📧 Email: [email protected] 📱 Phone: +2348035750134, +2349092935507 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/owoade-taiwo-5b34a943

DevOps / Cloud engineer with over 6 years of specialized experience in cloud infrastructure, automation, and DevOps practices—supported by a 20-year career in technology, including expertise in physical data center management and design. Proficient in driving transformative cloud solutions across AWS and on-premise environments. Proven track record in leading teams, accelerating software delivery, and building scalable infrastructure.

• 🤝 Cross-Team Collaboration: Aligning technical solutions with business objectives
• 👨‍💼 Project Leadership: Building and mentoring high-performing teams
• ☁️ Cloud & Automation: AWS, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes
• 📐 Scalable Architectures: Designing distributed systems for performance & reliability
• ⚙️ CI/CD Expertise: Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions
• 🌐 Cloud Networking: Load Balancing, VPNs, Firewalls, Routing, Switching
• 🔐 Security & Compliance: IAM, secure coding, data privacy
• 📈 Strategic Solutions: Reducing complexity and improving resilience
• 🧠 Creative Ideation: Facilitating innovation through team brainstorming

📆 Sep 2023 - Present

• Created a collaborative workspace using Slack & Jira, improving team efficiency by 80%
• Automated infrastructure with Terraform & CloudFormation, saving 15 hours/week
• Deployed Prometheus & Grafana for real-time monitoring, reducing incident time by 50%
• Utilized Helm with Kubernetes for high-reliability deployments
• Integrated Jenkins pipelines, accelerating delivery by 60%

📆 Nov 2021 - Present

• Designed distributed systems using Docker, Vagrant, VirtualBox
• Automated server config with Ansible (↑ provisioning speed by 40%)
• Managed Git/GitHub workflows with clean branching strategies
• Orchestrated containers via Docker Swarm for resilience
• Deployed ELK Stack for centralized logging
• Enhanced network reliability with strategic load balancing

📆 Mar 2023 - Sep 2023

• Provisioned Kubernetes clusters using Helm & Terraform
• Led AWS cloud migrations, reducing costs by 20%
• Built efficient CI/CD pipelines across GitLab, Jenkins & Bitbucket
• Implemented IaC with Terraform & CloudFormation (↓ provisioning time by 90%)
• Hardened infrastructure with IAM, SGs, AWS WAF

📆 May 2019 - Feb 2023

• Managed QA and performance for enterprise cloud solutions
• Enforced zero-trust network security for government infrastructure
• Maintained 99.9999% uptime in data centers
• Provided cross-org technical leadership and support

📆 Apr 2019 - May 2019

• Led on-site data center teams with zero service interruption
• Developed maintenance tracking system (↓ MTTR by 30%)
• Coordinated high-value projects with international teams

📆 Dec 2013 - Mar 2019

• Directed end-to-end engineering operations
• Reduced costs by 15% through smart procurement
• Developed QA policies (↓ error rate by 30%)
• Scaled team to 90+ engineers/technicians

📆 Dec 2009 - Dec 2013

• Integrated ERP for job costing (↑ productivity by 50%)
• Built MS Access inventory system (↑ tracking accuracy by 70%)
• Designed precision cooling & power infrastructure

Ahmadu Bello University 🎓 Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering

• ✅ AWS Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner – AWS, Mar 2023
• ✅ Advanced Testing Practices Using AWS DevOps Tools – AWS, Feb 2025
• ✅ AWS Technical Essentials – AWS, Feb 2023
• ✅ Subnets, Gateways, and Route Tables Explained – AWS, Feb 2023
• ✅ Differences Between Security Groups and NACLs – AWS, Apr 2023
• ✅ Cert Prep: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® – LinkedIn Learning, Nov 2023
• ✅ PMP Certificate Program – Udemy, Apr 2022

Git • GitHub • GitHub Action •GitOps • CircleCI • CI/CD • Ansible • AWS • Terraform • Agile • Kubernetes • Jenkins • Docker Swarm • Prometheous • Grafana • Elasticseach • ELK Stack • SRE • Automation • Scripting

🌐 Seeking opportunities where I can drive innovation and cloud excellence through automation and resilient infrastructure.