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Chukwuemeka Onah

Cape town

Summary

Seeking professional opportunity for continuous growth, development and engagement in a challenging, rewarding and fulfilling career through a success-driven and reputable establishment where hard work, dedication and intelligence is encouraged and rewarded.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Devops ||Cloud Engineer

Amazon Web Services
04.2021 - Current
  • Architect, deploy and monitor AWS services using AWS native CI/CD services like CodeDeploy, CodeBuild, CodeCommit as well as opensource services like Jenkins, GHA, Kubernetes, Ansible and Terraform.
  • Automate tasks by scripting using languages including python and bash
  • Work on critical, highly complex customer problems that span multiple AWS services such S3, Datasync , Snowball, DMS,AWS Backup ,EKS,EC2,ECS,etc.
  • Kubernetes cluster hardening to conform with security best practices.
  • Create Terraform modules for new infrastructure and also ‘Terrforming’ existing infrastructure.

System Engineer

Comstor
01.2019 - 03.2021
  • Day to day operation on life-cycle management of on-premises and cloud infrastructure,monitoring and observability
  • Maintain core infrastructure platform availability
  • create and manage all systme tools for all scripts and automation processes, as well as oversee all capacity planing
  • Provide support on all linux application
  • Installing servers,creating and implementing linux configuration and tyroubleshooting

Senior Storage Consultant

Westcon
10.2015 - 12.2018
  • Building and maintaining relationships with customers.
  • Design, plan and implement SAN and storage solution
  • Consulted with clients to gain an understanding of their Infrastructure , budget, and their current operating
    environment then designed IT infrastructure end to end to meet those criteria
  • Planned and implemented NetApp storage solutions in live production environments
  • Configured NetApp filers in SAN (FC and iSCSI) and NAS (CIFS and NFS) environments
  • Provide support, provision and zone storage to Windows, Linux/Unix and VMware
  • Troubleshooting day-to-day SAN issues

Professional Service Engineer

NetApp Inc
08.2012 - 10.2015
  • Manage technical relationships with customer and in-house delivery teams
  • Configure and administer Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) storage and associated components
  • Drive proof of concept of our product in customer environments
    Configure and administer Storage Area Network (SAN) and associated components; including Fibre Channel switch administration
  • Configure and administer data restore and disaster recovery
  • Configure and administer data backup clients and servers,
    Maintain storage aspects of new server integrations, storage allocation, and change management
  • Setup procedures to consolidate storage of data from different platforms (Windows, , and Linux)
  • Troubleshoot and fix storage issues
  • Perform routine equipment checks and preventative maintenance
  • Presentation of logical Unit Number to Servers
  • Provide formal and informal storage administration training
    Storage analysis, capacity planning, and performance planning of storage components
  • Document the policies and procedures to support the operational storage environment and participate in the design and ongoing refinement of procedures and policies
  • Prepare reports on storage administration best practices, new technologies, etc., and recommend enhancements and configuration changes to improve and optimize storage
  • Provided detailed hands-on knowledge transfer and trainings to the technical staff as part of the project .


Implementation and Storage engineer

Data Group IT
09.2010 - 07.2012
  • Alias, zoning configuration for the servers connected in FC environment in brocade switches
  • Configure and administer Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) storage and associated components
  • Able to create/Expand aggregate, volume, Qtree for NAS environments, LUN's, Igroups for SAN
    environments and also reclamation the LUN's and SAN ports if any (De-commissioning projects)


Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science & Physics

University of Nigeria

Skills

  • Experienced with AWS Organization, AWS IAM, AWS Cloud Formation, AWS Lambda, AWS Systems Manager, S3, VPC, EC2, ELB, RDS, SNS, SQS, Route53, AWS Auto Scaling, Trusted Advisor, Cloud Watch, DynamoDB,ECS,EKS etc
  • Experienced as a System/Storage Administrator on both Linux and WINDOWS with SAN/NAS Storage
  • Experience Administering Various Enterprise Storage eg NetApp, IBM Series
  • Good understand of Git, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker,
  • Working experience in installation, configuration, troubleshooting and administration of SAN Switches: Brocade, Cisco Data Centre switching (NX-OS,IOS)
  • Experience in Administration of VMware
  • Experienced with End to end racking of storage and servers
  • Basic knowledge of Python

Accomplishments

    ======COMPLETED PROJECTS=======

    Supercell Global Launch


    -> Launching Supercell games to other AWS region and also increasing resource capacity such as EC2.


