I am a highly self-motivated DevOps and Site Reliability Engineer with 7 years of hands-on experience building and operating IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and on-prem infrastructure across AWS, Linux, Windows, and hybrid environments. I specialize in automating CI/CD pipelines, containerization, cloud-native architectures, and scalable deployments. I’m passionate about reliable, observable systems and enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, efficient platforms. In FinTech and digital payments spaces, I’ve led migrations from monoliths to microservices, implemented strong security hardening, and created centralized monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana, New Relic, ELK) to drive data-driven decisions. I’m a collaborative team player who communicates clearly, champions best practices, and continually learns to stay ahead in fast-paced environments.

Okontanyi Ayokosok

I am a highly self-motivated DevOps and Site Reliability Engineer with 7 years of hands-on experience building and operating IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and on-prem infrastructure across AWS, Linux, Windows, and hybrid environments. I specialize in automating CI/CD pipelines, containerization, cloud-native architectures, and scalable deployments. I’m passionate about reliable, observable systems and enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, efficient platforms. In FinTech and digital payments spaces, I’ve led migrations from monoliths to microservices, implemented strong security hardening, and created centralized monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana, New Relic, ELK) to drive data-driven decisions. I’m a collaborative team player who communicates clearly, champions best practices, and continually learns to stay ahead in fast-paced environments.

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I am a highly self-motivated DevOps and Site Reliability Engineer with 7 years of hands-on experience building and operating IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and on-prem infrastructure across AWS, Linux, Windows, and hybrid environments. I specialize in automating CI/CD pipelines, containerization, cloud-native architectures, and scalable deployments. I’m passionate about reliable, observable systems and enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, efficient platforms.

In FinTech and digital payments spaces, I’ve led migrations from monoliths to microservices, implemented strong security hardening, and created centralized monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana, New Relic, ELK) to drive data-driven decisions. I’m a collaborative team player who communicates clearly, champions best practices, and continually learns to stay ahead in fast-paced environments.

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Language

Bashkir
Advanced
English
Fluent

Work Experience

DevOps Engineer at Dynamic Tech Ltd
July 1, 2021 - Present
Built complex automated CI/CD pipelines using interconnected tools; proposed and implemented migration from monolithic to microservices; configured continuous monitoring with New Relic, Prometheus and Grafana; data analytics and log management using EFK; installed and configured web/application servers (JBoss/WildFly, Nginx, Apache, Tomcat); deployed Elastic Compute resources in AWS and Google Cloud; strengthened security configurations across Linux, Windows, Docker and Kubernetes; containerized with Docker Swarm and orchestrated with Kubernetes; designed hybrid cloud networks; created and configured Kubernetes clusters with auto-scaling and load balancing; automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and Ansible using dynamic inventory; provisioned AWS resources (VPC, Route53, subnets, IGW, EC2, IAM, ELB, ASG, EFS, NFS, EBS, S3, Databases, Lambda, security groups, NACLS); managed DBMS including MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB; executing build/release engineering, environment set
Systems Administrator at Bank of America, Virginia
August 1, 2019 - July 1, 2021
Created and maintained user/service accounts, passwords and profiles; configured TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS across multiple LANs; managed storage using ZFS and LVM; administered Windows/Linux servers, Active Directory, DNS, and group policy; planned and deployed server builds through VMware, VirtualBox and AWS; integrated hybrid networks to expand on-prem into AWS Cloud; performed NOS imaging and user provisioning; mitigated OS, application and malware issues; identified and troubleshooted network connectivity issues; managed logical volumes and RAID configurations; contributed to security hardening and monitoring.
Systems Administrator at Bank of America
August 1, 2019 - July 31, 2021
Created and maintained user/service accounts, passwords, profiles, and home directories; configured and troubleshooted TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS across multiple LANs; managed ZFS/LVM storage, AD, DNS, and Group Policy; planned and implemented Windows server builds (2012/2016/2019) and domain controller promotion; configured hybrid networks to extend LAN into AWS Cloud; performed NOS imaging for Windows and UNIX systems; resolved client network and OS issues and maintained security and patching practices.

Education

BSc in Computer Science at University Buea
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services at Algonquin College, Ottawa, Canada
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026
BSc Computer Science at University of Buea, Cameroon
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services at Algonquin College, Ottawa, Canada
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026
BSc. Computer Science at University of Buea
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services at Algonquin College
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026
BSc Computer Science at University of Buea
January 11, 2030 - February 6, 2026
Diploma/Certificate in Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services at Algonquin College
January 11, 2030 - February 6, 2026

Qualifications

AWS Solutions Architect
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026
Red Hat System Administration (RHSA)
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026
AWS Solutions Architect
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026
Red Hat System Administration
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026
AWS Solution Architect
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026
Red Hat System Administration (RHSA)
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026
AWS Solution Architect
January 11, 2030 - February 6, 2026
Red Hat System Administration
January 11, 2030 - February 6, 2026

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Computers & Electronics, Other