Roni C. Konda

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Cloud Infrastructure Management

• Containerization & Infrastructure Automation

• Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)

• System Performance.

SKILLS

• CI/CD Pipeline (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Gitlab CI) – Git – Bash/Shell Scripting – Python – Terraform – Ansible – AWS Platform (VPC, S3, EBS, Lambda, DynamoDB, IAM, Amazon ECR, Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, CloudWatch, Amazon RDS, Amazon Certificate Manager, Amazon Route 53, EICE, CloudFormation) – Docker – Kubernetes – EKS – Helm – ArgoCD – Maven – SonarQube - Nexus Repository - OWASP ZAP – Trivy – Jira – Confluence – Slack - Microsoft Teams.

DevOps Engineer

• Led the management and enhancement of Kubernetes clusters, increasing scalability and high availability for containerized apps; optimized Kubernetes Ingress and controllers, improving application routing.
• Streamlined CI/CD pipelines for Java applications using Maven and Jenkins, reducing build times by 30% and deployment errors by 40%.
• Implemented Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring, reducing system downtime by 25% and cutting infrastructure costs by 20%.
• Provisioned and configured AWS infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible, achieving a robust multi-region setup that enhanced fault tolerance.
• Conducted resource utilization analysis leading to a 15% cost saving: automated server maintenance tasks, redirecting focus to strategic initiatives.
• Enhanced team collaboration and project delivery in an Agile environment, optimizing code repositories and using Microsoft Teams for effective communication.
• Spearheaded disaster recovery planning and execution, ensuring uninterrupted business operations.
• Automated GitHub webhook integrations with Python for improved issue tracking in JIRA; refined server and network troubleshooting processes.

Recent Project-1

Responsabilities

• Provisioned and managed virtual machines and EKS clusters using AWS EC2, Terraform, and eksctl, ensuring secure configuration with necessary ports and IAM roles.
• Installed and configured Jenkins with essential plugins and tools, developing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to automate build, test, and deployment processes.
• Wrote Kubernetes manifests and Dockerfiles to deploy applications to development and production clusters, automating Docker image builds, scans, and pushes to Docker Hub.
• Set up monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana, and configured Jenkins for SMTP email notifications to track application performance and pipeline status.
• Managed GitHub repositories for source code with secure credentials, enabling seamless interaction between Jenkins, GitHub, and Docker Hub.
• Integrated Aqua Trivy and SonarQube for dependency and vulnerability scanning, ensuring code quality and security, while implementing RBAC in Kubernetes for controlled access.

Recent Project-2

Responsabilities

• Provisioned and managed AWS resources such as VPCs, ECS clusters, RDS instances, and load balancers using Terraform for infrastructure provisioning.
• Containerized applications with Docker, managed Docker images in Amazon ECR, and deployed containers in Amazon ECS.
• Utilized Git for source code management, including branching, merging, tagging for releases, and managing infrastructure code.
• Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment.
• Managed IAM roles and policies for secure AWS resource access, set up SSL certificates for secure communications, and ensured compliance with security best practices.
• Implemented AWS CloudWatch for monitoring and logging to track application performance and troubleshoot issues.
• Analyzed and optimized AWS resource usage for cost-effectiveness and established backup and disaster recovery mechanisms for high availability and data durability.

Recent Project-3

Responsabilities

• Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration on AWS using Terraform, including EC2, VPC, and EKS clusters.
• Managed CI pipelines in Jenkins, integrating tools like SonarQube and OWASP Dependency-Check for code quality and vulnerability analysis.
• Deployed and managed Docker containers, pushing images to AWS ECR and automating delivery with Argo CD on Kubernetes.
• Implemented Ingress controllers for secure service exposure and managed DNS mapping through Route 53.
• Configured Prometheus and Grafana for comprehensive monitoring and alerting of the EKS cluster and deployed applications.
• Conducted security scans with Trivy and managed credentials and access control across AWS, GitHub, and Jenkins.
• Ensured secure and efficient deployment practices throughout the CI/CD pipeline, adhering to DevSecOps principles.

Online Self-education

High School Graduation (Major: Information Technology (2024))

High School Graduation (Scientific Baccalaureate - Major: Mathematics – Physics – Chemistry)

General Secretary

• Strategic planning,
• Planning of the activities,
• Managed Meetings,
• Reports,
• Speeches.

2013 Chapter President - Douala-Leader

• Community actions,
• Youth Leadership,
• Project Management,
• Capacity Building,

General Secretary

• Strategic planning,
• Planning of the activities,
• Managed Meetings,
• Reports,
• Speeches.