Kefas Etiku Francis

Experience

• DevOps & Cloud Projects - SIWES Intern Build and Ship Academy Ltd, UK | Remote

  2026 - Present

  Designed and deployed multi-tier AWS environments to support scalable and highly available application infrastructure.

  Built automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, reducing manual deployment tasks and improving delivery consistency.

  Managed containerized workloads with Docker and supported zero-downtime deployment practices through rolling updates.

  AWS GitHub Actions Docker Troubleshooting
• Student Mentor / Community Volunteer (Miva Buddy Programme) Miva Open University | Remote

  January 2026 - April 2026

  Spearheaded onboarding and community-building support for incoming students, strengthening peer engagement and academic support pathways.

  Facilitated collaboration within student groups to resolve onboarding friction and foster an interactive, supportive learning community.

  Leadership Communication Teamwork
• Cloud Engineering Trainee Schull Technologies, Lagos, Nigeria

  November 2025 - February 2026

  Completed practical training in cloud architecture, infrastructure deployment, IAM, access management, and secure application hosting.

• Kubernetes African Developer Training Participant Andela / The Linux Foundation | Remote

  2025 - 2026

  Developed hands-on skills in Linux command-line operations, process monitoring, shell environments, infrastructure scripting, and Kubernetes deployment patterns.

Selected Projects

• End-to-End CI/CD Pipeline with Docker & GitHub Actions

  Designed an automated workflow that delivered application updates from GitHub commits to cloud-hosted AWS EC2 instances, reducing manual configuration work.

  GitHub Actions Docker AWS EC2 Linux
• Production-Ready Multi-Tier Application Deployment

  Provisioned frontend and backend layers on AWS with secure routing, environment configuration, and access control practices.

  AWS Networking Access Control
• Kubernetes-Based Scalable Application Deployment

  Orchestrated containerized applications using Kubernetes Deployments, Services, and ReplicaSets while practicing scaling and self-healing concepts.

  Kubernetes ReplicaSets Services
• Cloud-Based Static Website & Personal Portfolio Deployment

  Deployed static web applications and a live personal portfolio using Amazon S3 and Amazon CloudFront for optimized global content delivery.

  Amazon S3 CloudFront Portfolio
• Infrastructure Automation Practice

  Created Bash and AWS CLI automation scripts to speed up cloud resource configuration and improve repeatable environment setup.

  Bash AWS CLI IaC Practice

Career Focus

Seeking internship and entry-level opportunities in cloud engineering, DevOps, site reliability, Linux administration, and infrastructure automation where strong learning ability, teamwork, and disciplined problem-solving can support real engineering outcomes.