KEVIN WAITHAKA-
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-waithaka/
Summary
Result-driven AWS Certified Solutions Architect that has proven success in steering
infrastructure migrations and IT solutions. Leveraging Web Development skills to set up,
maintain, and optimize both new and existing cloud infrastructures based on best practices,
existing architectures, and IT methodologies. Equally effective in working with team members
and clients to overcome technical challenges through the implementation of IT-focused
improvement strategies.
I am looking forward to contributing my skills as an AWS Certified Solutions Architect toward
maximizing employer success, reputation, and performance.
Experience
SEPTEMBER 2020- PRESENT
Digital Divide Data, Nairobi, Kenya- AWS Cloud Solutions Architect
AWS Setup & Architecture
Evaluated proposals & recommended the best technical solutions to migrate the
application to AWS.
Created the architecture and created the Cloud Formation template to facilitate
deployments.
Provided complete infrastructure solutions to 30+ clients including configuration Storage
components.
Cloud Management & Troubleshooting
Deployed the Elastic Load Balancer & configured HTTPS certificates & managed
scalable & highly available systems on AWS.
Performed Monitoring and Event Management on AWS Workloads while also facilitating
patching and continuity within an AWS Account.
Actively managed, improve, and monitor cloud infrastructure on AWS, EC2, S3, and
RDS, including backups, patches, and scaling
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Engaged in production applications on AWS & initiated amendments according to the
customers' feedback & surveys from customer reviews.
Architecting Secure VPC Solutions in AWS with the help of Network ACLS, Security
Groups, Public and Private Network Configurations, while also designing an effective
backup strategy according to the client requirements & Specifications.
Devised & developed scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on AWS.
Played a key role in selecting appropriate AWS service based on data, compute, database,
or security requirements
Analyzed client requirements & determining system architecture requirements to achieve
business goals.
Backup and Restore
Created Snapshots and Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) of the instances for backup and
creating Instance clones.
Identity and Access Management
Experience in managing and Maintaining IAM Policies for Organizations in AWS to
define Groups, Create Users, Assign Roles, and define rules for least Privilege role-based
access to AWS resources.
Docker Containers using: ECS, Fargate& ECR
Built and deployed Docker containers to break up applications into microservices,
improving developer workflow, increasing scalability, and optimizing speed
Databases
Provisioned and Managed Highly Available, Highly Scalable and Highly resilient
Relational DBS (RDS) and non-relational DBs (Dynamo DB) in aws.
CI/CD
Assisted in CI/CD operations by creating data pipelines in a Blue Green Deployment
environment leveraging aws tools.
Reduced deployment time for critical project infrastructure from ~1 month to 3 days\
Automated build and deployment using AWS Code Pipeline to reduce human error and
speed up production processes
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August 2019 - March 2020
Nexgen IT Solutions, Nairobi Kenya- Web Developer
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Designed, developed, maintained, and updated a variety of websites as assigned.
Assisted other design staff members with various aspects of site maintenance as needed.
Updated web style sheets and pages regularly and as required.
Coordinated various web pages with appropriate links and multimedia elements in
collaboration with design team members.
Prepared site update reports for submission to management regularly.
June 2017 - November 2019
Nexgen IT Solutions, Nairobi Kenya - Information Technology Support Specialist
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Performing Electrical safety checks on the company's computer equipment.
Testing and evaluating new technology.
Diagnosing and solving hardware and software faults.
Installation and Configuration of a company's computer hardware operating system and
applications.
Providing support for customers or clients in person, via phone, or via computer
Providing support for employees in person, via phone, or via computer
Monitoring day-to-day performance of tech systems
User training for both Customers and Employees how to use various computing systems
Implementing new software and hardware solutions for the company
Education
2016
Zetech University - Diploma in Information Technology
Certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Fortinet Network Security Expert Level 1: Certified Associate
Fortinet Network Security Expert Level 2: Certified Associate
Skills
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Containerization using ECS,Fargate and ECR
Troubleshooting
Git Version Control
Automation using Bash Scripting
AWS CloudFormation
Virtualization
Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
Linux System Administration