PraiseOlugbemi
I turn infrastructure chaos into orchestrated symphonies — automating the boring, repetitive work so teams can spend their time building things that actually matter.
praise@72kb — systems & devops engineering
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I build systems that are beautifully boring.
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
— Aristotle
I’m passionate about fixing boring work. Why should humans waste time on repetitive tasks when we can automate them? As a DevOps engineer, I turn tedious manual processes into elegant, self-running systems that give teams their time back to build things that actually matter.
I live by ikigai — the Japanese philosophy of continuous improvement. Every pipeline I architect, every infrastructure pattern I design, is 1% better than yesterday. Small, deliberate improvements compound into systems that are resilient, observable, and beautifully boring in their reliability.
Beyond the terminal and dashboards, I’m a storyteller. I document my journey through yearly reflections, exploring the intersection of technology and personal growth. I believe the best engineers are those who remain curious about both how systems work and why we build them.
When I’m not orchestrating cloud infrastructure, you’ll find me reading about philosophy, experimenting with new automation tools, or reflecting on how discipline and habits shape both code and character.
Capabilities
Keeping production honest since 2020.
From bare-metal servers in a polytechnic data room to streaming 200+ store databases into a central platform.
View full résumé- November 2024 — PresentCurrent
Systems Engineer
Atreos Retail Platform - Bokku! Mart
Building scalable systems and automation tools for enterprise retail operations
- Implemented real-time data streaming from 200+ store databases to central source using Debezium and Kafka
- Reduced infrastructure costs by 35% through strategic optimization and automation
- Designed custom ETL pipeline streaming sales data from 200+ stores to NetSuite ERP for real-time analytics
- Built AI-powered automation pipeline reducing team workload by 75%
- Configured secure site-to-site VPN connectivity using Sophos Firewall and AWS VPN
- July 2024 — Dec 2024
DevSecOps Engineer
Dataspan Technologies
Architected best-in-class security infrastructure for AI workflows and cloud operations
- Designed secure network architecture using AWS VPN and dynamic network configuration
- Enforced zero-trust authentication across infrastructure using AWS SSM and Azure AD
- Achieved SOC 2 compliance through comprehensive infrastructure security hardening
- Implemented OpenID Connect federation to establish secure bridges between AWS and Azure environments
- January 2024 — July 2024
DevOps Engineer
Liveparte
Led infrastructure automation and deployment strategy for microservices architecture
- Architected and implemented microservices deployment infrastructure
- Built GitLab and GitHub CI/CD pipelines with custom runners enabling blue-green deployments
- Reduced incident response time by 60% through automated monitoring and alerting
Let's make your infrastructure boring.
Infrastructure review, automation work, or a pipeline that keeps waking you up at night — tell me what’s breaking and I’ll tell you how I’d fix it.