Mike Ezane

Addressed a company's need to migrate its on-premises file storage system to GCP and sought scalability and cost efficiency via Cloud Filestore.

As a senior GCP architect, I began by analyzing data access patterns to tailor a scalable Cloud Filestore solution, aligning capacity and performance tiers with organizational needs. Security measures, including identity and access management (IAM) policies and encryption, were meticulously integrated.

Leveraging Cloud Filestore's storage scaling capabilities independently of computing resources, I optimized cost. The implemented solution seamlessly migrated the file storage system, improving access times, reducing management overhead, and achieving significant cost savings.

Spearheaded security efforts for critical workloads transitioning to GCP and prioritized safeguarding sensitive customer data.

As a Google Cloud engineer, I devised and executed a holistic security strategy encompassing:

• IAM policies: I established the least privileged access and utilized Google Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy for precise access control.
• Data Encryption: I enforced encryption in transit and at rest, incorporating Cloud Storage, SQL, and Cloud Key Management Service (KMS) with customer-managed encryption keys.
• Network Security: I customized virtual private cloud (VPC) and firewall rules, fortified by Cloud Armor, to fend off DDoS attacks.
• Monitoring and logging: I deployed Google Cloud Monitoring and Logging for continuous activity tracking, with alerting on security metrics and custom logs for event tracking.
• Security compliance: I ensured adherence to industry standards through regular audits, vulnerability assessments, and penetration testing.

These measures ensured compliance, reduced incidents, and improved visibility for threat mitigation. They also facilitate the secure migration of critical workloads and build trust with customers and stakeholders.

I managed a project to oversee cloud infrastructure across multiple environments for a client, ensuring consistency and scalability. I aimed to integrate Terraform into the DevOps pipeline to automate provisioning and configuration, streamlining deployment and improving reliability.

I analyzed our provisioning process, identified manual steps, and gathered requirements with stakeholders. I then designed a pipeline using Terraform for provisioning and management, including stages for versioning, provisioning, validation, and deployment using Terraform modules.

Further, I set up infrastructure, including Git for version control, Jenkins as the CI/CD tool, and Terraform Cloud for state storage, managing environments with Terraform workspaces. The CI/CD pipeline was configured to trigger Terraform automatically upon Git changes.

Additionally, I tested the Terraform scripts for reliability, consistency, and compliance, implementing automated tests to validate configurations. I also set up monitoring and alerting to track execution status, changes, and resource utilization. Integrating Terraform into our DevOps pipeline improved infrastructure management and accelerated software delivery, enhancing both reliability and scalability.