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Nairobi County, Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya

- Architecting scalable and resilient cloud solutions, aligning with customer business objectives, and leveraging cloud-native services to create high-performance and cost-efficient architectures.- Leading migration initiatives from on-premises to cloud environments, ensuring seamless transitions, minimal downtime, and optimizing performance.- Leading critical Site Reliability Engineering initiatives across customer projects, ensuring high availability, performance, and reliability.-Architecting and implementing robust security solutions for various customer environments, aligning with best practices and compliance standards to safeguard systems and data.-Collaborating closely with diverse DevOps teams, automating deployment pipelines, streamlining infrastructure provisioning, and optimizing application deployment processes for different projects.-Optimizing cloud infrastructure across a spectrum of customer projects, applying Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and leveraging cloud-native services to meet specific project goals.- Orchestrating incident response processes tailored to the unique challenges of each customer project, conducting post-mortems, and implementing preventive measures.- Proving training on SRE practices, security measures, DevOps methodologies, and architectural best practices, fostering skill development across different customer teams.-Creating and maintaining documentation for best practices, standard operating procedures, architecture designs, and migration strategies tailored to the unique requirements of each customer project.

Nairobi County, Kenya

-Pioneered the strategic deployment of Google Workspace, delving into intricate details to engineer tailored enterprise collaboration solutions.- Designed and implemented sophisticated collaboration frameworks within Google Workspace, leveraging advanced tools such as AppSheet and AppScript for clients.- Conducted comprehensive training sessions for end-users, not just focusing on tool utilization but also emphasizing the integration capabilities of Google Workspace. This approach fostered a culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing, empowering teams to leverage the full potential of integrated tools.- Orchestrated the implementation and ongoing maintenance of robust security protocols within Google Workspace, safeguarding the integrity and confidentiality of enterprise data. Ensured compliance with industry standards and best practices in data security.- Provided meticulous technical support, troubleshooting, and performance optimization, addressing collaboration-related issues promptly and maintaining a seamless user experience.

Nairobi, Kenya

- Implementing Infrastructure and Application Modernization from VMs (Vmware) to GCP- Automating Deployments to Cloud serverless services via CI/CD Pipelines.- Set up and Package Infrastructure Provisioning as code via Terraform.- Led all Cloud designs, architecting, and deployments as per the Cloud best practices- Configuring Cloud Security, Scalability, and Reliability Mechanisms to ensure secure and scalable solutions.

Nairobi, Kenya

- Implemented and enforced Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to standardize resource provisioning, which transformed infrastructure management by enhancing reusability, improving information security, and reducing human error in the provisioning process.-Leveraged Google Cloud's native security tools and Prisma Cloud to improve the security posture of cloud resources by 40%. This was achieved by enforcing security policies, implementing robust access controls, and applying best practices in data and network security.-Reviewed and enhanced microservice authentication within Kubernetes by configuring the use of Workload Identity, improving security and ensuring seamless integration with Google Cloud's identity and access management.-Designed comprehensive cloud architectures, including landing zones, network security frameworks, and microservices. Documented all deployed cloud resources and solutions, ensuring clear and detailed records for future scalability and maintenance.-Conducted a thorough assessment of cloud infrastructure to identify cost-saving opportunities and performance enhancements. Built a comprehensive cost dashboard to monitor and manage expenses, implemented resource optimization strategies, and ensured alignment with performance goals, resulting in significant cost reductions and improved efficiency.-Implemented comprehensive observability and logging solutions using Google Cloud's Operations Suite, Prometheus, and Grafana. This setup provided real-time monitoring, improved system visibility, and facilitated proactive issue resolution, ensuring high availability and performance of cloud services.-Enhanced the performance and cost-efficiency of BigQuery workloads by optimizing queries, partitioning datasets, and implementing best practices in data architecture. These efforts resulted in faster query execution times, reduced storage costs, and more efficient resource utilization.

- Conducted cloud optimization and assessment of current infrastructure- Data Engineering ( ETL to Bq and BI tools)- Cloud security- Devops- Workspace management and support-

Nairobi

- Orchestrated the seamless deployment of Google Workspace and Google Cloud solutions, ensuring a streamlined implementation process.- Collaborated closely with the Business and Sales teams to identify and qualify lucrative business opportunities.- Took charge of G Suite and Google Cloud solutions, overseeing bid responses, conducting comprehensive product and solution briefings, executing proof-of-concept initiatives, and efficiently coordinating technical resources. Additionally, played a pivotal role in developing technical solutions, including process automations and integrations, and created detailed technical manuals and How-Tos.Conducted in-depth research and crafted articulate technical solution posts on product offerings, tailored for both clients and internal communication channels.- Provided crucial technical and account support to clients, demonstrating a commitment to excellence in service delivery.

Nairobi County, Kenya

Uthiru

- Deployed and managed over 1000 endpoint devices, administered user accounts, and maintained CGIAR exchange accounts. - Conducted low-level formatting of old computers, ensured routine backups, and provided technical support for video conferences, telephony, and network-related issues.- Contributed to website and intranet updates, configured and rolled out equipment and applications, and assisted in maintaining and troubleshooting the core network and voice infrastructure. - Participated in ICT customer services projects and kept inventory of restricted ICT equipment up-to-date.

Uthiru

Installation and upgrading of software and hardware.Computer hardware support,troubleshooting and maintenanceNetwork management, outlook configuration and hardware exchange set_up.customer support services, inventory taking, backups, data recovery and preventive maintenance. Web conference set-up and hosting which included Webex, Video conference and skype.

Bachelor’S Degree, Information Technology, Second Class Honors(Upper Division)

High School, Kenya Certificate Of Secondary School