Dieudonne Akuphe

About Dieudonne Akuphe

I am an expert Cloud and DevOps Engineer bridging scalable infrastructure with the next…

Experience

1. Devops Engineer

   Sentara Health

   Feb 2023 — Present · VA, US

   Architected and modernized enterprise AWS infrastructure, improving performance and scalability for highavailability systems. • Built and managed Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform and CloudFormation for automated, repeatable, and compliant deployments across dozens of environments. • Partnered with security teams to automate remediation of 50+ AWS misconfigurations (IAM, S3, EC2, EKS) using Terraform and Python scripts, reducing manual intervention and audit risks. • Led migration of legacy workloads to AWS EKS, enhancing container-based scalability and improving resource utilization. • Operated and maintained centralized observability frameworks using Elasticsearch (ELK Stack), Prometheus, and Grafana, significantly reducing Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR) through proactive monitoring and alerting. • Developed custom CI/CD workflows integrating GitHub Actions, Helm, and Argo CD for faster, more secure, and automated application releases. • Created centralized observability and alerting frameworks with Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack, significantly reducing incident detection and MTTR (Mean Time to Recovery). • Automated disaster recovery and backup processes using tag-based AWS Lambda functions to ensure data integrity and recovery readiness for critical workloads. • Collaborated with development teams to ensure smooth CI/CD workflows using Git, GitHub Actions, Helm, and Argo CD for automated application releases. •Collaborated with cross-functional teams (security, networking, DevOps, application development) to ensure alignment of cloud solutions with business and compliance goals. • Built and configured Azure networking components (VNets, NSGs, route tables, firewalls). • Implemented ExpressRoute and VPN gateways for secure hybrid connectivity.

Education

• University of Buea

  Master's degree

• University of Buea

  Bachelor of Science - BS