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Cloud Engineer with expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, infrastructure automation, and DevOps practices.

Kabir Dikko

Kabir Dikko

Cloud Engineer

~4 years of experience
Cloud & Infrastructure Expert
AWS Kubernetes Terraform Python React Azure Databases Git Linux/Bash

Biography

I'm a Cloud Engineer specializing in AWS, Kubernetes, and infrastructure automation, with a passion for building scalable, resilient systems.

With approximately 4 years of professional experience, I specialize in designing and implementing cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and container orchestration systems that enable organizations to deliver applications more efficiently and reliably.

My approach combines technical expertise with a focus on business outcomes, helping teams adopt modern cloud practices that improve collaboration, efficiency, and system reliability.

I graduated with a First Class Honours in BSc Computer Science for Health from the University of Kent and hold several industry certifications including AWS Solutions Architect Professional.

Work Experience

AWS Cloud Engineer

August 2023 - Present

Ubertas Consulting

  • Designed and deployed a high-performance, well monitored and secure Kubernetes cluster on AWS processing 80,000+ messages per minute using Terraform, Helm and KEDA autoscaling.
  • Performed end-to-end migration of critical aviation workloads to AWS with emphasis on instant failover leveraging Windows Cluster Failover Manager, AlwaysUp, IBM DB2 and pacemaker, Terraform and Ansible.
  • Designed and implemented a data lake for a retail client, consolidating sales data across EMEA to optimize stocking decisions, using AWS Step Functions, Glue, Athena, S3, and CloudWatch.
  • Executed large automated live database migration for a large UK telecommunications client leveraging AWS Step Functions, Lambda, Elastic Container Service and cross-account IAM.
  • Implemented a data warehouse for a retail client, integrating multiple sources, including GCP BigQuery and Fivetran, into Amazon Redshift to enable data-driven insights.
  • Collaborated with client teams to conduct a cost audit on their infrastructure, presenting optimizations that reduced AWS costs by 40%.

Cloud Engineer

September 2021 - August 2023

AND Digital

  • Resolved a priority one incident for a client's infrastructure configured with Google Ads costing £300,000 per week.
  • Wrote IaC for retail client's data platform's core infrastructure using Terraform and adhering to data mesh principles, deploying resources in AWS and Snowflake.
  • Assumed responsibility for the platform security of a banking application by implementing stringent RBAC, automated virus scanning for files, network policies, and secret management protocols.
  • Refactored a complex process using Terraform, Python, Apache Airflow, SQL, and GCP resulting in cost savings of £2,000 per month.
  • Designed and implemented scalable and highly available infrastructure for a three-tier web application on AWS using IaC (CloudFormation) and GitLab CI/CD pipelines.

Certifications

AWS Solutions Architect Professional

Amazon Web Services

Certified Kubernetes Administrator

Cloud Native Computing Foundation

AWS AI Practitioner

Amazon Web Services