Augmented productivity by 40% by facilitating networking activities during training.
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As a Junior Software Engineer at Turntabl Ghana Limited, Providence contributed to developing an IntelliJ IDEA Plugin, improving application monitoring and reducing downtime.
Highlights
Collaborated on an IntelliJ IDEA Plugin to track JVM details and monitor live production applications, improving monitoring accuracy by 40% and reducing application downtime.
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Summary
In this administrative role at Turntabl Ghana Limited, Providence coordinated new developer training and provided effective network engineering solutions, amplifying team productivity.
Highlights
Coordinated new developer training programs, increasing training efficiency by 70% and accelerating onboarding.
Amplified team productivity by 85% by providing effective network engineering solutions.
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As a Junior Software Engineer at Turntabl Ghana Limited, Providence led the Turntabl-Exe Project and managed the PostgreSQL database, enhancing recruitment and data retrieval efficiency.
Highlights
Led the development of the Turntabl-Exe Project, streamlining recruitment onboarding and boosting efficiency by 70%.
Managed PostgreSQL database for data storage and recovery, increasing data retrieval speed by 85% and ensuring reliable backups.
Languages
Akan
English
Skills
DevOps Tools
Kubernetes, Docker, Git, GitLab, GitHub, AWS, Prometheus, Grafana, ECR, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Helm, Ansible, Terraform, ELK Stack, Trivy Scan.
Cloud Providers
AWS, GCP.
Programming Languages
Java, JavaScript, Python.
Others
PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Shell Scripting.