OLAWALE TOFADE
Seasoned Site Reliability Engineer with over 5 years of practical hands-on experience.
6 yrs experience · Lagos, Nigeria · 30-40 hrs/week
About
Senior Site Reliability Engineer with 7+ years of experience in the IT industry, with a focus on DevOps and SRE. Proven ability to design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable infrastructure. Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, AWS, Azure, GCP, GitOps, Docker, Kubernetes, Snyk, Ansible, Terraform, Datadog, Prometheus & Grafana, CDN, Cache, NGINX, HashiCorp Vault, and other DevOps tools.
Skills
Experience
- Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Remote) · Andela04-01-2023
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- Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Remote) · Superside07-01-2022 – 04-01-2023
• Designed and implemented efficient CI/CD pipelines using GitLab on AWS EKS, reducing deployment time by 50% across multiple projects and services. • Achieved 99.9% uptime and reduced downtime by 30% by orchestrating infrastructure scalability and reliability enhancements by leveraging AWS ECS for monolith and microservices deployment. • Collaborated closely with development teams to diagnose and troubleshoot infrastructure issues, contributing to a 20% increase in deployment success rate. • Reduced infrastructure issue response time by 40% by configuring Datadog, X-ray, and Cloudwatch for real-time monitoring and observability. • Reduced critical incidents by 25% by conducting a thorough analysis of infrastructure metrics and logs, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing preventive measures. • Implemented scalable solutions, including robust scaling strategies, failover mechanisms, and load-balancing techniques, enhancing infrastructure performance by 35%. • Configured Aurora MySQL databases, guaranteeing high performance, reliability, and efficient data management. • Implemented infrastructure automation and configuration using Terraform Modules(Infrastructure As Code), ensuring consistent and reliable provisioning of resources. • Demonstrated proficiency in Linux administration, managing and maintaining servers, effectively troubleshooting issues, and automating routine tasks and utilized Bash scripting to streamline and automate repetitive tasks, significantly improving operational efficiency.
- Senior DevOps Engineer ( Remote ) · Venture Garden Group01-01-2020 – 07-01-2022
• Containerized diverse back-end SaaS applications (PHP, Ruby, .NET) using Docker, resulting in a 20% reduction in deployment time and facilitating a seamless migration to Azure App Service. • Developed Ansible playbooks, reducing the time spent on configuration management tasks by 30% and ensuring a consistent and reliable infrastructure setup for AWS services. • Implemented and maintained robust CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, ArgoCD, and Azure DevOps, accelerating feature releases by 30%. • Managed Kubernetes clusters, achieving a 99.9% uptime and implementing advanced observability and monitoring solutions (ELK and Stackify) to ensure comprehensive system visibility. • Ensured infrastructure stability and desired state through configuration management tools, including ARM Templates, Ansible, and Terraform, leading to a 15% reduction in infrastructure-related incidents. • Implemented container security best practices, resulting in a 25% decrease in security vulnerabilities, and managed CI/CD pipelines for Cloud Native tools including Kubernetes, utilizing Helm Chart for a 40% reduction in deployment complexities and enhanced application management. • Authored comprehensive technical documentation, improving knowledge sharing and communication within the team and across departments, leading to a 20% increase in team efficiency.
- Devops Engineer (Remote) · Venture Garden Group11-01-2018 – 12-01-2020
• Demonstrated proficiency in containerization using Docker and showcased expertise in building scalable APIs and applications, increasing application scalability by 40%, and supporting business growth. • Collaborated closely with development teams to diagnose and troubleshoot infrastructure issues, increasing deployment success rates by 20%. • Established comprehensive monitoring and observability systems (Stackify and Azure App Insight) for applications, ensuring reliable and performant systems for users. This experience demonstrates my focus on reliability and performance. Improved system reliability, resulting in a 15% decrease in downtime. • Collaborated closely with development and operations teams to resolve incidents promptly and minimize downtime. Reduced downtime by 25% through effective incident management and collaboration. Automated business processes defined by clients by setting up systems within the Azure ecosystem and increasing efficiencies, resulting in a 95% successful deployment rate.
- Software Developer ( Remote ) · Upwork03-01-2016 – 08-01-2020
• As a software developer, completed end-to-end project management, from initial concept to deployment, while also taking charge of the DevOps responsibilities, ensuring efficient and seamless deployment of the applications. • Collaborated closely with clients to understand project requirements and translate the requirements into technical solutions. • Architected software solutions, leveraging my expertise in designing robust, scalable, and reliable applications. • Implemented DevOps best practices, enabling smooth and automated deployment processes. • Utilized a comprehensive technology stack, including Node.js, Laravel, Wordpress, Mongo DB, Vue.js, AWS, Heroku, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins, to enhance development efficiency and deployment effectiveness. • Monitored application performance using metrics and performance analysis tools, optimizing performance and resolving bottlenecks.
Education
- Obafemi Awolowo UniversityBachelor's Degree, Computer Science
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