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College Park, MD, US

Maryland, United States

• Managing and deploying; IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and On-prem Infrastructures.
• Managed various database systems, including relational databases like MySQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and NoSQL databases like MongoDB and AWS DynamoDB, ensuring data integrity, performance, and scalability.
• Leveraged Jira for project management and issue tracking, and Confluence for documentation and knowledge sharing within development teams.
• Skilled in containerizing applications with Docker and orchestrating containers using Kubernetes, facilitating scalable, isolated, and reproducible environments.
• Managed and maintained artifact repositories using Nexus and JFrog Artifactory, ensuring efficient handling of build artifacts and dependencies.
• Proficient in using Maven, ANT, and Gradle for build automation and dependency management in various programming projects.

Maryland, United States

• Expertise in version control and collaborative development using GIT and GitHub, managing repositories and codebases effectively.
• Implemented comprehensive monitoring and alerting solutions to ensure system reliability and performance using tools like AWS CloudWatch for AWS environments and Nagios for network services.
• Utilized Splunk for log management and Prometheus with Grafana for metrics collection and visualization, enhancing system observability and proactive issue detection.
• Managed MySQL databases, including installation, configuration, and performance tuning.
• Designed and implemented a high-availability architecture using AWS and Azure services, ensuring business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities.

Maryland, United States

• Improved application performance by 30% by migrating legacy systems to a microservices architecture on AWS, leveraging services like AWS Lambda, ECS, and RDS.
• Designed and implemented a high-availability architecture using AWS services such as Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), Route 53, and multi-AZ deployments, ensuring 99.99% uptime.
• Strengthened security posture by implementing AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies, security groups, and VPC configurations, resulting in zero security incidents over two years.
• Deployed comprehensive monitoring and logging solutions using AWS CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and Splunk, enabling proactive issue detection and resolution.
• Successfully managed the migration of on-premises applications and data to AWS, ensuring minimal downtime and data integrity, while enhancing scalability and performance.

Douala VI, Littoral, Cameroon

• Improved system performance by 30% through the implementation of proactive monitoring and tuning strategies, including the use of tools like Nagios and Splunk for real-time analytics and diagnostics.
• Automated routine infrastructure tasks using scripts in Python and Bash, which decreased manual workload and reduced the risk of human error by 50%.
• Provided exceptional user support, resolving over 95% of tickets within the first response SLA, and conducted training sessions to educate users on best practices and new technologies.
• Efficiently installed and configured network hardware including access points, routers, and switches, resulting in robust and secure network infrastructure.
• Successfully installed, configured, and maintained enterprise Linux, Unix systems and various Linux distributions including Debian, Red Hat, and Ubuntu, ensuring optimal performance and security.

Bachelor Of Science - Bsc, Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services

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