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About

Obaro Emmanuel Olori.

Lead DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with eight years architecting, securing, and optimising large-scale cloud-native and hybrid platforms across Azure, AWS, GCP, and on-prem.

Microsoft MVP · DevOps United Kingdom balori.emma@gmail.com
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Summary

Proven expertise in Linux systems administration, PostgreSQL HA, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and CI/CD with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps. Adept at driving automation, disaster recovery strategies, and zero-downtime deployments to deliver resilient, cost-effective systems. Recognised for reducing provisioning times, improving incident resolution, and mentoring engineers while ensuring SOC2 and ISO compliance.

Core Skills
Cloud Platforms
AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud
IaC & Config
Terraform, Ansible, Bicep, CloudFormation
Linux
Hardening, advanced networking, performance, automation
CI/CD
GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab
Containers
Docker, Kubernetes, AKS, GKE, Helm, Istio, ArgoCD, Flux
Web Infra
Nginx, Istio ingress, SSL automation, reverse proxies
Observability
Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Datadog, Cloud Monitoring
Scripting
Python, Bash, Go, PowerShell
Security & Compliance
OPA Gatekeeper, Secret Manager, GHAS, SOC2, ISO
Networking
VPC, Hub-and-Spoke, NAT, IAP, Cloud Armor, NSGs
Education
  • M.Sc. in Computer Science
    Lagos State University, Nigeria · 2018 — 2020
  • B.Sc. in Computer Science
    Lagos State University, Nigeria · 2011 — 2015
Recognition
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
DevOps
Certifications
  • HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (2024)
  • Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (2023)
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (2019)
  • All GitHub Certification Suite × 5 (2024)