Open to opportunities · Lagos, Nigeria

Cloud
DevOps
Engineer.

I design and automate cloud infrastructure that scales reliably — from Kubernetes orchestration to CI/CD pipelines and production observability. Automation must enable reliability, not just speed.

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40% MTTR Reduction Production Incident Response
50% Faster MTTD Prometheus & Grafana Observability
99.9% API Uptime Flask ML API Production Load
30+ Microservices Deployed Kubernetes & GitOps Workflows
Chukwubuikem Ekpe - Cloud DevOps Engineer based in Lagos Nigeria
Cloud DevOps Engineer
About Me

The engineer behind
the deployment.

"Behind every smooth deployment is a DevOps Engineer who stayed when staging broke — I'm that engineer."

I'm a Cloud DevOps Engineer with 2+ years of hands-on experience designing and securing cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized environments on AWS and Kubernetes. Based in Lagos, Nigeria.

What makes me different: I started my career with real physical infrastructure — configuring Cisco switches, commissioning power transformers, deploying access points. Most cloud engineers have never touched hardware. I understand the full stack, from data center floor to Kubernetes pod.

Recently certified as an ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Lead Auditor, I'm actively bridging DevOps and DevSecOps/GRC — building systems that are not just automated and observable, but secure and compliant by design.

AWS Solutions Architect – Associate KCNA Certified ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Lead Auditor AWS Cloud Practitioner OCI DevOps Professional Scrum Fundamentals
Work History

Where I've built things
that mattered.

Mar 2026 – Present

EKEDC

IT Risk

IT Risk & Security Monitoring

  • Supported security monitoring via external Managed Security Provider Cyberdome, reviewing alerts and contributing to risk visibility and reporting
  • Conducted post-assessment analysis of phishing simulation exercises, identifying user risk patterns and compiling findings into structured reports for stakeholders
  • Performed Active Directory access review analysis, validating user status (including ex-staff) and flagging gaps in deprovisioning controls
  • Developed and maintained an Action Plan Tracker from Cyberdome security review meetings, ensuring follow-through on all remediation tasks

Dec 2025 – Feb 2026

EKEDC

IT Operations

IT Operations · Device Lifecycle & Endpoint Management

  • Managed OS deployment and standardised imaging across 50+ corporate endpoints, reducing setup time by 25%
  • Diagnosed and resolved 15+ hardware and OS-level issues monthly (RAM failures, display faults, bootloader corruption), maintaining 98% endpoint uptime
  • Configured MFA for 80+ employees and handled credential recovery within 24-hour SLA; validated asset records via WMIC queries for compliance

Sep – Nov 2025

EKEDC

Network & Communications

Network & Communications · LAN, Switching, VoIP & Secure Access

  • Configured Cisco switches with VLAN setup and IP assignment; deployed and validated 12 Fortinet Access Points across 3 office floors, achieving 99% wireless uptime
  • Supported VoIP configuration and troubleshooting for 100+ users, maintaining uninterrupted SIP registrations
  • Assisted with CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor deployment in coordination with security teams; contributed to endpoint network onboarding and authentication policy compliance

Jan – Mar 2025

HNG Tech

Cloud DevOps Engineer

Cloud DevOps Engineer

  • Engineered CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, shortening deployment cycles by 40% through integrated build, test, and release processes
  • Orchestrated microservice-based applications on Kubernetes — 20% reduction in service downtime via controlled rolling updates
  • Optimised Flask ML API deployment, achieving 30% reduction in request latency under peak load across dev, staging, and prod

Jan – Jun 2024

Onafriq

DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer · AWS, Kubernetes, Monitoring

  • Reduced MTTD by 50% and MTTR by 40% by implementing infrastructure monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana
  • Integrated AWS SNS with PagerDuty and CloudWatch — 40% faster incident response through real-time alerting workflows
  • Automated EC2 monitoring with CloudWatch Agent, cutting manual effort by 30%; streamlined Admin Portal via AWS Amplify — 40% faster deployments, 20% cost reduction
  • Led post-incident reviews and post-mortems, improving incident resolution strategies by 30%
Project Work

Things I've built
in production.

