Ekanem E.
Senior DevOps Engineer | AWS | Kubernetes | Terraform | CI/CD
+10 Years of Experience Helping Client & Business: Develop Software, Manage & Consult 🏆 Top Rated Freelancer / 100% Job Success 🏆 Software Guru 100% Delivery Speed on Both Complex & Difficult Tasks 🏆 AWS Cloud Solutions Architect Certified 🏆 AWS DevOps Engineer Certified 🏆 Built Highly Secure Cloud Architectures for Apache Kafka Applications 🏆 Developed Amazon Lex Chatbot for Multi-Language Support 🏆 Delivered Kubernetes-Orchestrated Solutions for Scalability 🏆 Implemented AWS Lambda for Serverless Application Architectures 🏆 Executed ECS Projects for High-Performance Containerized Workloads 🏆 Enhanced AWS Cloud Cyber Security Infrastructure With over 10 years of IT expertise in DevOps Engineering, Cloud Architecture, Cyber Security, and Infrastructure Automation, I bring a proven ability to deliver secure, scalable, and efficient cloud-based solutions tailored to business-critical applications. Key Skills & Expertise Amazon Lex Chatbot Development: Designed and implemented a multi-language Amazon Lex chatbot for customer engagement, supporting English and Spanish interactions. Container Management and Orchestration: Delivered containerized workloads using Amazon ECS for high-performance applications. Deployed Kubernetes for managing scalable containerized microservices, ensuring robust and reliable production environments. Serverless Architectures: Developed AWS Lambda-based serverless applications integrated with API Gateway and DynamoDB, enabling cost-efficient and event-driven solutions. Highly Secure Cloud Architecture: Built and implemented highly secure cloud architectures for mission-critical applications, including an Apache Kafka-based streaming platform. Enhanced AWS Cloud Cyber Security posture by implementing best practices such as IAM policies, security groups, VPC NACLs, encryption, and AWS WAF for web application security. CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Automated multi-account AWS deployments using Terraform and optimized CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, SonarQube, and Maven. Monitoring and Observability: Implemented Prometheus, Grafana, and New Relic for real-time monitoring and end-to-end application observability. Disaster Recovery and High Availability: Executed a failover recovery plan between on-premises servers and AWS EC2 Reserved Instances to achieve zero downtime during critical operations. Cyber Security and Compliance: Strengthened AWS Cloud security by implementing IAM policies, fine-tuning security groups, ensuring secure container deployments, and following security best practices for applications and data. Recent Highlights Amazon Lex Chatbot: Developed a bilingual chatbot with Amazon Lex, enabling seamless client communication and automating booking workflows. Apache Kafka Secure Deployment: Built a highly secure cloud architecture to support an Apache Kafka streaming application, ensuring optimal performance and security. ECS and Kubernetes: Delivered containerized solutions using Amazon ECS for high-throughput workloads and orchestrated Kubernetes deployments for scalable applications. AWS Lambda Projects: Designed and implemented serverless solutions leveraging AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB for cost-efficient, event-driven architectures. Cyber Security: Enhanced AWS Cloud Cyber Security infrastructure by implementing robust security configurations across all deployed services.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $4.1k
Billed in all: $9,698$9.7k
$580 in the last 6 months
Across 9 contracts
Across 45 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 13% in Ansible
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