Senior software and AI engineer with 9+ years of experience building reliable backend systems, automation workflows, and API-driven services. I work with LLM-powered logic, event-driven architectures, and integrations to help teams automate inbound requests, process data intelligently, and reduce manual effort. I focus on practical, production-ready solutions that are simple to operate and easy to adapt as requirements evolve.

Augustus Okoye

Senior software and AI engineer with 9+ years of experience building reliable backend systems, automation workflows, and API-driven services. I work with LLM-powered logic, event-driven architectures, and integrations to help teams automate inbound requests, process data intelligently, and reduce manual effort. I focus on practical, production-ready solutions that are simple to operate and easy to adapt as requirements evolve.

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Senior software and AI engineer with 9+ years of experience building reliable backend systems, automation workflows, and API-driven services. I work with LLM-powered logic, event-driven architectures, and integrations to help teams automate inbound requests, process data intelligently, and reduce manual effort. I focus on practical, production-ready solutions that are simple to operate and easy to adapt as requirements evolve.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

DevSecOps Engineer at Raytheon Australia
October 1, 2024 - Present
Platform engineer within Raytheon’s Software Factory team, designing, building, and supporting a multi-domain DevSecOps platform for three Integrated Product Teams. Administers Azure resources (AKS, VNets, Key Vault, ACR) and VMware vSphere clusters underpinning TKS. Re-architected GitLab CI templates to generate SBOMs, run CVE scans, apply SonarQube gates, and promote artefacts from Azure AKS (Official) to TKS Kubernetes in Secret/TS labs. Deploys BigBang on hardened images, implements image hardening with Packer and Ansible, and delivers offline dev-containers across air-gapped environments. Built custom Golang CLIs for secrets rotation, GitLab runner registration, and compliance reporting. Works within a SAFe ART with sprint planning and PI objectives.
AI Platform Engineer at Hyperset
July 1, 2025 - December 1, 2025
Contract MVP phase for a multi-service AI engineering productivity platform combining AI chat and agent-driven workflows with organizational context. Delivered a production-ready MVP with real-time collaboration, agent execution, and context-aware automation. Implemented a GraphQL Federation gateway, Go-based runners, Python-based retrieval logic, and WebSocket/NATS-based real-time streams. Established secure multi-tenancy for SaaS and on-prem deployments and integrated LLM-driven workflows for inbound routing and automation.
DevSecOps Engineer at Consunet (embedded at DSTG, Edinburgh)
January 1, 2024 - October 1, 2024
Member of DSTG’s DevSecOps platform team, delivering cross-domain GitLab CI/CD, Tanzu Kubernetes, and end-to-end supply-chain security. Implemented SBOM generation, Anchore/Trivy CVE scans, SonarQube SAST/DAST, and SLSA-aligned artifact signing/promotions. Administered Tanzu Kubernetes clusters, Helm-based bootstrap, and IronBank-hardened base images. Authored Ansible automation to provide offline, STIG-compliant developer environments across classifications. Built full-stack internal tooling dashboards for build status and vulnerability reporting.
Software Engineer at Consunet (Waymouth St.)
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2024
Full-stack feature delivery across Angular, Node.js, and Java micro-services; integrated GraphQL Federation and REST APIs to surface mission data securely. Created Helm charts and Dockerfiles to standardize builds/deployments across laptops, CI pipelines, and test ranges. Served as Scrum Master for a five-developer team, mentoring on secure coding and DevOps practices.
Software Scientist – Tactical Information Architectures Scientist at Defence Science & Technology, Department of Defence
November 1, 2017 - January 1, 2021
R&D engineer investigating microservice architectures, edge computing, and IaC for Linux-based tactical mission systems. Delivered ARM-based edge compute prototypes, AWX-style internal tooling for air-gapped labs, UAV telemetry web app, and microservice/SOA research including Nomad/Consul. Implemented containerised CI/CD pipelines for restricted networks and demonstrated cloud-to-edge parity with on-prem Nomad clusters.
Software Engineer at Daronmont Technologies
August 1, 2017 - November 1, 2017
Developed a C++ VR modelling application for hardware prototyping, optimized assets for real-time rendering, and implemented AI-driven virtual objects to stress-test ergonomics and interaction. Collaborated with mechanical and electrical engineers to align software with evolving design requirements.
Researcher at SA Power Networks
January 1, 2016 - November 1, 2016
Applied machine-learning to predict power-outage risk using weather and outage data. Built Random Forest and Gradient Boosting pipelines, performed statistical analysis, and documented results for internal adoption.

Education

Honours Degree of Bachelor of Engineering at University of Adelaide
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2016
Associate Degree: Electronics Engineering “& computer systems” at TAFE SA
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2013
Diploma and Advanced Diploma: Electronics Engineering at TAFE SA
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2012

Qualifications

SAFe® 6.0 – Pretty Agile
January 1, 2024 - January 18, 2026
Certified Scrum Master – Scrum Alliance
January 1, 2022 - January 18, 2026
Australian Government NV2 Security Clearance
January 11, 2030 - January 18, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Government, Professional Services, Other