Diego-Kingsley

Lagos, Nigeria

Senior Cloud & DevOps Engineer with 6+ years scaling production cloud platforms and Kubernetes on AWS/Azure. Proficient in Terraform, GitHub Actions, and GitOps. Expert in integrating AI development tools (Cursor, Copilot, Claude Code) into daily workflows to accelerate IaC scaffolding, script generation, and root-cause analysis while ensuring strict security and quality standards. Passionate about resilient systems and DevOps best practices.

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Work experience

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, Equinix EMEA

Oct 2023 — Present

Lead a team of 5+ Cloud Engineers, providing hands-on mentorship, technical reviews, and continuous upskilling to improve delivery timelines by 30% and reduce onboarding time by 40%.
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 compliance.
Build and maintain end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps, integrating Docker, Kubernetes (AKS), and automated testing to accelerate software release cycles by over 60%.
Leverage AI-assisted development tools (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Claude Code) to rapidly scaffold, refactor, and test Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep) and automation scripts, driving a 70% reduction in manual setup tasks while maintaining strict security standards.
Drive internal knowledge sharing and upskilling by organizing monthly technical deep-dives and cross-team workshops, resulting in increased adoption of IaC, AI-assisted workflows, and DevOps practices.
Promote operational excellence by implementing governance policies, cost optimization strategies, and role-based access control (RBAC) in Azure — leading to a 20% decrease in unnecessary resource spend and a stronger cloud security posture.

DevOps/Site Reliability Engineer, Alethian AI

Nov 2025 — Apr 2026

Design and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and GitOps workflows, enabling zero-downtime Kubernetes deployments and reducing release cycles by 40%.
Use Terraform for infrastructure-as-code to provision and manage cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure, improving environment consistency and reducing infrastructure drift incidents by 60%.
Deploy, scale, and maintain containerized workloads on Kubernetes and Azure Container Apps, implementing automated rollouts, health checks, and rollback strategies to sustain 99.9% service availability.
Lead application modernisation initiatives, migrating workloads from Azure VMs to Azure Container Apps using CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Actions, improving scalability, reducing operational overhead, and accelerating deployment velocity.
Accelerate root-cause analysis, log debugging, and microservice refactoring using AI assistants (ChatGPT, Claude Code, and Cursor) to quickly parse complex error traces and optimize deployment manifests.
Implement centralised monitoring and structured logging using Prometheus and Grafana, providing actionable metrics and alerts that reduce MTTR by over 50% during production incidents.
Integrate secrets management, security controls, and cost-optimisation practices into CI/CD and runtime environments, applying secure secret injection patterns, automated vulnerability scanning, and resource right-sizing to achieve 20–30% cloud cost savings.

Cloud Computing Trainer, TrevoTech Academy

Mar 2024 — Mar 2026

Design and deliver interactive course materials and practical labs to over 100 students, contributing to a consistent 95% course satisfaction rate.
Facilitate engaging live training sessions, regularly receiving 95% positive feedback in student evaluations for clarity, relevance, and teaching style.
Incorporate modern AI-augmented coding practices and prompt engineering paradigms into student lab exercises to prepare learners for modern cloud engineering roles.
Evaluate and provide feedback on student assignments promptly, fostering high submission rates and supporting continuous improvement in technical skills.
Mentor and coach students through hands-on projects and real-world scenarios, leading to a 30% increase in successful completions of the cloud solutions track.

Cloud Support Engineer, MainOne, An Equinix Company

May 2021 — Sep 2023

Deployed and managed production-grade Kubernetes clusters, documenting standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure operational continuity and streamline team onboarding.
Migrated enterprise workloads from on-premises environments to cloud platforms, enhancing scalability, fault tolerance, and cost efficiency, while minimizing downtime during transitions.
Provided 24/7 support and incident response for Azure and AWS environments, leveraging tools like CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, and Log Analytics to reduce mean time to resolution (MTTR) by over 70%.
Investigated and remediated cloud infrastructure issues, applying security best practices, patch management, and compliance monitoring to maintain service integrity.
Led root cause analysis (RCA) sessions for recurring incidents and conducted internal knowledge-sharing meetings to strengthen team capability and reduce operational gaps.

System Administrator, Fidelity Bank Plc

May 2017 — Nov 2017

Monitored and maintained internal IT systems, providing first-line technical support to over 200+ staff, resolving 90% of support tickets within SLA.
Assisted in implementing disaster recovery (DR) procedures, contributing to successful backup restoration drills with zero data loss incidents
Maintained 100% system uptime by conducting daily system health checks, log reviews, and applying critical security patches across user machines and servers.
Set up and managed virtual machines using VMware Workstation for testing configurations, reducing system testing time by 30%.
Supported Active Directory management, assisting with account provisioning, password resets, and access rights assignments, improving onboarding response time by 40%.
Documented technical support procedures and known issues, contributing to a shared knowledge base that reduced repeated issue resolution time by 20%.

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

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)

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