Simeon Oluwa Akala

Simeon Oluwa Akala

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Senior DevOps Engineer | AWS, Azure, Kubernetes | Terraform | CI/CD | DevSecOps | 99.99% Uptime | Cost Optimization (25% Savings)
Jonesboro, Georgia, United States

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  • Ardent Health
    DevOps Engineer
    Ardent Health
    Sep 2024 - Current (1 year 11 months)
    Designed and implemented scalable AWS infrastructure using Terraform and modular IaC frameworks, reducing manual provisioning efforts by 70% across healthcare applications. Built and optimized CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, enabling faster deployments and reducing release cycles from weekly to daily. Deployed and managed Kubernetes (EKS) clusters to support microservices-based healthcare applications, improving system scalability and uptime to 99.99%. Implemented centralized logging and monitoring using Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack, enhancing incident detection and reducing MTTR by 40%. Strengthened cloud security posture by enforcing IAM policies, RBAC, and secrets management using AWS Secrets Manager
  • Analog Devices
    DevOps Engineer
    Analog Devices
    Apr 2022 - Aug 2024 (2 years 5 months)
    Architected and maintained CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD and Jenkins, improving deployment efficiency by 60% across embedded and enterprise platforms. Developed Terraform-based infrastructure provisioning for multi-region AWS environments, ensuring high availability and disaster recovery readiness. Managed Kubernetes (EKS) clusters and Helm charts to deploy containerized applications, supporting high-performance semiconductor systems. Implemented automated testing and code quality analysis using SonarQube, improving code reliability and reducing defects in production. Integrated monitoring solutions using Datadog and CloudWatch to proactively identify system anomalies and performance bottlenecks. Enhanced security by int
  • Insight
    DevOps Engineer
    Insight
    Nov 2019 - Mar 2022 (2 years 5 months)
    Built and maintained automated CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Jenkins for enterprise client applications. Developed Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and ARM templates to automate provisioning across Azure environments. Containerized applications using Docker and deployed to Kubernetes (AKS), improving scalability and system performance. Implemented centralized logging and monitoring solutions using ELK Stack and Azure Monitor. Automated configuration management using Ansible, reducing environment inconsistencies by 50%. Supported microservices architecture deployment, enabling faster feature delivery and improved system modularity. Enhanced system security through implementation of access controls, network secu
  • Square
    Infrastructure Cloud Engineer
    Square
    Jan 2017 - Oct 2019 (2 years 10 months)
    Designed and provisioned scalable, fault-tolerant AWS infrastructure (EC2, VPC, S3, RDS) to support high-availability fintech platforms and backend systems. Developed and maintained Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CloudFormation to standardize environment provisioning and reduce configuration drift. Managed core networking components including VPCs, subnets, route tables, load balancers, and security groups to ensure secure and optimized traffic flow. Implemented robust cloud monitoring and alerting using AWS CloudWatch and ELK Stack to maintain system health, uptime, and performance visibility. Optimized cloud resource utilization through right-sizing, storage lifecycle policies, and cost monitoring, reducing overall in
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  • Accra Institute of Technology
    Accra Institute of Technology
    Accra Institute of Technology
  • Purdue Global Law School
    Purdue Global Law School
    Purdue Global Law School