Kevin Waithaka

Kevin Waithaka

$20/hr
Skilled in Amazon Web Services, Demonstrated mastery in evaluating requirements
Reply rate:
-
Availability:
Full-time (40 hrs/wk)
Location:
Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Experience:
4 years
KEVIN WAITHAKA- (- 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 2 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 3 August 2019 - March 2020 Nexgen IT Solutions, Nairobi Kenya- Web Developer ● ● ● ● ● 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 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 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
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