Professional Experience

Team Leader - DevOps / Cloud Security🚀

La Royale Gaming Investment, Ltd

Dec 2023 – Present

Responsibilities:

• Manage and execute CI-CD migration from Jenkins to Github Actions
• Migrated SealSecrets to AWS SecretManager for Kubernetes and GitOps security
• Created the first ever Kafka Acts Terraform module
• Migration from Ec2 to Kubernetes
• SonarQube and SAST integration on CI Build processes
• Conduct recruitment Technical Interviews
• Create DataGod monitors and define traces and log injection

Senior DevOps Engineer (Freelancer)🚀

Luminor Bank

May 2024 – Present

Responsibilities:

• Architected and implemented hybrid cloud infrastructure using VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC), enabling seamless migration of critical banking workloads
• Successfully led the mission-critical upgrade of Oracle Flexcube core banking system from version 8 to 14.5, ensuring zero data loss and minimal downtime
• Designed and implemented modern CI/CD pipelines with GitLab and Jenkins, reducing deployment times by 40%
• Established GitOps practices using Argo CD and implemented infrastructure as code with Terraform and Terragrunt
• Optimized cloud infrastructure costs and improved system reliability through automated scaling and failover mechanisms
• Provided expert operational support for IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I) and App Connect Enterprise (ACE) in a regulated banking environment

Senior DevOps / Cloud Security🚀

Vodafon Global

Jul 2023 – Nov 2023

Responsibilities:

• Manage and execute CI-CD migration from GitLab-CI to Github Actions
• Migrated SealSecrets to AWS SecretManager
• Created Terraform Modules for AWS resources deployment

Senior DevOps / Cloud Engineer🚀

Virgin Media O2

Jan 2023 – Jun 2023

Responsibilities:

• Deliver cutting-edge technologies, automate cloud infrastructure provisioning
• Handle integrations, auto-provisioning and removal of GKEs, APIGEE, Cloud_Run, GAR, LBs
• Handle Continuous Integration and Delivery with GitLab CI-CD, Helm, ArgoCD, IaC with Terraform – GCP

Senior DevOps Engineer / Operations Manager🚀

AO_Technology

Feb 2021 – Dec 2024

Responsibilities:

• Manage ARO Clusters (Azure Red Hat OpenShift)
• Create and maintain CI-CD pipelines using GITLAB and Jenkins
• Enable STAST and SonarQube
• Work with APIM, WAF, Vault, and Azure services
• Develop cloud solutions for fintech and banking
• Combine Ansible and Terraform for IaC

Team Leader/Manager of IT-OPS - DevOps / SRE🚀

Standard Bank SA

Sep 2020 – Mar 2024

Responsibilities:

• Manage production systems and Bank's Applications
• Design and manage CI/CD pipelines
• Implement Infrastructure as Code
• Manage Kubernetes & OpenShift deployments
• Work with SonarQube, SAST/OWASP
• Integrate with IBM ACE and DataPower
• Use Keycloak, Grafana, and Azure

Project Manager/Lead Software Engineer🚀

Laxton Group

2016 - 2020

Responsibilities:

• Oversee and manage project products, conduct technical tests
• Provide feedback to the China technical team and present final product to clients
• Oversee the Electoral Registration process in-countries
• Manage technical team and communications between Government and Laxton
• Manage server-based services, networking and big Data
• DevOps Engineering with Azure DevOps for country-specific deliverables
• Development of various features and final installers for projects