    WIZ Organization Migration


    -> Migrating Old AWS Organization to New AWS Organization


    MTN Nigeria


    - > Onsite Storage Engineer at MTN Nigeria (SAN Environment/ Storage/Data Center)


    E-PARLIAMENT –GHANA

    -> Implementation of FAS 2600 and consolidated VMware

    -> Configuration of NetApp E –Series and Veeam back up

    -> Implementation of Disaster Recovery (DR)

    CHEVRON ANGOLA (Luanda)

    -> NetApp Project

    -> Implementation of NetApp Clustered Mode Storage and consolidated Servers NetApp Project Chevron Angola (Malongo)

    -> Implementation of NetApp Clustered Mode Storage and consolidated Servers

    -> And migration of 7mode to cmode using NDMP copy and Vmotion

    MOBILE ANGOLA [NetApp Project ]


    -> DISK SHELVE UPGRADE


    SEPLAT PETROLEUM [ NetApp Project]

    -> OS (ONTAP)upgrade and storage efficiency (Enable, and schedule reduplication activities)

    -> Storage and DR Implementation migrating FAS 2020 to FAS3240 using NetApp Software Snap mirror

    -> Implementations of NetApp Cluster Mode and Migration from 7mode to Cluster mode using NetApp Tools DTA, Volume Transition and upgrading FAS3240 from 7mode to Cluster mode OS

    First E&P NIGERIA [NetApp Project]

    -> Implementation of a New FAS2240 filers and migrating all the Data

    NDWESTERNS [NetApp Project]

    -> Implementation of First Storage in the environment and consolidated all the application

    MTN NIGERIA[NetApp Project]

    -> Implementation of Storage and consolidated ORACLE RAC

    -> Implementation of cluster mode system and migrating from 7mode to cluster using NetApp Tools DTA


    FIDELITY BANK[NetApp Project ]

    -> Implementations of NetApp Cluster Mode and Migration from 7mode to Cluster mode using Storage VMotion and migration of production Data to DR

    HAGGAI BANK

    -> NetApp Project [Storage and DR implementation and consolidation of the Servers]

    UNION REGISTER

    -> NetApp Project

    -> Storage and DR implementation using NetApp software snap mirror

    LEADWAY ASSURANCE

    -> Implementation of NetApp Storage (Production and DR,


    =========TRAININGS==================


  • DevOps Engineering on AWS
  • Use Amazon EKS to manage and orchestrate containers with Kubernetes
  • Networking Essentials for Cloud Applications on AWS
  • Data ONTAP cluster Mode Administration - NetApp Office, Germany
  • Cluster troubleshooting - NetApp Office, UK
  • VMware vSphere 5.1 Installation, Configure and Manage - NetApp Office, Amsterdam
  • NetApp Design Solution - NetApp Office, UK
  • Palo Alto Network (ICW and TT) - Palo alto office, Amsterdam
  • Palo Alto Network (201 and 205) - Westcon Office, Norway
  • Data Protection Administration - NetApp Office, Poland
  • F5 LTM - Westcon Office, Lagos, Nigeria
  • Cisco Academy - Afrihub, Nigeria
  • Structured Cabling, Lan setup /Configuration with TTC MOBILE LIMITED
  • Microsoft Certified Professional with TTC MOBILE LIMITED
  • Oracle Database Administrator and Professional with HIIT PLC - Nigeria
  • ========TECHNICAL CERTIFICATION==================

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional SAP-C02
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate SAA-C0
  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional
  • Huawei Certified Network Associate -HCNA Storage
  • Cisco Security Architecture for system Engineer
  • NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer (SAN)
  • NetApp Certified Data Administrator (Cmode)
  • NetApp Certified Storage Installation Engineer, ONTAP
  • NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer - SAN Specialist
  • Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA),
  • Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)-Data centre
  • Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Instructor (PCNSI)
  • Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE)
  • PAN Security Accredited Configuration Engineer (ACE8)
  • ===========AWARDS=================

  • Subject Matter Expert [SME] in AWS backup
  • First to install and migrate NetApp clustered mode in Nigeria (Seplat petroleum development company Nigeria Project)
  • First certified Palo Alto network security instructor in Africa
  • Best Storage Implementation Engineer of the year, Chevron, Angola
  • First to install NetApp AFF with ADP in Nigeria

Timeline

Devops ||Cloud Engineer

Amazon Web Services
04.2021 - Current

System Engineer

Comstor
01.2019 - 03.2021

Senior Storage Consultant

Westcon
10.2015 - 12.2018

Professional Service Engineer

NetApp Inc
08.2012 - 10.2015

Implementation and Storage engineer

Data Group IT
09.2010 - 07.2012

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science & Physics

University of Nigeria
Chukwuemeka Onah