Mesfin Getachew

Senior DevOps & Cloud Engineer | AWS, Azure, GCP | CI/CD, Terraform, Kubernetes | Automating Scalable & Secure Infrastructure

About Me

Senior DevOps & Cloud Engineer with 7+ years of experience designing, deploying, and managing scalable, secure cloud infrastructure. I specialize in automated, cost-efficient, and resilient environments that accelerate business value.

• Cloud Infrastructure: Designed and managed multi-cloud environments for high availability and performance.
• Automation & CI/CD: Implemented Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK; reduced deployment time by 50%.
• Containers & Orchestration: Deployed Kubernetes clusters (EKS, ECS, AKS) and Dockerized applications for scalable microservices.
• Monitoring & Security: Built centralized logging, enforced IAM/DevSecOps best practices for SOC II readiness.
• Collaboration: Worked cross-functionally to deliver reliable, maintainable infrastructure solutions.

Skills & Tools

• Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, VPC, ECS, EKS, CloudFormation, CDK, CloudWatch, Route53, IAM, KMS, Shield, WAF), Azure (VMs, Networking, App Services, Azure DevOps, Active Directory, RBAC), GCP (Foundational Knowledge)
• DevOps & Automation: Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, GitOps
• Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS, ECS, AKS), Helm
• Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Dynatrace, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Centralized Logging & Alerting
• Security & Governance: IAM, RBAC, HashiCorp Vault, KMS, DevSecOps, compliance (SOC II readiness)
• Programming & Scripting: Python, Bash, PowerShell, Java, YAML
• Databases: MySQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB, PostgreSQL
• Collaboration: Jira, Confluence, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Agile/Scrum

Projects

Ecommerce-Platform

Fully functional e-commerce platform with payment integration and inventory management.

Live Demo GitHub Repo

Terraform + Jenkins

Automated AWS infrastructure with Terraform and CI/CD using Jenkins.

GitHub Repo

Python + MySQL App

Python app with secure MySQL integration and CRUD operations.

GitHub Repo

DevOps CI/CD Pipeline

Complete CI/CD pipeline with Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes automation.

GitHub Repo

Cloud Migration & Disaster Recovery

Led cloud migration and DR implementation with AWS & Azure, Terraform, and Ansible.

GitHub Repo

ClaimWise AI

AI claims processing system using ML for fraud detection and automation.

GitHub Repo

AI-Infra-Agent

AI-powered infrastructure automation agent that analyzes cloud environments, generates Terraform configurations, detects misconfigurations, and recommends optimization strategies for cost, security, and performance.

GitHub Repo

Java GitOps CI/CD Pipeline

End-to-end CI/CD pipeline for a Java application using Jenkins, Maven, SonarQube, Argo CD, Helm, and Kubernetes with GitOps-driven deployments and automated quality gates.

GitHub Repo

Professional Experience

• Senior DevOps Engineer – Shiro Technologies LLC, Addison, TX | Oct 2022 - Present
  • Led cloud infrastructure management and application operations.
  • Automated provisioning using Terraform & CloudFormation.
  • Improved CI/CD pipelines and deployment efficiency.
  • Collaborated with security teams for compliance audits.
• Cloud Engineer – CDI Tech, Arlington, VA | Jun 2020 – Sep 2022
  • Managed AWS & Azure infrastructure and automated provisioning.
  • Implemented disaster recovery solutions.
  • Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins.
• Cloud Operations Engineer – Property Management Experts, Arlington, VA | Jun 2018 – May 2020
  • Provided cloud support and maintenance.
  • Automated routine tasks with Ansible.
  • Optimized monitoring using ELK Stack.

Certifications

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
• Microsoft Certified Azure Database Administrator – Associate
• Python for Machine Learning – Great Learning Academy
• AI & Career Empowerment – University of Maryland

Education

• B.Sc. in Computer Science – University of Maryland
• Postgraduate Diploma in Cloud Computing – University of Texas, Austin

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Contact Me

Email: mesfin.g.tech@gmail.com

Phone: +1-‪202-596-5194‬

GitHub: https://github.com/DataOpsInnovator

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mesfin-g-tech