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Hi, I'm
Kodjo

I'm a Cloud Engineer

Designing secure, scalable, and resilient cloud infrastructure that lets teams ship faster without compromising security.

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About me

Who I am

I'm a Cloud & DevOps Engineer based in Sterling, VA, currently automating production infrastructure at Amazon Web Services. I specialize in AWS cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code — building reliable, secure systems that let engineering teams ship faster.

I hold an Active Clearance and am open to Cloud/DevOps Engineer roles across the DC/VA metro area and remote. I believe in automating everything — from infrastructure provisioning to security checks to deployments.

AWS Terraform Kubernetes GitHub Actions Ansible DevSecOps GitOps ArgoCD Prometheus Grafana
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6+
Years of experience
4
Industry certifications
12+
Cloud & DevSecOps tools
Career

Work Experience

Dec 2024 – Present Herndon, VA

AWS Network InfraOps Decommission

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  • ▸ Automated network infrastructure decommission workflows using Python and AWS internal tools, reducing manual tasks by 80% and safely processing thousands of network devices annually with zero service disruptions.
  • ▸ Built and maintained automation scripts for infrastructure validation with automated pre-checks and post-validation to ensure compliance with production change management standards.
  • ▸ Converted manual runbooks into automated workflows using infrastructure-as-code principles in collaboration with Network Engineering and Operations teams.
Jan 2022 – Dec 2023 Washington, DC

Cloud Operations Engineer

The Atlantic

  • ▸ Automated infrastructure deployments with Terraform reusable modules, reducing provisioning time by 70% and ensuring consistent configurations across multiple AWS accounts.
  • ▸ Built GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines processing 100+ releases/month with automated rollback capabilities and zero-downtime deployments.
  • ▸ Managed containerized applications on Amazon ECS and EKS, maintaining 99.9% uptime for services serving millions of monthly users.
  • ▸ Configured CloudWatch and Datadog monitoring with custom dashboards and automated responses, reducing mean time to resolution by 50%.
Expertise

Areas of Expertise

Core competencies across cloud infrastructure, automation, security, and container orchestration.

Cloud Architecture

Designing scalable, highly-available multi-account AWS environments with Well-Architected best practices and cost optimization built in.

DevSecOps & CI/CD

Building secure pipelines with integrated SAST, DAST, container scanning, and secret detection — shifting security left without slowing teams down.

Infrastructure as Code

Automating cloud infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible — fully versioned, repeatable, and drift-free environments across all stages.

Container Security

Hardening Docker and Kubernetes workloads with OPA Gatekeeper, Falco runtime detection, network policies, and CIS benchmark compliance.

What I know

Skills & Technologies

AWS
Terraform
Docker
Kubernetes
GitHub Actions
Linux
Ansible
DevSecOps
GitOps
ArgoCD
Prometheus
Grafana
Credentials

Certifications

Industry-recognized certifications validating cloud architecture, security, and DevOps expertise.

Amazon Web Services

Solutions Architect
Associate

Verified
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CompTIA

Security+
SY0-701

Verified
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Amazon Web Services

DevOps Engineer
Professional

In Progress
Exam pending

HashiCorp

Terraform
Associate (003)

Verified
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My work

Featured Projects

A selection of projects I'm proud of. Each one taught me something new.

Python Gemini API Terraform Terrascan

AI-Enhanced Infrastructure Review

AI-powered Terraform code review automation using Google Gemini API and Terrascan — automated security analysis and policy enforcement before infrastructure changes reach production.

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Jenkins Kubernetes Trivy Terraform

Jenkins CI/CD Pipeline on Kubernetes

Automated build, Trivy security scan, and rolling Kubernetes deployment triggered by GitHub webhooks. Provisioned AWS infrastructure (EC2, IAM, S3, EKS) with Terraform — skips non-deployable commits automatically.

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AWS EKS Prometheus Grafana Kubernetes

Monitoring EKS Cluster

Production-ready observability stack on Amazon EKS — Prometheus, Grafana, and AlertManager deployed via Terraform and Helm with persistent dashboards, pre-configured alert rules for crash-looping and high CPU, and a one-command deploy/teardown lifecycle backed by S3 Terraform state.

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Virginia ABC·1234 Virginia is for Lovers
Python Flask Docker Terraform AWS

Virginia License Plate Lookup

Flask REST API and web app for validating Virginia license plates from 1906 to present — supports single, bulk, and real-time SSE validation with historical format detection, deployed on AWS via Terraform and CodeBuild CI/CD.

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Terraform GitLab CI AWS EKS Redis

Microservices Deployment on AWS EKS

Production-ready microservices platform on AWS EKS using Terraform + GitLab CI — featuring VPC networking, Kubernetes orchestration, ALB load balancing, and Redis caching for scalable workloads.

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Hire Me

I'm actively looking for my next Cloud / DevSecOps opportunity. If you're building something in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or security automation — let's talk.

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Cloud / DevOps Engineer

AWS · IaC · CI/CD pipelines

DevSecOps Engineer

Security automation · Compliance

Platform Engineer

Kubernetes · Observability · SRE

Or send a message directly

571-699-8941 cojocloudsolutions@gmail.com GitHub