Kehinde Peter Aturuka

Senior DevOps/Site Reliability Engineer
Lagos, NG.

About

Highly accomplished and results-driven Senior DevOps and Site Reliability Engineer with over 5 years of proven expertise in designing, deploying, and managing scalable cloud infrastructures across AWS, Azure, and GCP. A strategic leader adept at leveraging Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and advanced CI/CD pipelines to significantly enhance operational efficiency, system performance, and high availability. Proven track record in automation, cloud security, and performance monitoring, utilizing tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and New Relic to reduce IT costs by 25%, optimize resource management, and improve system observability by 35% for enterprise-grade applications. Committed to driving innovation and delivering robust, secure, and highly performant cloud solutions.

Work

Access Bank PLC
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Senior DevOps/Site Reliability Engineer

Summary

Led the development and management of critical infrastructure supporting high-volume financial transactions.

Highlights

Configured and managed Kubernetes clusters using Helm charts and Kustomize with GitOps, streamlining deployments and enhancing system stability.

Successfully deployed and maintained 9+ payment gateways, serving over 2 million daily transactions with high availability.

Automated secure code scanning pipelines, resulting in a 25% reduction in deployment vulnerabilities.

Built dynamic monitoring dashboards with Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack, improving issue detection by 40%.

Designed and managed 15+ multi-branch CI/CD pipelines, significantly accelerating deployment cycles and improving error tracking efficiency.

Enhanced security posture by implementing and managing SSL/TLS certificates and their rotation.

Equinix EMEA
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Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Summary

Engineered and optimized cloud infrastructure solutions for a global data center provider.

Highlights

Deployed and managed 20+ private Kubernetes clusters using SUSE Rancher, supporting applications for over 500,000 users.

Automated 80% of infrastructure deployments using Terraform, reducing provisioning time by 60%.

Developed templates for repeatable deployments, cutting manual setup efforts by 30% and ensuring consistency.

Participated in post-mortem reviews and implemented actionable recommendations, enhancing system reliability to 99.99%.

Enhanced system observability with tools like Loki and Prometheus, boosting troubleshooting efficiency by 35%.

Created comprehensive documentation and knowledge base articles, improving internal and external stakeholder issue resolution times by 40%.

DP World
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Group Cloud Engineer

Summary

Played a key role in cloud migration and infrastructure automation initiatives for a global logistics company.

Highlights

Migrated over 100 on-premises servers to Azure, achieving 25% cost savings on infrastructure.

Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Azure DevOps, reducing deployment times by 40%.

Provisioned and managed Azure Virtual Desktop across 17 host pools, facilitating remote collaboration for teams across geographies.

Automated infrastructure and application monitoring using Python, Bash scripting, Terraform, and New Relic, with auto-trigger pipelines, increasing overall monitoring coverage to 98%.

Monitored Azure-hosted services with Application Insights and New Relic, improving performance tracking by 90%.

Gained extensive experience in Linux system administration, including user management, permissions, and performance tuning.

MedScrape Inc
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DevOps Engineer

Summary

Contributed to the optimization and management of cloud infrastructure and CI/CD processes.

Highlights

Implemented and optimized CI/CD pipelines, enabling 50% faster software releases.

Managed over 200 AWS resources, including EC2, S3, and RDS, ensuring seamless scaling and high availability.

Designed and optimized relational database schemas for high-performance applications using MySQL and PostgreSQL.

Configured Kubernetes clusters for 15+ containerized applications, significantly improving workload distribution.

Automated deployment processes using Terraform, decreasing provisioning times by 50%.

Secured containerized environments with standard security measures, reducing vulnerabilities by 20%.

Education

Federal University of Technology

B.Eng.

Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Grade: Second Class Upper

Courses

Leadership - Head Coach, Astros FC

Languages

English

Fluent

Certificates

Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS)

Issued By

The Linux Foundation

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Issued By

The Linux Foundation

Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)

Issued By

The Linux Foundation

Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

Issued By

The Linux Foundation

AWS Certified Cloud Architect Associate

Issued By

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

Issued By

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional (in view)

Issued By

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions

Issued By

Microsoft

Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA)

Issued By

Cisco

Skills

Cloud Platforms

AWS, Azure, GCP, Multi-Cloud Environments.

Containerization & Orchestration

Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Kustomize, SUSE Rancher.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Terraform, Ansible, GitOps.

CI/CD

Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Pipelines Automation.

Monitoring & Observability

Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix, New Relic, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Loki, Application Insights.

Scripting & Programming

Python, Bash Scripting.

Databases & Messaging

MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, Kafka.

Operating Systems

Linux, Windows Server.

Security

Cloud Security, SSL/TLS Certificates, Vulnerability Management, Secure Code Scanning.

Networking

Networking Concepts, DNS, Load Balancing.

Version Control

Git, GitHub.

Projects

Enterprise-Grade Application Deployment on Multi-Cloud Kubernetes Infrastructure

Summary

Designed and deployed a robust middleware application for a leading financial institution, serving millions of customers, leveraging a multi-cloud Kubernetes environment.

Fintech Core API Infrastructure and GraphQL Frontend Hosting

Summary

Developed and deployed a secure API infrastructure and GraphQL engine on Google Cloud for a fintech application.

Automated CI/CD Pipelines for Enterprise LLM Applications

Summary

Designed and implemented automated CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments for large-scale language model applications.

Application Migration Using Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Summary

Managed the migration of an enterprise application from on-premises to Azure Cloud using Infrastructure as Code principles.

Optimized Deployment Environments with Automated Workflows

Summary

Built and managed optimized AWS environments using CI/CD pipelines for golden image creation and scalable application deployment.