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Nairobi County, Kenya

Beira, Sofala Province, Mozambique

Nairobi County, Kenya

• Achieved top-rated badge within 6 months of actively working on client projects through the platform, and maintaining 100% job success.
• Lead backend tasks on the administration and configuration of data analytics using shell scripting and Linux cron jobs facilitating installations and optimization of GeoServer by 25% in publishing and serving.
• Collaborated with the frontend team to design and implement efficient application programming interfaces (APIs) for seamless spatial data exchange, including GeoNode and open-source geospatial software, achieving a 40%.
• Managed containerized deployment of geographic information microservices using Docker and Kubernetes, unit testing, and scaling of the spatial data platform to accommodate over 200 requests facilitating data uploads.

Sarawak, Malaysia

- Install and configure GeoNode, GeoServer, and PostGIS to manage geospatial data effectively. - Develop scalable backend solutions to handle large volumes of spatial data and optimize performance.- Implement monitoring tools and telemetry systems to track system health, performance metrics, and user activity.- Maintain and troubleshoot backend systems.

Rome, Latium, Italy

• Achieved a 40% reduction in response times during peak traffic, resulting in a better user experience and improved customer and client satisfaction with the geospatial data infrastructure.
• Spearheaded horizontal and vertical scaling of the geospatial platform to handle a 3 times increase in concurrent requests, enabling the client to accommodate significant business growth through content management and.

Nairobi, Kenya

• Lead the deployment of enterprise-level micro-services applications using Python, Django, Django Rest API, React.js, and NodeJS, incorporating open-source libraries saving the client and stakeholders approximately.

Massarosa, Tuscany, Italy

• Enriched GeoNode spatial data infrastructure based on Python’s metrics by integrating with telemetry, facilitating logging, and increased efficiency by 20%, and integrating it with data and front-end APIs.
• Employed load testing tools to identify bottlenecks and conducted performance tuning to enhance the system by 30%.
• Contributed to the non-technical descriptions of operations and workflows in the system and community documentation to enable non-technical teams and end-users to function with reduced interruption by at least 40%.

Nairobi, Kenya

Offered technical training to over 50 people on basic and advanced geographic information systems topics. The recorded training sessions are published on YouTube in the link below.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSUKwYoSyuUn95RRq6TMTqeMpTMDRNOB4

Windhoek, Khomas, Namibia

- Facilitated technical capacity building of over 30 personnel on the management of land information systems.- Spearheaded the development and configuration of the document module of the land information system that increased the production of title deeds by 400%.- Developed certificate archiving module of the land information system, successfully scaling.

Windhoek, Khomas, Namibia

• Established a full-stack web and desktop API code in Python and PyQt facilitating digitization and generation of title deeds that accelerated efficiency by 60%.
• Supervised the automation and optimization of the business logic for the core components of the land information system, database functions, and integrating third-party systems that facilitate record storage and.
• Mentored 5 team members to achieve professional and technical growth in Python programming and geospatial analysis.

Nairobi County, Kenya

- Took part in the design and development of custom geographic information systems based on open-source software which improved customer delivery on location-based products by 300%.- Deployed spatial data infrastructures systems based on open-source software saving the organization and clients over $1000 per year on software and platform maintenance costs.

Nairobi County, Kenya

• Contributed to the design and development of the organization's geoportal coined Near Real Time (NRT) data portal for sharing processed satellite imagery.
• Automated the processing of raw satellite data using Python and Linux cron jobs.
• Successfully generated and published maps for regional training on remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Nairobi

Community and participatory mapping of points of interest spanning across Eastern and Central Africa for planning and navigation purposes.Technologies: HERE Maps API

Nairobi County, Kenya

• Participated in the workshop training on the ArcGIS ecosystem.
• Supported the technical teams in the management and maintenance of over 50 geodatabases.
• Presented ArcGIS use case in the fleet management industry to a congregation of over 500 geospatial engineering professionals.