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Conilius Aminkeng

Development
MD, United States

Skills

DevOps

About

CONILIUS AMINKENG's skills align with Consultants and Specialists (Information and Communication Technology). CONILIUS also has skills associated with Programmers (Information and Communication Technology). CONILIUS AMINKENG has 7 years of work experience.
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Work Experience

DevOps Engineer

Wolters Kluwer
November 2019 - December 2021
  • Containerization with Docker: Led the adoption of Docker for containerization, resulting in a 50% reduction in application deployment time and improved scalability. Proficient in Ansible automation for configuration management and orchestration, with hands-on experience in writing Ansible playbooks. Cloud Migration and Optimization: Successfully migrated on-premises applications to AWS, optimizing architecture for cost efficiency and scalability. Achieved an average cost reduction of 20% for cloud infrastructure. Monitoring and Alerting: Set up comprehensive monitoring using tools like Prometheus and Grafana, reducing the time taken to identify and resolve incidents by 60%. High Availability and Disaster Recovery: Designed and implemented fault-tolerant architectures with automatic failover mechanisms, achieving a 99.99% uptime for critical services. Security and Compliance: Ensured adherence to industry best practices and compliance standards by implementing security measures such as IAM roles, SSL certificates, and regular vulnerability assessments. Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing: Collaborated with cross-functional teams to promote DevOps culture and knowledge sharing. Conducted regular workshops, resulting in a 25% improvement in team collaboration and productivity.

Cloud Engineer

Apple
September 2018 - November 2019
  • High Availability Implementations: Designed and implemented fault-tolerant solutions, including multi-region failover and load balancing configurations. Achieved a 99.99% uptime for critical applications, ensuring seamless user experiences. Security Enhancements: Implemented robust security measures, including IAM policies, network security groups, and SSL certificates. Conducted regular security audits, resulting in a 30% improvement in overall cloud security compliance. CI/CD Pipeline Automation: Spearheaded the development and integration of CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins and GitLab. Reduced deployment times by 50% and enhanced development team productivity. Disaster Recovery Planning: Led the creation and testing of disaster recovery plans for cloud-based services. Ensured business continuity with minimal data loss during unforeseen incidents. Performance Optimization: Conducted thorough performance monitoring and tuning of cloud-based applications. Improved response times by 25% and increased application scalability to handle growing user demands. Cloud Migration: Successfully migrated on-premises infrastructure and applications to the cloud for multiple clients. Achieved a seamless migration process, minimizing downtime and ensuring data integrity. Technical Training and Documentation: Provided comprehensive technical training to internal teams on cloud technologies, best practices, and tools. Created detailed documentation to facilitate knowledge sharing and onboarding of new team members.

Linux Administrator Responsibilities

May 2015 - November 2016
  • Managed and optimized storage solutions, including LVM, RAID configurations, and backup strategies, leading to a 30% reduction in data loss incidents. Automation Implementation: Developed and automated routine system administration tasks using shell scripting, saving [number] hours of manual work per week and increasing team productivity. User Access and Permissions: Streamlined user access control and permissions, enhancing data security and reducing unauthorized access incidents by 25%. Disaster Recovery Planning: Formulated and executed disaster recovery plans, facilitating swift recovery from potential system failures and minimizing data loss risks. Virtualization Deployment: Successfully deployed and managed virtualization environments using technologies like KVM and VMware, reducing hardware costs by [number]% and improving scalability. Performance Monitoring and Analysis: Implemented comprehensive monitoring tools (e.g., Nagios, Zabbix) to proactively identify performance bottlenecks and system issues, resulting in 40% faster incident resolution. Documentation and Knowledge Sharing: Maintained detailed documentation of system configurations and troubleshooting procedures, enabling efficient knowledge sharing within the team and reducing issue resolution time by 15%.

Professional Service Engineer/QA Automation Engineer

Stratascale-An SHI Company
February 2022 - Present
  • Terraform Automation: Spearheaded the design and development of Terraform configurations, automating the deployment and scaling of AWS resources. Achieved a remarkable 30% reduction in infrastructure provisioning time, enhancing operational efficiency. Workflow Streamlining: Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify automation opportunities and streamline workflows for cloud-based applications and services, improving overall productivity and time-tomarket. AWS VPC Automation: Designed and implemented Terraform modules to automate the creation of AWS VPCs, subnets, and security groups, streamlining the cloud infrastructure setup process for development teams and reducing manual errors. RDS Database Backup and Recovery Automation: Successfully automated backup and recovery processes for RDS databases, ensuring data integrity and minimizing downtime risks. AWS Service Catalog Implementation: Created a comprehensive service catalog for AWS resource deployment, leveraging CloudBolt and Morpheus automation tools. This enabled rapid and consistent resource provisioning, enhancing team efficiency. Kubernetes Cluster Management: Designed and implemented Kubernetes clusters on AWS using EKS, effectively managing multiple environments for development, staging, and production workloads. Streamlined CI/CD Deployments: Assisted in the development and testing of GitLab CI/CD configurations for AWS infrastructure as code deployments, streamlining the development process and ensuring reliable releases. AWS Landing Zone Deployment: Contributed to the design and deployment of AWS Landing Zone environments for internal projects, gaining hands-on experience with cloud architecture best practices. Cost-Optimized AWS Architecture: Provided technical expertise to clients, optimizing AWS architecture for costefficiency, scalability, and high availability. Achieved an average cost savings of 25% for clients' AWS infrastructure.

Education

University of Buea

Bachelor's Degree