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Open to opportunities · Relocating to Canada 2026

Abiola Lawal DevSecOps & Kubernetes Engineer

5+ years designing, automating, and securing cloud-native and on-premise infrastructure. Currently building a multi-node bare-metal Kubernetes homelab and pursuing all 5 CNCF certifications.

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Abiola Lawal
5+ Years Exp.
70+ GitHub Repos
6 Certs (2026)
// About

Engineering infrastructure that scales, ships, and stays secure

I'm a DevSecOps and Kubernetes Engineer based in Lagos, Nigeria. I specialize in containerized deployments, CI/CD automation, observability pipelines, and infrastructure hardening — building systems that don't just work in staging but hold up in production.

Currently at Greig Technologies Limited as DevOps Engineer, and building a 5-node bare-metal Kubernetes homelab (RKE2, Cilium, ArgoCD, Vault, Falco) to push my DevSecOps capabilities further. I'm actively pursuing all 5 CNCF Kubernetes certifications and AWS SAA in 2026.

Relocating to Canada end of 2026. Always open to interesting infrastructure and platform engineering conversations.

Location Lagos, Nigeria
Email infra@abiolalawal.com
GitHub github.com/Biolajr
LinkedIn biolalawal
Status Available for hire
// Skills

Core Technical Stack

Technologies and tools I use to design, automate, and secure modern cloud-native infrastructure.

⎈
Kubernetes
RKE2, K3s, EKS, Helm
🔵
Cilium
eBPF networking & security
🔄
ArgoCD
GitOps continuous delivery
⚓
Helm
Package management
☁️
AWS
EC2, EKS, ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM
🖥️
Proxmox VE
Virtualisation & clustering
🏗️
Terraform
AWS, bpg/proxmox IaC
📦
Docker
Containers & Compose
🔧
Jenkins
CI/CD pipelines
⚡
GitHub Actions
Workflow automation
🦊
GitLab CI
Pipeline automation
📜
Ansible
Configuration management
🔐
HashiCorp Vault
Secrets management
🦅
Falco
Runtime security
📋
Kyverno
Policy enforcement
🔍
SonarQube / Snyk
SAST & SCA scanning
📊
Prometheus
Metrics & alerting
📈
Grafana
Dashboards & visualization
🪵
Loki
Log aggregation
🐕
Datadog
APM & infrastructure monitoring
// Experience

Work History

DevOps Engineer

Greig Technologies Limited · Lagos, Nigeria
Jun 2023 – Present
  • Design, build, and maintain containerised application deployments using Docker and Docker Compose, standardising environments across dev, staging, and production.
  • Architect and manage CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions — automating build, test, image push, and deployment workflows with version tagging and Slack/email release notifications.
  • Deploy and administer Kubernetes clusters (K3s and RKE2) for microservice workloads, managing Deployments, Services, Ingress, and Helm chart releases.
  • Implement full-stack observability using Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki — building dashboards, alerting rules, and centralised log aggregation across all running services.
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and Ansible, including cloud-init templating for repeatable server bootstrapping.
  • Apply DevSecOps practices: infrastructure hardening, secure pipelines, container image scanning, and access control across platform environments.
K3sRKE2JenkinsGitHub ActionsPrometheusTerraformAWS

Cloud DevOps Engineer

Redtech Limited · Lagos, Nigeria
Jan 2021 – May 2023
  • Automated build and deployment pipelines to EKS using Jenkins and ArgoCD, significantly reducing deployment cycle time.
  • Designed and implemented a serverless microservices architecture using AWS API Gateway and Lambda, improving scalability and reducing infrastructure cost.
  • Provisioned and managed AWS infrastructure with Terraform; automated EC2 lifecycle and EBS volume encryption using Python (boto3).
  • Set up CI/CD pipelines integrating SonarQube, Nexus Artifactory, Docker, and Microsoft Teams notifications for quality-gated releases.
  • Deployed Datadog monitoring across production servers, establishing proactive alerting and dashboards to minimise downtime.
EKSArgoCDLambdaSonarQubeDatadogPython/boto3

Infrastructure Engineer Intern

Waya MultiLinks Technology Limited · Lagos, Nigeria
Jun 2020 – Dec 2020
  • Configured and maintained Jenkins for continuous integration; built Jenkinsfile-based pipelines for multi-service deployments.
  • Provisioned AWS resources (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3) using Terraform; configured NGINX web servers via Ansible playbooks.
  • Managed IAM accounts and role-based access control for development teams, enforcing least-privilege principles.
  • Championed Agile and DevOps adoption across the organisation, improving delivery velocity and team collaboration.
JenkinsTerraformAWSAnsibleNGINX

DevOps Engineer Intern

Real Clouds and DevOps · Remote
Oct 2019 – Apr 2020
  • Ensured high availability of running servers through continuous monitoring, troubleshooting, and infrastructure maintenance.
  • Leveraged AWS CloudWatch for infrastructure monitoring and performed root cause analysis on production incidents.
  • Provisioned core AWS services: DynamoDB, Auto Scaling, ELB, S3, VPC, and IAM policies.
  • Designed VPC architecture with department-segmented subnets, improving network isolation and security posture.
AWS CloudWatchDynamoDBVPCIAM
// Projects

Featured Projects

Production deployments and homelab infrastructure projects.

Active

DevSecOps Homelab

5-node Proxmox bare-metal cluster running RKE2 Kubernetes with Cilium eBPF networking. Full GitOps pipeline with ArgoCD, Harbor, Gitea, Vault, Falco, Kyverno, and the complete LGTM observability stack.

RKE2CiliumArgoCDVaultFalcoTerraformAnsible
platform-infra
Published

Terraform Monitoring Module

Published Terraform module for deploying a complete Prometheus + Alertmanager + Grafana monitoring stack. Reusable, configurable, production-ready.

TerraformPrometheusGrafanaAlertmanager
terraform-prometheus-grafana
⚙ In Progress

EKS GitOps Pipeline

End-to-end CI/CD pipeline automating builds and deployments to Amazon EKS using Jenkins and ArgoCD with quality gates, SonarQube scanning, and Slack notifications.

EKSJenkinsArgoCDSonarQubeNexus
Deployed

Serverless Microservices Platform

Serverless microservices architecture on AWS using API Gateway and Lambda, with Terraform-managed infrastructure and Python boto3 automation for EC2 lifecycle management.

AWS LambdaAPI GatewayTerraformPython/boto3

More projects on GitHub →

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// Certifications

Certifications & Training

In Progress — 2026

⎈
KCNA Kubernetes & Cloud Native Associate · CNCF
In Progress
⎈
CKA Certified Kubernetes Administrator · CNCF
In Progress
⎈
CKAD Certified Kubernetes Application Developer · CNCF
In Progress
⎈
CKS Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist · CNCF
In Progress
⎈
KCSA Kubernetes & Cloud Native Security Associate · CNCF
In Progress
☁️
AWS SAA Solutions Architect – Associate · Amazon Web Services
In Progress

Completed

✓
Scrum Master Certification LearnQuest / Coursera
Completed
✓
DevOps — App Lifecycle Management Alison Educational Company
Completed
✓
Linux Network Administrator Alison Educational Company
Completed
✓
Back-End Web Developer (Node.js) Quanta
Completed
🎓

B.Sc. Computer Science

Esep le Berger University · 2018

// Contact

Let's Build Something

Open to infrastructure engineering roles, platform engineering opportunities, and interesting DevSecOps conversations. Relocating to Canada end of 2026.

Email infra@abiolalawal.com
LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/biolalawal
GitHub github.com/Biolajr
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