John Oluwarotimi Abiola

DevOps Engineer
Lagos, NG.

About

Highly accomplished DevOps Engineer with 5 years of experience, specializing in architecting and implementing robust CI/CD pipelines and orchestrating microservices across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP). Proven ability to reduce deployment times by 70%, achieve 99.9% system availability, and cut operational costs by 25% through expertise in Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Ansible.

Work

Babban Gona
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DevOps Engineer

Lagos State, Lagos State, Nigeria

Summary

Leading DevOps initiatives at Babban Gona, focused on optimizing CI/CD pipelines, orchestrating microservices, and fostering cloud-native adoption to enhance system reliability and delivery velocity.

Highlights

Architected and implemented enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, reducing deployment times by 70% and enabling 3x more frequent releases.

Orchestrated containerized microservices infrastructure with Docker and Kubernetes, achieving 99.9% system availability while supporting 100+ services across multiple environments.

Developed robust automation scripts (Python, Bash, PowerShell) that eliminated 25+ hours of weekly manual operations and reduced human error incidents by 85%.

Pioneered adoption of GitOps methodologies and cloud-native technologies, training 30+ developers and increasing overall team delivery velocity by 40%.

Collaborated cross-functionally with development teams to implement DevSecOps practices, embedding security controls throughout the SDLC while maintaining development agility.

Investment One Financial Services
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DevOps Engineer

Lagos State, Lagos State, Nigeria

Summary

Managed cloud infrastructure and CI/CD automation at Investment One Financial Services, driving significant improvements in scalability, cost efficiency, and system observability.

Highlights

Designed and optimized scalable cloud infrastructure, improving scalability by 40% and realizing a 40% reduction in monthly cloud expenses.

Automated CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps, cutting development time by 30%, and streamlined infrastructure provisioning with Terraform, reducing provisioning time by 70%.

Implemented comprehensive monitoring and alerting solutions with Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, OpManager, and Azure Monitor, improving system observability and maintaining 99.5% system response time.

Migrated 20 on-premises servers to Azure and AWS, reducing operational costs by 25%, and configured Windows/Linux Servers to reduce vulnerabilities by 30% through rigorous hardening.

Administered server roles on on-premises Hyper-V cluster, achieving 99.9% uptime for critical services, and maintained 100% compliance with vendor SLAs.

Go54
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Technical Support

Lagos State, Lagos State, Nigeria

Summary

Provided technical support and managed critical IT infrastructure for Go54, ensuring high data integrity, efficient issue resolution, and enhanced system performance.

Highlights

Provided efficient technical support across multiple channels, achieving an average resolution time of 24 hours for diverse IT issues.

Diagnosed and resolved web hosting issues within a 12-hour timeframe, including website downtime, server errors, and DNS configuration, improving server configurations by 20% for faster website loading.

Implemented robust backup solutions with a 99.9% data integrity rate and executed disaster recovery plans, reducing recovery time by 30% in critical data loss incidents.

Education

Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria

Bachelor of Science

Urban And Regional Planning

Certificates

Microsoft Azure DevOps Expert

Issued By

Microsoft

AWS Solutions Architect Associate

Issued By

Amazon Web Services

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator

Issued By

Microsoft

Associate Cloud Engineer (GCP)

Issued By

Google Cloud

Skills

Cloud Platforms

AWS, Azure, GCP, Cloud Infrastructure Management, Cloud Workloads.

DevOps & CI/CD

Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Argo CD, Code Deploy, CI/CD Pipelines, GitOps Methodologies, DevSecOps Practices, Deployment Governance Frameworks.

Containerization & Orchestration

Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Microservices Infrastructure.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Terraform, Ansible, Biceps, CloudFormation.

Automation & Scripting

Python, Bash, PowerShell, Automation Scripts.

Operating Systems

RHEL, Debian-based Linux OS, Windows Servers, Linux, Windows.

Monitoring & Logging

Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic, Loki, EFK/ELK, Datadog, OpManager, Azure Monitor.

Virtualization

VMware, Hyper-V.

Version Control

Git.

System Administration

Active Directory Administration, Patch Management and Updates, Network Configuration and Troubleshooting, Server Hardening, System Observability.