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.

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 ScienceLagos State University, Nigeria · 2018 — 2020
- B.Sc. in Computer ScienceLagos 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)