Mark Boakye

About Mark Boakye

DevOps Engineer and Cybersecurity Analyst with 6+ years of experience in cloud computing,…

Experience

1. Devops Engineer

   Uber

   Feb 2023 — Present · US

   Develop and implement CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, and GitHub Actions, reducing deployment times by 40%.• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management with Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible, improving system reliability and consistency by 60%.• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, and EKS, resulting in a 45% reduction in infrastructure costs.• Create an automated deployment system using Jenkins and Ansible, reducing the deployment time for critical applications from 2 hours to 20 minutes.• Analyze and optimize AWS resources, achieving a 30% reduction in monthly cloud expenditures.• Build and maintain Helm charts to package, deploy, and manage Kubernetes applications, reducing deployment complexities by 50%.• Optimize database performance for MSSQL, RDS, and DynamoDB, implementing automated backups and replication strategies.• Configure Linux servers using Ansible, establishing SSH connections between control nodes and hosts by creating Ansible playbooks and inventory, leading to a 50% increase in operational efficiency.• Migrate on-premises applications to AWS cloud using CAF, MRA, ADS, AWS Migration Hub, DMS, Data Sync, and Server Migration Service, enhancing scalability, reliability, and performance by 70%.• Monitor system performance, reliability, and metrics using CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana, leading to a 30% decrease in system downtime.• Apply expertise in Windows and Linux OS, networking principles including HTTP/S, TCP/IP, OSI model, DNS, LAN/WAN, Routing, Switching, and Firewalls to enhance system security and efficiency.• Manage Azure services, including Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, Blob Storage, SQL Databases, and Active Directory, ensuring seamless cloud infrastructure operations.• Utilize GCP services such as Compute Engine, VPC, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, and Cloud Identity to enhance multi-cloud strategies.

Education

• University of Education, Winneba -Ghana

  Diploma of Education

  2013 — 2015

• School of Management and Professional Studies

  Diploma in Marketing

  2008 — 2009

• University of Ghana

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, U.S.A Equivalency, Evaluated by WES

  2003 — 2007

• Flatiron School

  Cyber Security Analytics

  2022 — 2022