Dennis Amankwah

About Dennis Amankwah

I\'m an AWS Cloud Engineer with hands-on experience building automated, scalable, and…

Experience

1. Aws Cloud Engineer

   Adcar Technology Inc

   Oct 2022 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Designed and implemented end-to-end infrastructure solutions to deliver optimal performance, scalability, and resilience.•Led efforts to identify and remove underutilized cloud resources across production, staging, and development environments, improving system performance and cutting monthly cloud costs.•Developed modular Terraform configurations for reusable components, including networking, compute, and IAM policies, accelerating infrastructure deployment for cross-functional teams.•Managed core networking elements such as VPCs, subnets, route tables, internet gateways, Elastic IPs, NAT gateways, load balancers, and security groups using Terraform to ensure secure isolation, scalability, and reliable communication between services.•Leveraged GitHub for version control, facilitating collaborative development and ensuring code integrity across the teams.•Provisioned and managed Amazon EKS clusters, including self-managed worker nodes, to deploy and scale containerized applications, enhancing system resilience during peak loads.•Built and optimized CI/CD pipelines by integrating GitHub for source control, Jenkins for automation, SonarQube for code quality analysis, Trivy for vulnerability scanning, and Nexus for artifact management.•Integrated Prometheus for real-time metrics collection from services and infrastructure, paired with Grafana dashboards for intuitive visualization, enabling proactive monitoring and rapid issue resolution.•Administered AWS IAM roles, policies, and user groups to enforce least-privilege access principles, minimizing security risks for both human users and automated