RESUME / EARLY CAREER ENGINEERING
Kefas Etiku Francis
Cloud & DevOps Engineer | Full-Stack Developer | AI Engineering
Abuja, Nigeria · kefasetikufrancis@gmail.com · +234 810 283 9482
Professional Summary
Computer Science undergraduate and DevOps & Cloud Engineer Intern with hands-on AWS hosting, Docker/Linux deployment, Kubernetes manifests and GitHub Actions experience. Builds Python AI applications and documents infrastructure troubleshooting. Seeking junior Cloud/DevOps opportunities.
Skills
- Cloud Platforms: AWS EC2, S3, CloudFront/OAC, ECR; ALB, Auto Scaling and RDS labs (Code, deployed portfolio and documented AWS labs)
- DevOps & CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Git, Trivy scanning (Demonstrated in repository code)
- Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Compose, Kubernetes Deployments and Services, resource requests/limits (Container deployment evidence and Kubernetes manifests)
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform AWS provider and S3 resource (Demonstrated in a foundational lab)
- Programming & Backend: Python, FastAPI, Node.js, Express, JWT (Demonstrated in repository code)
- Frontend Development: React, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, JavaScript (Demonstrated in repository code)
- Databases: PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, Alembic (Demonstrated in repository code)
- AI Engineering: Gemini streaming, semantic retrieval, RAG, PDF Q&A; Bedrock/Strands agent workflows (Public application source and authorized private implementation review)
- Linux & System Administration: Ubuntu, Bash deployment scripts, Docker logs, port-conflict troubleshooting (Reviewed EC2 deployment screenshots and lab documentation)
Cloud & DevOps Projects
AWS Portfolio & Serverless Contact
Deployed portfolio
- Built private-origin S3/CloudFront portfolio hosting and integrated an API Gateway contact form with a documented Lambda/SES backend.
Container delivery on AWS
CI/CD lab
- Built a GitHub Actions Docker build/Trivy-report/ECR-push pipeline with commit-SHA image tags and a non-root Nginx container.
Kubernetes Application Orchestration
Hands-on lab
- Defined a three-replica Nginx Deployment, CPU/memory requests and limits, and a label-selected NodePort Service in Kubernetes manifests.
Dockerized Application on EC2
Documented deployment lab
- Containerized a restaurant site with Nginx on EC2 Ubuntu; automated rebuild/restart with Bash and resolved a host-port conflict.
NovaMart Multi-Agent RAG
Private implementation
- Built Python agent orchestration with Bedrock/Strands, policy retrieval and DynamoDB/Lambda workflow tools; added tracing and Guardrail hooks.
AI Engineering Projects
Digital Twin AI
Streamlit demo
- Built semantic retrieval and Gemini PDF chat with source references, custom embedding/search components and automated core-functionality tests.
ETIKU AI
Streamlit demo
- Built a Streamlit Gemini assistant with streaming responses, configurable response styles and conversation search, rename and delete controls.
Additional Cloud Labs
AWS Load Balancing & Auto Scaling
Documented infrastructure lab
- Configured ALB target groups, EC2 launch templates and Auto Scaling in an AWS availability lab; documented security-group troubleshooting.
AWS RDS Networking & Database Lab
Documented lab
- Documented private RDS MySQL subnet groups, application-tier security-group ingress and database connectivity checks.
CloudWatch Monitoring & Alerting Lab
Documented operations lab
- Configured a CloudWatch CPU alarm and documented application metrics, dashboard design and an SNS notification path.
Terraform foundations
Learning lab
- Defined an AWS S3 bucket with Terraform and documented a GitHub Actions S3 sync example.
Software Engineering Projects
NASENI Research LIMS
In development
- Developing a React/TypeScript workspace and FastAPI API for research records and sample tracking.
- Implemented JWT role checks and transactional sample-history and audit records in the reviewed source.
RouteNG
MVP
- Built an HTML/JavaScript frontend and Express/PostgreSQL MVP for Nigerian ride search and booking workflows.
- Added JWT cookie authentication and row-locked seat reservations; payments remain an optional integration.
Experience
2026 - Present
DevOps & Cloud Engineer Intern
Build and Ship Academy Ltd | Remote
- Build AWS hosting, container deployment and delivery-automation projects using Linux, Docker and GitHub Actions.
- Document infrastructure configuration, deployment troubleshooting and cloud operations labs.
November 2025 - February 2026
Cloud Engineering Trainee
Schull Technologies, Lagos
- Completed practical training in AWS infrastructure, access management and application hosting.
January 2026 - April 2026
Student Mentor / Community Volunteer
Miva Buddy Programme, Miva Open University | Remote
- Supported student onboarding and peer collaboration.
Education
B.Sc. Computer Science
Miva Open University · Expected graduation: 2027
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