Clovis Tah
Surrey,UK
Summary
Accomplished cloud solutions architect with extensive expertise in AWS Cloud and the AWS Well-Architected Framework. Proficient in designing secure, scalable, and cost-effective infrastructures using services such as EC2, S3, RDS, and DynamoDB. Demonstrates strong capabilities in networking with VPC, security with KSM and IAM, and monitoring with CloudWatch. Skilled in implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CloudFormation, alongside CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Gitlab. Adept at container orchestration with Kubernetes on AWS EKS. Committed to optimising performance and ensuring high availability through disaster recovery strategies and hybrid architectures.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work history
AWS CLOUD ENGINEER
JJ TECH Inc
, Maryland
01.2021 - 01.2026
- Deployed a highly available and secure e-commerce application using VPC, ELB, and Auto Scaling Groups with multi-AZ architecture.
- Network Monitoring & Log Analytics on AWS: Implemented Amazon VPC Flow Logs with delivery to CloudWatch Logs and Amazon S3, using Amazon Athena to query and analyze network traffic data.
- Built secure VPC architectures with public/private subnets, NAT Gateways, and Route 53 routing policies.
- Implemented RDS and Aurora with read replicas, Multi-AZ, backups, and failover strategies.
- Automated provisioning of EKS cluster using terraform.
- I built an automated CI/CD-Jenkins pipeline on AWS for a Java application that handled build, testing, deployment, monitoring, and notifications, ensuring faster and consistent releases across all environments.
- Implemented monitoring and alerting with CloudWatch, improving incident response time.
- Applied AWS Well-Architected principles to improve security, reliability, performance, and cost.
- Worked closely with developers, security teams, and stakeholders to deliver cloud solutions.
- Maryland USA
Professional Development
TECHWORLD WITH NANA DevOps Bootcamp
11.2024 - 06.2025
- Successfully deployed microservices application(online shop) in Kubernetes with security best practices.
- Created K8S manifest for Deployment and Services for all microservices for the online shop application.
- Then deployed the microservices to Linodes managed Kubernetes cluster.
- Built a Jenkins CI/CD pipeline to build and push Docker images to AWS ECR and automatically deploy them to a Kubernetes cluster using a private ECR registry.
- Automated Kubernetes deployment: Created EKS cluster with terraform and write ansible playbook to deploy application in a new K8S namespace.
- Set up Prometheus monitoring on Kubernetes (minikube cluster) using Helm and Prometheus Operator and set Prometheus to monitor 3rd party application(MongoDB application) using Prometheus Exporter and Grafana.
- Install and configure Nexus from scratch on a cloud server(Digitalocean).
- Create new User on Nexus with relevant permissions.
- Java Gradle Project: Build Jar & Upload to Nexus.
- Java Maven Project: Build Jar & Upload to Nexus.
JUNIOR CLOUD ENGINEER
MTN Camerron
Douala
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Assisted in deploying and managing AWS cloud infrastructure using services such as EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, and RDS.
- Supported the setup of Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) including subnets, route tables, Internet Gateways, and security groups.
- Helped configure Amazon S3 buckets with versioning, lifecycle policies, Intelligent-Tiering storage class, and cross-region replication to improve data durability and optimize storage costs.
- Helped configure event-driven workflows using Amazon S3 event notifications integrated with SNS topics, SQS queues, and AWS Lambda, enabling automated processing of object-level events (such as uploads and deletions) while supporting scalable, decoupled application components.
- Assisted in implementing IAM roles and policies following the principle of least privilege.
- Supported high-availability architectures using Auto Scaling Groups and Application Load Balancers.
- Monitored cloud resources using Amazon CloudWatch, creating basic alarms for CPU, disk, and network metrics.
- Helped troubleshoot AWS service issues and supported incident resolution under guidance from senior engineers.
- Performed routine operational tasks such as backups, patch verification, and resource tagging.
- Assisted with infrastructure automation using CloudFormation / Terraform templates (basic level).
