Kelechi Emenike
Verified Expert in Engineering
Cloud and Infrastructure Developer
Summerside, NS, Canada
Toptal member since May 27, 2024
Kelechi is a seasoned cloud and infrastructure architect with over a decade of experience delivering value using AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud services. He has an extensive background in various industries, including fast-moving consumer goods, health, financial services, and oil and gas. When Kelechi is not building DevOps pipelines, automating infrastructure, or building applications, he teaches, writes technology articles, and offers Udemy courses on Python and SQL.
Portfolio
Experience
- AWS DevOps - 12 years
- Python - 8 years
- Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) - 5 years
Work Experience
MLOps Engineer | Infrastructure Architect
Bright Breaks
- Handled project management and implementation of infrastructure upgrades for corporate applications, including pipeline design, implementation, and QA.
- Designed and implemented AWS Machine Learning (with Amazon Personalize).
- Implement G4 instances in AWS using NVDA GPUs.
- Handled project management and the implementation of the migration of the company's marketing portal (based on WordPress) and domain, including all dependencies, backward integration strategies, and security.
- Managed the company's Cloudflare infrastructure, designed and deployed workers, and was responsible for the cloud security architecture.
- Wrote build scripts with Bazel and Buck to deploy a multi-platform application on mobile (iOS and Android).
- Oversaw the implementation and integration of a website analytics platform (a combination of Mixpanel, Google Analytics 4, and Google Tag Manager).
Innovation and DevOps Analyst
Sahara Group
- Managed the 1st edition of Sahara Group's innovation challenge, a series of events including innovation showcases and an inter-company tech hackathon.
- Handled the deployment of Ikeja Electric's innovative meter-asset provider onboarding platform for customers, increasing annual electricity debt collection by over $1 million in 2019.
- Deployed Sahara Downstream's 1st retail ordering system, enabling annual retail diesel sales of about $2 million.
- Built a rapid app deployment framework, shortening internal software deployment from days to minutes.
- Acted as the team's scrum master, gathering, analyzing, and formulating business requirements for software applications according to functional and project management objectives.
IT Analyst and Cloud Administrator
Sahara Group
- Managed the deployment of Sahara Group's first enterprise conferencing and messaging platform, reducing meeting travel costs by over 80% in 2016 alone.
- Oversaw the successful implementation of Sahara Upstream's IT infrastructure in 2019.
- Migrated the enterprise accounting software from on-premise solutions to the cloud, reducing server management costs by 60%.
- Redesigned the network monitoring infrastructure, increasing network intelligence by 10% in 2015.
- Reconfigured the helpdesk infrastructure successfully, increasing the number of requests captured by over 100% in 2015.
Project History
Brightbreaks App
I also developed a DevSecOps pipeline that ensured continuous integration and delivery.
Sahara Downstream's First Retail Ordering System
Education
Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA)
Quantic School of Business and Technology - Washington, USA
Master's Degree in Information Technology
University of Lagos - Nigeria
Bachelor's Degree in Electronics and Computer Science
Federal University of Technology - Owerri, Nigeria
Certifications
Continuing Education
University of Prince Edward Island
Microcredential
Bow Valley College, Calgary
Cloud Developer
Udacity
Cloud DevOps Engineer
Udacity
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
CompTIA Data+ Certificate
CompTIA
Google IT Support Certification
GCP Associate Cloud Engineer
Multicloud Network Associate
Aviatrix
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Back-end APIs, Node.js
Tools
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), AWS IAM, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), AWS CloudFormation, VMware, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Bazel, AWS Glue, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Terraform, Amazon EKS, Git, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), NGINX
Languages
Python, JavaScript, Bash, SQL
Frameworks
AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM)
Paradigms
DevOps, Scrum, DevSecOps
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Linux, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Windows, MacOS, Azure, Windows Server, Kubernetes, AWS Lambda, Amazon EC2, Docker, WordPress
Storage
AWS Elastic File System, MySQL, Google Cloud, Redis
Other
AWS DevOps, IT Support, Troubleshooting, Excel 365, Office 365, Remote Support, Technical Support, DevOps Engineer, CI/CD Pipelines, AWS Cloud Architecture, RESTFul APIs, Cloudflare, Professional Development, Information Technology, Information & Communications Technology (ICT), Computer Systems, Computer Science, Electronics, Business Administration, Finance, Education, Data, Cloud, Cloud Engineering, Development, Full-stack, CompTIA, Communication, Collaboration, Amazon Route 53, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon API Gateway, AWS WAF, Amazon RDS, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), IT Security, Identity & Access Management (IAM), AWS IAM Identity Center, Prometheus, Security, SaaS, Software as a Service (SaaS), System Administration, Windows System Administration, Machine Learning Operations (MLOps)
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