Joyce Agara

About Joyce Agara

Highly skilled IT professional with over 7 years of experience, specializing in designing, implementing, and maintaining software delivery pipelines, cloud automation, and quality engineering. I have a strong track record in creating and managing scalable, reliable cloud-based solutions on top platforms like AWS and Azure. My extensive background includes setting up CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Maven, Docker, Nexus, Artifactory, Slack, and more. I am proficient with DevOps tools such as Git, Jenkins, TeamCity, and AWS DevOps for source control, build automation, and continuous integration/delivery. I have experience with container technologies like Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, and Amazon ECS for scalability and microservices management. I excel in collaborating with diverse teams to implement system enhancements that surpass organizational goals. My excellent verbal and written communication skills ensure effective interactions with teams and management. I have experience working in a global organization with distributed environments.CORE SKILLS• AWS: Proficiency in utilizing Amazon Web Services (AWS) for infrastructure provisioning, management, and optimization.• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation): Expertise in utilizing Terraform and AWS CloudFormation to architect and automate cloud infrastructures, enabling consistent, scalable, and efficient management of resources.• Kubernetes: Expertise in container orchestration using Kubernetes, including deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.• Jenkins: Experience with Jenkins for continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, automating build, testing, and deployment processes.• Configuration Management (Ansible): Managing web applications,environment configuration files, packages, mount points, and users.• GIT: Experience in version control using GIT for efficient codecollaboration, branching, and merging.• Monitoring Tools: Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch, and SonarQube to ensure system health, performance, and availability.• Scripting (Bash, Shell, YAML, Python): Proficient in scripting for automation and efficient system configuration, driving streamlined infrastructure management and deployments

Experience

1. Sre Devops Engineer

   HP

   Jan 2022 — Present

   Enhanced teamwork by implementing the Agile project management style.• Used Agile Scrum approach to implement microservice projects.• Using Jira and Confluence, Agile projects were successfully planned and executed.• Created automated DevOps Cl/CD processes using Jenkins and GitHub.• Increased system dependability thanks to self-healing and automation techniques.• Enhanced security procedures by utilizing vulnerability scanning and multi-factorauthentication.• Developed and oversaw IAM rules and roles to guarantee safe access control in AWS.• Automated infrastructure provisioning with CloudFormation and Terraform.• Developed and put into practice data models to optimize data analysis, retrieval, andstorage, leading to better decisionmaking and increased system performance.• Added images to the Docker registry and created Docker files for them.• Complete backup and recovery plans were put into place to safeguard vital data.• Reliability and scalability of applications containerized through orchestrated use ofDocker and Kubernetes.• Capability of collaborating across organizational silos. Delivering solutions bycollaborating across departments and teams. Web/application servers like Tomcat andNginx were installed and configured.• Used SRE techniques to maintain health and managed Kubernetes clusters.• Utilizing Prometheus and Grafana, I oversaw and maintained Kubernetes clusters.• Configure tools for logging and monitoring system performance and health.• Management and configuration of the infrastructure were done using Ansible.• Maintained infrastructure compliance while employing Ansible Vault to secure sensitivedata.• Designed actions to be triggered by particular circumstances or upon the accomplishmentof particular tasks by utilizing Ansible handlers. Involved in catastrophe recoveryplanning and provided on-call assistance.• Installed software packages, configured networks, and managed users, among otherduties, using Ansible modules.

Education

• University of Port Harcourt

  Bachelor's degree

  2010 — 2014