Fonkwo Edmond

Sr Cloud Engineer at North American Bancard
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Bowie, Maryland, United States, US

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Credentials

  • Excel: Introduction to VBA
    LinkedIn
    May, 2022
    - Sep, 2024
  • Microsoft Access Essential Training (Office 2021/LTSC)
    LinkedIn
    May, 2022
    - Sep, 2024
  • Power BI: Dashboards for Beginners
    LinkedIn
    May, 2022
    - Sep, 2024
  • Learning Data Analytics
    LinkedIn
    Jul, 2021
    - Sep, 2024
  • Introduction to Corporate Finance
    Wharton Online
    Aug, 2018
    - Sep, 2024
  • Introduction to Financial Accounting
    Wharton Online
    Aug, 2018
    - Sep, 2024

Experience

  • North American Bancard
    • United States
    • Financial Services
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Sr Cloud Engineer
      • Feb 2021 - Present

      Collaborate across multiple functional and technical teams to deliver an Agile-based project  Work with clients to meet business needs and solve problems using the cloud  Work with developers, architects, system administrators and other stakeholders to architect and configure Dev / Stage / QA and Prod environments in AWS (VPC, subnets, Security groups, EC2 instances, load balancer, Database, Redis, Route53, etc.).  Design and implement end-to-end Continuous Integration… Show more Collaborate across multiple functional and technical teams to deliver an Agile-based project  Work with clients to meet business needs and solve problems using the cloud  Work with developers, architects, system administrators and other stakeholders to architect and configure Dev / Stage / QA and Prod environments in AWS (VPC, subnets, Security groups, EC2 instances, load balancer, Database, Redis, Route53, etc.).  Design and implement end-to-end Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using both Jenkins and AWS pipeline.  Automate the deployment and testing of resources using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and CloudFormation) through pipelines using DevOps principals, allowing customers to rapidly build, test, and release code while minimizing errors  Work with developers to build, deploy and orchestrate containers using Docker and Kubernetes  Provide technical guidance and mentoring to peers, less experienced engineers, and client personnel  Designing for high availability and business continuity using self-healing-based architectures, fail-over routing policies, multi-AZ deployment of EC2 instances, ELB health checks, Auto Scaling, and other disaster recovery models.  Leveraged AWS Control Tower, AWS Organization, etc., to set up and govern a secure, multi-account AWS environment based on the company’s requirements. - Provisioned SSO and cross-account federation using AWS control tower and Okta to automate and ease secure account provisioning as well access into the company environment.  Implemented and managed Ansible Tower to scale automation and handle complex deployments.  Monitoring and optimize the environment to ensure costs and performance scale on demand. Show less Collaborate across multiple functional and technical teams to deliver an Agile-based project  Work with clients to meet business needs and solve problems using the cloud  Work with developers, architects, system administrators and other stakeholders to architect and configure Dev / Stage / QA and Prod environments in AWS (VPC, subnets, Security groups, EC2 instances, load balancer, Database, Redis, Route53, etc.).  Design and implement end-to-end Continuous Integration… Show more Collaborate across multiple functional and technical teams to deliver an Agile-based project  Work with clients to meet business needs and solve problems using the cloud  Work with developers, architects, system administrators and other stakeholders to architect and configure Dev / Stage / QA and Prod environments in AWS (VPC, subnets, Security groups, EC2 instances, load balancer, Database, Redis, Route53, etc.).  Design and implement end-to-end Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using both Jenkins and AWS pipeline.  Automate the deployment and testing of resources using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and CloudFormation) through pipelines using DevOps principals, allowing customers to rapidly build, test, and release code while minimizing errors  Work with developers to build, deploy and orchestrate containers using Docker and Kubernetes  Provide technical guidance and mentoring to peers, less experienced engineers, and client personnel  Designing for high availability and business continuity using self-healing-based architectures, fail-over routing policies, multi-AZ deployment of EC2 instances, ELB health checks, Auto Scaling, and other disaster recovery models.  Leveraged AWS Control Tower, AWS Organization, etc., to set up and govern a secure, multi-account AWS environment based on the company’s requirements. - Provisioned SSO and cross-account federation using AWS control tower and Okta to automate and ease secure account provisioning as well access into the company environment.  Implemented and managed Ansible Tower to scale automation and handle complex deployments.  Monitoring and optimize the environment to ensure costs and performance scale on demand. Show less

  • Toyota Motor Corporation
    • Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Cloud Architecture Consultant
      • Aug 2018 - Jan 2021

