Sekou M. Doumbouya

About Sekou M. Doumbouya

As a Senior Staff Cloud Systems Engineer and Tech Lead at Pinterest, I apply my extensive knowledge and experience in cloud computing and automation to design and implement scalable and reliable solutions for the company\'s network architecture and disaster recovery services. With over 20 years of experience in the field, and multiple honors and recognitions for my achievements and leadership, I am an expert in AWS and Oracle Cloud, as well as Kubernetes, Terraform, Linux, and various CI/CD tools and frameworks.Throughout my time at Pinterest, I have led the technical strategy and long-term roadmap for the company\'s network architecture, delivering $10 million in optimizations and improvements in 2023 without any downtime or interruption to the business. Additionally, I have developed and implemented a multi-account AWS strategy, improving fault tolerance and the development workflow. I have also created infrastructure as code standards and led the creation of a Terraform CI/CD delivery pipeline, increasing deployment consistency and reducing failures.In addition to my technical responsibilities, I have trained and mentored senior engineers and managed cross-functional projects, fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence. I am passionate about building strong relationships with stakeholders and driving efficiency and innovation in software development.

Experience

1. Senior Staff Cloud Systems Engineer, Tech Lead

   Pinterest

   May 2021 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Technical lead for Provisioning, Disaster Recovery services, and AWS ArchitectureLed technical strategy and long-term roadmap for Pinterest’s network ArchitectureDelivered $10 million in optimizations and improvements to the VPC architecture in 2023 without downtime or interruption to businessLed disaster recovery strategy and data recovery services, resulting in a recovery time improvementDeveloped and implemented a Multi-Account AWS strategy, improving fault tolerance and the development workflowCreated infrastructure as code standards and leads create Terraform CI/CD delivery pipeline, increasing deployment consistency and reducing failuresTrained and mentored senior engineers by using strategic workgroups, presentations, and one-on-one mentoring

Education

• Penn State University

  Computer Science

Skills

• Ibm as/400
• Cisco Technologies
• Red Hat Linux
• Apache
• Openldap
• Rhel
• Virtualization
• Hashistack
• Routers
• Juniper
• Nginx
• Sendmail
• Ubuntu
• Dhcp
• Disaster Recovery
• Vmware Esx
• Python
• Ansible
• Kvm
• Sonicwall
• Servers
• Consul
• Ip Multicast
• Linux
• System Administration
• Vmware
• Aix Administration
• Vpn
• Wan
• Switches
• Operating Systems
• Docker
• Active Directory
• Unix
• Windows Server
• Centos
• Dns
• Bash
• Wireless Networking
• Linux Kvm