I am a DevOps and Cloud Engineer with 8 years of hands-on experience designing, automating, and supporting cloud-native infrastructures across FinTech, SaaS, networking, and enterprise environments. I have built scalable AWS architectures, implemented CI/CD automation, managed Kubernetes workloads, and strengthened cloud security postures. I thrive on cross-team collaboration with developers, SREs, and security teams to improve reliability, accelerate delivery, and ensure compliance with industry standards. I am passionate about creating secure, efficient, and observable systems. I design infrastructure-as-code modules, automate repeatable deployments, and optimize costs while maintaining strict compliance. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, scalable solutions and working with diverse teams to deliver high-quality software and services.

Godlove Tanyi

I am a DevOps and Cloud Engineer with 8 years of hands-on experience designing, automating, and supporting cloud-native infrastructures across FinTech, SaaS, networking, and enterprise environments. I have built scalable AWS architectures, implemented CI/CD automation, managed Kubernetes workloads, and strengthened cloud security postures. I thrive on cross-team collaboration with developers, SREs, and security teams to improve reliability, accelerate delivery, and ensure compliance with industry standards. I am passionate about creating secure, efficient, and observable systems. I design infrastructure-as-code modules, automate repeatable deployments, and optimize costs while maintaining strict compliance. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, scalable solutions and working with diverse teams to deliver high-quality software and services.

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I am a DevOps and Cloud Engineer with 8 years of hands-on experience designing, automating, and supporting cloud-native infrastructures across FinTech, SaaS, networking, and enterprise environments. I have built scalable AWS architectures, implemented CI/CD automation, managed Kubernetes workloads, and strengthened cloud security postures. I thrive on cross-team collaboration with developers, SREs, and security teams to improve reliability, accelerate delivery, and ensure compliance with industry standards.

I am passionate about creating secure, efficient, and observable systems. I design infrastructure-as-code modules, automate repeatable deployments, and optimize costs while maintaining strict compliance. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, scalable solutions and working with diverse teams to deliver high-quality software and services.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

DevOps Engineer / AWS Cloud Engineer at Square Inc. (Block)
June 1, 2025 - Present
Designed, deployed, and supported secure cloud infrastructure within AWS GovCloud and Platform One, ensuring DoD security baselines and operational best practices. Automated CI/CD pipelines and IaC provisioning using Terraform and Git-based workflows, enabling repeatable deployments and reduced risk across multiple regulated environments. Monitored resources to maintain 99.9% availability and enforced logging, alerting, and least-privilege access controls across production and non-production systems. Assisted with incident response, vulnerability remediation, and security finding resolution, achieving over 95% on-time closure. Environment: AWS GovCloud (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, CloudWatch), Platform One, Terraform, Git/GitLab, CI/CD Pipelines, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), NIST SP 800-53, FISMA High, HIPAA, DoD Security Controls.
Cloud Engineer at Square Inc. (Block)
March 1, 2023 - May 1, 2025
Contributed to an AWS multi-account environment using Organizations, IAM, Config, and GuardDuty, ensuring consistent security and governance controls across accounts. Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins and GitLab CI for microservices, integrating Docker image builds, scans, and automated tests to improve deployment reliability. Supported migration from a monolithic service to microservices hosted on EKS with well-tuned HPA, health checks, and rolling updates for improved resiliency. Developed Terraform and CloudFormation templates for VPC, IAM, KMS, RDS, security groups, and logging components to standardize cloud resource provisioning. Implemented serverless integrations using API Gateway, Lambda, and Cognito for authentication and request handling. Implemented observability improvements using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk to enhance incident response and system monitoring. Worked with platform and finance teams on usage patterns to apply right-sizing, tieri
DevOps Engineer | Platform Engineer at Netgear
January 1, 2021 - February 1, 2023
Built CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins/GitLab for backend services and firmware components, enabling automated builds, tests, and environment promotions. Supported cloud backends for IoT devices using AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, and S3 to handle telemetry and configuration updates. Deployed, configured, and maintained EKS clusters hosting microservices supporting router/device management platforms. Used Terraform and Ansible for provisioning VPCs, EC2, security groups, monitoring agents, and other foundational infrastructure components. Built dashboards and alerts using CloudWatch, Grafana, and Elasticsearch to monitor device telemetry and performance indicators. Helped improve cloud security by refining IAM policies, setting encryption defaults, and enforcing best practices for API and network access. Worked with firmware, QA, and support teams to troubleshoot production issues and assist with log analysis and performance investigations. Participated in on-call rotations and contribu
Systems Engineer | Cloud & Automation Engineer at Juniper Networks
January 1, 2018 - May 1, 2020
Supported deployment and maintenance of cloud-hosted tools and telemetry pipelines using AWS EC2, S3, CloudWatch, and Lambda. Automated provisioning and configuration tasks for lab networking environments using Python and Bash to streamline testing workflows. Contributed to Terraform templates for VPC, IAM, EC2, and resource configuration to improve consistency across development and test environments. Supported Jenkins CI pipelines for network configuration validation and automated test execution. Containerized internal utilities using Docker for easier deployment across environments. Configured CloudWatch monitoring and alarms for lab infrastructure and internal services to aid troubleshooting and issue identification. Aligned AWS lab environments with basic security practices including IAM least privilege, MFA enforcement, and encryption defaults. Improved documentation for engineering teams, including SOPs, automation scripts, and architecture diagrams.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at University of Buea
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2014

Qualifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA)
January 11, 2030 - February 10, 2026
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (DOP)
January 11, 2030 - February 10, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Computers & Electronics, Professional Services