- Maintained documentation for cloud environments, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.
- Collaborated with developers to support application deployments and environment setup across dev and test environments.
- Douala
INDUSTRIAL PROCESS ENGINEER
SOCIETE CAMEROUNAISE DE SAVONNERIE (SCS.SA)
BAFOUSSAM, CAMERRON
01.2017 - 11.2019
- Led edible oil refining operations, including degumming, neutralisation, bleaching and deodorisation.
- Managed both continuous and batch processing systems to ensure safe, efficient and consistent production.
- Designed, analysed and optimised process flows, identifying and eliminating bottlenecks.
- Improved product yield and reduced material losses through data-driven process optimisation.
- Optimised plant throughput and production capacity to meet business and customer demand.
- Planned and executed plant start-ups, shutdowns and product changeovers.
Education
M.sc - Computer Science
University of Sunderland
UK 01.2024 - 01.2025
Bachelor of Science - Process Engineering
University of Bamenda
Camerron 01.2012 - 01.2016
AWS DevOps Bootcamp - 1 year Intensive Training
JJ Tech Academy Inc.
USA 01.2020 - 01.2021
Skills
- AWS Cloud
- AWS Well-Architected Framework
- Networking-VPC
- Security & Encryption-KSM
- SSM SHEILD
- WAF
- Route 53
- ALB/NLB
- CloudFront
- AWS Global Accelerator
- EC2
- Auto Scaling
- EBS
- EFS
- RDS
- Aurora
- DynamoDB
- S3
- IAM
- CloudWatch
- CloudTrail
- Config
- AWS Organizations
- Control Tower
- Elastic Beanstalk
- Monitoring & Audit-CloudWatch
- High Availability & Fault Tolerance
- Disaster Recovery
- Microservices
- Event-Driven Architectures
- Hybrid & Multi-Account Architectures
- Cost Optimization
- Performance Tuning
- Infrastructure as Code
- Terraform
- CloudFormation
- Jenkins-CI/CD
- Gitlab
- Docker
- Containers orchestration with Kubernetes
- Kubernetes on AWS-EKS
- Configuration & Scripting
- Bash
- Python
- Build Tools & Package Management
- Artifact Repository Management-Nexus
Websites
Custom Section
AWS Cloud, AWS Well-Architected Framework, Networking-VPC, Security & Encryption-KSM, SSM SHEILD, WAF, Route 53, ALB/NLB, CloudFront & AWS Global Accelerator, EC2, Auto Scaling, EBS, EFS, RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Config, AWS Organizations, Control Tower, Elastic Beanstalk, Monitoring & Audit-CloudWatch, CloudTrail & Config, High Availability & Fault Tolerance, Disaster Recovery (Backup, Restore, Pilot Light, Multi-Region), Microservices & Event-Driven Architectures, Hybrid & Multi-Account Architectures, Cost Optimization & Performance Tuning, Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, Jenkins-CI/CD, Gitlab, Docker, Containers orchestration with Kubernetes, Kubernetes on AWS-EKS, Configuration & Scripting: Bash, Python, Build Tools & Package Management, Artifact Repository Management-Nexus
Affiliations
- Football
Languages
English
Fluent
Timeline
Professional Development
TECHWORLD WITH NANA DevOps Bootcamp
11.2024 - 06.2025
M.sc - Computer Science
University of Sunderland
01.2024 - 01.2025
AWS CLOUD ENGINEER
JJ TECH Inc
01.2021 - 01.2026
JUNIOR CLOUD ENGINEER
MTN Camerron
01.2020 - 01.2021
AWS DevOps Bootcamp - 1 year Intensive Training
JJ Tech Academy Inc.
01.2020 - 01.2021
INDUSTRIAL PROCESS ENGINEER
SOCIETE CAMEROUNAISE DE SAVONNERIE (SCS.SA)
01.2017 - 11.2019
Bachelor of Science - Process Engineering
University of Bamenda
01.2012 - 01.2016