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Specialist DevOps Engineer
MarioneteSpecialist DevOps Engineer
Jan. 2023London, England, United KingdomDeveloping secure and scalable automated solutions and provide hands-on technical engineering capability to support the implementation of brand-new Cloud Native services. Implementing new and innovative patterns for technology, encompassing real-time, event-driven microservices, data mesh and service mesh solutions.
Platform Engineer
DeARX Services (Pty) LtdPlatform Engineer
Mar. 2018 - Jan. 2023RandburgI started working with NedGroup Investments developing in ESQL on IBM Message Broker as an Integration Developer. Improved the initial CI/CD pipeline used to deploy Broker Archive files to IBM Message Broker. Created CI/CD pipelines to deploy Enterprise Service Bus code to WSO2 Enterprise Integrator (ESB) using Jenkins. Automated carbon archive application creation as well as deployment to the ESB. Automated API testing and deployment through Azure DevOps. Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines for clients. Promoted to Platform Engineer. Built production grade, highly available Kubernetes clusters and deployed WSO2 API Manager, Enterprise Integrator and Identity Server on Kubernetes for the following clients: - PSG Wealth (On-Prem K8s) - Blue Label Distributions (Hybrid: On-Prem and EKS) - Access Bank (formerly Grobank) (On-Prem K8s) - The Foschini Group (RedHat OpenShift) Built and developed Helm Charts for the various customers as well as designed the On-Prem clusters for PSG and Access Bank. Deployed over 30 WSO2 instances on EKS and On-Prem servers for Blue Label Distributions within a week. I also do a lot of support and maintenance for the customers related to WSO2 or Kubernetes. I am responsible for ensuring that the applications are patched and that any issues related to the platform are resolved. Certified Kubernetes Administrator
Junior Java Developer
PPSJunior Java Developer
Aug. 2015 - Mar. 2018ParktownResponsible for fixing numerous bugs in a legacy system. Fixed around 400 bugs with my team and responsible for improvements to the system to reduce the probability of critical issues in production. Worked mostly on Microsoft SQL Server. Made major improvements to the billing system.
Local Committee Vice President (Marketing)
AIESEC South AfricaLocal Committee Vice President (Marketing)
Jan. 2015 - Dec. 2015Pretoria Area, South Africa
Local Committee Talent Management Representative
AIESEC South AfricaLocal Committee Talent Management Representative
Jan. 2015 - Jul. 2015Pretoria Area, South Africa- Current representative for talent management for AIESEC UP.
Organizing Committee (Marketing)
AIESEC South AfricaOrganizing Committee (Marketing)
Apr. 2014 - Dec. 2014Pretoria Area, South Africa- Brainstorming ideas on exposure for the NLS conference. - Communicate with other local committee delegate-in-chiefs on demographics - Plan plenary social gatherings and oversee sale of beverages - Ensure quality service delivery to delegates - Assist in plenary sessions
Local Committee Team Leader (Finance)
AIESEC South AfricaLocal Committee Team Leader (Finance)
Mar. 2014 - Dec. 2014Pretoria Area, South Africa- Coming up with innovative solutions to improve cash flows - Creating flexible budgets - Managing funds and optimizing spending to extract the best value from a fixed budget.
Promoter
LeegraPromoter
Sep. 2013 - Jun. 2014Pretoria Area, South AfricaI promote various products from clients contracted with Leegra
Delegate
Aisec TuksDelegate
Aug. 2012 - Sep. 2012Pretoria Area, South AfricaI was a delegate in the Aisec "Yes I Wanna Be" campaign and part of the team that won the whole campaign with over 60% of the overall recruits belonging to our group. (See Projects)
INF 163 Class Representative
University of PretoriaINF 163 Class Representative
Jul. 2012 - Nov. 2012Pretoria Area, South AfricaI represent the students of INF 163.
Promoter
Vodacom MPESAPromoter
Jan. 2011 - Jan. 2011Promoting Vodacom MPESA during it's start-up/initiation phase.
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