Ashford Ashiofu
Development
TX, United States
Skills
DevOps
About
ASHFORD ASHIOFU's skills align with Consultants and Specialists (Information and Communication Technology). ASHFORD also has skills associated with Programmers (Information and Communication Technology). ASHFORD ASHIOFU has 7 years of work experience.
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Work Experience
DevOps Engineer (Remote)
Dow Chemical
October 2022 - July 2023
- Conducted regular performance tuning and optimization of systems, resulting in a 30% increase in application responsiveness and system efficiency. Designed, administered, and implemented Jenkins CI/CD for end-to-end deployment automation, supporting weekly and out-of-cycle releases; configured and integrated DevOps tools like Git/GitHub, Maven, SonarQube, Nexus, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, and Tomcat. Managed and reviewed environment logs with EFK stack (Elasticsearch, Filebeat, Kibana) and automated policies for weekly storage of logs in AWS S3 buckets. Collaborated with developers on groovy and declarative pipeline scripts and utilized Helm for configuration and deployment of in-house and 3rd party applications. Setting up monitoring solutions (e.g., ELK Stack, Prometheus) to track system performance and implement optimizations.
System Engineer Project Lead
Hybrid
August 2021 - August 2022
- Led a team of 12+ software and system engineers, applying DevOps principles to improve collaboration and accelerate delivery of critical DDG 51 class Machinery Control Systems (MCS) operation testing. Implemented process improvements and integrated DevOps practices, enhancing the capabilities required by the 514 back fit system department. Configuring and managing hardware components such as servers, storage, and networking devices. Monitoring system performance metrics using tools like Nagios, Zabbix, or Prometheus. Implementing security controls such as firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), and access controls. Implementing configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef for infrastructure automation.
Cloud Engineer (Hybrid)
Flowserve Corporation
July 2019 - May 2022
- Managed, configured, and administered Git/GitHub for the company environment, creating repositories, organizations, projects, branches, and integrating webhooks with CI/CD tools for automation. Implementing virtualization technologies such as AWS EC2, Azure VMs, or Google Compute Engine. Setting up monitoring solutions such as AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, or Prometheus. Configuring logging with ELK Stack, Splunk, or Cloud-native logging services. Setting up automated backup solutions with tools like AWS Backup, Azure Backup, or Google Cloud Storage. Deploying and managing cloud-based databases like Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, or Google Cloud SQL.
Linux Systems Administrator
Geodetic Positioning Services Limited
August 2016 - May 2019
- Designed and provisioned AWS infrastructure using Terraform, covering computing, storage, security, networking, databases, applications, and monitoring. Launched and managed AWS services like EC2, VPC, S3, CloudWatch, Route53, IAM, and RDS, configuring IAM policies, roles, users, groups, access keys, and Multi-Factor Authentication for security. Installed and managed Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Amazon Linux in development, staging, and production environments, overseeing OS upgrades and service requests. Configuring and maintaining Linux servers and workstations for optimal performance. Installing, updating, and patching Linux operating systems and software packages.
DevOps Engineer | Senior Consultant (Remote)
Booz Allen Hamilton
September 2023 - Present
- Responsible for installing Kubernetes on server, configuring networking, storage, & security settings, setting up cluster architecture with nodes, pods, & services, as well as managing cluster upgrades and updates. Successfully deployed critical applications such as CSAP/CSWeb UI and API, led Flux to ArgoCD tenant migration to boost deployment efficiency, and configured Istio service mesh on CSS app for enhanced network management. Spearheaded migration of CI/CD stack to a standalone namespace using GitHub actions, developed tailored Grafana Dashboard for VA stream processors, and conduct daily code review sessions on GitHub. Excellent understanding of Internet technologies and protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, SSL, etc.). Knowledge of Amazon Web Services: EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation, Route 53, SNS, SQS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Kinesis, EMR, Glue, Aurora, Redshift, Elastic Beanstalk, ECS, EKS. Implemented continuous integration and delivery pipeline using Jenkins, GitHub, Docker and Kubernetes clusters. Conducted comprehensive research and analysis for the implementation of Dynatrace within the development environment, ensuring optimal performance monitoring and management. Led the testing phase of Dynatrace in the sandbox cluster to evaluate its functionality and compatibility, facilitating a seamless integration into the production environment.
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