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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

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)

▸ Safely decommissioned retired AWS hyperscale data center infrastructure (racks, switches, hosts, patch panels) using directed workflow automation (Boost), verifying equipment status against NSM and Infrastructure Location Browser prior to removal.
▸ Executed controlled power-down procedures under Two-Person Verification Rule (TPVR), including rPDU breaker isolation, whip disconnection, and BBU handling per DCC safety standards.
▸ Removed, tracked, and secured customer data-bearing components per AWS Media Protection Policy, maintaining chain-of-custody documentation via Mobility IMS to meet strict SLA windows.
▸ Performed all decommission activity within live, in-production AWS data centers, maintaining zero downtime and uninterrupted service availability for customer workloads by establishing exclusion zones and continuously monitoring alarm queues during fiber optic and copper cabling removal.
▸ Coordinated Red Zone exits and reverse logistics transfers with Infrastructure Physical Security, managing asset ingestion, bag-and-tag labeling, and shipment scheduling to recovery facilities.
▸ Executed immediate rollback/incident-reporting procedures in response to alarms or near-misses.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Available for new roles

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

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