I'm a DevOps Engineer with over 3 years of hands-on experience automating, building, and deploying solutions in cloud-native environments. I'm skilled in Azure DevOps, Bicep, Terraform, and CI/CD pipeline administration, with a proven track record of driving automation and improving deployment speed. I'm adept at supporting public cloud environments and executing technical changes. I bring strong problem-solving skills and a collaborative approach to cross-functional team work. Ready to shape and grow DevOps capabilities for large-scale transformation projects, delivering reliable and efficient solutions that align with business goals.

David Otu

I'm a DevOps Engineer with over 3 years of hands-on experience automating, building, and deploying solutions in cloud-native environments. I'm skilled in Azure DevOps, Bicep, Terraform, and CI/CD pipeline administration, with a proven track record of driving automation and improving deployment speed. I'm adept at supporting public cloud environments and executing technical changes. I bring strong problem-solving skills and a collaborative approach to cross-functional team work. Ready to shape and grow DevOps capabilities for large-scale transformation projects, delivering reliable and efficient solutions that align with business goals.

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I’m a DevOps Engineer with over 3 years of hands-on experience automating, building, and deploying solutions in cloud-native environments. I’m skilled in Azure DevOps, Bicep, Terraform, and CI/CD pipeline administration, with a proven track record of driving automation and improving deployment speed.

I’m adept at supporting public cloud environments and executing technical changes. I bring strong problem-solving skills and a collaborative approach to cross-functional team work. Ready to shape and grow DevOps capabilities for large-scale transformation projects, delivering reliable and efficient solutions that align with business goals.

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Work Experience

DevOps Engineer at Nottinghamshire County Council
April 1, 2024 - Present
Implemented Terraform modules to provision VPCs, subnets, and IAM roles; built CI/CD pipelines that automate unit tests, container builds, and blue/green deployments; wrote Python and Bash automation scripts for environment provisioning, logging, and scheduled backups; used IaC (Bicep, Terraform, YAML) to provision and manage cloud resources; containerized legacy services and deployed them to Kubernetes clusters using Helm charts.
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at Cloud is Forever Limited
January 1, 2022 - March 1, 2024
Migrated on-premise applications to Microsoft Azure cloud to enable cloud-native capabilities and reduce costs; developed and deployed IoT sensor solutions for intelligent traffic management using Azure services for real-time data processing; built and maintained CI/CD pipelines, reducing deployment time and increasing release frequency; collaborated with development and operations teams to ensure secure, reliable, and scalable cloud environments; automated provisioning and configuration of cloud resources using IaC (Bicep, Terraform, YAML).
DevOps Engineer at Extra Benefit
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022
Designed and managed CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitLab CI/CD, automating build and deployment processes for multiple projects; supported cloud infrastructure on Azure, handling technical changes and troubleshooting deployment issues; worked with agile teams to deliver software solutions, ensuring quality and timely delivery; used configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet) to standardize environments and improve deployment reliability.

Education

Master of Science at University of Lincoln
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022
Bachelor of Science, Computer Applications at Sharda University
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2021

Qualifications

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
January 1, 2022 - February 22, 2026
MTA: Software Development Fundamentals
January 1, 2022 - February 22, 2026
DevOps Foundations: Lean and Agile
January 1, 2022 - February 22, 2026
Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals
January 1, 2022 - February 22, 2026
Cybersecurity Fundamentals
January 1, 2022 - February 22, 2026
Introduction to Test Driven Development
January 1, 2022 - February 22, 2026
Introduction to DevOps
January 1, 2022 - February 22, 2026

Industry Experience

Government, Software & Internet, Professional Services