George Nde
Development
District of Columbia, United States
Skills
Cloud Computing
About
George Nde's skills align with Consultants and Specialists (Information and Communication Technology). George also has skills associated with Programmers (Information and Communication Technology). George Nde has 12 years of work experience.
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Work Experience
Cloud Engineer
Chick-Fil-A
June 2016 - September 2018
- Developed and enforced cloud governance policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and compliance requirements. -Implemented security automation using tools like AWS Config, AWS Security Hub, or Azure Security Center to continuously monitor for security compliance and deviations from best practices - Established a standardized resource tagging framework to facilitate cost allocation, security, and resource management. - Deployed intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS) to monitor network traffic and prevent unauthorized access and attacks. - Implemented policies for resource lifecycle management, including automated deprovisioning of unused resources, leading to improved resource efficiency. - Established change management processes for cloud resource updates, ensuring that changes are thoroughly reviewed, tested, and documented. -Executed lift and shift of on-prem servers to AWS utilizing application migration service. -Worked with configuration management tools such as Ansible, and source code management tool GitHub, along with GitHub actions for continuous build management. Leveraged Jira to plan, monitor, assist, and resolve requests, tickets, and incidents. Conceptualized and developed self-sustaining, secure, high-availability, and fault-tolerant infrastructure in AWS. - Architected Amazon RDS with Multi-AZ for automatic system recovery. - Administered maintenance and configuration of user accounts for Dev, QA, and production servers and established roles for EC2, RDS, S3, Cloud Watch resources for internal communication using IAM. - Proficient in migrating and implementing multiple applications from on-premises to cloud using AWS services such as SMS, DBMS, CloudFormation, S3, Route 53, Glacier, EC2, RDS, SNS, Lambda, VPC, Cloud Trail, and API gateway. - Constructed and configured a virtual data center in the AWS Cloud to support Enterprise Data Warehouse hosting, which includes Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Public and Private Subnets, Security Groups (SG), Route Tables, Elastic Load Balancers (ELB), and Route 53. -Constructed servers using AWS, importing volumes, launching EC2, RDS, creating security groups, auto-scaling, and ELBs within the specified VPC. - Automated Compliance Governance by provisioning and leveraging AWS Landing Zone as well as AWS Control Tower for centralized enterprise architecture. -Used CloudWatch and VPC Flow Logs to monitor and retain account activity related to actions across AWS infrastructure. - Implemented cost management strategies, including tagging policies and budgeting tools, resulting in a significant reduction in cloud spending. - Leveraged AWS SSM and Ansible for automating OS patching. - Participated in designing, supporting, and administering public cloud AWS IaaS, PaaS. - Experience in migrating and implementing multiple applications from on-premises to cloud using AWS services such as SMS, DBMS, CloudFormation, S3, Route 53, Glacier, EC2, RDS, SNS, Lambda, VPC. -Proficiency in DevOps, Release Engineering, Configuration Management, Cloud Infrastructure, and Automation, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Jenkins, GitHub, LINUX, etc. - Expertise in Docker containerized environment, hosting web servers on containers, building Docker images using Docker files.
Oracle DBA
Capital One
August 2014 - June 2016
- -Installed, configured, and maintained Oracle Database environments including Oracle 11g, 12c, and 19c -Implemented and managed Oracle Data Guard for high availability and disaster recovery solutions. -Conducted regular database performance tuning, optimizing SQL queries, and resolving performance bottlenecks. -Designed and implemented backup and recovery strategies using Oracle RMAN. -Managed Oracle Enterprise Manager for monitoring and alerting on database health and performance. -Developed and executed SQL and PL/SQL scripts for data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes. -Implemented and enforced database security policies and access controls. -Collaborated with development teams to troubleshoot application-level issues related to database performance -Administered and maintained a diverse range of Oracle databases including production, test, and development environments. - Conducted database capacity planning and recommended hardware upgrades as needed. - Provided on-call support for critical database issues and participated in the resolution of production incidents. - Implemented and managed Oracle GoldenGate for real-time data replication across multiple databases. - Collaborated with system administrators to ensure database server hardware and operating systems were optimized for Oracle. - Assisted in the planning and execution of database migration projects. - Documented database configurations, procedures, and best practices.
