Olawale Bello
Verified Expert in Engineering
DevOps Developer
Lagos, Nigeria
Toptal member since April 12, 2022
Olawale is a solution architect with over 12 years of experience in the lead, administrator, and technical support roles. He excels with system design, development, analysis, and implementation, using Microsoft technologies for enterprise applications, and knows how to handle sensitive information, managing Azure identities, governance, security solutions, and PIM. Olawale shines on Azure cloud service projects, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Azure DevOps, and SDLC processes.
Portfolio
Experience
- SQL - 5 years
- Microsoft Azure - 5 years
- Azure IaaS - 5 years
- Azure PaaS - 4 years
- Windows PowerShell - 4 years
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 - 4 years
- Azure DevOps - 3 years
- Google Workspace - 2 years
Preferred Environment
Microsoft Azure
The most amazing...
...migration I delivered was for an on-premises application hosting on Hyper V virtual machines to Azure App Service.
Work Experience
Solution Architect and Deployment Specialist
Descasio Limited
- Moved various organizations to the cloud.
- Migrated various on-premises workloads (servers, apps, databases, and emails across different cloud providers).
- Engaged in the implementation and deployment of different cloud services and products such as Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity (BC), workload migration (app and DB), site-to-site connections, network and app firewall, DevOps strategies, and account and access management.
Deployment Engineer
Cloud Colony
- Led the implementation of an Azure solution and Microsoft 365.
- Conducted deployment planning workshops for deployment projects on Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 by migrating data across the two platforms and vice visa.
- Engaged clients to understand and leverage the benefits of DevOps practices and strategy. Implemented and deploying other Azure products.
Azure Engineer
Tek Experts
- Managed Azure identities, governance, and security solutions.
- Implemented and managed Azure compute resources, storage services, and virtual networking services.
- Configured and implemented Microsoft Azure services such as Azure Active Directory, Conditional Access, Azure Information Protection, and Privileged Identity Management (PIM).
System Administrator
Marotadek Limited
- Managed Office 365 users and applications (SharePoint and Exchange Online, Skype, and OneDrive for Business, Microsoft Teams, Form, and Flow).
- Oversaw domain users and computers through centralized active directory services and Group Policy Object (GPO), Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), DNS, and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
- Improved the system architecture to ensure real-time acquisition and reporting systems with quality controls.
System Administrator
Ecobank
- Installed and configured IT infrastructure and network resources.
- Provided technical support for email system configuration and collaboration tools, software testing, and integration. Trained users on the use of IT resources and data protection regulation compliance.
- Managed domain users and computers through a centralized active directory services system and Group Policy Object configuration, DNS, TCP/IP configuration for static systems, and DHCP for dynamic systems.
Experience
Web Server to Azure App Service Migration
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Communication Technology
National Open University of Nigeria - Lagos, Nigeria
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
The Polytechnic, Ibadan - Ibadan, Nigeria
Certifications
Microsoft 365 Identity and Services
Microsoft
Microsoft 365 Security Administration
Microsoft
Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
Microsoft
Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Microsoft
Azure Security Engineer Associate
Microsoft
Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate
Microsoft
Skills
Tools
Google Workspace, Azure Automation
Paradigms
Azure DevOps
Platforms
Azure PaaS, Azure IaaS, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Azure, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2016, Windows XP, Windows Server
Storage
Azure Active Directory, On-premise
Languages
SQL
Frameworks
Windows PowerShell
Other
Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Azure Administrator, Solution Architecture, Azure Migrate, Windows 10, DNS Servers, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), System Administration, VM, Office 365, Power Shell Commands
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