Abel Ketema

About Abel Ketema

As I pursue my Master\'s degree in Cloud Computing, I\'m deepening my expertise in AWS…

Experience

1. Devops Engineer

   Amazon

   May 2020 — Present · US

   Merging cloud-based CI/CD pipelines with Terraform, Jenkins, and AWS services, leading to a 25% reduction in deployment time and improving automation efficiency by automating build, test, and deployment processes, resulting in faster and more reliable releases. Automated infrastructure providing Terraform across multi-cloud environments (AWS and Google Cloud), reducing manual configurations by 30%, improving deployment consistency, and enhancing scalability by leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles. Configured monitoring and security tools such as AWS Security Hub, AWS Config, and Datadog, enabling real-time threat detection, compliance audits, and proactive incident management. Developed cost-optimization strategies using AWS Cost Explorer and Trusted Advisor, reducing monthly cloud spend by 15% through resource rightsizing, auto-scaling, and automation. Managed encryption and compliance with AWS KMS, AWS Config, and automated remediation using AWS Lambda, ensuring secure data handling and adherence to internal audit policies. Deployed containerized applications using Docker and orchestrated with Kubernetes (EKS), improving application scalability, reliability, and microservices architecture adoption. Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines integrating SonarQube for code quality analysis and OWASP Dependency-Check for vulnerability scanning, embedding security into the development lifecycle (DevSecOps). Configured and monitored AWS Security Hub and prometheus, grafana and Datadog for real-time security insights, proactively identifying and mitigating 15% more incidents compared to the previous quarter, ensuring uninterrupted production performance, and improving response times by 20% through automated alerts and dashboards. Collaborated with cross-functional teams (Developers, Security, Operations) to align DevOps processes with agile workflows, ensuring continuous delivery and fast feedback loops.

Education

• Colby Community College

  Associate's degree, Business Administration and Management, General

  2015 — 2016

• New Mexico State University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Management Information Systems, Accounting

  2017

• Campbellsville University

  Master's degree, Master’s Science Cloud Computing