Bakia Besong
Development
Tucson Arizona, United States
Skills
Cloud Computing
About
Bakia Besong's skills align with Consultants and Specialists (Information and Communication Technology). Bakia also has skills associated with System Developers and Analysts (Information and Communication Technology). Bakia Besong has 12 years of work experience, with 2 years of management experience, including a low-level position.
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Work Experience
Cloud DevOps Engineer
Major League Soccer
October 2023 - December 2023
- (Contract) Hands-on-expertise on utilizing CloudTrail monitoring tool to setup centralized logging. for AWS accounts in an environment from a logging account. Configuring bucket policy in logging account as part of setup for centralized logging for AWS organizations Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Terraform and Ansible, reducing deployment time by 30%. Using Datadog as an automated monitoring tool to automate and orchestrate complex workflows. Designed and implemented Kubernetes clusters on AWS using managed services like Amazon EKS to maintain scalability, reliability, and security. Partook in agile team engagements and was part of sprint planning, retrospectives, reviews, and grooming sessions. Ensured Integrated Kubernetes clusters with CI/CD pipelines to automate application deployments using tools like Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD. Architected for and Developed landing zones for customers with the Organization Unit and AWS control tower. Developed service control policies and enabled AWS SSO for user Auth. Implemented monitoring and logging solutions for Kubernetes clusters and AWS services using Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack. Ensured security best practices in AWS environments by configuring IAM policies, network security groups, and SSL/TLS certificates. Collaborated with development and operations teams to troubleshoot issues and optimize performance of Kubernetes-based applications.
Lead Solutions Engineer
Allstate Insurance
May 2021 - October 2023
- Fulltime) Design and implement a centralized Unstructured Data management ecosystem to collect, analyze, store, protect and govern Unstructured data for the enterprise. Build a scalable platform for the evolving needs to support Allstate's Unstructured Data Strategy Identify and utilize new emerging technologies to define comprehensive, sustainable, extensible architecture to meet defined business needs, including cloud or on-premises solutions Design and establish governance and data management frameworks for Unstructured data. Provide recommendations on implementation of organization wide processes and procedures for the management of data risk especially if the solution is based on a public cloud service. Coordinate with Network and Infrastructure teams to design systems that can scale to the operational needs of handling large volumes of Unstructured data. Define strategies to Investigate, evaluate, interpret and classify Unstructured data in order to define and clarify information structures which describe the relationships between the Unstructured content and its associated metadata. Ensured security in our AWS environment by utilizing different security tools for networking, authentication, encryption and monitoring. Configured, deployed, and maintained highly scalable, available, reliable, resilient, secure, and cost-effective solutions in AWS Cloud. Did trouble shooting as needed. Continuously identified areas of improvement within existing solutions. Led the implementation of new projects, provided technical guidance and followed AWS best practices and well-Architected framework when building and scaling cloud native and customer facing applications.
Devops Engineer
AWS
October 2018 - May 2021
- Fulltime) Designed and implemented Terraform configurations to provision and manage AWS cloud resources, including EC2 instances, VPCs, RDS databases, and IAM roles. Build and configure a virtual data center in the AWS Cloud to support Enterprise Data Designed and implemented highly available and scalable solutions on AWS, ensuring fault tolerance and disaster recovery. Implemented security best practices on AWS, including IAM policies, security groups, and encryption mechanisms. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to architect and deploy cloud-based solutions tailored to business requirements. Developed reusable Terraform modules to standardize infrastructure provisioning across multiple environments, improving deployment consistency and efficiency. Integrated Terraform into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab CI for automated infrastructure testing, validation, and deployment. Implemented infrastructure optimization strategies, reducing cloud costs by 20% through rightsizing instances and implementing spot instance provisioning. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, design infrastructure solutions, and troubleshoot issues related to Terraform configurations. Using Ansible (and Ansible playbooks) to automate the deployment of applications to multiple host servers. Maintained comprehensive documentation for Terraform codebase, including module descriptions, usage guidelines, and troubleshooting procedures. Conducted routine maintenance tasks and monitored infrastructure health using Terraform scripts and AWS CloudWatch. Conducted performance tuning and optimization of AWS resources through Terraform, resulting in a 20% reduction in infrastructure costs while maintaining high availability and scalability.
AWS Solutions Engineer
TCS
January 2015 - August 2018
- (Fulltime) Build and configure a virtual data center in the AWS Cloud to support Enterprise Data Managed GitHub repositories and permissions, including branching and tagging. Using Maven as a build tool to deploy Java web applications into Tomcat (for Monolithic applications) and GitHub actions for micro-service applications. Work with Terraform infrastructure builds to lay the foundation for any cluster / pod buildouts in application deliverables. Developed container images with the use of Docker file and deployed them to docker repositories. Aided in the use of Kubernetes to orchestrate our containers in the working environment configuring the master and slave nodes. Performing operating system upgrade on the entire Kubernetes cluster as well as backup and restore of the ETCD on Kubernetes clusters (prior to EKS migration) Exposing pods to other objects within the Kubernetes cluster through the use of Cluster IP service for internal communication and the Load Balancer service for internal routing of traffic from our Application Load Balancers on AWS Manage and monitor Kubernetes clusters with Prometheus for data aggregation and Grafana for data visualization. Using Ansible (and Ansible playbooks) to automate the deployment of applications to multiple host servers. Using Terraform (Infrastructure as code) to provision resources (EC2, VPC, ELB, S3, ASG etc) on AWS Used SSM for automating patching of AMIs by using the patch manager. Established VPC connectivity by making use of Transit Gateway for connecting VPCs and VPN connection to a datacenter. Supported our CI/CD pipeline running on ECS. Used GitHub actions as a continuous integration tool for automation of our daily process. Proposed and developed solutions for application deployments by making use of AWS code pipelines as compared to native tools for cost management. Worked on a Database Migration Project from the client's data center to Amazon Aurora.
System Administrator
Northern Arizona University
April 2012 - December 2014
- Pulled from deep IT knowledge to coordinate physical and software process improvement, pilots, and proofs-of-concept. Performed user management on Linux servers, file permissions and system maintenance. Configured and maintained Linux instances with the use if system manager Prioritized and fielded IT ticket requests, providing technical support, troubleshooting and issue resolution to maintain system performance levels. Communicated with desktop support regarding IT strategy, support, and execution to establish continuous operations blueprint. Furnished troubleshooting guidance for remote Desktop support, researching unrecognized faults for possible solutions or root causes. Oversaw and supported DMAC environments for on-site and virtual locations. Supported customers having data connectivity issues, assisting with troubleshooting steps and rebooting of hardware. Performed daily maintenance of computer systems to keep network processes fluid. Installed and configured printers and scanners, resetting default device passwords to prevent cyber-attacks. Consulted via telephone to understand user problems, run through testing scripts, and ask probing questions to locate root causes
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