Sidney E.

About Sidney E.

DevOps Engineer with over 5 years of hands-on experience in Cloud and DevOps. Proven expertise in building and managing cloud infrastructure using AWS services (EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, EKS), demonstrating a key role in migrating containerized applications from AWS ECS to EKS, which optimized resource allocation and reduced costs by up to 90%. Proficient in automating CI/CD pipelines with tools like Jenkins, Git, Docker, and Kubernetes to streamline software development and deployment. Strong command of Terraform for infrastructure as code, enabling scalable and automated provisioning. Skilled in monitoring, logging, and security management using CloudWatch, ELK/Prometheus, and AWS Lambda. Adept at diagnosing issues, debugging applications, and collaborating across teams to deliver robust, efficient, and highly available software solutions in regulated environments.

Experience

1. Devops Engineer

   Hughes

   Jan 2023 — Present · Germantown, MD, US

   Designed and maintained end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using Git, Jenkins, Maven, SonarQube, and Nexus to automate builds, testing, and releases.2. Migrated data from on-premise SQL Server to AWS RDS using Data migration service3. Created YAML template to spin the infrastructure (VPC, EC2, RDS, Security Groups) using AWS CloudFormation4. Created S3 bucket policy to enable cross account bucket access and generated JSON policies using policy generator tool5. Led teams to architect, design, develop and implement cloud solutions (Amazon web services) encompassing multiple specializations, platforms and technologies.6. Designed and deployed a full CI/CD pipeline on AWS using CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and S3 to host a static website, with a trigger for automatic updates on code commits.7. Designed, implemented, and maintained robust CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab to automate application build, testing, and deployment across development, staging, and production environments.8. Leveraged Jenkins for continuous integration and deployment, significantly reducing manual intervention, while ensuring adherence to software verification protocols.9. Established monitoring solutions with Grafana and Prometheus to assess container performance, and maintain rigorous system validation.10. Designed secure VPC configurations and optimized S3 storage management, aligning with engineering specifications and technical documentation maintenance.11. Configured Jenkins to automate builds and deployments triggered by code commits, cutting deployment time by 40%, and fostering cross-department collaboration.

Education

• Fontys University of Applied Sciences

  Bachelor of Science - BSc, Electrical and Electronic Engineering