Desktop Support Specialist
Rural import Export
January 2010 - August 2012
- -Provided comprehensive technical support for over 200 desktops, diagnosing and resolving hardware, software, and networking issues to ensure optimal system performance. - Maintained, upgraded, and replaced computer hardware and software systems in response to user needs, significantly reducing system downtime. - Conducted regular troubleshooting, including system diagnosis and problem resolution, contributing to a 90% first-call resolution rate. - Served as the first point of contact for users experiencing desktop, hardware, software, and networking problems. -Utilized remote desktop tools to expedite problem resolution and minimize user disruption in remote work situations. - Collaborated with the IT team to manage the roll-out of system updates and new software installations across the organization, ensuring seamless transitions and minimal disruptions. - Delivered on-site support, performing hardware installations, software upgrades, and system troubleshooting as needed. -Led user training sessions on new software applications and hardware technologies, effectively increasing staff technology literacy. -Administered daily data backup and retrieval solutions to protect sensitive information and prevent data loss. - Managed user accounts and access controls as per the IT policy, including the creation, deactivation, and modification of user profiles. - Documented technical issues and resolutions, providing a valuable reference tool for the IT team and improving response times for recurrent issues. - Took certification training for Cloud engineering and DevOps.
Cloud Operations Engineer
TextNow
October 2018 - Present
- Implemented robust IAM policies and role-based access controls (RBAC) to ensure least privilege access and strengthen overall security posture. - Generated regular compliance reports to demonstrate adherence to internal policies and industry regulations, facilitating audit and regulatory requirements. coding language. Utilized various cloud services for VPC, ECS, EC2 Load Balancer, CloudFront, and Route 53. - Participated in cloud architecture and security review panels for the appraisal of structures and cloud processes. - Established a landing zone via the implementation of a control tower for multi-account administration. - Maintained up-to-date documentation for configurations, policies, and procedures, and promoted knowledge sharing among team members. - Conducted comprehensive security assessments of cloud environments, identifying vulnerabilities and recommending mitigation strategies. -Executed cost reduction using reserved instances and savings plans for RDS, EC2, and lambda functions. Leveraged Trusted Advisor results for improved cost-efficiency practices. - Administered and optimized AWS EC2 and RDS units for performance, accessibility, and cost-effectiveness, yielding a 30% decrease in operational expenditures. - Established and oversaw the company's landing zone with the assistance of the Control Tower. Established preventive and detective controls via SCPs and AWS config. - Configured and managed encryption mechanisms, including data in transit (TLS/SSL) and data at rest (SSE) to safeguard sensitive information. - Hosted self-repairing infrastructure leveraging EC2 Autoscaling groups for superior availability and performance. - Constructed and sustained scalable frameworks on AWS cloud using terraform as the infrastructure's - Employed AWS CodePipeline for the construction and deployment of a CICD pipeline for application frontend to Amazon S3. -Undertook cloud operational activities by automating cloud backups using AWS backup. Utilized Maven for constructing Java-based codes into artifacts. - Formulated CloudFront distributions and introduced security protocols using AWS WAF and TLS certificates from Certificate Manager. - Enforced strict tagging norms and resource grouping for superior cloud resource management. Launched secure networks on AWS cloud by formulating VPCs used for hosting application resources. - Automated cloud operations methodologies with Systems Manager Automation, Lambda, and Event Bridge. - Hosted and administered EC2 instances with Systems Manager, Image Builder pipelines, etc. Used KMS for securing encrypted cloud resources at rest and generated certificates on Certificate Manager for TLS encryption. - Handled terraform state files using S3 for secure storage and DynamoDB for state file locking. Implemented and utilized AWS SSO to bestow access and rights to AWS accounts via permission sets. -Collaborated with network departments to establish cloud network norms utilizing AWS VPC, transit gateway, and site-to-site VPN. -Encapsulated applications using Docker by leveraging Docker files. Assured image storage in an ECR-based container repository. -Promoted the use of a secret manager for safeguarding sensitive data. -Guaranteed that application instances and databases were provisioned in private subnets. Employed Github Actions for initiating automated CICD pipelines for infrastructure development using Terraform. -Set up and administered a Github Actions workflow for constructing, validating, and deploying our Java-based container tasks to AWS ECS. -Created and supervised EKS Kubernetes cluster via Terraform and organized monitoring using Datadog. -Oversaw various Kubernetes entities like pods, configmaps, secrets, deployments on AWS EKS, etc. - Established quality profiles and quality gates on SonarQube for implementing robust security protocols. -Managed and deployed AWS CloudFront distributions to optimize and secure the delivery of web content, leading to reduced latency and increased site performance. -Implemented AWS Lambda for building serverless applications, thus reducing infrastructure costs and enhancing scalability by executing code in response to events. -Skilled in setting up and troubleshooting AWS Lambda functions for real-time file processing, streaming data transformation, and orchestrating other AWS services. -Successfully designed and employed Lambda functions integrated with other AWS services such as S3, DynamoDB, and API Gateway, thus streamlining system operations. -Utilized AWS Trusted Advisor to optimize AWS resources by following the best practices for cost optimization, security, fault tolerance, and performance improvement. - Regularly leveraged AWS Trusted Advisor insights to ensure continuous alignment with AWS best practices, resulting in improved system performance and increased cost savings. - Led the application of AWS Trusted Advisor recommendations to address potential security vulnerabilities, reduce costs, and enhance system performance and reliability.
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