Owolade Sobowale, DevOps and Developer in Baltimore, MD, United States
Owolade Sobowale

DevOps and Developer in Baltimore, MD, United States

Member since December 8, 2021
Lade is an enthusiast and advocate of everything DevOps, with over nine years of experience in the DevOps space. He has worked with startups and big corporations. As a subject matter expert in Terraform and AWS services, he holds all AWS associate certifications. Lade has a solid background in networking and automating everything.
Owolade is now available for hire

Portfolio

  • Nike
    Puppet, Terraform, Jenkins, Python, PagerDuty, Azure...
  • Notarize
    CI/CD Pipelines, DevOps, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Jenkins...
  • SparkPost
    Amazon Web Services (AWS), Python, Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub...

Experience

Location

Baltimore, MD, United States

Availability

Full-time

Preferred Environment

Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Terraform, Ansible, Python, Bash, Jenkins, Git, Docker, Networking

The most amazing...

...project I've re-architected was the Terraform infrastructure for Nike's core ERP systems in AWS and Azure.

Employment

  • DevOps Engineer

    2022 - 2023
    Nike
    • Managed the cloud infrastructure on Azure and AWS for Nike's core ERP systems across all business units worldwide.
    • Built out Azure virtual machines, storage accounts, NetApp files, load balancers, virtual networks, network security, containers, and Kubernetes services.
    • Took ownership of the Terraform infrastructure and re-architected the automation of Terraform infrastructure so that deployment of parallel systems that used to take two to three days was reduced to less than an hour.
    • Configured and maintained thousands of virtual machines hosted in Azure and AWS using Puppet enterprise infrastructure.
    • Rebuilt systems—initially built in AWS—in Azure without the downtime and designed a seamless cutover to avoid downtimes.
    • Implemented CI/CD and infrastructure deployment and automation pipelines with Jenkins spanning five environments.
    • Built Docker images and architected AKS infrastructure for developing, testing, and hosting Nike Forge, an internal tool for stakeholders to request and kick off deployment of new systems.
    • Set up monitoring and alerting on critical services and integrated alerts with PagerDuty and Slack.
    • Wrote Python and bash scripts to automate the deployment of services, onboard, and set up new infrastructure landscapes.
    • Led presentations and demos to the engineering organization on infrastructure improvements that were adopted and implemented.
    Technologies: Puppet, Terraform, Jenkins, Python, PagerDuty, Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Bash, CI/CD Pipelines, Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Kubernetes, Linux, DevOps, Microservices, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Amazon CloudWatch, Linux Server Administration, Resource Management, Unix, Cloud Services
  • Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

    2022 - 2022
    Notarize
    • Architected and built a multi-environment AWS ECS cluster using Terraform.
    • Migrated all microservice containers from Heroku to AWS ECS.
    • Configured Telegraf to run inside containers in AWS ECS, collect application logs, and ship to AWS CloudWatch. Designed Datadog dashboards to inject the application logs from CloudWatch.
    • Wrote bash scripts to enable SSM running on AWS ECS containers.
    • Configured Sumo Logic to collect the AWS ECS container logs.
    • Wrote Terraform configurations and modules to manage the organization's GitHub repositories. Imported all existing repositories into Terraform to be managed through Terraform.
    Technologies: CI/CD Pipelines, DevOps, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Jenkins, Containers, Terraform, Amazon EKS, CircleCI, New Relic, Kubernetes, Azure, Heroku, Datadog, Redis, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, NoSQL, Sumo Logic, Telegraf, Amazon ECS (Amazon Elastic Container Service), Microservices, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Serverless Architecture, Amazon CloudWatch, Resource Management, Cloud Services
  • Senior DevOps Engineer

    2017 - 2022
    SparkPost
    • Configured and managed various AWS services including EC2, RDS, VPC, S3, CloudWatch, CloudFront, and Route 53.
    • Utilized Terraform and Terragrunt to implement a microservices-based serverless architecture in multiple environments.
    • Provisioned and architected infrastructure on AWS by automation using Terraform and then trigger changes with Jenkins.
    • Wrote Python and Bash code to automate the deployment of services, onboard and set up new developer environments.
    • Implemented CI/CD using CodeBuild, Jenkins, Git, Docker, Ansible, and Bash.
    • Set up monitoring and alerting on critical services and integrated alerts with CloudWatch, alert logic, Opsgenie, and Slack.
    • Worked on configuration and administration of Elastic Load Balancers, Route 53, network, and autoscaling for high availability.
    • Configured AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) groups and permissions based on security best practices.
    Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Python, Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Deployment, Amazon EKS, Nomad, CI/CD Pipelines, Bash, Kubernetes, Vault, Vagrant, Ansible, SaltStack, Datadog, PagerDuty, AWS RDS, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), REST APIs, Serverless Architecture, REST, Amazon CloudWatch, Linux Server Administration, Resource Management, Unix, Cloud Services
  • DevOps Engineer

