Evans Njogu Karoki

Experience

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  CloudFactory.

  Mar 2017 - Aug 2021

  Key Achievements:• Coordinated effectively a team working on annotation and labelling for a project called Cruise, by an American company Cruise LLC dealing with self-driven vehicles.• Participated in training of new workers on the labelling and annotation tasks ensuring they become more efficient and faster in performing tasks.• Regularly communicated with the team leaders to update them on the task status and challenges arising in the project.• Improved efficiency in time management by ensuring our team completes the assigned tasks on a daily basis, while still maintaining high accuracy. Show less

  • Cloud Worker

    Aug 2017 - Aug 2021

  • Worker

    Mar 2017 - Aug 2017
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  ICT Authority

  May 2021 - Aug 2021

  Associate Software Engineer

  Key Achievements :• Developed a Software Requirements Document for Huduma WhiteBox version 3.0 after performing the complete requirement elicitation process.• Evaluated various ICT solutions presented via the Whitebox platform to determine whether they are feasible, desirable and viable. Constantly communicated feedback to the innovators.• Participated and was part of a development team tasked with developing the e-learning module and linking it with Huduma Whitebox.• Conceptualized, planned and performed regression testing after the deployment of the new e-learning module to ensure new bugs arising are fixed.• Assisted in the identification of bugs and development of bug reports after reviewing code and assessing the impact of submitted changes. Show less

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  Kenya Civil Aviation Authority

  Nov 2021 - Sept 2022

  Software Engineer @ Presidential Digital Talent Programme

  Being part of Cohort VI under the Presidential Digital Talent Programme, I was deployed to Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA).I was stationed at their training division, an institution of learning called East Africa School of Aviation (EASA).Key Achievements:• Developed automation scripts to automate the weekly system backups of East African School of Aviation systems.• Drove a 25% decrease in website and systems downtimes by taking part in migrating all servers to a virtual environment and correcting server configuration problems.• Onboarded critical network infrastructure and servers on SolarWinds monitoring tool and created alerts for real-time monitoring.• Supervised management and support of LAN infrastucture, desktop support resources and remote PC services.• Conducted system and network installations and configurations.• Installed, tested and was actively troubleshooting client server based applications and ensured they work with business on functions of the applications.• Provided general ICT Support and guided new attachees & interns on anticipation, mitigation, troubleshooting and correcting hardware and software issues on servers and network infrastructure. Show less

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  Continental

  Feb 2023 - now

  Roles and Responsibilities:• Development of Kubernetes-Based Platform: Contributing to the design & implementation of a Kubernetes-based platform tailored for running containerized applications. This platform supports diverse workloads & enhances the scalability & efficiency of data solutions.• Automation of Business Processes: Leading efforts to increase the automation level for business processes within Data Solutions, focusing on streamlining workflows & reducing manual intervention.• Hybrid Data & Compute Platform (HDCP) Implementation: Working on the deployment and management of a Hybrid Data & Compute Platform (HDCP) that enables seamless operation across different infrastructure environments, ensuring consistent performance and reliability.• Unified Interface Development: Collaborating with the team to develop a unique interface that provides a consistent user experience, regardless of the underlying infrastructure. This interface simplifies interactions for all platform consumers.• Shared Services Provisioning: Responsible for implementing and managing a comprehensive set of shared services, including authentication & authorization, secret management, metric collection, logging, monitoring, alerting, backup/restore, and the Products REST API. These services are critical for maintaining platform security, reliability & observability.• Standard Services Management: Providing & maintaining a suite of standard services for application and base project users, ensuring that all users have access to essential tools and resources for their development needs. Show less Key Achievements:• Successfully led the complete migration of the HPC cluster's database from Oracle to PostgreSQL, ensuring a seamless transition with zero downtime. Acted as the feature owner, coordinating with multiple teams to achieve this significant upgrade.• Optimized the HPC cluster and simulation servers' performance by developing and implementing automated monitoring and troubleshooting processes, resulting in qualitative improvement in system stability.• Streamlined infrastructure automation by integrating Jenkins, Ansible and Docker into the deployment processes, reducing software update times.• Enhanced cluster functionality by implementing new features in PyHPC, leading to performance improvements.• Automated regular backups, updates and system checks for the HPC cluster, significantly reducing manual intervention and operational risks.• Identified and addressed performance bottlenecks within the HPC cluster, utilizing advanced tools to gather metrics and optimize system performance, and puzzling out issues raised by users. Show less

  • Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Engineer

    May 2024 - now

  • Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Engineer - HPC

    Feb 2023 - May 2024