I am a results-driven DevOps Engineer and platform architect with over 10 years of experience delivering cloud-native infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure. I specialize in Kubernetes orchestration, GitOps, IaC, and building self-healing, auto-scaling distributed systems. I thrive on automating complex pipelines, improving observability, and guiding teams through modern cloud-native practices. Throughout my career I have led DevOps transformations that cut deployment times, achieved 99.99% uptime, and delivered multi-million dollar cost savings through infrastructure optimization. I am passionate about automation, reliability, and mentoring engineers to adopt platform engineering best practices.

David Oladepo

I am a results-driven DevOps Engineer and platform architect with over 10 years of experience delivering cloud-native infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure. I specialize in Kubernetes orchestration, GitOps, IaC, and building self-healing, auto-scaling distributed systems. I thrive on automating complex pipelines, improving observability, and guiding teams through modern cloud-native practices. Throughout my career I have led DevOps transformations that cut deployment times, achieved 99.99% uptime, and delivered multi-million dollar cost savings through infrastructure optimization. I am passionate about automation, reliability, and mentoring engineers to adopt platform engineering best practices.

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I am a results-driven DevOps Engineer and platform architect with over 10 years of experience delivering cloud-native infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure. I specialize in Kubernetes orchestration, GitOps, IaC, and building self-healing, auto-scaling distributed systems. I thrive on automating complex pipelines, improving observability, and guiding teams through modern cloud-native practices.

Throughout my career I have led DevOps transformations that cut deployment times, achieved 99.99% uptime, and delivered multi-million dollar cost savings through infrastructure optimization. I am passionate about automation, reliability, and mentoring engineers to adopt platform engineering best practices.

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Language

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Work Experience

Senior Platform Engineer at Total Quality Logistics
July 1, 2023 - Present
Designed and implemented enterprise-scale Kubernetes infrastructure using Rancher (RKE2), supporting 50+ microservices across 15 production clusters handling 500k+ daily transactions. Implemented GitOps-based CI/CD with ArgoCD; migrated mission-critical workloads from on-prem to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) achieving 40% cost reduction and 99.99% uptime. Built IaC frameworks with Terraform across multi-cloud environments; established Zero Trust security with RBAC, network policies, and Vault. Built an enterprise observability platform (Prometheus, Grafana) reducing MTTD by 65% and MTTR by 50%. Mentored cross-functional teams on Kubernetes, GitOps, and cloud-native development.
DevOps Engineer at Tetrinum LLC
February 1, 2020 - July 1, 2023
Designed and implemented end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps, increasing deployment frequency from weekly to multiple daily releases with 99.9% success rate. Automated infrastructure provisioning across AWS and GCP using Terraform and Ansible. Engineered highly available, auto-scaling Kubernetes deployments on EKS and GKE, handling 10x load with zero degradation. Implemented comprehensive monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana) and disaster recovery (RPO 15 minutes, RTO 1 hour). Achieved $450K annual cost savings through right-sizing and SPOT strategy. Led migration of 30+ legacy apps to microservices and enforced code quality gates with SonarQube.
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at Geuel Solutions
August 1, 2018 - January 1, 2020
Designed and deployed AWS-based infrastructure (VPC, multi-AZ, EC2 Auto Scaling, ALB, S3) for a high-traffic e-commerce platform. Implemented IAM policies and security groups following Well-Architected Framework, achieving zero critical findings. Built Jenkins CI/CD pipelines with Docker builds, SonarQube analysis, Nexus artifact storage, and automated testing, reducing release cycles from monthly to weekly. Delivered 99.95% service availability via CloudWatch monitoring, custom metrics, and alerting. Automated server provisioning with Ansible and implemented blue-green deployments using Route 53 for zero-downtime releases.
Systems Administrator / DevOps Engineer at Trimtab Limited
June 1, 2015 - July 1, 2018
Managed hybrid infrastructure supporting healthcare applications with HIPAA-compliant data handling and 99.9% system availability. Served as Product Owner for deployments, coordinating development and operations. Implemented initial CI/CD practices with Jenkins, driving automated testing and deployments. Designed and maintained MySQL and MSSQL clusters with automated backups, replication, and failover; led VMware-based virtualization, consolidating 40 physical servers to 12 hosts and reducing datacenter footprint and energy costs by 60%. Collaborated with Scrum teams to align IT delivery with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
IT Support Engineer at Trimtab Limited
September 1, 2013 - May 1, 2015
Provided Level 2/3 technical support for enterprise applications and infrastructure, maintaining 98% SLA compliance. Administered Windows Server and Linux environments (RHEL/CentOS), managed Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and web services. Automated routine maintenance with Bash and PowerShell scripts, saving 20+ hours weekly. Documented procedures to improve team efficiency and reduce ticket resolution time by 30%.

Education

Master of Science in Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
January 11, 2030 - February 13, 2026
Bachelor of Engineering at University of Ilorin, Nigeria
January 11, 2030 - February 13, 2026

Qualifications

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
January 11, 2030 - February 13, 2026
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
January 11, 2030 - February 13, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Transportation & Logistics