Currently

DevOps Engineer @ Deutsche Telekom

October 2024 – present · Remote

  • Building and improving custom Java-based Service Provider Interfaces (SPIs) to extend Keycloak for specialized internal use cases.
  • Fundamentally understanding the innerworkings of Machine to Machine (M2M) authentication/communication.
  • Migrating datasources of Grafana dashboards from Prometheus to VictoriaMetrics for improved performance and cost savings.
  • Maintaining Keycloak-based identity brokers and provider microservices on Kubernetes, ensuring reliable and scalable authentication services.

DevOps Engineer @ AmaliTech GmbH

November 2023 – present · Accra, Ghana

  • Improved logging infrastructure by migrating from Elasticsearch + Kibana to Grafana Loki, eliminating constant CPU spikes and simplifying log aggregation.
  • Centralized multi-account authentication with AWS IAM Identity Center, improving security and user experience.
  • Maintaining AWS sandbox environments as isolated testing and development platforms, enabling secure experimentation without impacting production.

Occasionally

I watch a lot of movies (getting in to the classics from the 80s and 90s) and random history documentaries.