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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
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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 Top Secret Clearance supporting secure federal and defense projects.

8+
Years Experience
10,000+
Enterprise Servers Supported
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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Supported patching and vulnerability scanning across 10,000+ endpoint enterprise environment, 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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Lifecycle and patch management for enterprise Linux systems including automated STIG compliance and content view management across environments.

Manage Hosts →

Homelab Environment

vSphere Client summary of the home datacenter: one ESXi host running 32 VMs including Kubernetes nodes, Ansible Tower, Red Hat Satellite, Splunk, Wazuh and TrueNAS, using 8 of 67 GHz CPU, 176 of 240 GB memory and 4.6 of 7.6 TB storage.
The home datacenter in vCenter: one ESXi host, 32 VMs. Hostnames, addresses, account names and version details are redacted.
Wazuh threat hunting dashboard over 24 hours: 1,173 alerts, 0 at level 12 or above, 3 authentication failures and 16 successes, alerts mapped to MITRE ATT&CK techniques and broken down across the Kubernetes control plane, worker nodes and Zabbix.
Wazuh threat hunting: 24 hours of alerts mapped to MITRE ATT&CK techniques across the Kubernetes nodes.
Grafana Node Exporter dashboard for the Docker host: gauges for CPU, system load, RAM, swap and root filesystem, with 24-hour graphs of CPU, memory, network traffic and disk usage.
Grafana with Prometheus Node Exporter: 24-hour CPU, memory, network and disk metrics for the Docker host.
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Build and deployment pipelines for Linux infrastructure. Runs automated jobs alongside GitLab CI to test, package, and roll out changes across homelab environments.

Launch Jenkins →
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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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Host-based intrusion detection across the homelab. Wazuh agents handle file integrity monitoring, vulnerability detection, and security alerting, with events forwarded to Splunk for correlation.

Launch Wazuh →
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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 →

Every console above runs on hardware in my own rack. Some require credentials or a VPN session — happy to walk through any of them live in an interview.

Get In Touch

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