JOHN A. OJABO SENIOR DEVOPS & SRE

01 / EXECUTIVE PROFILE

Architecting for reliability, security & cloud velocity

A seasoned Software & Infrastructure Engineer with 6+ years’ expertise building, deploying, securing, and scaling mission-critical software and cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure. Specialized in Kubernetes orchestration (GKE, AKS, EKS), Terraform IaC, zero-downtime migrations, and site reliability engineering.

6+ YRS Engineering Exp

AWS · GCP · AZURE Multi-Cloud Platforms

99.99% Uptime SLA

1M+ Kubernetes Cluster Scale

02 / PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Work Experience History

Senior DevOps Engineer (GCP) — Penningmeester.ai ABV, Netherlands (Remote)

FEB 2025 – PRESENT

Architecting scalable GCP-based infrastructure to support high-performance AI-driven financial systems.
Implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform for repeatable, secure, and compliant deployments.
Designing CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions for faster release cycles and automated integration testing.
Integrating GCP Cloud Monitoring & Logging with Grafana for real-time telemetry and incident triage.
Enforcing IAM policies, network segmentation, and secret management to ensure strict data protection.

GCP Terraform GKE GitHub Actions Grafana Cloud Security

GCP DevOps Engineer — NotJustEvent, Inc. (Remote)

2023 – 2025

Reduced operational cloud costs by $20K/year through static site migration to Azure Storage and spend optimization.
Led zero-downtime workload migration from GCP to Azure, improving application performance by 35%.
Built 6 CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, accelerating software delivery velocity by 45%.
Deployed APIs via Azure API Management with 99.9% uptime SLA and automated Terraform provisioning (50% faster deployment).
Implemented Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki stack, reducing incident resolution time (MTTR) by 60%.

Azure DevOps GCP to Azure Migration Terraform Prometheus / Loki API Management

Azure DevOps Engineer — Keenchess (Remote)

2022 – 2023

Designed microservices architecture with Kafka & Zookeeper, achieving 99.9% uptime.
Migrated workloads from GKE to AKS, reducing costs and operational overhead by 30%.
Delivered auto-scaling AKS microservices with 99.95% reliability and automated CI/CD pipelines (20% faster deployment).

AKS Kafka / Zookeeper Kubernetes HPA Azure

AWS Kubernetes Administrator — Take & Trade Naija (Remote)

2021 – 2022

Deployed Amazon EKS cluster engineered for 1M+ users with high availability and 99.99% uptime.
Reduced database query response times by 40% via Redis caching and PGbouncer connection pooling.
Implemented Cluster & Node Autoscaling, reducing cloud compute costs while maintaining peak throughput.

AWS EKS PGbouncer Redis Node Autoscaling

IT Support Specialist — Pittsburg Glass Workers (PGW) (Remote)

2019 – 2021

Administered Windows & Linux enterprise servers with strict focus on security compliance and Active Directory GPOs.
Configured Rapid7 for security monitoring, automated vulnerability scanning, and incident triage.

Linux / Windows Server Active Directory Rapid7 VDI

03 / FEATURED PROJECTS

Open-Source & Cloud Architecture

FLAGSHIP PROJECT OPEN SOURCE (APACHE 2.0)

Recon7 — Autonomous Attack Surface Intelligence

Defense-grade cyber reconnaissance platform. Orchestrates 12+ OSINT engines (Masscan, Nmap, Subfinder, Nuclei), correlates vulnerabilities into a graph evidence ledger, and enforces strict enterprise multi-tenant IAM isolation.

Python / FastAPI Async Workers Docker React Multi-Tenant IAM

MULTI-CLOUD PIPELINE

Zero-Downtime Multi-Cloud Migration

Automated workload transition pipeline moving live microservices from GKE to Azure AKS with Kafka/Zookeeper event streaming and 35% performance improvement.

GKE / AKS Kafka Terraform

04 / COMPETENCIES & CREDENTIALS

Skills & Certifications

Cloud Platforms

Google Cloud (GCP), Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Kubernetes & Containers

GKE, AKS, EKS, Docker, Borg, Autoscaling (HPA)

Infrastructure as Code

HashiCorp Terraform, Ansible

CI/CD & GitOps

Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, FluxCD

Observability & Logging

Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK Stack, Cloud Monitoring

Security & Databases

Cloud IAM, VPC, Rapid7, PostgreSQL, Redis, PGbouncer

GOOGLE CLOUD

Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer

GOOGLE CLOUD

Professional Cloud Security Engineer

HASHICORP

Terraform Certified Associate

AWS

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

EDUCATION

BSc, Cyber Security — Miva Open University (2024–2027)