Diego-Kingsley

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Cloud/Site Reliability Engineer, Equinix EMEA

  Oct 2023 - PRESENT

  • Design and implement secure, scalable hybrid cloud architectures using VMware Cloud Foundation and Microsoft Azure, supporting workloads across IaaS, PaaS, and on-premises environments for financial and enterprise clients. • Manage client cloud estates with a proactive approach to availability and performance — implement monitoring solutions using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and VMware Aria Operations, reducing MTTR by 45% and improving SLA.

• Sr. Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, MainOne Cable Nigeria Limited

  Jul 2021 - Sep 2023

  • Led and mentored a team of Cloud Engineers. • Worked on the design and development of multi-cloud solutions while following cloud best practices., and using the latest technologies of Azure, Azure Stack, AWS, Terraform, CloudFormation, AKS, Azure Functions, and Key Vault. • Deployed Kubernetes clusters on AKS using Terraform, and Kubectl. • Migrated customer workloads from On-Premise environments to the Cloud.

• Cloud Support Engineer, MainOne Cable Nigeria Limited

  Oct 2020 - Jun 2021

  • Worked as a support team member to deliver 24/7 backend support for Azure Stack Hub, Public Azure, and AWS solutions. • Responded to incidents within set KPIs. • Supported and resolved issues on Azure stack hub, Public Azure, and AWS IaaS platform. • Handled Knowledge sharing sessions with members of the team.

• Systems Engineer/Administrator, 21st Century Technologies Limited

  Mar 2019 - Sep 2020

  • Led the design and architecture of scalable, secure, and efficient systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions that align with business objectives. • Work closely with clients and stakeholders to gather and analyze system requirements to meet technical and business needs. • Provide continuous maintenance, updates, and troubleshooting support. • Worked on the integration of hardware, software, and network components.

• System Administrator, Fidelity Bank Plc

  May 2017 - Nov 2017

  • Installed, configured, managed, licensed, and updated hardware and software assets. • Managed virtual machines and hosts running on VMware. • Performed regular backup operations of the core servers. • Implemented appropriate processes for data protection and disaster recovery. • Carried out hardware and software troubleshooting by running diagnostics, documenting, prioritizing, as well as assessing the impact of issues.

EDUCATION

• Nanodeegree, Cloud DevOps Engineer, Udacity (ALX-T)

  Nov 2022 - Feb 2023

  The Udacity ALX-T Cloud DevOps Nanodegree program is a 4-month long intensive learning (with hands-on) program, geared towards operations and software engineering professionals who want to build infrastructure that delivers products and services at both speed and scale. This program is made up of the following core modules & projects: • Deploy Static Website on AWS • Deploy a highly-available web app • Build CI/CD pipelines

• Degree, Udacity/ALX-T

  Nov 2022 - Feb 2023

• Engineer, Udacity (ALX-T)

  Nov 2022 - Feb 2023

• Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

  Nov 2014 - Jul 2018

  Grade: Second Class Honours (Upper Division) Activities and societies: Rotaract Club (Rotary Int'l)

• Bachelor's Degree, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

  Sep 2014 - Jun 2018