Chima Chris Email & Phone Number

Lagos, La, Ng

United States

Key Responsibilities:Curriculum Development and Delivery:~Developed comprehensive training materials and curriculum for DevOps and cloud-related topics, tailored to various skill levels and learning objectives.~Conducted engaging and interactive training sessions, ensuring effective knowledge transfer and skill development among participants.~Incorporated real-world examples, case studies, and hands-on exercises to enhance practical understanding and application of concepts.Team Leadership and Mentoring:~Led a team of co-instructors and interns, providing guidance, support, and feedback to facilitate their professional growth and development.~Organized regular knowledge-sharing sessions and workshops to foster collaboration and exchange of ideas within the team.~Encouraged a positive and inclusive learning environment, promoting open communication and teamwork.Technical Expertise and Industry Trends:~Maintained up-to-date knowledge of programming languages, cloud platforms (AWS and Azure), containerization technologies (Docker and Kubernetes), infrastructure automation (Ansible), continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, and version control systems (Git).~Actively researched and explored emerging trends, best practices, and advancements in the DevOps and cloud space, ensuring the training content remained current and relevant.Student Engagement and Support:~Provided personalized guidance and support to students, addressing their queries, clarifying concepts, and assisting in troubleshooting technical challenges.~Conducted periodic assessments and evaluations to gauge the progress and proficiency of participants, offering constructive feedback for improvement.~Fostered a collaborative and inclusive learning environment, encouraging active participation and knowledge-sharing among students.

United States

Nigeria

Senior DevOps Engineer | TalentPlus, Lagos, Nigeria● Head of Devops unit.● Automating infrastructure deployment using terraform.● Setup Azure pipeline and Github actions for CI/CD.● Deploy microservices to Azure and AWS Kubernetes service.● Setup networking for AWS cloud resources such as VPC, Subnets, Internet gateway, loadbalancer.● Assist in setting up storage volumes for container use.● Setup keyvault for secret management.● Experience in Designing, Architecting, and implementing scalable cloud-based webapplications using AWS.● Created reusable Terraform modules in both Azure and AWS cloud environments.● Expertise in Architecting and Implementing Azure Service Offering, such as Azure cloudservices, Azure storage, IIS, Azure Active Directory (AD), Azure Resource Manager (ARM),Azure Storage, Azure, Blob Storage and Azure VMs.● Designed and developed reusable deployment scripts and templates to automate theprovisioning and configuration of infrastructure resources.● Collaborated with development teams to implement CI/CD pipelines, automating softwaredelivery processes and enabling frequent and reliable releases.

United States

● Used Ansible and Ansible Tower as Configuration management tool, to automate repetitivetasks, quickly deploys critical applications, and proactively manages change.● Mentored customers on advanced Kubernetes DevOps, and stateful applications.● Used Ansible Playbooks to set up a Continuous Delivery Pipeline. Deployed micro services,including provisioning Azure environments using Ansible Playbooks.● Used Ansible to document all infrastructures into version control.● Provide Cloud / Azure thought leadership through regular publications and speakingengagements.● Provide Azure technical expertise including strategic design and architectural mentorship,assessments, POCs, etc., in support of the overall sales lifecycle or consulting engagementprocess.● Diverse experience utilizing tools in N-tier and Microservices architecture applications usingSpring Boot, Spring Cloud config.● As a member of the Release Engineering group, redefined processes and implemented toolsfor software builds, patch creation, source control, and release tracking and reporting.● Worked closely with QA Teams, Business Teams, and DBA team and Product Operationsteams to identify QA and UAT cycles release schedule to non-prod and prod environments.● Identified and logged defects in VSTS and interacted with developers to prioritize the issues.● Ownership for Azure SQL server DB deployment & managed the continuous integration &continuous deployment.● Created Build definition and Release definition for Continuous Integration and ContinuousDeployment.● Automated provisioning and repetitive tasks using Terraform.● Worked extensively on using logic apps and data factory to improve ETL processes.● Created Azure Automation Assets, Graphical runbook, PowerShell runbook that will automatespecific tasks.● Managed Azure Infrastructure Azure SQL, Azure Storage, Azure AD Licenses, Virtual MachineBackup and Recover from a Recovery Services Vault using Azure PowerShell and Azure Portal

Lagos State, Nigeria

● Design and implement a CI/CD pipeline for the company's solar panel monitoring andmanagement software.● Work with the software development team to ensure code quality and maintainability.● Collaborate with the infrastructure team to ensure seamless deployment and scaling of thesoftware across the company's distributed solar energy installations.● Implement and maintain infrastructure automation using tools like Terraform and Ansible.● Monitor and troubleshoot production systems to ensure high availability and performance.● Create and maintain documentation for infrastructure and software systems.● Conduct security audits and implement necessary measures to ensure the security of thecompany's infrastructure and customer data.

Anambra State, Nigeria

● Successfully implemented DevOps practices and cloud infrastructure for the food processingcompany, optimizing system performance and ensuring scalability and security.● Keep abreast of the latest developments in DevOps and Cloud Engineering to provide effectiveguidance to employees.● Collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline development cycles, improve releasemanagement, and enhance overall operational efficiency.● Organize workshops and webinars covering pertinent subjects, including industry insights,technical skills, and career development.● Provided technical guidance and support to the development team, ensuring adherence to bestpractices and efficient utilization of cloud resources.● Setting Interns on interview and test to know their correct learning patterns and as well helpthem navigate to suitable careers.● Foster collaborations with educational institutions and industry partners to ensure alignmentwith current market demands.