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Obed Asare

Development
New Jersey , United States

Skills

DevOps

About

Obed Asare's skills align with Consultants and Specialists (Information and Communication Technology). Obed also has skills associated with Programmers (Information and Communication Technology). Obed Asare has 6 years of work experience.
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Work Experience

IT Support Engineer

Zentech IT Solutions Limited
February 2017 - November 2017
  • Collaborated with supervisors to escalate and address customer inquiries or technical issues. Configured and tested new software and hardware. Assisted customers in identifying issues and explained solutions to restore service and functionality. Translated complex technical issues into digestible language for non-technical users. Resolved diverse range of technical issues across multiple systems and applications for customers and end-users across various time zones. Documented support interactions for future reference. Installed and configured operating systems and applications.

DevOps Engineer

DR Financial Services
September 2021 - Present
  • Orchestrated CI/CD pipelines for seamless integration of financial systems, ensuring secure and efficient software delivery Implemented IaC using tools like Terraform to manage compliant and scalable infrastructure. Automated financial workflows, minimizing errors and optimizing operational efficiency in compliance with industry standards. Fostered collaboration between financial and IT teams, facilitating communication for effective cross-functional projects. Integrated robust security practices into the development lifecycle, conducting thorough vulnerability assessments. Implemented monitoring solutions tailored for financial transactions, ensuring real-time tracking and proactive issue detection. Utilized Docker for containerization and Kubernetes for orchestrating deployments of financial applications. Leveraged our AWS cloud platforms for deploying and managing financial applications with a focus on security and compliance. Proficient in Python and Bash for automating financial tasks and enhancing deployment processes.

DevOps Engineer

ICare Medical
November 2019 - August 2021
  • Experienced in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for code deployment using GitHub, Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes. Automated and deployed AWS infrastructure and resources using Ansible and Terraform. Made modifications to code using Git to clone, add, commit, and push codes to master branches for central repositories in staging, dev, and prod environments. Monitored automated build and continuous software integration process to drive build/release failure resolution. Built and maintained Docker containers for application deployment. Actively built, managed, improved, and monitored cloud infrastructure on AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, EFS, ELB). Hands-on experience with Log mining frameworks and monitoring tools like Splunk. Experienced in writing and maintaining documentation on development practices and systems.

Linux System Administrator

Data Services Group
September 2018 - October 2019
  • Monitored system performance and assistance in implementing performance tuning. Installation, configuration, Linux (RedHat, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu), UNIX, Windows, and Hardening of standalone Linux servers. Performed installation, configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of LAMP stack servers. Worked with a team of highly qualified technicians on projects critical to operations for high-profile clients. Monitored Linux server for CPU, Memory, and Disk utilization for performance monitoring.

Education

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology

Bachelor of Science
August 2014 - July 2018