Isah Idris

Abuja, FCT, Nigeria- - LinkedIn Profile GitHub Profile ISAH IDRIS SKILLS • • • • • • • • • • • • Infrastructure Design: Cloud Native & Distributed Architecture, System Security Baseline. Security: Process Isolation, Audit, Vulnerability, Identity and Access, VPN (Zerotier) & Tunneling ... Automation: Kubernetes, Docker, Cloudformation, Terraform, Git, CircleCI Jenkins, Chef, Lint, … AWS Services: EC2, ELB, RDS, VPC, Route53, Lambda, EKS, ECS, CodePipeline, IAM, KMS, S3... Monitoring and Visualization: Datadog, Prometheus, Graphite, Grafana, KubeSphere, Operating System: Unix/Linux (Ubuntu/Debian, CentOS), Amazon Linux, Chrome Os, & Windows. Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, IPSec, Apache, Nginx, SSH, dig, mtr, firewall, curl, netstat, top, systemd... Programming & Scripting: Python, C#, Bash, YAML, HCL, JSON, YARA, Flask, Markdown… Virtualization Technology: VMware, Xen, & KVM. SDLC: Agile, 12 Factors Principles of Microservices, & Refactoring Monolith to Microservices. Architecture Tools: Lucidchart, Draw.Io Others: Team Leadership, Presentation, Technical Research, Collaboration and Video Conferencing tools. PROJECTS EXPERIENCE Orchestration & Provisioning of KubeSphere Container Platform Project Link Dec 2020 – Jan 2021 • Provisioned KubeSphere on AWS EKS Cluster and deployed application with Terraform as Iac. • Provisioned KubeSphere on a Linux Bare metal for Hybrid observability and DevOps Workflow. Design, Provision & Monitoring infrastructure in AWS Project link June 2020  Designed a Distributed System architecture for Social Media Application, separating the back-end from front-end with high availability of 99%, resiliency and RPO of 5min.  Technology used: Terraform, Python, Drawio, AWS as Cloud Provider Securing the Recipe Vault Web Application Project link May 2020  Designed security architecture for an existing infrastructure using DevSecOps approach.  Recommended and Implemented security strategies which increased the compliance level by 174% .  Technology used: AWS; Config, Gaurdduty, inspect, S3, CloudTrail, Security Hub, KMS, IAM , & hydra. EXPERIENCE Udacity - Independent Contractor remote | Oct 2020 - Present • Mentor and guide students from over 16 countries towards successful completion of projects. • Confer with students to identify and resolve problems, review, grade and ensured projects meets standard. uTest – Tester remote | Mar 2020 - present • Performance Testing, Payment Testing, Application Testing, API Testing ... Maarid Inc, Freelance Consulting Services – IT Consultant Nigeria | Feb 2018 – present • Developed schemes for capacity development on Cybersecurity and Cloud solution. • Trained FCDA, American Embassy employees on Security and Cloud Solution. SOI Consulting, FCT, Abuja - IT Support Specialist • Detected and prevented network intrusion on my first day of resumption. • Optimized network throughput using congestion control. Nigeria | Jun 2017 - Dec 2017 Gilmor Engineering, Abuja, FCT - IT Specialist Nigeria | Jan 2011 - Jan 2015 • Introduced document tracking system for monitoring machine credentials. • Harmonized colleagues with different culture and religious belief, lead them for 3yrs. SCC Nig Ltd, Abuja, FCT - Administrative Manager • Improved production rate by 43% in three months. • Recovered 16Tons of materials through an audit. Nigeria | Mar 2007 - Mar 2010 VOLUNTARY WORK EXPERIENCE Google Africa Developer Scholarship – Mentor Nigeria | 06-12/2019 • Mentor students from (Nigeria, Zambia, Egypt, Kenya, ...) on Google Cloud Engineering. • Improved students learning process through one-on-one coaching and successfully reached the final stage. Federal University of Technology, Minna – Trainer Nigeria | 01–07/2018 • Trained more than 50 students on Ethical Hacking and Countermeasure, and Linux Systems Administration. • Trained Professor of Computer Engineering on Cloud Computing. Others - Motivational Speaker Jan 2013-now • Motivated over 100 people on capacity building. • Advocated Peace, Ethics and Cybersecurity. EDUCATION Udacity - The School of Computing, Nanodegree Cloud Native Architecture Cloud Security Engineer Mentorship AWS Cloud Architect Cloud DevOps Engineer Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria Bachelor of Technology Cyber Security Grade (2.1) Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa, Nasarawa, Nigeria National Diploma In Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technology Nov 2020 - present Nov 2020 - present Oct 2020 June 2020 June 2020 Oct- CERTIFICATIONS • • • • • • • • • Google Cloud Platform Business Professional Accreditation AWS Cloud Financial Management Google IT Support Professional G Suite Administration Qualys Certified Specialist Vulnerability Management Fortinet Network Security Expert NSE1 Fortinet Network Security Expert NSE 2 ICSI|CNSS Certified Network Security Specialist Huawei Certified Routing & Switching HONORS AND ACTIVITIES • Linux Foundation Scholarship – Linux System Engineer • Bertelsmann Technology Scholarship – Udacity Hall of Fame • Google Africa Developer Scholarship – Google Cloud Engineering • Commendation on Internet Beyond Basics – ISACA • First Runner-Up – Naija SecCon 2018 Hackathon • L.I.G S3C – Founder Aug 2020 Mar 2020 June 2019 Sep 2018 May 2018 Mar 2018