💼 DevOps & Cloud Engineer | AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
☁️ Kubernetes • Terraform • CI/CD • Monitoring
📍 Duisburg, Germany | Open to roles in EU

DevOps & Cloud Engineer with a background in IT operations and hands-on experience building production-style cloud environments on AWS. Focused on designing, deploying, and operating scalable infrastructure using Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools to improve system reliability, deployment consistency, and performance.

• 🚀 Improved deployment efficiency by ~80% (2h → 25min) using CI/CD automation
• 🔧 Reduced issue resolution time from 2 days to under 4 hours through monitoring and troubleshooting
• ⚙️ Built and operated microservices-based systems on AWS EKS

Cloud & Infrastructure
AWS (EKS, EC2, S3, VPC, IAM), Terraform

Containers & Orchestration
Docker, Kubernetes, Helm

CI/CD & Automation
GitHub Actions, Jenkins

Monitoring & Observability
Prometheus, Grafana, Node Exporter

Configuration Management
Ansible

Systems & Scripting
Linux (Ubuntu/Debian), Bash, Python

Networking
TCP/IP, DNS, SSH, VPC, Subnets

Built and deployed a multi-tenant microservices platform on AWS EKS using Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, and GitHub Actions.

• ⚡ Reduced deployment time from ~2 hours to ~2 minutes with CI/CD automation
• 🧩 Solved real Kubernetes issues (scheduling, storage, service communication)
• 📦 Implemented scalable architecture with persistent storage (EBS)

Tech: AWS EKS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub Actions, PostgreSQL

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Deployed a 3-tier microservices application on AWS EKS with automated delivery pipelines.

• 🚀 Reduced deployment time by ~80% (2h → 25min)
• 📊 Supported 100+ concurrent users with stable performance
• 🔄 Implemented rolling updates for zero-downtime deployments

Tech: AWS EKS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions

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Built a highly available AWS infrastructure with dynamic scaling using Terraform and CloudWatch.

• 📈 Designed auto-scaling (2–6 instances) based on CPU thresholds
• 🌐 Implemented multi-AZ architecture with ALB and private subnets
• 🔐 Secured access using NAT Gateway and bastion host

Tech: AWS, Terraform, EC2, ALB, Auto Scaling, CloudWatch

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Implemented a full monitoring stack on AWS using Prometheus, Grafana, Terraform, and Ansible.

• 📊 Built dashboards for CPU, memory, and network monitoring
• ⚙️ Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration
• 🔍 Improved visibility and faster issue detection

Tech: Prometheus, Grafana, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, AWS

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Designed and deployed a microservices-based application with CI/CD and monitoring.

• 🔄 Combined containerization, automation, and observability
• 📦 Deployed services with Kubernetes and Docker
• 📊 Integrated monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana

Tech: Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub Actions, Prometheus, Grafana

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🔗 LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/donatus-devops
🌐 Portfolio: https://donaemeka.github.io
📧 Email: donaemeka92@gmail.com

💡 Open to DevOps, Cloud Engineering, IT Operations, and Infrastructure roles in Germany and the EU.