Cloud & DevOps Engineer

Samuel Onyekwere.

Provisioning secure infrastructure on Azure.

Terraform, containers, and GitHub Actions CI/CD. Grounded in cloud networking, identity, and security. MSc Cloud & Network Security.

Infrastructure as code, security as default.

Cloud & DevOps Engineer with a software-engineering background and hands-on Azure experience across Terraform, containers, and CI/CD. I provision infrastructure as code, containerise applications with Docker, and automate build and release with GitHub Actions using OIDC. Grounded in cloud networking, identity, secrets management, and security.

I recently built an internal developer platform on Azure that provisions a full application stack from a single manifest, and earlier founded a registered consultancy migrating client workloads onto Azure.

I'm completing an MSc in Cloud & Network Security (taught modules at Distinction level; dissertation result pending), with research on reproducible cloud misconfiguration detection for fintech payment workloads on Azure.

Background.

2022–2025
Founder & Backend Developer
Ecosynd Technologies  ·  Nigeria

Registered software & web-development consultancy (CAC, Abuja, 2023), grown from an independent client practice; paused Sept 2025 on relocation to the UK for postgraduate study.

  • Founded the consultancy and led migration of client websites from shared-hosting providers (Namecheap, Hostinger and others) to Microsoft Azure — re-platforming onto Azure App Service and Azure Static Web Apps, with domain/DNS cutover and database migration.
  • Delivered web applications, APIs and backend systems for clients in Go and PHP, including fintech and trading workflows.
  • Owned client engagements end to end — requirements to deployment, troubleshooting, and ongoing maintenance in production.
Azure Terraform App Service Static Web Apps Go PHP
2021–2022
Backend Developer
BlueX Services
  • Built backend functionality and APIs for web applications across application logic, databases, and deployment workflows.
  • Investigated issues and implemented fixes to improve reliability.
PHP APIs Git

MSc Cloud & Network Security.

MSc Cloud & Network Security
University of Greater Manchester  ·  2025–2026

Taught modules completed at Distinction level; dissertation result pending, provisional until ratified by the university's Awards/Progression Board.

DevOps 83 — Distinction
Information Security 75 — Distinction
Professional Practice 72 — Distinction
Cloud Solutions & Implementation 71 — Distinction
Penetration Testing & Forensics 70 — Distinction
Research Methods 66 — Merit

Dissertation (in assessment): reproducible cloud misconfiguration detection for fintech payment workloads on Azure.

BSc Mathematics
Nnamdi Azikiwe University  ·  Sep 2017 – Sep 2022

Stack.

Cloud & Infrastructure

Azure, Container Apps, ACR, Key Vault, Azure Cache for Redis, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Monitor / Log Analytics

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform, reusable modules, AzureRM, remote/partial state

CI/CD

GitHub Actions, OIDC, reusable workflows, Docker pipelines, CI security gates

Networking

Azure VNet, subnets, NSGs, private endpoints, DNS, load balancing, TCP/IP, routing

Security

Entra ID, RBAC, managed identities, Key Vault, Defender for Cloud, Azure Policy, KQL, least privilege, policy-as-code

Security tooling

Checkov, Terrascan, TFSec, Trivy, tflint

Languages

Go, PHP, SQL, Bash

Certifications.

HashiCorp Certified
Terraform Associate
Microsoft Certified
Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
Microsoft Certified
Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
Cisco Certified
Network Associate (CCNA)
CompTIA
Network+
In progress
GitHub Actions Certification