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Peter .M.

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DevOps Engineer   |   Lagos , Nigeria   |   14 years experience

I am an experienced Senior Devops Engineer with considerable expertise in continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD), with experience in programming (Java, PHP), application support engineer, database administration and Linux administration. I enjoy automating all forms of manual processes within a company's eco-system with Security, Efficiency my topmost corevalues guiding my automation culture. I strive to build, enable, drive, and enhance the deployment of enterprise tools and platforms while influencing a diverse culture working towards an automated and immutable infrastructure, everything as code. I recently completed a project on automating CI/CD pipeline for my current organisation using tools such as Gitlab, Jenkins, Nexus Sonatype/ECR, Kubernetes (docker), ansible then deployed resulted image container into AWS ECS/EKS/Kubernetes also performed a task which involves centralising distributed logs into elasticsearch then visualize log outputs on Kibana i.e. EFK stack. I have several experiences working over the years with DevOps tools such as: AWS Fargate, AWS Parameter Store, Container orchestration tools (EKS, ECS, Kubernetes), Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, CheckMarx/SonarType (Scan codes for Vulnerabilities), Prometheus(Blackbox exporter, Node exporter, Alert manager, SSL exporter), Consul, Istio, CloudFormation, Grafana, Pagerduty. I would love to use my experience and passion to add value by automating processes within a company’s eco-system. Other Skillsets: Linux, Databases(Mysql, MariaDB, MSSql server, POSTgresSQL, MongoDB), CSS, HTML5, bootstrap, Python (Still ongoing trainings).


Skills

Amazon Web Services ( years)

HTML5 ( years)

Docker-Compose ( years)

css ( years)

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Experiences

Lead DevOps Engineer

eTranzact International plc, Lagos Feb, 2015 - Jul, 2021
Automate continuous integration and continuous delivery and suites collaboration using tools such as Gitlab, Jenkins,
Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible.
Troubleshooting and implementing continuous monitoring tools such as Prometheus then visualization tool using
Grafana.
Proficient in writing infrastructure as code to automate provision of resources on AWS cloud, then automate CI/CD
using GIT products such as Github, Gitlab powered by Jenkins (Blue Ocean) CI/CD.
Version/Source Code management control with GIT integrated to services like Gitlab, Gogs or BitBucket, artifactory
management engine Nexus Sonatype.
Orchestrate the provisioning, load balancing, dynamic configuration, monitoring and spend optimization of servers on
cloud environment.
Perform root cause analysis of production impacting issues, including opening problem cases with vendors and driving
them to conclusion.
Drive and support DevOps adoption across SDLC, Pipeline implementation for legacy applications, while ensuring
compliance with enterprise policies and best practices.
Provide technology evaluations and recommendations for vendor selection, including proof of concepts.

Support Engineer Senior

eTranzact International plc, Lagos Mar, 2014 - Jan, 2015
Lead system integrator with third-party partner development team.
Support Payoutlet application which is a bank branch payment hosted in over 20 commercial banks in Nigeria.
Support online debit payment solutions WebconnectPlus and BankIT.
Support an electronic fund transfer application SwitchIT.
Server-side scripting for System operations automation.
Manage, administer RedHat/Centos/Ubuntu Linux on mission critical servers.
Cloud Engineer.
Server-side scripting for System operations automation.

Linux and Database Administrator

Kadick Integrated Limited, Lagos Apr, 2012 - Feb, 2014
Administering, designing, implementing and monitoring the system infrastructure i.e. mysql database and centos/ubuntu
servers; in addition to that, collaborate with other team members to develop automation strategies and deployment
processes.
Technical and product support for an airtime vending enterprise application.
Create and modify scripts or applications to perform automated tasks.
Maintain best practices on managing systems and services across all environments.
Provide input on ways to improve the stability, security, efficiency, and scalability of the environment.
Oversee the administration and maintenance of ERP and Accounting applications.
Administer internal/remote Windows server 2010 server.
Designed and developed a staff management solution.
Manual unit test using POSTMAN
Implemented a dynamic way of load/performance test using Apache Jmeter.
2nd level monitoring/resolution of database related hitches/issues.
Ensure 99.99% database availability for application servers.
Ensure 99.99% standby database availability for fail over.
Facilitate backup/restore for mission critical database instances.

Database Administrator

Topgy System & Management Consultants, Lagos Aug, 2010 - Mar, 2012
Administering, Implementing, Installation and configuring of fixed asset management database embedded Software on
both client and server operating systems.
Installation of MSSQL server 2008 on both Windows server and client OS.
Administer internal and remote Windows server 2008 server.
Backup monitoring for mysql and postgresql databases and MSSQL server 2008.
MySQL/PostgreSql database tuning.
Build and maintain vendor relationships and manage purchase maintenance of all company IT assets.
Demonstrate software solutions capable of increasing productive time.

Linux Instructor

SureSkills ICT Solutions Limited Jul, 2009 - Jul, 2010
RedHat Linux Instructor
Provide Training and Support for Co-operate clients/individuals in Oracle Database Administration, MySQL
Administration, Solaris/Linux Administration.
Administering, Implementing, Installation and configuring of Redhat/Ubuntu OS on vendors platform.
Providing support on Redhat/Ubuntu OS based applications.

Education

MSc Information Technology

Ladoke Akintola University   |     2013 - 2014


B.Sc. Computer Science

Olabisi Onabanjo University   |     2002 - 2008


Senior Secondary School Certificate

Odofa Private Schools   |     1994 - 2000


Airforce Primary School, Ikeja   |     1990 - 1994


Certifications

Udacity Nano degree program Cloud DevOps

Udacity     |    Jan, 2020


IELTS

    |    Jan, 2017


Business Writing & Effective Communication Skills

    |    Jan, 2015


Effective Presentation and Public Speaking Training

    |    Jan, 2015


Comptia Linus +

    |    Jan, 2013


SQL server 2008 Implementation & Maintenance

    |    Jan, 2012


Oracle 10g Administrator Certified Professional

    |    Jan, 2010


Oracle 10g Administrator Certified Associate

    |    Jan, 2008


TOGAF

    |    Apr, 2025


AWS Certified Solutions Architect

AWS     |    Apr, 2025


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