DevOps Engineer

Open to part-time

Bio

Somtochukwu U is a DevOps Engineer with several years of experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure across diverse platforms and technologies. He specializes in using Jenkins, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, Terraform, and GitHub Actions to build and optimize deployment processes and infrastructure. Somtochukwu focuses on enhancing scalability, reliability, and efficiency, employing practices like centralized logging and monitoring with Grafana, Loki, and Promtail, as well as architecting multi-region infrastructures for high availability. At CelerFi, he successfully reduced infrastructure costs by 50% through optimization strategies while supporting blockchain nodes in a highly available, multi-region setup. Additionally, at Digicore, he played a key role in developing centralized logging and monitoring systems, significantly improving operational visibility and performance. Somtochukwu holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Lagos. He is best suited for roles that demand innovative DevOps practices and infrastructure optimization in tech-driven environments.

Expertise

AWSAnsibleTerraformJenkinsKubernetesGoPython

Video Intro

Assessments

General Coding and Video Assessment

Great score on Find Indices of Two Numbers That Add Up to Target, Difficulty Easy · Great score on Design a Scalable and Compliant SaaS Platform Architecture, Difficulty Hard · Great score on Optimize Kubernetes Clusters for Real-Time Fraud Detection, Difficulty Medium

Projects

Cloud Cost Optimization Serverless Pipeline

Engineered a serverless solution for AWS infrastructure cost optimization.

Bare Metal Kubernetes CI/CD Automation

Setup CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions for a Go backend application.

Kubernetes Reverse Proxy

Created a reverse proxy in a Kubernetes cluster for a Flask application.

LeetCode Code Execution Engine

Developed a LeetCode-style code execution engine in Go.

Experience

DevOps Engineer
Digicore· FinTechJan 2026 — Present
- Designed and implemented Jenkins CI/CD pipelines using declarative Jenkinsfiles.
- Built and maintained centralized logging and monitoring infrastructure across microservices.
- Implemented application deployment strategies on Windows-based infrastructure using NSSM.
- Collaborated with development teams to streamline release processes.
JenkinsAWSWindowsNSSMsonarqubeec2GrafanaLokiPromtailNginx
DevOps Engineer
CelerFi· FinTechAug 2025 — Jan 2026
- Architected a highly available, multi-region infrastructure supporting blockchain nodes.
- Reduced infrastructure cost by 50% through optimization strategies.
- Built CI workflows to automate deployment and file delivery pipelines to Amazon S3.
- Designed and executed stress and performance testing on blockchain RPC nodes.
SolanaHyperliquidSuiAWSGitHubBlockchainTerraformGitHub ActionsCodePipelineAnsibleCloudFormationKubernetes
DevOps Engineer
Tyms· FinTechJan 2024 — Feb 2024
- Spearheaded the development of a robust CI/CD pipeline for a mobile web app.
- Automated the end-to-end deployment process from GitHub to Amazon S3.
- Enhanced visibility into RDS instances to ensure high availability and reliability.
GitHubAmazon S3RDSCodePipeline
DevOps Engineer
Data2BotsApr 2023 — Mar 2024
- Implemented hands-on DevOps capstone labs on AWS.
- Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using CodePipeline.
- Created an engaging learning environment for team skill development.
AWSCodePipelineEMREC2RDSAWS GlueRedshiftLambdaKubernetes
DevOps Engineer
Independent ContractorAug 2022 — Mar 2023
- Containerised backend services using Docker.
- Enhanced CI/CD workflows for deployment efficiency.
- Improved application scalability and portability through Docker.
DockerCI/CDNginxGitHub Actions