Personal details

Idrees I.

Based in: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Timezone: London (UTC+1)

Summary

I am a highly motivated and skilled DevOps & Software engineer with experience in software development who loves automating tasks as much as it is possible in order to make life easier for everyone.

As a DevOps engineer, I have configured and managed Linux Ubuntu Servers, Kubernetes clusters on AWS and GCP, redesigned product infrastructure from scratch, while writing scripts to automate system updates, system configuration, and core processes.

I have worked in the eCommerce, Finance, and tech industries.

I have primarily worked with Terraform, Ansible, Packer, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins/CircleCI/GitHub Actions,

I have a keen interest in cloud computing which has driven my interests in platforms like AWS, GCP, and Azure.

As an AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate, I share best practices on cloud technologies while ensuring that standards are adhered to and complied with.

Technical skills

Top 3 skills

Kubernetes・4 yrs AWS (Amazon Web Services)・4 yrs

Other skills

DevOps・4 yrs JavaScript・4 yrs Node.js・3 yrs Docker・4 yrs Amazon S3・3 yrs Ansible・4 yrs Google Cloud Platform・3 yrs Python・3 yrs Terraform・4 yrs Ansible tower・2 yrs React・3 yrs Git・4 yrs Jenkins・4 yrs

Work Experience

DevOps Engineer

Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS) | Dec 2020 - Jul 2022

Node.js

Jenkins

Redis

Elasticsearch

RabbitMQ

ActiveMQ

Ansible

Terraform

I worked in a multi-cloud environment

DevOps Engineer

Eze Technologies | Jun 2020 - Jan 2021

GitHub

Terraform

AWS (Amazon Web Services)

- To ensure that software/products are updated with latest features and updates - Planning, designing and building systems in the cloud - Automating, deploying programs and systems in the cloud ( i.e. Amazon Web Services Cloud & Heroku) - Integration of third-party systems, software components and API into a fully functional software systems on Amazon Web Services and Heroku - Troubleshoot existing software and systems while debugging and applying upgrades where necessary to systems in the cloud - Proactive communication with users/clients /stakeholders while also gathering and evaluating user feedback using that to improve the product and systems - To make recommendations and execution of improvements request following such recommendations. - To leverage on automation tools to improve deployment processes and team workflow. - Ensuring that documentations are created and existing ones are maintained and updated - Help design and contributed to the team’s Engineering Playbook

Education

University of Lagos

Bachelor's degree・Law

Jan 2007 - Sep 2013

Personal Projects

Database Loadbalancer

2019

HAProxy

Terraform

Packer

This project allows you to create a Postgresql database cluster of a Master and 2 Slaves while leveraging on the database being replicated and load balanced with HAProxy for High Availability.

Event Manager

2018

Node.js

Selenium

Mocha

React

Chai

Redux

An application that allows Event Centers owners to provide centres to event planners who may be looking for a good event centre to use for their events

Certifications & Awards

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

https://www.credly.com/badges/f46ab26a-988e-4926-9a9f-a7c351a2360a?source=linked_in_profile | Jul 2020