      • Collaborate with business analyst and product owners, and scrum master in all scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint retrospectives and review meetings to effectuate strategies workflows and achieve set goals • Designed 3 tier server-based architectures for web applications that are resilient, highly performant and fault tolerant which served over to serve +9 million customers. • Provisioned AWS Cloud Formation templates from scratch parametrizing them for… Show more • Collaborate with business analyst and product owners, and scrum master in all scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint retrospectives and review meetings to effectuate strategies workflows and achieve set goals • Designed 3 tier server-based architectures for web applications that are resilient, highly performant and fault tolerant which served over to serve +9 million customers. • Provisioned AWS Cloud Formation templates from scratch parametrizing them for reusability to create custom sized VPC, subnets, NAT, IAM resources, Alias Records, and compute resources, IGW and peering connections to ensure successful deployment of Web applications and database templates • Configured multi-account architecture, identity and access management, governance, data security, network design, and logging within provisioned AWS Landing Zones, implementing right SCP to OU’s • Created CloudWatch filters for VPC flow Logs, S3 access logs, IAM Access Advisor, Credential reports CloudTrail and AWS Config configuration changes to ensure sustained visibility of the cloud environment • Investigated the organizational cloud environment and leveraged conformance packs, AWS trusted Advisors to implement best practices which upscaled efficiency, reduced 900 pounds from monthly cost. • Co-championed a heterogenous migration project using database schemer conversion tool to convert the database schemer of our on-premises Oracle database to amazon aurora database in the AWS cloud. • Configured secured and highly available S3 buckets with objects stored in the London region and replicated in Ireland, leveraging on S3 versioning, MFA delete, glacier vault locks and intelligence teering. •Leveraged AWS SCT to convert Oracle data scheme to RDS as well as DMS and CDC to continuously capture ongoing changes while securely migrating the database from on premise to the cloud with no downtime. Show less • Collaborate with business analyst and product owners, and scrum master in all scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint retrospectives and review meetings to effectuate strategies workflows and achieve set goals • Designed 3 tier server-based architectures for web applications that are resilient, highly performant and fault tolerant which served over to serve +9 million customers. • Provisioned AWS Cloud Formation templates from scratch parametrizing them for… Show more • Collaborate with business analyst and product owners, and scrum master in all scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint retrospectives and review meetings to effectuate strategies workflows and achieve set goals • Designed 3 tier server-based architectures for web applications that are resilient, highly performant and fault tolerant which served over to serve +9 million customers. • Provisioned AWS Cloud Formation templates from scratch parametrizing them for reusability to create custom sized VPC, subnets, NAT, IAM resources, Alias Records, and compute resources, IGW and peering connections to ensure successful deployment of Web applications and database templates • Configured multi-account architecture, identity and access management, governance, data security, network design, and logging within provisioned AWS Landing Zones, implementing right SCP to OU’s • Created CloudWatch filters for VPC flow Logs, S3 access logs, IAM Access Advisor, Credential reports CloudTrail and AWS Config configuration changes to ensure sustained visibility of the cloud environment • Investigated the organizational cloud environment and leveraged conformance packs, AWS trusted Advisors to implement best practices which upscaled efficiency, reduced 900 pounds from monthly cost. • Co-championed a heterogenous migration project using database schemer conversion tool to convert the database schemer of our on-premises Oracle database to amazon aurora database in the AWS cloud. • Configured secured and highly available S3 buckets with objects stored in the London region and replicated in Ireland, leveraging on S3 versioning, MFA delete, glacier vault locks and intelligence teering. •Leveraged AWS SCT to convert Oracle data scheme to RDS as well as DMS and CDC to continuously capture ongoing changes while securely migrating the database from on premise to the cloud with no downtime. Show less

  • Baker Hughes
    • Norway
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Cloud Engineer
      • Jan 2016 - Jun 2018

