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Emmanuel Owusu-Addai

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DevOps Engineer with a strong focus on automation, monitoring, and building scalable cloud infrastructure. Based in Kumasi, Ghana. 🇬🇭

I'm results driven DevOps engineer who love collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions that drive business success. When I'm not working, you can find me exploring new tech trends, focusing on building secure and resilient production-grade projects, or blogging about DevOps best practices.

Projects

AWS Lift & Shift Migration Project

Migrated a Java-based web application to AWS using a lift-and-shift strategy. Deployed the application on EC2 instances running Tomcat, with an Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) for high availability and Auto Scaling for dynamic scalability. Integrated MySQL for database management, RabbitMQ for asynchronous messaging, Memcached for caching, and AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) for SSL handling. Managed the domain and DNS via GoDaddy for seamless user access.

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Containerized Node js Web Application

A containerized Node.js web application orchestrated with Docker and Docker Compose, featuring a PostgreSQL database for persistent data storage.

PostgreSQL

Refactoring Java Web-Based Application using AWS PaaS

Migrated the relational database from a self-managed MySQL instance to Amazon RDS for MySQL, ensuring automated backups, monitoring, and high availability. Replaced RabbitMQ with Amazon SQS and SNS for fully managed, scalable asynchronous messaging. Integrated Amazon ElastiCache for Memcached to optimize performance and reduce database load.

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My Career

Freelance DevOps Engineer Self-employed

Oct, 2025 - Present

Developed Infrastructure as Code scripts using Terraform for scalable environments. Designed and implemented automated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions. Conducted monitoring and logging setups using Prometheus and Grafana for personal projects.

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AWS reStart Program @ Amalitech

May, 2025 - Aug, 2025

Deployed containerized applications using Docker, AWS ECS, and ECR. Automated scheduled installation and maintenance tasks via bash scripts and Cron jobs. Designed and implemented a secure, highly-available VPC using NAT Gateway and Internet Gateway.

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Network Techinian @ NIS (UCC) - Cape Coast - Ghana

Oct, 2024 - Sep, 2025

Troubleshot and resolved complex network connectivity issues using structured diagnostics. Configured FreeRADIUS with MySQL and daloRADIUS to manage user access to Wi-Fi networks.Supported infrastructure maintenance and optimized wireless user authentication systems.

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Bachelor of Comp Sci. @ UCC - Ghana

Jan, 2020 - Aug, 2024

Graduated with a BSc. Computer Science degree, gaining better professional experience for jobs in technology industries and problem solving abilities.

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