Stella Mbabid
Development
Texas , United States
Skills
DevOps
About
Stella Mbabid's skills align with Consultants and Specialists (Information and Communication Technology). Stella also has skills associated with Programmers (Information and Communication Technology). Stella Mbabid has 7 years of work experience.
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Work Experience
Solution Architect/Security Engineer
CVS Pharmacy
January 2019 - December 2021
- Designed and implemented scalable and robust AWS cloud solutions to meet business requirements. Work closely with stakeholders, including business managers, developers, and operations teams, to ensure cloud security and efficient task automation. Utilize AWS Certified Solution Architect skills to enhance the overall architecture of the AWS environment. Managed service using Amazon API Gateway, Amazon Cognito, and Amazon Macie. Led the deployment, monitoring, and logging of solutions with tools such as Terraform, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk. Implemented security best practices to protect data and infrastructure, including IAM roles and policies, security groups, encryption, and monitoring tools such as Amazon Guard Duty and Inspector. Collaborated with development teams to optimize application performance and troubleshoot issues. Conducted regular security assessments to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations. Designed and implemented disaster recovery strategies, including backup and restore procedures, automated snapshots, and multi-region replication. Provided technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members. Participated in on-call rotations to provide 24/7 support for critical systems. Assisted with migration of on-premises databases and applications. Managed provisioning of AWS infrastructures using automation tools like, CloudFormation, Ansible, Jenkins. Stayed up to date with emerging technologies, and best practices in cloud computing, DevOps, and security.
Linux Administrator
United Health Advisory Group
January 2017 - December 2019
- Deployed, managed, and maintained Linux servers and systems, including installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of operating systems (e.g., CentOS, Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux) Implemented security measures, such as user access controls, firewalls, and intrusion detection systems. Monitored system performance and implemented optimizations to ensure high availability and reliability. Conducted system backups and disaster recovery planning. Collaborated with development and operations teams to support application deployment and troubleshooting. Administered and optimized network services such as DNS, SSH, HTTPs, and HTTP, ensuring system backup and threat detection measures were in place. Conducted regular system backups, disaster recovery planning, and system restoration activities. Documented system configurations, processes, and procedures for knowledge sharing and future reference. Provided technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members, fostering their professional growth.
DevOps Engineer
Cloud
January 2021 - Present
- Develop and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure, focusing on elasticity and cloud security. Automated CI/CD pipelines and processes to support software development and deployment using AWS Data Pipeline, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Git, Ansible, and Terraform. Utilized Amazon API Gateway, Amazon Cognito, and Amazon Macie for task automation, vulnerability scanning, and threat detection. Monitored and troubleshoot application and infrastructure issues to ensure high availability and performance with CloudWatch, Prometheus, Splunk, and Grafana. Collaborated with development and operations teams to optimize the software development lifecycle. Designed and deployed AWS infrastructure using Terraform, resulting in a 40% reduction in provisioning time. Optimized cloud costs by implementing auto-scaling groups and rightsizing EC2 instances, resulting in a 20% reduction in monthly expenses. Implemented disaster recovery strategies such as active-active and warm standby, including regular backups and replication to multi-AZs and multi-region redundancy, ensuring high availability and data integrity. Managed on-premises infrastructure, including servers, storage, databases, security, and network devices, and assist with data migration using DMS. Developed baseline VPC and network design, including VPN connectivity and Direct Connect between an onpremises network and a VPC in the cloud, security compliance, access controls, and encryption. Provided technical support, leadership, maintained documentation, and contributed to problem-solving and troubleshooting for server and network-related issues. Promoted knowledge sharing, testing and quality assurance using SonarQube, and continuous learning and improvement.
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