Ugochukwu

Engineering Manager, Databases @Flutterwave

ON, CA

Architected and managed large-scale AWS and Azure database environments, including SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Redis, Cassandra, and MongoDB, in high-SLA production systems*Designed and implemented robust data infrastructure and data pipelines leveraging Snowflake, Redshift, DBT etc.*Supported in the development of ETL frameworks and contributed to a scalable data culture * Led critical database infrastructure initiatives such as replication setup, performance tuning, deployments and migrations * Managed database patching, versioning and implemented security measures* Built robust monitoring and alerting solutions for database uptime and performance using tools like CloudWatch and custom health scripts, ensuring 99.99% availability* Spearheaded disaster recovery strategies across all production databases, incorporating automated backups and replication to minimize RPO and RTO* Conducted capacity planning and database consolidation to optimize resource usage and scalability as systems grew by 40%* Supported incident response and root cause analysis in a 24x7 on-call environment, reducing critical downtime by 60% year over year* Drove cross-functional collaboration with application and DevOps teams to improve system stability, optimize data flows, and ensure secure infrastructure access* Managed database infrastructure deployments using Infrastructure as code (CloudFormation & Terraform)* Maintained database design, data modelling and architecture documentation

Redeemer's University

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science

National Open University of Nigeria

Master's degree, Information Technology