Cloud / DevOps Engineer & SRE

Olatunde Tai-Lawal

Houston, TX (747) 246-9018 tundeficky@gmail.com olatundettlawal.com

Results-driven Cloud/DevOps Engineer & SRE with 7+ years of experience architecting and automating enterprise-grade infrastructure across AWS and Azure. Bridges development and operations — driving IaC adoption with Terraform, enforcing security compliance, and leading cross-functional teams to deliver resilient systems aligned with SLO/SLI/SLA targets. Holds multiple AWS, CKA, and Terraform certifications.

7+ Years Experience
40% Faster Releases
35% Cost Reduction
99.99% Uptime Maintained
Core Stack

Technical Proficiencies

  • Platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware ESXi, Bare Metal
  • CI/CD: Jenkins, CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, ArgoCD
  • Orchestration: Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE), ECS, Docker
  • IaC / Config: Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Helm
  • Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Splunk, ELK, Datadog, Dynatrace, Loki
  • Security: AWS Security Hub, Prisma Cloud, Azure Sentinel, GCP SCC
  • Streaming: Confluent Kafka, Apache Kafka
  • Storage / DB: S3, EBS, RDS, Nexus, ECR
  • Networking: VPC, VPN, WAF, Firewalls, Load Balancers
  • OS: RedHat Linux, CentOS, RHEL7
  • Languages: Bash, Python
  • Web Servers: Apache, NGINX
Career History

Experience

Cloud / DevOps Engineer & SRE

JPMorgan Chase — Houston, TX

 Apr 2025 – Present
  • Designed and maintained scalable, fault-tolerant data pipelines supporting analytics and business operations, reducing pipeline failures by 30%
  • Automated infrastructure and deployments with Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines, accelerating releases and reducing manual effort by 40%
  • Implemented observability dashboards (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Dynatrace); led incident response and RCA to maintain 99.99% uptime against SLO/SLI/SLA targets
  • Applied security, compliance, and cost-optimization best practices, improving operational efficiency by 25%
  • Architected and deployed IRIS, an autonomous AI agent containerized on AWS ECS (Fargate) and integrated with Microsoft Teams and AWS APIs — enabling real-time incident triage, SEV-tier classification, and structured post-mortem documentation, accelerating incident response cycles and improving cross-team knowledge retention

Cloud / DevOps Engineer

Pro-core Plus — Silver Spring, MD

 May 2021 – Mar 2025
  • Reduced deployment costs by 35% by repackaging Java microservices on Kubernetes (EKS) with CSI dynamic volume provisioning
  • Streamlined CI/CD with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Docker; automated Terraform deployments, cutting cloud costs by 30%
  • Managed Confluent Kafka clusters with 99.99% uptime
  • Reduced cloud vulnerabilities by 40% using AWS Security Hub, Azure Security Center, and GCP SCC; integrated Prisma Cloud with SIEM tools (Splunk, ELK, Azure Sentinel), cutting MTTD by 30%
  • Managed multi-cloud services (VPC, RDS, S3, EBS, EKS, AKS) via Terraform and CloudFormation; built Jenkins pipelines integrating Nexus and ECR
  • Deployed proactive monitoring with Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki, reducing downtime by 20%
  • Authored runbooks and architecture diagrams; led cross-functional training, improving team efficiency by 25%

System Administrator

Redmanh LLC — Landover, MD

 Sep 2018 – Apr 2021
  • Redesigned network architecture and built AWS infrastructure, enhancing scalability
  • Administered Linux servers (RedHat, CentOS), web servers (Apache, NGINX), and executed RPM/YUM upgrades
  • Deployed Jira ticketing for Helpdesk, significantly reducing resolution times
  • Strengthened network reliability via WAN, firewall, and switch redundancy
  • Eliminated security breaches by deploying Endpoint DLP (DeviceLock) with Active Directory Group Policy
  • Managed virtual machines with VMware ESXi; maintained departmental warranties and licenses

IT Support / Administrative Officer

Nigeria Wire Industries PLC — Lagos, Nigeria

 Apr 2012 – Aug 2018
  • Managed end-to-end replacement of computers, servers, and network infrastructure
  • Installed and upgraded software, tested equipment, and resolved IT technical issues
  • Trained end users and documented solutions to common problems, ensuring operational continuity
Academic Background

Education

Western Governors University

Master of Science — Information Technology

Salt Lake City, UT

May 2025

Lagos State University

Bachelor of Science (Hons) — Accounting (Information Systems)

Lagos, Nigeria

March 2010
Credentials

Certifications

  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) CNCF
  • AWS Solutions Architect – Associate Amazon Web Services
  • AWS SysOps Administrator – Associate Amazon Web Services
  • AWS Certified Developer – Associate Amazon Web Services
  • HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate HashiCorp
  • CompTIA Linux+ CE CompTIA
  • CompTIA Security+ CE CompTIA
Toolbox

Skills & Workflow

Tools & Technologies

Engineering Workflow

  • Infrastructure as Code — design, build, maintain
  • CI/CD pipeline design, optimization & automation
  • Incident response, RCA, SLO/SLI/SLA management
  • Proactive monitoring, alerting & observability
  • Cross-functional collaboration & technical training
  • Agile Development & Scrum
  • Cloud security, compliance & cost optimization
Beyond the Terminal

Interests

Apart from being a Cloud/DevOps Engineer, I enjoy spending time outdoors. During winter I'm an avid skier and novice ice climber. In the warmer months I enjoy mountain biking, free climbing, and playing soccer.

When indoors, I follow sci-fi and fantasy movies and TV shows, enjoy cooking, and spend a significant amount of free time exploring the latest advancements in cloud infrastructure, automation, and the DevOps ecosystem.