I'm a DevOps Engineer passionate about building robust, scalable cloud infrastructure that empowers development teams to ship faster. My work lies at the intersection of cloud architecture and automation, creating systems that are not only highly available but are meticulously built for performance and reliability.

Currently, I'm a Cloud and Infrastructure Engineer at Freeway Fleet Systems, where I architect and manage AWS infrastructure powering fleet management solutions across Africa. I design CI/CD pipelines, serverless architectures, and comprehensive monitoring systems that ensure 99.9% uptime.

In the past, I've had the opportunity to build infrastructure across a variety of settings — from enterprise monitoring platforms at SplitPoint Solutions to cloud consulting at Sfikile Consulting. I've also mentored aspiring developers as a Python tutor at Durban University of Technology.

When I'm not optimizing infrastructure, I'm exploring new cloud technologies, teaching about open-source DevOps tools, or sharing knowledge through technical writing.

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0 + Cloud Projects
0 .9% Uptime Achieved
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Experience

2024 — PRESENT

Cloud and Infrastructure Engineer · Freeway Fleet Systems

Architect and manage AWS infrastructure for Africa's leading fleet management platform. Design CI/CD pipelines with CodePipeline, develop serverless functions with Lambda, and implement comprehensive monitoring with CloudWatch. Achieved 40% reduction in deployment time through automation.

AWS Terraform Lambda CodePipeline CloudWatch RDS
2023 — 2024

DevOps Engineer · SplitPoint Solutions

Built enterprise-grade observability platform processing 10M+ metrics daily. Configured Telegraf, InfluxDB, and Prometheus for data collection. Created 50+ Grafana dashboards for real-time visualization. Automated infrastructure with SaltStack and Terraform.

Prometheus Grafana InfluxDB SaltStack Terraform
2022 — 2023

DevOps Engineer & QA · Advateck Branding Media

Implemented end-to-end testing pipelines and managed web infrastructure. Set up secure HTTPS servers, managed SSL certificates, and developed automated testing suites with Postman achieving 95% test coverage.

Postman NGINX SSL/TLS Linux
2021 — 2022

Cloud Support Engineer · Sfikile Consulting

Managed cloud infrastructure for 20+ enterprise clients. Built automated CI/CD pipelines, performed system optimization achieving 30% performance improvements, and provided 24/7 technical support for critical systems.

AWS CI/CD Linux Bash
2020

IT Infrastructure Intern · Dark Matter Consultants

Gained hands-on experience with AWS services, virtualization, and network security. Managed EC2, VPC, RDS, and S3. Configured security groups and Network ACLs. Deployed VMware environments for enterprise clients.

AWS EC2 VPC VMware Networking
2019

Python Development Tutor · Durban University of Technology

Mentored 100+ students in Python programming fundamentals. Developed curriculum materials and practical exercises. Achieved 90% student pass rate through personalized instruction and hands-on projects.

Python Teaching Mentorship
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Featured Projects

Multi-Cloud Infrastructure Automation

Designed and implemented a unified infrastructure-as-code solution managing resources across AWS, GCP, and Azure. Reduced provisioning time by 60% and achieved 100% infrastructure reproducibility.

Terraform AWS GCP Azure Python

Kubernetes Cluster Auto-Scaling Platform

Built a custom Kubernetes operator for intelligent workload scaling based on business metrics. Optimized resource utilization by 45% and reduced cloud costs by $50K annually.

Kubernetes Go Prometheus Helm

Serverless CI/CD Pipeline

Architected a fully serverless CI/CD pipeline using AWS Lambda, CodePipeline, and Step Functions. Achieved zero-downtime deployments with automated rollback capabilities.

AWS Lambda CodePipeline Step Functions Python

Real-Time Observability Dashboard

Created a comprehensive monitoring solution processing 10M+ metrics daily with custom alerting rules. Reduced MTTR by 70% through intelligent anomaly detection.

Grafana Prometheus InfluxDB Telegraf

Technical Expertise

Cloud Platforms

Amazon Web Services
Google Cloud Platform
Microsoft Azure

Container & Orchestration

Kubernetes
Docker
Helm

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform
CloudFormation
SaltStack

Monitoring & Observability

Prometheus & Grafana
CloudWatch
InfluxDB & Telegraf

Programming & Scripting

Python
Bash/Shell
Git

Certifications & Education

AWS Solutions DevOps Engineer Amazon Web Services
CKA: Certified Kubernetes Admin Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Terraform Associate HashiCorp
PCAP: Python Associate Python Institute

Education

2019 — 2021

Bachelor of Information Communication and Technology

Durban University of Technology

If you would like to discuss a project, collaboration, or just say hi, I'm always open to new opportunities.

+27 78 589 4256 · sphe.mlu@gmail.com · Randburg, South Africa