Zibusiso Edwin Ndlovu
Development
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Skills
DevOps
About
Zibusiso Edwin Ndlovu's skills align with Consultants and Specialists (Information and Communication Technology). Zibusiso also has skills associated with Programmers (Information and Communication Technology). Zibusiso Edwin Ndlovu has 14 years of work experience, with 11 years of management experience, including a mid-level position.
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Work Experience
DevOps Engineer
Trustsoft Cloud
November 2021 - June 2022
- Monitoring and logging system improvements allow us to obtain all needed information meaningfully. Documented all Alerts with step-by-step instructions on how to fix a problem • Automated ETL process by developing scripts to ease data integration and reduced data processing time by 45% • Designed data pipeline architecture by adhering to client's requirements and increased users by 100k within 6 months • Conducted root-cause analysis for system inconsistencies and implemented preventive measures to mitigate data loss • Successfully created and maintained CI/CD pipelines for code deployment using Jenkins while automating the deployment process, resulting in the elimination of 70% of manual work and escalation of work efficiency. • Handling Access management on Cyber Ark platform • Installation & configuration of Cyber Ark Components (i.e. Vault, Private Ark Client, CPM, PVWA, etc.) • Collect, understand, and align Consumer Services teams' Mulesoft and integration-related DevOps needs • DevOps practice and tooling to deliver a robust Mulesoft platform landscape • Monitored all installed systems and infrastructure to identify inconsistencies and implemented changes for 35% boost in performance • Conducted root cause analysis while diagnosing and monitoring 2 production systems • Performed root cause analysis to resolve issues for the project management team
Senior DevOps Engineer
Go Prime Systems
March 2021 - November 2021
- Johannesburg, SA • Implemented CI/CD process using TeamCity for a global development team, allowing for dozens of code updates per hour with zero downtime • Automated build and deployment process with Jenkins and Maven, eliminating 80% of manual work • Drove strategy for migrating from Perforce to GitHub, including branching, merging, and tagging • Designed data pipeline architecture by adhering to client's requirements and increased users by 100k within 6 months • Conducted root-cause analysis for system inconsistencies and implemented preventive measures to mitigate data loss
Systems & Software Development Manager
National University of Science and Technology
January 2010 - March 2021
- Bulawayo, ZW • Implemented full cycle of observability including Infra, Logs, APM & Synthetic monitoring. • Working on various tools & Power-shell scripts for maintaining Active Directory & generating reports as per the Business requirement. • Managing and mentoring a team of 30 people for Development, QA and Prod environments. • Cloud Migration from Private Cloud to Public Cloud on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. • Setting up production end-to-end services on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. • Design, implement, and maintain VMware vSphere virtualization infrastructure, including ESXi hosts, vCenter Server, and vSAN • Implemented continuous planning with agile/scrum to have better integrations with continuous development for various projects. • Ensure system performance targets are achieved or surpassed, this includes incident, service request SLA's and maintaining or improving identified system, service KPI's • Design and Implement business by using best practices, defining the security architecture, security tools, techniques, and methodologies to implement secure development and production environment in cloud or container platforms on IaaS and PaaS • Setup a systems from scratch for continuous inspection to reduce technical debt and improving software quality. • Implemented continuous integration and delivery practices for the project in order to improve the software quality, reduce the cost, and immediate software delivery. • Maintained and enhanced builds and releases to various environments, such as development, QA, preproduction and production. • Rendered assistance in implementing and configuring technology solutions with a focus on MS Dynamic NAV and Google Workspace for Education • Developed, configured, implemented, and managed more than 10 systems comprising MS Active Directory, DNS, Nginx, Proxies, Cisco Controllers, and other network components
DevOps Engineer
GoToAdmins Group Ltd
June 2022 - Present
- Soía, BG • Designing, planning, and implementing AWS infrastructure. • AWS cloud migration • Leading development activities within the DevOps team for GitOps tooling (Github API, Jenkins, Kubernetes): facilitating grooming and standup sessions and PR reviews. • Continuously increased monitoring coverage for SRE solutions (exposing metrics from apps, managing Prometheus alerts, creating and supporting Grafana dashboards). • Leading and delivering projects encompassing systems architecture, proof-of-concept, and deployment services • Helping the IT infrastructure team in executing technical projects • Maintained security and integrity of computer systems by overseeing the operation of systems and identifying potential threats • Conducting Security Vulnerabilities Management • Training and educating staff on the latest compliance policies • Acting as a subject matter expert to recommend the best technologies • Aiding in technology delivery by engineering, testing, deploying, operating, and maintaining IT systems • Serving as a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to deploy infrastructure on an AWS-based platform for contact center services • Helping senior engineers in programming to facilitate integration by implementing a suite of common services • Assisting in managing Linux operating systems by employing networking, computer programming, and security best practices
Education
National University of Science and Technology
Master of Science in Information Systems
January 2012 - December 2014
