Israel Gbesor-Zoiku

About Me

I have an active and dynamic approach to work and getting things done. I am a Linux systems
administrator, an AWS Cloud Engineer and a DevOps Engineer with five (5+) years of experience in
supporting and automating critical deployment over infrastructure. I am proficient in Jenkins, AWS,
Terraform and Kubernetes.

Education

AWS Cloud 2023

Ghana-India Kofi Annan Center of Excellence in ICT

I have acquired skills in Fundamentals of cloud computing: This includes topics such as the different types of cloud deployments (public, private, hybrid), the benefits of cloud computing, and the different cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS). AWS services and infrastructure: I learn about the different AWS services that are available, such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), and Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). Cloud architecture and design and Cloud DevOps

DevOps Engineering 2023

JOMACS IT & Consulting

Reduced maintenance costs by 50% by implementing infrastructure as code utilizing AWS services including EC2 instances, S3 buckets, and RDS databases. Oversaw the transition of legacy apps to the AWS cloud architecture, making sure that scalability and integration were optimized. Used SonarQube to provide automated code quality tests, which reduced code defects by 30% and increased overall code maintainability.

BSc Information Technology 2018 - 2022

University of Ghana

Work & Experience

DevOps Engineer

JOMACS IT - Canada

02/01/2023 - 09/28/2023

By utilizing Docker, Jenkins, and Git to provide an automated deployment pipeline, we were able to increase release frequency by 75% and reduce deployment time by 50%. Managed a production environment's Kubernetes cluster, which enhanced scalability and resource efficiency and reduced infrastructure expenses by thirty percent. Using Jenkins, Maven, and Git, developed and maintained an extensive continuous integration and deployment pipeline that reduced manual build and deployment procedures by 90%

Printing Assistant

SDiamond Prints, University of Ghana

12/18/2019 - 11/22/2023

Typing / typesetting documents. Operating printers. Assisting customers in their online applications. Designing of cards and in MS Word formatting. Assisting students in their course registrations. Cleaning of the place before work begins. Providing/ensuring excellent customer care to boost customer relations with the company

Skills

AWS Cloud
70%
Docker
60%
Graphic Design
80%
Linux systems administration
55%
Kubernetes
50%
Amazon EC2
80%
CI/CD
75%
Jenkins
80%

Awards

Best Student Personality 2021
Best Student Personality, Computer Science Students’ Association, University of Ghana