Kenneth Nwankwo

Leading cloud infrastructure strategy and platform engineering for a technology company operating 17+ microservices across GCP.

• Spearheaded end-to-end cloud migration of 30+ microservices from traditional hosting (Contabo) to Google Cloud Platform, provisioning GKE clusters and Compute Engine instances with Terraform, resulting in 99.9% system reliability and 35% infrastructure cost reduction.
• Architected and manage production Kubernetes platform on GKE hosting 17+ microservices with auto-scaling node pools, Istio service mesh for traffic management, and comprehensive resource quotas ensuring optimal performance under peak loads of 100,000+ daily active users.
• Designed and deployed multi-environment infrastructure (development, staging, production) using Terraform modules with remote state management, achieving 100% infrastructure reproducibility and enabling zero-drift deployments through GitOps workflows.
• Engineered robust CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and GitLab CI with self-hosted runners, integrating DevSecOps toolchain (Semgrep, Trivy, Gitleaks, npm audit) that identified and blocked 50+ critical security vulnerabilities before production deployment.
• Deployed and managed high-availability clusters for stateful services including Apache Solr, Neo4j, Apache Kafka, and ScyllaDB on GKE, implementing persistent volume claims, pod disruption budgets, and automated backup strategies.
• Optimized global content delivery by migrating static assets to Amazon S3 with CloudFront CDN distribution managed through Route 53, reducing page load times by 40% across 15+ geographic regions.
• Led infrastructure cost optimization initiatives, conducting resource right-sizing analysis and implementing preemptible/spot node pools, reducing monthly cloud spend by 30% while maintaining performance SLAs.
• Established corporate tooling ecosystem including AWS WorkMail, Jira, and Slack integrations, automating onboarding workflows and reducing new team member setup time by 50%.

Delivered enterprise infrastructure solutions for a managed services provider specializing in bare-metal and hybrid cloud environments.

• Reduced server provisioning time by 85% (from 4 hours to 30 minutes per server) by designing and implementing automated PXE boot infrastructure using Foreman for 50+ Dell PowerEdge servers, eliminating manual configuration errors.
• Orchestrated infrastructure modernization from Docker Compose to production-grade Kubernetes (RKE2) with KubeVirt integration, enabling hybrid VM/container workload management and improving resource utilization by 60%.
• Deployed and configured distributed Ceph storage cluster spanning 10+ nodes supporting multi-terabyte data volumes, delivering highly available storage with replication factor 3 and improving data throughput by 50%.
• Implemented GitOps deployment strategy using ArgoCD for declarative infrastructure management, eliminating configuration drift across environments and reducing deployment errors by 90%.
• Established comprehensive monitoring and observability stack (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki) with custom alerting rules and SLI/SLO dashboards, reducing MTTD by 70% and maintaining 99.9%+ uptime targets.
• Deployed real-time container security monitoring using Falco, Falcosidekick, and Loki with Slack integration, enabling immediate threat detection and reducing incident response time by 40%.
• Integrated Keycloak SSO with n8n workflow automation platform, centralizing authentication across all automation workflows and enhancing security posture.
• Implemented comprehensive DevSecOps pipeline with SAST/DAST integration, catching 5+ critical security issues per release cycle before production deployment.
• Scripted and automated multi-tenant NetBox deployments on Kubernetes with cert-manager and external-dns integration, enabling isolated IPAM environments with unique subdomains and cutting deployment time by 80%.

Led technical strategy and infrastructure architecture for a fintech platform supporting 100,000+ daily active users.

• Directed end-to-end technical architecture and infrastructure strategy as CTO Project Lead, collaborating with executive leadership to align platform engineering decisions with business growth objectives and product roadmap.
• Architected and deployed the SiliCash mobile application infrastructure on DigitalOcean using Terraform, designing scalable backend services, managed databases, and CDN distribution that successfully launched the app to production on both iOS and Android app stores.
• Reduced CI/CD cycle time by 70% for mobile (React Native) and web applications through pipeline optimization, parallel job execution, and caching strategies, accelerating feature delivery across multiple development teams.
• Deployed secure multi-cloud environments with comprehensive disaster recovery architecture, automated database backup strategies with point-in-time recovery, and infrastructure-level encryption ensuring 100% compliance with financial services security standards.
• Established infrastructure-as-code governance framework with Terraform modules, remote state locking, and automated plan/apply workflows, ensuring consistent and auditable infrastructure changes across all environments.

Built and maintained CI/CD infrastructure and cloud platforms supporting 20+ applications.

• Standardized deployment processes across 20+ applications by implementing automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, improving deployment consistency by 50% and significantly reducing deployment failures.
• Deployed comprehensive monitoring and logging infrastructure using ELK Stack, Prometheus, and Grafana, achieving 70% faster issue detection and resolution through real-time alerting and centralized log aggregation.
• Automated infrastructure operations and configuration management using Ansible playbooks and custom Python scripts, reducing manual operational tasks by 40% and minimizing human error.
• Mentored 5 junior DevOps engineers on cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes, CI/CD best practices, and infrastructure automation, boosting team productivity by 35% and fostering a knowledge-sharing culture.

Led DevOps operations for Nigeria's national tax processing platform managing 25+ microservices on enterprise infrastructure.

• Served as Lead DevOps Engineer for the NRS platform, architecting and managing production-grade on-premises RKE2 Kubernetes clusters hosting 25+ microservices including tax processing, citizen portal, payment gateway, and reporting services.
• Implemented GitOps deployment strategy using ArgoCD for automated, declarative management of all 25+ microservices, ensuring environment consistency, eliminating configuration drift, and enabling rapid rollbacks.
• Enabled 99.9% uptime for the tax processing platform handling 50,000+ daily transactions through Kubernetes-based high-availability architecture with automated failover, horizontal pod autoscaling, and intelligent load balancing.
• Deployed comprehensive DevSecOps pipeline integrating Semgrep, Gitleaks, npm audit, and Trivy for automated security scanning across all microservices, preventing critical vulnerabilities from reaching production.
• Implemented enterprise-grade secrets management using HashiCorp Vault with dynamic credential rotation, securing API keys, database credentials, and encryption keys while reducing security risk exposure by 80%.
• Established Prometheus and Grafana monitoring stack with custom dashboards for all microservices, implementing alerting rules for resource utilization, error rates, and latency SLOs.
• Configured WireGuard VPN tunnels for secure remote access to on-premises infrastructure, enabling distributed team collaboration while maintaining strict network security policies.

Managed enterprise IT infrastructure, cloud migration, and security operations for a consulting firm.

• Reduced unplanned downtime by 40% through implementation of proactive system monitoring using Nagios with automated health checks and escalation workflows.
• Managed end-to-end Office 365 migration for 100+ users across multiple departments, including Exchange Online, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams deployment with zero data loss and minimal business disruption.
• Enhanced organizational security posture by implementing multi-factor authentication, advanced email filtering, and security awareness training programs, reducing successful phishing attempts by 70%.

Managed security operations and infrastructure support for enterprise clients.

• Optimized incident resolution processes and established ITIL-aligned ticketing system workflows, reducing mean time to resolution (MTTR) by 30% and improving customer satisfaction through efficient issue management.
• Delivered remote technical support services achieving 95% client satisfaction rate, providing expert troubleshooting for infrastructure issues with comprehensive knowledge base documentation.
• Implemented security monitoring and vulnerability assessment processes, conducting regular infrastructure audits and remediating findings to maintain compliance with organizational security standards.