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Olalekan I. Sodipo

Olalekan
I. Sodipo

U.S. Army Veteran  ·  Linux Engineer  ·  DevSecOps Engineer
AWS SysOps Admin  ·  Security+  ·  Linux+  ·  RHCSA

AWS GovCloud Kubernetes Ansible Docker VMware ESXi Red Hat Satellite Splunk Terraform Prometheus STIG/SCAP GitLab CI Jenkins

About Me

Experienced Linux and DevSecOps Engineer with 8+ years managing and securing enterprise systems across on-premises and AWS environments.

Skilled in Red Hat, VMware ESXi, GitLab, and Splunk, with deep expertise in automation using Ansible and Red Hat Satellite. Daily AWS SysOps operations across EC2, S3, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, IAM, VPC, ELB, Auto Scaling, RDS, and Systems Manager.

Proficient in containerization with Docker and Kubernetes, performance tuning, and incident response. Integrated DevSecOps tools like Prisma Cloud and JFrog Artifactory. Holds an Active Secret Clearance supporting secure federal and defense projects.

8+
Years Experience
100+
Servers Managed
4
Certifications
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Army Veteran

Skills & Certifications

★ AWS SysOps Admin 2025 ★ CompTIA Security+ 2023 ★ CompTIA Linux+ 2023 ★ RHCSA RH124/134 2022
Operating Systems
RHEL · CentOS · Oracle Linux 7 & 8
Windows Server 2016/2019
Cloud Platforms
AWS (including GovCloud)
VMware · KVM
CI/CD & Automation
Ansible · Bash · Terraform
Jenkins · GitLab CI
Containers & Orchestration
Docker · Kubernetes · Helm
Red Hat Satellite
Security & Monitoring
SCAP · STIG · Nessus · Splunk
Prometheus · Grafana · Wazuh · Zabbix
Networking
TCP/IP · DNS · DHCP · SSH
SMTP · TCP/UDP · Active Directory
Virtualization
VMware ESXi · vCenter
KVM · Proxmox
Tooling & Project Mgmt
Jira · Confluence · Git · GitHub
GitLab · Bitbucket · MS Project

Self-Hosted Projects

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Full-stack infrastructure monitoring with proactive alerts to detect and resolve issues before impact. Containerized deployment with custom dashboards and escalation policies.

View Dashboard →
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Designed and implemented pipeline automation for Linux deployments. Reduced manual intervention and streamlined code deployment across environments using GitLab and Jenkins.

View GitLab →
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Managed patching and vulnerability scanning across 100+ servers using Red Hat Satellite and Nessus. Automated STIG compliance reporting for DoD audits.

View Nessus →
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Grafana dashboards powered by Prometheus metrics to visualize Linux server performance, resource utilization, and infrastructure health in real-time.

View Grafana →
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Centralized syslog and security event data using Wazuh agents and Filebeat to forward events to Splunk. Enabled log correlation, alerting, and proactive incident response across Linux, Windows, and Docker containers.

View Splunk →
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Configured and managed Git repositories in Bitbucket for collaborative development, including CI/CD pipeline integration for automated deployments.

View Repos →
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Agile project management, tracking development progress, managing issue tickets, and collaborating with teams on software releases.

Open Jira →
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Lifecycle and patch management for enterprise Linux systems including automated STIG compliance and content view management across environments.

Manage Hosts →

Homelab Environment

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Built a robust home datacenter with Dell PowerEdge servers running VMware ESXi, Kubernetes, and Red Hat Satellite. Enables 24/7 self-hosted testing, automation pipelines, and security experiments.

Launch Console

Web-based interface to monitor and manage system performance and services across Kubernetes nodes. Supports real-time resource tracking for k3s workloads running on RHEL servers.

Live Console
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TrueNAS with ZFS for high-performance, fault-tolerant storage. SMB/NFS shares, iSCSI targets, periodic snapshots, and remote replication integrated with AD for centralized access control.

Access Storage
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Centralized orchestration of playbooks, inventory management, and job scheduling. Automates Linux patching, application deployment, and infrastructure provisioning across multiple environments.

Launch Tower
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Containerized PostgreSQL with pgAdmin for web-based administration. Configured secure access, persistent storage, and database connectivity supporting application development and homelab environments.

Launch Console
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Enterprise lifecycle and patch management for RHEL systems. Manages content views, activation keys, errata, and automated STIG compliance reporting across all Linux hosts in the homelab.

Manage Hosts

Get In Touch

Available for DevSecOps, Linux Engineering, and Cloud roles. Holds an Active Secret Clearance and is open to federal, DoD, and enterprise opportunities.