Elijah Mukum

About Elijah Mukum

I am a skilled & proficient DevOps/DevSecOps Engineer experienced in implementing CI/CD tools, Server Provisioning, Monitoring Large Scale Production Systems running on both On-Prem and Cloud (AWS, AZURE and GCP) environments. Excellent Debugging and Managing Services on various Linux distributions; Ubuntu, RedHat, CentOS. I am highly proficient with Source Code Management, Configuration Management using Ansible, Orchestration Management with Kubernetes, Infrastructure Management with Terraform, CI/CD automation with Jenkins and Git Actions. I possess excellent written and oral communication skills, team player and enjoy developing working relationships with coworkers. I am an avid learner who is always discovering and eager to explore new opportunities & technologies.Have taught myself to play 4 musical instruments( Piano, drums, bass guitar and acoustic guitar)

Experience

1. Devops Devsecops Engineer

   Dominion Systems Inc

   Jan 2017 — Present

   Applied Terraform and Ansible scripts to provision and configure EKS, VPC, Route53, EC2 instances, etc. in AWS Cloud and GCP. Integrated and configured Nexus repository manager for sharing artifacts within company.• Fortified servers by patching, enforcing SELinux and firewalls, and setting up password policies as required by company. Generated and maintained fully automated CI / CD pipelines for code deployments. Produced simple bash scripts to upgrade kernel and patch servers. • Possesses experience with Python and PowerShell. Put packages in place by using yum and rpm on various servers. Composed CI / CD pipelines on Jenkins and set up auto triggers like poll SCM, building periodically, and GitHub web-hooks. Enhanced security configuration in Linux, Docker, and Kubernetes. Installed and configured Grafana to constantly monitor network, memory usage, and hard drive status.• Proficient in utilizing Git for version control, branching, and collaborative development. Managed code repositories on platforms like GitHub and GitLab. Implemented Git workflows, including feature branching and pull request reviews, to facilitate effective collaboration within development teams• Oversaw GitHub and Docker hub repositories and permissions, including branching and tagging. Managed, improved, and monitored cloud infrastructure on GCP, AWS Cloud, including backups, patches, and scaling.• Migrated on-premises workload to cloud (AWS, Azure, and GCP). Moved applications from visualization to containerization. Utilized Azure DevOps extensively in some of projects• Configured and deployed highly available scalable applications in AWS Cloud by using EC2, RDS, S3, ELB, and auto scaling and monitored these applications with CloudWatch, Grafana, and AWS SNS.• Designed and deployed Docker containers to break up monolithic app into microservices, improving developer workflow, increasing scalability, and optimizing speed by using AWS Elastic Container Service• Full Summary on resume

Education

• Landmark Metropolitan University

  Bachelor's degree

  2012 — 2016