Ifidon A.

Experience

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  STREAM INSIGHT

  Apr 2014 - Jul 2017

  IT Systems and Automation Engineer

  • Designed and implemented custom automation tools for network monitoring and data analysis, reducing incident response time by 35%.• Developed Python-based solutions to integrate network performance data into Tableau dashboards, providing actionable insights for stakeholders.• Troubleshot and resolved critical network incidents in real-time, maintaining 99.9% uptime SLA.• Automated recurring tasks such as device configuration backups and log analysis using Ansible, improving team productivity by 40%.• Collaborated with marketing and analytics teams to optimize data collection and reporting workflows.• Led an end-to-end network analytics solution, integrating real-time performance data with marketing analytics platforms like SPSS, improving decision-making accuracy. Show less

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  Altruist Consult

  Oct 2017 - Sept 2018

  Cloud Engineer

  • Engineered and maintained a robust source code management system utilizing Git by versioning, branching, and tagging leading to enhanced team productivity by reducing code merge conflicts by 45% and accelerating development cycles by 30%.• Designed and implemented a highly available and scalable network infrastructure using Azure Virtual Network, NSGs, and Load Balancer. Achieved 99.9% uptime and a 20% reduction in network latency, ensuring secure and reliable connectivity for applications• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to resolve a critical application performance issue that was impacting user experience, leading to a 25% improvement in application performance. Utilized a systematic approach involving CloudWatch as well as Azure monitoring tools, log analysis, and code review to identify and optimize an inefficient database query• Spearheaded the migration of a 200-server data center to AWS, reducing infrastructure costs by 35% and improving system uptime to 99.99%.• Automated the deployment of multi-region, auto-scaling environments using CloudFormation and Terraform, ensuring high availability and disaster recovery readiness.• Designed and managed ARM templates for Azure environments, simplifying infrastructure provisioning and improving resource consistency.• Built and maintained logging and monitoring solutions using Azure Insights and CloudWatch, reducing incident response time by 50%.• Collaborated with development teams to containerize applications using Docker, streamlining the development-to-production workflow. Show less

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  Sedetos Global Solutions, Inc

  Oct 2018 - now

  DevOps Engineer

  • Drove the deployment process for a web application by designing and implementing a scalable CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, integrating SonarQube for code quality and security. Achieved a 70% reduction in deployment time and 95% reduction in deployment errors, enabling faster time-to-market and improved customer satisfaction.• Orchestrated cloud infrastructure using Terraform, managing over 500+ resources across AWS and Azure environments.• Automated configuration management using Ansible, deploying and managing application stacks on over 200 servers in production and staging.• Migrated legacy systems to Kubernetes (EKS) and Docker, enabling containerized microservices architecture that improved resource efficiency by 40%.• Enhanced observability by deploying Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack, resulting in a 30% faster resolution of critical incidents.• Developed custom Python scripts for system automation, including backup management and system monitoring, increasing operational efficiency by 25%.• Ensured compliance with PCI DSS and SOC 2 standards by automating security audits and access control configurations using Terraform and AWS IAM Show less