DevOps | CloudOps | System Architecture | Automation | Cloud Security
Welcome to my GitHub! I’m a seasoned IT professional with 10+ years of experience spanning DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, System Administration, and Software Engineering. I specialize in building robust, secure, and scalable solutions for SaaS, retail, and enterprise platforms—delivering measurable impact through automation, cloud-native architectures, and cross-functional leadership.
- 📍 Location: Texas, United States
- 📧 Contact: ginikanwaikewesi@gmail.com
- 💻 GitHub: gikewesi
Cloud Platforms:
AWS (EKS, Fargate, EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, etc.), Azure (AKS, DevOps, Key Vault, Blob Storage, etc.)
Containerization & Orchestration:
Kubernetes (EKS, AKS), Docker, Helm, ArgoCD, FluxCD, Istio, Karpenter
DevOps & Automation:
GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, Bash, PowerShell, Python, Go
Serverless & Event-Driven:
AWS Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway, Azure Functions
Monitoring & Observability:
Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog, Jaeger, LogicMonitor, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor
Security & Compliance:
IAM, RBAC, MFA, KMS, Vault, GuardDuty, WAF, SOC 2, PCI DSS, GDPR, HIPAA
Database & Data Engineering:
RDS, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis, Glue, Athena, Kafka
Collaboration & Agile:
Jira, Confluence, Slack, Scrum, Documentation, RCA, Playbooks
- Built multi-cloud CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, ArgoCD), reducing deployment time by 30%
- Migrated 100+ apps to AWS Fargate, cutting compute OPEX by 30% and ops overhead by 40%
- Standardized GitOps with ArgoCD/Flux, reducing release errors by 70%
- Automated compliance workflows across SOC 2, PCI DSS, GDPR, HIPAA
- Mentored engineers and led cross-team DevOps initiatives
- Led AWS migration, cutting infra costs by 35% for 200+ retail clients
- Built secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and automated provisioning
- Implemented GitOps, blue/green deployments, and serverless workflows
- Orchestrated 1M+ daily events with Lambda, Step Functions, SQS/SNS
- Migrated from Node.js to Go, improving API speed and memory efficiency
- Deployed 15+ microservices in Kubernetes with Helm
- Achieved 95% test coverage and reduced bugs by 40%
- Integrated APIs (Stripe, Twilio, Google OAuth) and built observability stack
- Reduced deployment/onboarding time with fully automated pipelines and environments
- Cut cloud spend via intelligent scaling, right-sizing, and lifecycle automation
- Hardened security posture through threat detection, IAM policies, and encryption
- Delivered 99.99% uptime on critical SaaS and retail platforms
- Empowered teams with DevOps best practices and infrastructure playbooks
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
- AWS Certified Developer – Associate
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Terraform Certified – Professional
- Splunk Core Certified User
B.Sc. Computer Science
University of Nigeria, 2012
Check out these repositories for real-world implementations of cloud-native infrastructure, DevOps automation, and resilient architecture:
A cloud-native ecommerce platform with:
- Containerized microservices deployed on Kubernetes (EKS)
- GitHub Actions-powered CI/CD pipelines
- Secure backend services with IAM, KMS, and secrets management
- Observability stack with Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK
- Serverless workflows using Lambda, Step Functions, and S3 for async processing
Infrastructure-as-Code for Mallhive, featuring:
- Modular Terraform and Pulumi stacks for AWS and Azure
- EKS, VPCs, IAM, Load Balancers, and logging setup
- ArgoCD GitOps deployments and secrets via Vault/SSM
- Reusable templates for staging, production, and DR regions
A disaster recovery blueprint with:
- Automated multi-region failover using Route 53 and ALB
- Cross-region S3 replication, RDS snapshots, and ECS backup workflows
- DR runbooks, testing scripts, and recovery objectives aligned with <15min RTO
- CI-based DR drills and compliance documentation examples
- Email: ginikanwaikewesi@gmail.com
- GitHub: gikewesi
"Delivering reliable, secure, and scalable cloud solutions through automation, collaboration, and continuous improvement."
Explore my repositories to see real-world code, infrastructure patterns, and DevOps solutions in action.