01 / 04

Automated Commit Testing Platform

Architected a controlled testing platform provisioning isolated Kubernetes namespaces per code change, preventing regressions from reaching production. CI pipelines detect defects earlier in the SDLC.

35%reduction in post-deploy failures
KubernetesDockerGitHub ActionsAzure
02 / 04

Cloud-Native Microservices Platform

Provisioned reproducible cloud infrastructure with Terraform across 3 environments, eliminating configuration drift. Kubernetes with ingress routing and fault isolation for production-grade reliability.

99.5%service uptime via fault isolation
TerraformKubernetesAnsibleDocker
03 / 04

CI/CD Pipeline with Full Observability

Built pipelines supporting build, test, and deployment with CloudWatch and Prometheus-based observability across 10+ weekly release cycles. Dramatically reduced manual intervention and incidents.

90%reduction in manual intervention
AWSGitHub ActionsCircleCIPrometheus
04 / 04

Flask ML API · High-Availability Deploy

Designed and deployed a machine learning inference API for high-throughput traffic with production-ready performance. Containerised and orchestrated to maintain consistent uptime under real load.

99.9%uptime under production load
FlaskDockerKubernetesGitHub Actions
Technical Skills

The full stack I operate.

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Cloud Platforms
AWS EC2AWS IAMAWS S3AWS RDSAWS LambdaAWS VPCAzureGCPOracle Cloud
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IaC & Config
TerraformCloudFormationAnsibleHelmYAMLHCL
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Containers & Orchestration
KubernetesDockerAmazon ECSHelmGitOps
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CI/CD & Automation
GitHub ActionsJenkinsCircleCIAWS Amplify
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Observability
PrometheusGrafanaCloudWatchPagerDutyNew RelicELK StackSNS
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Security & GRC
PythonBashLinuxIAMISO 27001GRCCrowdStrikeActive Directory
Certifications

Verified credentials.

Click any certificate to view full size — all are independently verifiable.

ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Lead Auditor Certificate - Chukwubuikem Ekpe, Mastermind Assurance, April 2026
ISO/IEC 27001:2022Lead Auditor · Mastermind Assurance
Issued Apr 2026 · ID: 46apkftax8
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Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA) Certificate - Chukwubuikem Ekpe, Linux Foundation, June 2025
KCNAKubernetes & Cloud Native Associate
Linux Foundation · Jun 2025 · LF-pel5dowp0n
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certificate - Chukwubuikem Ekpe, November 2025
AWS SAACertified Solutions Architect – Associate
Amazon Web Services · Nov 2025
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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Certificate - Chukwubuikem Ekpe, July 2025
AWS CCPCertified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services · Jul 2025
Active
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Certified DevOps Professional Certificate - Chukwubuikem Ekpe
OCI DevOpsOracle Cloud Infrastructure Professional
Oracle University · Oct 2025
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How I Think

My engineering principles.

01

"If it's not observable, it's broken."

Every system I build is instrumented from day one. I don't wait for users to tell me something is wrong.

02

"Manual fixes are technical debt."

If I fixed it once by hand, I'm writing automation for it. Toil is a bug. Operational friction is a code smell.

03

"Every failure should be reproducible."

Post-mortems aren't blame sessions — they're data collection. I build chaos-ready systems because I've seen what happens when you don't.

04

"Security is infrastructure, not an afterthought."

My ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Lead Auditor cert isn't a pivot — it's the formalisation of how I've always thought. Compliance and reliability are the same goal.

Contact

Let's build
something reliable.

I'm open to DevOps, DevSecOps, and Cloud Engineering roles — particularly teams building distributed systems that demand high availability, operational maturity, and security by design.

✉ chukwubuikemekpe@gmail.com LinkedIn ↗ GitHub ↗