    2015 - 2017
    Center for Advanced Transportation Technology (CATT Lab)
    • Worked on infrastructure development on AWS using various services like EC2, S3, RDS, Route 53, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, IAM, and VPC.
    • Utilized CloudWatch to monitor resources such as EC2, CPU memory, Amazon RDS DB Services, and EBS volumes.
    • Configured Jenkins to automate the build deployments based on the changes captured in Version Control.
    • Gained knowledge in Ansible playbook, YAML for maintaining roles, inventory files, and groups variables.
    • Configured various performance metrics using AWS CloudWatch and CloudTrail.
    • Used Git for branching, tagging, and maintenance of version control and source code management.
    Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Jenkins, Ansible, Bash, Python, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Deployment, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AWS CloudFormation, Amazon CloudWatch, Linux Server Administration, Resource Management, Unix, Cloud Services
  • Solutions Architect

    2011 - 2014
    Intertel
    • Automated and managed AWS infrastructure and deployment processes, including production, testing, and development environments.
    • Worked on automation continuous integration and continuous delivery pipeline processes for multiple projects using GitHub, Jenkins, Maven, Artifactory, and Docker.
    • Configured and managed Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) for fault tolerance and to avoid single point of failure of applications, providing high availability.
    • Implemented identity and access management solutions for infrastructure and applications, to ensure that appropriate access controls are in place and applied effectively and continuously.
    • Managed and automated all aspects of our AWS infrastructure, including compute, storage, network, permissions, and cost using shell scripts and configuration management tools like Ansible.
    Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Jenkins, Bash, Ansible, Docker, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Deployment, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AWS CloudFormation, Amazon CloudWatch, Linux Server Administration, Resource Management, Unix, Cloud Services

Experience

  • Terraform Architecture for Nike

    The project involved the Terraform infrastructure for Nike's core ERP systems across all business units worldwide. I took ownership and re-architected the Terraform infrastructure automation, which resulted in reducing the deployment of parallel systems from 2-3 days to less than an hour. This Terraform architecture deploys and manages thousands of virtual machines in AWS and Azure.

  • Container Migration from Heroku to AWS ECS
    http://www.notarize.com

    I architected and built a multi-environment AWS ECS cluster using Terraform and migrated all microservice containers from Heroku to AWS ECS. Furthermore, I configured the application logging using Telegraf, AWS CloudWatch, and Datadog and the container logging in sumo logic.

  • Cloud Infrastructure and Pipeline for an Email Analytics Company
    http://www.sparkpost.com

    A web-based application for an email analytics company. I designed and built the cloud network infrastructure, the global database cluster, replication across multiple regions, and the CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions and ECS clusters.

Skills

  • Tools

    Git, Terraform, GitHub, Amazon CloudWatch, Ansible, Jenkins, Amazon EKS, CircleCI, Sumo Logic, Telegraf, Amazon ECS (Amazon Elastic Container Service), Puppet, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Vault, Vagrant, SaltStack, AWS CloudFormation
  • Paradigms

    Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Deployment, DevOps, Serverless Architecture, Microservices, REST
  • Platforms

    Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux, Unix, Docker, New Relic, Kubernetes, Azure, Heroku, PagerDuty, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Other

    Networking, Cloud, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Resource Management, Cloud Services, Cisco, Linux Server Administration, CI/CD Pipelines, Containers, Nomad, AWS RDS
  • Languages

    A+, HTML, Python, Bash, Java
  • Industry Expertise

    Network Security
  • Libraries/APIs

    REST APIs
  • Storage

    Datadog, Redis, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, NoSQL

Education

  • Master's Degree in Telecommunications and Networking
    2014 - 2016
    Stratford University - Falls Church, VA
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering
    2007 - 2011
    Babcock University - Nigeria

Certifications

  • Certified Jenkins Engineer
    MAY 2021 - PRESENT
    Jenkins Project
  • HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
    APRIL 2021 - APRIL 2023
    Hashicorp
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
    MARCH 2021 - MARCH 2024
    Amazon Web Services
  • AWS Certified Developer
    JANUARY 2021 - JANUARY 2024
    Amazon Web Services
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
    JUNE 2020 - JUNE 2023
    AWS
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (Security)
    NOVEMBER 2015 - MAY 2022
    Cisco
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate
    DECEMBER 2012 - MAY 2022
    Cisco

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