Brave Okafor

Hi, my name is

Brave.

I build things for the cloud

Cloud platform engineer, building scalable, automated, cloud-native solutions.

About Me

I am a cloud solutions specialist with a passion for efficient and scalable systems. My background is in software development and cloud computing, with a particular interest in the intersection of technology and automation.

Currently, I am a Cloud Platforms Engineer Consultant at KPMG.

Here are a few technologies I've been working with recently:

Kubernetes
Helm
ArgoCD
Terraform
Kafka
Golang

Experience

KPMG
eTranzact
Upwork
Freelance

Cloud Architect Consultant - KPMG

April 2022 - present

I am currently working as a platform engineer at KPMG in Malta, my responsibilities include:

Preparing architecture and cost proposals for client projects.
Designing and implementing secure cloud infrastructure in regulated environments.
Managing cloud resources and orchestrating applications with technologies like Terraform and Kubernetes.
Implementing CI/CD and data pipelines using technologies such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Apache Beam, and Kafka.
Configuring monitoring systems with Prometheus, handling incident management, and training client engineers on best practices.

Enterprise Architect - eTranzact

October 2021 - April 2022

Designed system architecture and infrastructure for regulated workloads.
Designed APIs and database schemas.
Collaborated with multiple stakeholders and teams to deliver projects.
Supported Java (Tomcat) SpringBoot applications on Azure VM and Azure App Service.

Cloud Architect Consultant - Upwork

July 2019 - November 2021

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Delivered cloud engineering and DevOps expertise across various projects.

Designed and implemented infrastructure using technologies such as Terraform and Pulumi.
Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using technologies such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins and Cloud Build.
Designed and implemented data pipelines using technologies such as Azure Synapse Analytics, an Google Cloud Dataflow.
Trained and deployed machine learning models using technologies such as Google Cloud AutoML.

Fullstack Web Developer - Freelance

October 2012 - July 2019

Developed websites using Python (Flask), Node.js (MERN), PHP (LAMP).
Utilised databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, Firebase (Datastore).
Deployed web applications on GCP, AWS, Azure, and PAAS providers like Netlify, Heroku.
Managed applications on shared hosting services like DreamHost, HostGator.