Divine Ngantcha

Divine Ngantcha

Cloud Engineer and DevOps Specialist
Canada

About Me

A seasoned Cloud Engineer and DevOps Specialist with over 7 years of experience, specializing in AWS infrastructure optimization, deployment, and management for high-availability systems. Expert in leveraging Infrastruct…

Experience

AWS Cloud Engineer

Sagen, Toronto, ON
Mar 2019 - Present · 7 years 4 months

Spearheaded the design, deployment, and management of high-availability, cost-efficient AWS infrastructure, employing EC2, S3, and strategic use of reserved and spot instances with auto-scaling for expense optimization.
Advanced deployment speed, consistency, and reliability by leveraging Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automating tasks with custom Bash scripts, minimizing manual effort and errors.
Enhanced security and compliance across AWS environments through meticulous configuration of AWS IAM, Landing Zone, Control Tower, and SSO, adhering to SOC2 and HIPAA standards.
Orchestrated secure, scalable network architectures using AWS VPCs, VPNs, subnets, and security groups, coupled with disaster recovery and high-availability strategies to safeguard business continuity.
Integrated AWS CloudWatch and Datadog for in-depth monitoring, logging, and tracing, enabling proactive performance tuning and swift issue resolution for operational excellence.
Developed and refined CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, bolstering team productivity and application stability, while advocating for continuous integration, testing, and deployment practices to improve development workflows.
Mastered containerization and orchestration using AWS ECS and EKS, managed serverless solutions with AWS Lambda and API Gateway, and guided cloud migration projects from assessment to execution.
Led educational initiatives and mentored junior engineers, nurturing a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
Showcased exemplary collaboration skills in cross-functional team efforts to meet project and business goals.
Proactively engaged in incident management, promptly addressing infrastructure problems to reduce downtime and ensure consistent service reliability.
Efficient project management alongside diverse teams, achieving deadlines and project milestones through effective collaboration and strategic planning.

AWS Cloud Engineer

Sagen
Mar 2019 - Present · 7 years 4 months

➢ Spearheaded the design, deployment, and management of high-availability, cost-efficient AWS infrastructure, employing EC2, S3, and strategic use of reserved and spot instances with auto-scaling for expense optimization.
➢ Advanced deployment speed, consistency, and reliability by leveraging Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automating tasks with custom Bash scripts, minimizing manual effort and errors.
➢ Enhanced security and compliance across AWS environments through meticulous configuration of AWS IAM, Landing Zone, Control Tower, and SSO, adhering to SOC2 and HIPAA standards.
➢ Orchestrated secure, scalable network architectures using AWS VPCs, VPNs, subnets, and security groups, coupled with disaster recovery and high-availability strategies to safeguard business continuity.
➢ Integrated AWS CloudWatch and Datadog for in-depth monitoring, logging, and tracing, enabling proactive performance tuning and swift issue resolution for operational excellence.
➢ Developed and refined CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, bolstering team productivity and application stability, while advocating for continuous integration, testing, and deployment practices to improve development workflows.
➢ Mastered containerization and orchestration using AWS ECS and EKS, managed serverless solutions with AWS Lambda and API Gateway, and guided cloud migration projects from assessment to execution.
➢ Led educational initiatives and mentored junior engineers, nurturing a culture of continuous learning and innovation. Showcased exemplary collaboration skills in cross-functional team efforts to meet project and business goals.
➢ Proactively engaged in incident management, promptly addressing infrastructure problems to reduce downtime and ensure consistent service reliability.
➢ Efficient project management alongside diverse teams, achieving deadlines and project milestones through effective collaboration and strategic planning.

DevOps Engineer

TravelBrands. Mississauga, ON.
Mar 2016 - Feb 2019 · 2 years 11 months

Managed AWS cloud infrastructure, focusing on cost and performance optimization.
Successfully migrated Windows Server environments to AWS, leveraging IIS for web hosting.
Administered Windows servers, enhancing security and reliability.
Used Nginx as a reverse proxy for IIS, improving performance and efficiency.
Led Docker adoption for containerization and Kubernetes for orchestration, enhancing deployment workflows and operational efficiency.
Streamlined CI/CD with Jenkins, cutting deployment times by 50% and reducing errors.
Enhanced automation and continuous delivery processes.
Implemented Terraform for Infrastructure as Code, automating infrastructure provisioning and improving reliability and consistency.
Integrated secure development practices in DevOps, conducting security assessments and incorporating security tools into Jenkins pipelines for C#, JavaScript, and SQL applications.
Developed a knowledge management portal to enhance collaboration and learning.
Provided comprehensive onboarding materials and training to improve developer productivity.
Directed C# application development, focusing on MSSQL backend and JavaScript frontend performance.
Applied coding best practices for high-quality, efficient applications.
Used Prometheus and Grafana for performance monitoring and optimization, enabling proactive issue resolution and system improvements based on real-time data.

Skills

Jira MySQL Bash Scripting Prometheus Monitoring Script Python Amazon Web Services (AWS) CI/CD Confluence Docker Jenkins Kubernetes PowerShell Samba Terraform Advanced Active Directory Management CentOS Administration Linux OS Windows Server OS Shell Programming VMware Management Bash Infrastructure as Code SOC2 PIPEDA HIPAA AWS EKS CloudWatch Datadog AWS EC2 AWS S3 Auto Scaling AWS IAM AWS Landing Zone AWS Control Tower AWS SSO AWS VPC VPN Subnets Security Groups Disaster Recovery High Availability AWS ECS AWS Lambda API Gateway Cloud Migration Incident Management Continuous Integration Continuous Deployment Windows Server IIS Nginx Prometheus Grafana AWS CodeBuild AWS CodeDeploy AWS CodePipeline GitHub Actions GitHub GitLab Python YAML MSSQL PostgreSQL
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