      Worked with clients to understand their workflows including strengths and weaknesses, to identify new tech/solutions/improvements to make processes more efficient.  Worked closely with customers, internal staff and other stakeholders to determine planning, implementation and integration of system-oriented projects.  Designed/developed aspects of migration journey - assess, mobilize and migrate phase including leveraging CART, ADS, Migration Evaluator, DMS, Cloud… Show more Worked with clients to understand their workflows including strengths and weaknesses, to identify new tech/solutions/improvements to make processes more efficient.  Worked closely with customers, internal staff and other stakeholders to determine planning, implementation and integration of system-oriented projects.  Designed/developed aspects of migration journey - assess, mobilize and migrate phase including leveraging CART, ADS, Migration Evaluator, DMS, Cloud Endure etc.  Implemented security best practices in AWS including access key rotation, multi- factor authentication, role-based permissions, enforced strong password policy, configure security groups and NACLs, S3 bucket policies etc.  Managed and monitored all installed systems for highest level of availability.  Built high-performing, available, resilient, and efficient 3-tier architecture for customer applications, and performed reviews for architecture and infrastructure builds, following AWS best practices.  Provisioned and managed AWS infrastructures using Terraform.  Optimized cost through reserved instances, selection and changing of EC2 instance types based on the resource need, S3 storage class and S3 lifecycle policies, leveraging Autoscaling, etc.  VPC peering with other accounts allowing access and routing to service and users of separate account to communicate.  Responsible for installation, configuration, management and maintenance over Linux systems, including managing users and groups  Monitored end-to-end infrastructure using CloudWatch and SNS for notifications Show less Worked with clients to understand their workflows including strengths and weaknesses, to identify new tech/solutions/improvements to make processes more efficient.  Worked closely with customers, internal staff and other stakeholders to determine planning, implementation and integration of system-oriented projects.  Designed/developed aspects of migration journey - assess, mobilize and migrate phase including leveraging CART, ADS, Migration Evaluator, DMS, Cloud… Show more Worked with clients to understand their workflows including strengths and weaknesses, to identify new tech/solutions/improvements to make processes more efficient.  Worked closely with customers, internal staff and other stakeholders to determine planning, implementation and integration of system-oriented projects.  Designed/developed aspects of migration journey - assess, mobilize and migrate phase including leveraging CART, ADS, Migration Evaluator, DMS, Cloud Endure etc.  Implemented security best practices in AWS including access key rotation, multi- factor authentication, role-based permissions, enforced strong password policy, configure security groups and NACLs, S3 bucket policies etc.  Managed and monitored all installed systems for highest level of availability.  Built high-performing, available, resilient, and efficient 3-tier architecture for customer applications, and performed reviews for architecture and infrastructure builds, following AWS best practices.  Provisioned and managed AWS infrastructures using Terraform.  Optimized cost through reserved instances, selection and changing of EC2 instance types based on the resource need, S3 storage class and S3 lifecycle policies, leveraging Autoscaling, etc.  VPC peering with other accounts allowing access and routing to service and users of separate account to communicate.  Responsible for installation, configuration, management and maintenance over Linux systems, including managing users and groups  Monitored end-to-end infrastructure using CloudWatch and SNS for notifications Show less

  • Eneo Cameroon S.A.
    • Cameroon
    • Utilities
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Project Finance Specialist
      • Apr 2012 - Jan 2015

       Served as financial advisor to the Project Manager, and Global Unit Head. Drafted monthly Project Reviews, and proactively participate in meeting discussions to identify, communicate, and address financial issues.  Analyzed data from weekly progress meetings to identify potential cost overruns or schedule delays before they became problematic  Updated financial reports for contracts continuously used excel file to track all current and cumulative budgets and expenditures for over 24… Show more  Served as financial advisor to the Project Manager, and Global Unit Head. Drafted monthly Project Reviews, and proactively participate in meeting discussions to identify, communicate, and address financial issues.  Analyzed data from weekly progress meetings to identify potential cost overruns or schedule delays before they became problematic  Updated financial reports for contracts continuously used excel file to track all current and cumulative budgets and expenditures for over 24 main projects and over 70 subprojects of the organization.  Approved purchase requests for projects materials based on material matrices and completed voucher corrections for travels and material purchase orders.  Prepared key reports such as annual cost and expense budgets, cost rates, cost and expense forecasting, monthly utilization, resourcing requirements, headcount, revenue backlog analysis, and/or gross profit for assigned area.  Participated in special projects as required and supported other departments as needed to ensure that all business units have access to accurate, timely information related to their operations.  Assisted in the development of project budgets by providing information regarding resource availability and costs associated with specific tasks within the project schedule Show less  Served as financial advisor to the Project Manager, and Global Unit Head. Drafted monthly Project Reviews, and proactively participate in meeting discussions to identify, communicate, and address financial issues.  Analyzed data from weekly progress meetings to identify potential cost overruns or schedule delays before they became problematic  Updated financial reports for contracts continuously used excel file to track all current and cumulative budgets and expenditures for over 24… Show more  Served as financial advisor to the Project Manager, and Global Unit Head. Drafted monthly Project Reviews, and proactively participate in meeting discussions to identify, communicate, and address financial issues.  Analyzed data from weekly progress meetings to identify potential cost overruns or schedule delays before they became problematic  Updated financial reports for contracts continuously used excel file to track all current and cumulative budgets and expenditures for over 24 main projects and over 70 subprojects of the organization.  Approved purchase requests for projects materials based on material matrices and completed voucher corrections for travels and material purchase orders.  Prepared key reports such as annual cost and expense budgets, cost rates, cost and expense forecasting, monthly utilization, resourcing requirements, headcount, revenue backlog analysis, and/or gross profit for assigned area.  Participated in special projects as required and supported other departments as needed to ensure that all business units have access to accurate, timely information related to their operations.  Assisted in the development of project budgets by providing information regarding resource availability and costs associated with specific tasks within the project schedule Show less

Education

  • University of Dundee
    Master's degree, International energy commerce and Finance
    2016 - 2017
  • IBMR Business School
    Cousera, DATA ANALYTICS
    2021 - 2021
  • Wharton Online
    Business foundations, Business foundations
    2018 - 2018
  • University of Buea
    Master’s Degree, Energy and Mineral Resource exploration
    2014 - 2016
  • UNIVERSITY of Bamenda
    DIPES II, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
    2012 - 2014
  • Zero To Mastery Academy
    BOOTCAAP, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science

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