I'm Henry Egonwanne, a senior DevOps engineer with 9+ years of experience designing secure, scalable multi-cloud infrastructures across AWS and Azure. I specialize in Kubernetes-based platforms, GitOps-driven CI/CD pipelines, and cost-optimized operations that deliver reliable performance for mission-critical systems. My work with large enterprises has focused on reducing manual toil, accelerating release cycles, and strengthening security and compliance. I thrive on automation, observability, and security. I regularly leverage AI-powered tooling and services to accelerate IaC and workflow automation, while mentoring teammates to elevate DevOps practices. I’m passionate about translating business needs into resilient cloud architectures and fostering collaboration across engineering, security, and product teams.

Henry Egonwanne

I'm Henry Egonwanne, a senior DevOps engineer with 9+ years of experience designing secure, scalable multi-cloud infrastructures across AWS and Azure. I specialize in Kubernetes-based platforms, GitOps-driven CI/CD pipelines, and cost-optimized operations that deliver reliable performance for mission-critical systems. My work with large enterprises has focused on reducing manual toil, accelerating release cycles, and strengthening security and compliance. I thrive on automation, observability, and security. I regularly leverage AI-powered tooling and services to accelerate IaC and workflow automation, while mentoring teammates to elevate DevOps practices. I’m passionate about translating business needs into resilient cloud architectures and fostering collaboration across engineering, security, and product teams.

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I’m Henry Egonwanne, a senior DevOps engineer with 9+ years of experience designing secure, scalable multi-cloud infrastructures across AWS and Azure. I specialize in Kubernetes-based platforms, GitOps-driven CI/CD pipelines, and cost-optimized operations that deliver reliable performance for mission-critical systems. My work with large enterprises has focused on reducing manual toil, accelerating release cycles, and strengthening security and compliance.

I thrive on automation, observability, and security. I regularly leverage AI-powered tooling and services to accelerate IaC and workflow automation, while mentoring teammates to elevate DevOps practices. I’m passionate about translating business needs into resilient cloud architectures and fostering collaboration across engineering, security, and product teams.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Infrastructure & Cloud Dev Ops Specialist at Air Canada
May 1, 2024 - November 7, 2025
Designed and managed multi-cloud infrastructures (AWS, Azure) with scalability, security, and cost-efficiency. Automated provisioning and configuration using Terraform/OpenTofu and Ansible for consistent deployments. Built and optimized CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins) with GitOps (ArgoCD) for automated deployments, image lifecycle management, linting, and security scans. Hardened Kubernetes clusters with Istio, network policies, and Pod/Node security, including mTLS for secure service-to-service communication. Implemented IAM and Privileged Identity Management (PIM) to enforce least-privilege access. Established observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki) with alerting for proactive incident detection. Partnered with engineering teams to integrate encryption standards, threat detection, and compliance with ISO 27001 and PCI-DSS. Developed Python and Bash automation to support provisioning, deployments, and maintenance. Applied Karpenter to optimize Kubernetes scaling,
Senior DevOps/SRE Engineer at Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
May 31, 2024 - May 31, 2024
Reduced manual effort by developing Python and Bash automation scripts. Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions, later expanding to GitOps workflows (Flux CD) with Ansible integration. Implemented containerization with Docker and orchestrated workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Strengthened security and compliance by enforcing Defender for Cloud policies, RBAC, and IaC-based guardrails. Applied Kustomize and Kubernetes Network Policies to standardize configurations. Deployed Istio service mesh to enable traffic management, observability, and secure service-to-service communication. Authored runbooks and operational procedures to ensure reliable automation. Built enterprise observability platforms using Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, and Splunk. Automated cloud resource provisioning with Terraform/OpenTofu and Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates. Achieved 99.9% uptime by integrating PagerDuty with monitoring tools. Continuousl
DevOps Engineer at Ontario Power Generation
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2023
Automated CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitOps practices (ArgoCD). Automated AWS infrastructure provisioning with Terraform. Managed Amazon EKS clusters, optimizing availability with Node Autoscaling and HPA. Used Helm Charts to deploy observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana). Defined branching strategies and access controls. Collaborated to design release management processes and ensure reliable delivery cycles. Developed Ansible playbooks and automated routine Linux administration tasks. Managed and improved AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS) including backups and patches. Provided infrastructure support across networking, compute, and storage to sustain production workloads.
Junior System Administrator at ArcelorMittal Dofasco
September 1, 2018 - September 1, 2018
Managed LAN/WAN connectivity, wireless networks, and core infrastructure. Monitored and administered DNS, DHCP, VPN, SNMP, SMTP, and IIS to maintain uptime. Implemented security controls and Troubleshot Windows Server environments (2008–2016). Coordinated hardware installations, relocations, and cabling. Oversaw IT asset lifecycle management and vendor coordination.

Education

Master of Engineering at Toronto Metropolitan University
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2025
Instrumentation and Control Engineering Technology at Lambton College
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2015
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Federal University of Technology Owerri
January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2011

Qualifications

AWS Solutions Architect - Associate
January 11, 2030 - November 7, 2025
Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator - Associate
January 11, 2030 - November 7, 2025
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
January 11, 2030 - November 7, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services